By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s top elections official is nearing the end of her term, and uncertainty looms over who will hold the position through the 2024 presidential election. Meagan Wolfe is the current, nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Republicans who control the state Legislature could
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — Following the harassment of WNBA star Brittney Griner at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Phoenix Mercury’s leadership plans to make adjustments to prioritize players’ travel safety, head coach Vanessa Nygaard said Sunday. Griner, who was freed from Russia in December after being wrongfully detained, was
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris saluted more than a thousand U.S. college athletes from championship teams who gathered Monday at the White House South Lawn. She says that sports have a “very special way of bringing people together.” President Joe Biden had been scheduled to greet the athletes, but he had a root
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris saluted more than a thousand U.S. college athletes from championship teams who gathered Monday at the White House South Lawn. She says that sports have a “very special way of bringing people together.” President Joe Biden had been scheduled to greet the athletes, but he had a root
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s smallest craft brewers, large retailers and other producers, wholesalers and retailers are getting behind a rapidly moving proposal that would overhaul the state’s alcohol laws and lead to stricter enforcement efforts. The measure has been hammered out in secret the past five years largely between
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Miami guard Tyler Herro was available to play in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, nearly two months after breaking his right hand and with the Heat facing elimination against the Denver Nuggets. Herro has not played since Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first round against Milwaukee. He
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing that connects to a notoriously dangerous Mexican city after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants were being targeted there for extortion. U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Thompson Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — One Asheville mother continues to rally for justice in the murder of her 17-year-old son. On Sunday, June 11, Javelin Duncan held a Gun Violence Victim Awareness Rally — one of the many she has held since losing her son,
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business New York (CNN Business) — Baby Boomers are living it up, splurging on cruises and restaurants. Younger Americans are struggling just to keep up. Bank of America internal data shows a “significant gap” in spending has opened recently between older and younger generations. While Baby Boomers and even Traditionalists (born
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ODOT crews reopened U.S. Highway 20 to two-lane traffic Thursday afternoon with reduced speeds through the area hit by mud and debris slides late Sunday 10 miles east of Juntura. The agency still advises motorists to slow down and plan for extra travel time along the route.
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Sen. Tim Scott is rolling out endorsements from more than 140 current and former elected officials from his home state of South Carolina. It’s an effort to make a show of force in the first-in-the-South presidential primary state. It comes as Scott and other presidential contenders
Continue ReadingBy Lane Casadonte Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — In his 15 years as a swimming coach with Special Olympics, Richard Koch has taught roughly 20 to 30 kids each year how to be better in the water. They’ve taught him a few things too. “Patience,” he said. “They’re not
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party expelled its former secretary-general on Monday for misconduct and other breaches of party rules. The once-influential Ace Magashule is also facing corruption charges over the alleged misappropriation of money from a government contract worth more than $13 million when he
Continue ReadingBy Greg McQuade Click here for updates on this story NEW KENT COUNTY, Virginia (WTVR) — When she was tall as a pitching wedge Monica Southall got hooked on golf. “I tried golf a couple of years ago,” said Monica. “It is just amazing to be out here. It is calming serene type environment. I
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Holmes Click here for updates on this story RICHMOND, Virginia (WTVR) — A Richmond family, as well as city and school leaders, are mourning the loss of a father and son shot and killed after a high school graduation. Shawn Jackson, a graduating senior at Huguenot High School, was killed beside his stepfather,
Continue ReadingBy Michael Cusanelli Click here for updates on this story LAKE PLACID, New York (WPTZ) — A World War II veteran from North Elba will get to celebrate his 100th birthday in style this month thanks to a village-wide party in Lake Placid. Dusty Smith will be honored at an event on the Lake Placid
Continue ReadingBy Amy Woodyatt, CNN (CNN) — Almost nine out of 10 people hold “fundamental biases” against women, a new UN report has found, decrying a “decade of stagnation” that has led to a dismantling of women’s rights in many parts of the world. Half of people globally still believe men make better political leaders than
Continue ReadingBy WGAL Staff Click here for updates on this story CONESTOGA, Pennsylvania (WGAL) — It’s official: A 66-pound flathead catfish caught near Conestoga, Lancaster County, has been certified by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission as a new state record On the morning of May 14, 46-year-old Michael Wherley of Fayetteville, Franklin County, caught the
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson, Laura Ly and Rob Frehse, CNN (CNN) — A tour boat capsized in an underground cave along the Erie Canal in upstate New York on Monday, leaving one person dead and sending nearly a dozen others to the hospital, officials said. A total of 28 visitors from a tour group and one
Continue ReadingBy Ted Wayman Click here for updates on this story BEDFORD, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Every year, approximately 6,500 people need help from Boston MedFlight, which provides emergency medical transport by jet, helicopter or ambulance. On Sunday, many of those patients had the opportunity to reunite with the organization’s paramedics, nurses and pilots — under happier
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