By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge says the state Senate’s vote to fire a top elections official last month had no effect. Dane County Judge Ann Peacock ruled Friday that Meagan Wolfe, the nonpartisan administrator of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, will remain in office while a lawsuit plays out.
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A Portland man accused of planning a mass shooting attack at a Smith Rock climbing event before he was stopped and arrested last week in Deschutes County with several guns and many rounds of ammunition in his car made his first court appearance Friday afternoon and remains held on $10 million bail.
Continue ReadingCLINTON, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office in southeast North Carolina has released the names of five people found fatally shot in a home earlier this week. Sampson County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home off Garland Highway outside Clinton shortly before 1 a.m. Thursday for a report of a homicide. They found five
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Maine’s close-knit community of deaf and hard of hearing people is grieving in the wake of the Lewiston shootings that killed beloved members, many of whom were ardent advocates. The shootings, at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, killed at least four people in
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Leaders of a private foundation working to build a museum and memorial to honor the victims of a massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida say they are dropping their plans to build a museum. Officials with the onePulse Foundation said in a public letter Friday that they are unable to
Continue ReadingBy Alex Marquardt, Jennifer Hansler and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, CNN Washington (CNN) — More than two weeks of intense negotiations to evacuate foreign nationals out of Gaza have yielded few signs of progress, leaving hundreds of desperate civilians stranded inside the war-torn strip of land as Israeli ground operations expanded amid a barrage of airstrikes on Friday. Multiple sources involved
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN) — Ivanka Trump deberá testificar en el juicio civil por fraude que enfrenta de su padre en Nueva York, según decidió este viernes el juez que supervisa el caso. El juez de Nueva York Arthur Engoron negó una moción de los abogados de Ivanka Trump para anular una citación para
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has removed himself from the Young Dolph murder case Friday. The judge was ordered to recuse by a Tennessee appeals court, which questioned whether he could be impartial to a man charged with killing the rapper two years ago. Shelby County Criminal Court Judge
Continue ReadingMAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie could take the stand against the man accused of repeatedly stabbing him when the defendant goes on trial early next year. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt says Rushdie is on the witness list for the trial of 25-year-old Hadi Matar. A judge on Friday scheduled the trial
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — The benchmark S&P 500 index closed in correction territory on Friday, ending a week made volatile by weaker-than-expected earnings reports and strong economic data. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, marking a more than 10% drop from its most recent July peak. The Dow tumbled 367 points, or
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez (CNN Español) — La presentación del informe del segundo año de gestión de Norma Otilia Hernández Martínez, alcaldesa de Chilpancingo, la capital del estado de Guerrero, generó polémica este jueves. En medio de la devastación que dejó el huracán Otis, se realizó un acto con música y simpatizantes, que contó además con un
Continue ReadingBy Bob Slovak Click here for updates on this story CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — This high school football season is not just about state championships, it’s about world records as well. At Oak Ridge High School, Agriculture Science teacher Ashley Wilson and English teacher Theresa Neman, brainstormed the idea of a colossal chrysanthemum. The entire
Continue ReadingKTRK By Bob Slovak Click here for updates on this story CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — This high school football season is not just about state championships, it’s about world records as well. At Oak Ridge High School, Agriculture Science teacher Ashley Wilson and English teacher Theresa Neman, brainstormed the idea of a colossal chrysanthemum. The
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Arizona defenseman Travis Dermott recently defied an NHL edict on supporting social causes before games. The NHL announced in June that teams would no longer wear themed jerseys, which include Pride nights, Hockey Fights Cancer and military appreciation celebrations. It also banned tape on sticks. But Dermott used Pride tape on
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was once at the center of the deadly 2017 White nationalist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been melted down. The statue was rendered into bronze ore Saturday at a foundry in an undisclosed location, according to University
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school district has passed a policy mandating annual religious freedom training as part of a lawsuit settlement. The settlement was finalized Thursday. It comes after some students were required to attend an evangelical preacher’s religious revival assembly during the school day in 2022.
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Best Buy is recalling nearly a million pressure cookers because they pose burn risks. About 930,000 Insignia Multi-Function pressure cookers sold between October 2017 and June 2023 have inaccurate volume markings, meaning that some users may fill them beyond their intended capacity, the US Consumer Product Safety
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Strauss, Fredreka Schouten, Steve Contorno, Alayna Treene and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — GOP 2024 presidential candidates traveling to the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference are facing a unique challenge this year: how to distinguish themselves from former President Donald Trump on their support and approach to defending Israel as the country’s war
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story PEMBROKE PINES, Florida (WSVN) — A plane crash near North Perry Airport prompted a swift response from rescue crews, leaving residents in the vicinity shaken by the ordeal. Officials reported that a Mooney M20E crash-landed just before 2:30 p.m. at the airport, located at 101
Continue ReadingBy DANNIELLE GARCIA Click here for updates on this story DANIA BEACH, Florida (WSVN) — A Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) deputy opened fire after firefighters with Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue (BSFR) fought a Dania Beach warehouse blaze, Friday. The incident unfolded at 2300 SW 34th St., with BSFR crews responding to the scene following reports
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