Wisconsin Republicans’ large majorities expected to shrink under new legislative maps
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An independent analysis shows that most of the newly ordered maps redrawing Wisconsin’s…
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US company’s lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after failed moonshot
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth’s atmosphere…
Continue ReadingSnow Report: January 15th
Area resorts received an influx of snow over the weekend. Many local ski destinations were closed yesterday due to hazardous conditions but as of…
Continue ReadingA timeline of the Gilgo Beach serial killings case and the investigation that led to a suspect
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and…
Continue ReadingTunisia commemorates anniversary of the 2011 revolution. Opposition decries democratic backsliding
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thirteen years after they toppled the country’s longtime dictator, Tunisians are…
Continue ReadingA woman bought a vintage dress at an antique store. It had a secret pocket with a mysterious note
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — The Victorian dress in the Maine antique mall was unlike anything Sara Rivers Cofield had seen before. Its fitted…
Continue ReadingTurkish strikes on infrastructure facilities wound 10 and cut off power in areas in northeast Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Kurdish-led authorities in northeast Syria say Turkish strikes have targeted dozens of infrastructure facilities wounding at least 10…
Continue ReadingUN agency chiefs say Gaza needs more aid to arrive faster, warning of famine and disease
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population…
Continue ReadingFueled by unprecedented border crossings, a record 3 million cases clog US immigration courts
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Eight months after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, a couple in their 20s…
Continue ReadingA suspect was charged in the Gilgo Beach serial killings cold case. Here’s a timeline of the case and the investigation
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a string of unsolved killings known as the Gilgo Beach murders terrorized residents and…
Continue ReadingWhy we still have brutal cold snaps even as the planet warms to record levels
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — After a summer of record-breaking heat, vast swaths of the United States are now grappling with extreme cold as…
Continue ReadingRishi Sunak defends his decision for the UK to join the US in ‘limited’ strikes on Yemen’s Houthis
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says U.K. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, conducted alongside the…
Continue ReadingCyclone causes heavy flooding, 1 death in Mauritius after also battering French island of Reunion
By GERALD IMRAY and LEWIS JOLY Associated Press SAINT-PAUL, Reunion (AP) — A tropical cyclone caused heavy flooding and at least one death in…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: Gambling risks rise for young people. How to lower the stakes
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Online gambling is increasingly available to teenagers and young adults, which makes it easy to lose money and can…
Continue ReadingA surgeon general report once cleared the air about smoking. Is it time for one on vaping?
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public…
Continue ReadingA rare male pygmy hippo born in a Czech zoo debuts his first photoshoot
PRAGUE (AP) — A rare male pygmy hippopotamus born in a Czech zoo has debuted his first photoshoot to the delight of spectators. He is considered a…
Continue ReadingPope acknowledges resistance to same-sex blessings but doubles down: ‘The Lord blesses everyone’
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a…
Continue ReadingElection results tell you who won and lost. AP VoteCast tells you why
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the dust settles from Monday’s first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses, the returns will reveal…
Continue ReadingA Cambodian court convicts activists for teaching about class differences, suspends their jail terms
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has convicted four land rights activists of plotting to provoke…
Continue ReadingKosovo remembers 45 people killed in 1999 and denounces Serbia for not apologizing
By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU Associated Press RECAK, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered in a village in southern Kosovo…
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