By Lauren Fox, CNN Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday continue to debate whether more conditions need to be placed on aid sent to Israel, just one in a series of hurdles stalling a legislative package members in both chambers of Congress hope to send to aid Israel, Ukraine and the US southern border. Democratic
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — When there were few other Indigenous celebrities in the spotlight, there was Buffy Sainte-Marie. The celebrated singer-songwriter rose to prominence during the folk revival of the 1960s, building a name as a Cree artist. She sang about the injustices experienced by Indigenous peoples in songs such as “Now That
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN (CNN) — Amazon Prime’s upcoming series “Fallout” has unveiled a first look. The show, based on the video game franchise of the same name, stars Ella Purnell, Walton Goggins, Kyle MacLachlan, Xelia Mendes-Jones and Aaron Moten. “Fallout” centers around a nuclear war on Earth in the year 2077 and was created
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TODAY: We’re mostly sunny today, with some high clouds moving in this afternoon. Winds from the south will have us warm today, as temperatures reach into the 50s for highs. TONIGHT: Clouds fill in overnight, and winds remain southerly. This keeps lows in the 30s and 40s early Thursday. EXTENDED: Thursday will start dry, and
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Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was shut down. Paste Magazine, a digital pop culture publication, announced Wednesday that it was buying Jezebel.com from G/O Media, which closed Jezebel and laid off its staff earlier this
Continue ReadingBy Jaymes Langrehr, Kyle Pozorski Click here for updates on this story McFARLAND, Wis. (WISC) — Officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources confirmed to News 3 Now on Monday that an elk was spotted wandering the streets of McFarland late Friday night. The elk was spotted near the Maple Tree restaurant just before
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Top diplomats from more than 50 countries have arrived in North Macedonia for a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. But others are boycotting the event due to the presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The foreign ministers of Ukraine,
Continue ReadingBy Maddie Heimsch Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wis. (WISC) — A new iOS update caused privacy concerns among some iPhone users and authorities nationwide, but a local expert said there’s not much to worry about. NameDrop is another version of AirDrop, which has allowed iPhone users to exchange photos instantly since
Continue ReadingBy Kyle Pozorski Click here for updates on this story MADISON, Wis. (WISC) — Brothers Randy and LaVerne Theis are calling it a career. The two have been farming together on Madison’s far west side for close to 50 years. The Theis Brothers Farm, 8901 W. Mineral Point Rd., has been in the family since
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Another severe thunderstorm threat, including the possibility of tornadoes, will take aim at the southern United States on Thursday, less than two weeks after at least a dozen tornadoes hit Louisiana and Mississippi. Damaging storms that may spin up a few tornadoes are possible from coastal Texas into
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — General Motors announced Wednesday that it’s cutting spending at its self-driving car unit, Cruise. “We expect the pace of Cruise expansion to be more deliberate when operations resume and spending will be substantially lower in 2024 than it was in 2023,” GM chief executive Mary Barra said during an
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are considering holding a formal vote next month to authorize the impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden as the party looks to legitimize a process that has yet to yield any direct evidence of wrongdoing by the president. The possible reversal from House Republicans comes amid
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A former Camden County prosecutor’s office investigator used his position to intimidate another person in a dispute over damage to a van, court documents say.
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — An expensive private high school in Mexico has suspended and may expel a student who was caught on video beating a parking lot attendant at his housing complex. The high school student, whose name authorities have not yet confirmed, was seen on security camera footage rushing into the guard shack and
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower. But the plan was somewhere short on details and the U.S. quickly reminded the council of its attempts to
Continue ReadingBy Emily Keinath Click here for updates on this story MICHIGAN (WNEM) — The man who owned and operated the Edenville Dam that failed in 2020 has been ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan to pay a monetary judgement of more than $119 million. Attorney General Dana Nessel made
Continue Reading By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday expressed “real reservations” about expelling Rep. George Santos from the House since the New York Republican has yet to be convicted of a crime — even as GOP support grows to make him just the sixth member of the chamber ever to
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his former employer, FedEx. This is the second civil
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN (CNN) — Colonial settlers of the Victorian era were often complicit in atrocities committed against native populations — and new research is unveiling just how those stories intertwine with the lineage of museum specimens still on display today. New details about the misdeeds of one prolific collector of human and animal
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