Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An employee of the Democratic National Committee has filed a complaint seeking to remove the Green Party’s presidential candidate from the ballot in Wisconsin. The complaint filed Wednesday argues that the party is ineligible. It’s the latest move by the DNC to block third-party candidates from the ballot. Democrats
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers is urging a federal judge not to make any changes at Wisconsin’s youth prison after a counselor was killed during a fight there. Pressure has been mounting to give Lincoln Hills-Copper Lakes Schools staff more leeway in punishing incarcerated children since a 16-year-old boy was accused
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Emails obtained by The Associated Press show that Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s office staff was in regular communication last year with her husband and other people involved in her campaign for governor. The emails also show that Hall-Long staffers worked during office hours to help facilitate the use
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t like her attitude. Judge Kenneth King even asked other kids in the courtroom Tuesday whether the 16-year-old girl should be taken to juvenile detention, WXYZ-TV reported. King, who
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s Supreme Court ruled that minors don’t need their parents’ permission to get an abortion in the state. Wednesday’s unanimous opinion agrees with a lower court ruling that found the parental consent law violates the privacy clause in the state constitution. The ruling comes as an initiative to ask
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media influencers have gotten the royal treatment as President Joe Biden gave a nod to their ability to hold sway with millions of loyal followers. The White House on Wednesday played host to a group of more than 100 influencers, also known as content creators, ranging from chefs and
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Cisco Systems says it is planning to lay off 7% of its employees. That’s its second round of job cuts this year as the company shifts its focus to more rapidly growing areas in technology, such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The company based in San Jose, California, did not
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police say officers fatally shot a 16-year-old girl holding a knife in the fourth deadly shooting involving police in Alaska’s largest city since mid-May. Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case told reporters that the shooting happened when officers responded to a disturbance between two family members late Tuesday. Alaska Public Media
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — UNICEF says children in West and Central Africa are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, creating health concerns. The U.N. children’s agency in a new report published on Wednesday says that the frequency of heat waves in the region has more than quadrupled since the 1960s, leaving children more vulnerable
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters, who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion, can refer to an embryo or fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The Arizona Supreme Court justices sided with Republican lawmakers, who drafted
Continue ReadingAssociated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a long-delayed copper-nickel mining project in northeastern Minnesota have announced plans for a series of studies over the next year on potential ways to improve environmental safeguards and make the mine more cost- and energy-efficient. The studies could lead to significant changes to the project formerly known
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The suspected hack of Donald Trump’s campaign is the latest indication that foreign adversaries looking to meddle in the election are quickening their pace ahead of November. Trump’s campaign has blamed Iran for the incident, which saw hackers gain access to internal campaign documents that were later released to news
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A white Florida woman told investigators she fired a shot through her door at a Black neighbor because she panicked as the other woman pounded heavily on her door and threatened her amid an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s children. That is according to a video statement played Wednesday in court at the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The family of a man shot to death by a Connecticut police officer last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and asked for a federal civil rights investigation of the police department. Mike Alexander-Garcia Jr. was shot by a West Hartford officer in August 2023 as he tried
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has expelled the founder of an influential Peruvian religious movement, the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, after more than a decade of downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse and financial corruption. Wednesday’s decree from the Vatican’s office for religious orders came after Pope Francis last year ordered a high-level
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The family of Casey Goodson Jr. will receive $7 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit over a December 2020 shooting. Goodson was a Black man who was shot and killed in Ohio by a former sheriff’s deputy. The Franklin County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the settlement late last month. Twenty-three-year-old
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Police say that not all officer video from the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting in 2022 was given to news organizations following a court order. City officials said Wednesday the police department has opened an internal investigation into why the material was not discovered until after a large trove of footage was released over
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — A new study says Pennsylvania drivers get pulled over and are cited by state police at roughly comparable rates no matter their race or ethnicity. The information about 450,000 vehicle stops in 2023 was made public on Wednesday. Researchers also say trooper decisions about how to enforce the law
Continue ReadingCHICO, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest wildfire so far this year is 40% contained after scorching more than 670 square miles. Authorities said Wednesday that the Park Fire had minimal activity overnight. They say firefighters are working on mop-up and tactical patrol operations. The Park Fire was allegedly started by arson on July 24 in
Continue ReadingEAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State has been sued over the Adolf Hitler question that appeared on Spartan Stadium screens before a game last season, with the quiz’s creator saying the university didn’t have permission to use its product that “was not created for a mass-market use at an American college football game.” Floris
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