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Republican-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire state’s nonpartisan top elections official
By Harm Venhuizen, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official ahead of a 2024 presidential election. Democrats say the vote was held improperly and that lawmakers don’t have the authority to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe. The issue is expected to end in a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil’s top court imposes 17-year sentence, in first case against rioters who stormed the capital
By Mauricio Savarese, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lemur on the loose! Video shows police chasing critter that escaped in Missouri
By The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel. Bodycam video shows the two officers’ attempts to nab the speedy little primate, which made a dash for freedom Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri. “We see the tail,” one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden indicted on federal firearms charges in long-running probe weeks after plea deal failed
By Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) – Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday on federal firearms charges, the latest and weightiest step yet in a long-running investigation into the president’s son. Biden is accused of lying about his drug use when he bought a firearm in October 2018, a period when he has acknowledged struggling with addiction to crack cocaine, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brazil’s Supreme Court sentences rioter who stormed capital in January to 17 years in prison
By The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
SAO PAULO (AP) – Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, 51, is the first of several participants in the uprising ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Planned Parenthood to resume offering abortions next week in Wisconsin, citing court ruling
By Scott Bauer, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Planned Parenthood announced Thursday that it will resume offering abortions in Wisconsin next week after a judge ruled that an 1849 law that seemingly banned the procedure actually didn’t apply to abortions. The resumption of abortions Monday at clinics in Milwaukee and Madison comes as the lawsuit challenging the state law ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in Georgia election case
By Kate Brumback, The Associated Press on September 14th, 2023
ATLANTA (AP) – A Georgia judge ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump and 16 others will be tried separately from two defendants who are set to go to trial next month in the case accusing them of participating in an illegal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Lawyers Sidney Powell and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal with issue likely to be decided by Supreme Court
By Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
HOUSTON (AP) – While a federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, he declined to order an immediate end to the program and the protections it offers to recipients. U.S. District Judge Andrew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecution rests at Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
By Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A woman who was expected to testify about an extramarital affair with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a sudden appearance Wednesday at his impeachment trial, but never took the stand as the prosecutors rested their case against the Republican. The affair is central to the historic proceedings and accusations that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s defense attorneys ask senators to end impeachment trial
By Paul J. Weber And Jake Bleiberg, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A woman who was expected to testify about an extramarital affair with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made a sudden appearance Wednesday at his impeachment trial, but never took the stand as the prosecutors rested their case against the Republican and his defense sought to end the proceedings due to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A federal judge again declares that DACA is illegal. Issue likely to be decided by US Supreme Court
By Juan A. Lozano, The Associated Press on September 13th, 2023
HOUSTON (AP) – A federal judge on Wednesday declared illegal a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen agreed with Texas and eight other states suing to stop the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or ... Read More »
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