Wisconsin Supreme Court justices make endorsements in contested race for seat

A majority of the current members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court have picked a favorite candidate in the race that will decide the ideological balance of the court with several major decisions looming. Republicans, Democrats and their allies are expected to spend millions of dollars on the race because whoever controls the court will be […]

Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader helps launch new newspaper

At age 88, Ralph Nader believes his neighbors in northwest Connecticut are tired of electronics and miss the feel of holding a newspaper to read about their town. So at a time that local newspapers are dying at an alarming rate, the longtime activist is helping give birth to one. Copies of the first edition […]

Archie Battersbee’s mother calls for lessons to be learned from his death

Read More Archie Battersbee’s mother has told an inquest into his death that she cannot be sure how her son died but that she wants lessons to be learned from the tragedy. Hollie Dance, who found her son unconscious with a ligature over his head on 7 April last year, said on Tuesday she believed […]

Virginia designates Chincoteague Island pony as official state horse

Virginia lawmakers approved a bill on Tuesday, designating the Chincoteague Island pony as the official pony of the commonwealth. The bill was introduced by Republican state delegate Robert Bloxom Jr., who is a resident of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, where Chincoteague Island is located. “This is probably the most important bill of this legislative […]

Steady rains trigger mudslides that killed at least 36 in Peru

Landslides triggered by steady rains swept mud, water and rocks into several villages in southern Peru, killing at least 36 people, authorities said Monday. Wilson Gutierrez, a civil defense official in the Mariano Nicol?s Valc?rcel municipality in Camana province, told local radio RPP that 36 bodies had been recovered in a remote sector called Miski. […]

Russia’s Wagner forces accused of using drugs to bolster stamina on the front lines

Russia’s infamous Wagner Group has been accused of supplying its troops with drugs to increase stamina on the front lines as the war nears the one-year mark and Russian causalities mount. Fierce fighting continues to rage in the Donbas region and despite months of heavy warfare and concentrated efforts by both its military and the […]

24 people killed in 2nd day of fighting in Somaliland

At least 24 people were killed and another 53 injured in a second day of heavy fighting in Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors said, after local leaders declared their intention to rejoin federal Somalia. Somaliland broke away from Somalia in 1991 but has not gained widespread international recognition for its independence, and has […]