Wisconsin DNR releases 3.5K public comments on wolf management plan
Wisconsin wildlife officials on Friday released thousands of public comments on a new wolf management plan, some calling for the restoration of a statewide population limit and others urging a total hunting ban. Department of Natural Resources in November released a draft of its first new wolf management plan in almost 25 years. It would […]
Feds say railroads must re-examine train assembly amid derailment surge
Federal regulators said Friday that railroads need to re-examine how they assemble their trains after a string of derailments in recent years that were at least partly caused by the way empty and loaded cars were mixed together with locomotives. Heavy cars at the back of a train can push and pull against empty cars […]
US Judge Hands Anti-abortion Groups Partial Win Over Mifepristone Pill
A federal judge on Friday halted federal regulators’ approval of the abortion pill mifepristone while a legal challenge proceeds, partially granting a request by anti-abortion groups and dealing another setback to abortion rights in the United States.The 67-page ruling by…
Biden Appeals Ruling Against Ban on Gun Bump Stocks
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lower court ruling against a federal ban on “bump stock” devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire like machine guns.The administration is defending the ban, imposed…
Dangerous Leak: New Batch of Classified Docs Turns Up on Social Media
A new batch of classified documents – documents said to involve national security secrets on such regions as Ukraine, China, and the Mideast – has turned up on social media websites, the New York Times reported on Friday.
Dangerous Leak: New Batch of Classified Docs Turn Up on Social Media
A new batch of classified documents — documents said involve national security secrets on such regions as Ukraine, China and the Mideast — have turned turned up on social media websites, the New York Times reported on Friday.It said the leaks have set off alarms with the…
House Chair Jordan Probes NY Prosecutor in Trump Case
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, signed a Friday letter asking to speak with one of the leading prosecutors within the Manhattan district attorney’s office. In the letter, Jordan asked attorney Matthew Colangelo to provide his correspondence with the …
School’s Trans Policy Trumps Teacher’s Religious Rights: US Court
An Indiana high school did not break the law by allegedly forcing a music teacher to quit after he refused on religious grounds to use transgender students’ preferred names, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday.The rights of the teacher, John Kluge, to exercise his…
Storms Bring Down Trees, Bring Play to Halt at the Masters
Two towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, and another tree fell elsewhere on the property, though nobody was injured as the second round of the Masters ground to a halt.The storms had been expected throughout the day, and…
Former Belarusian opposition leader gets 17-year sentence in absentia
A Belarusian opposition leader and former ally of President Alexander Lukashenko received a 17-year prison sentence in absentia Friday on charges that included forming an extremist group and discrediting Belarus. Valery Tsepkalo, 58, was also fined around $14,000 and barred from holding public office for five years following a closed-door trial that resulted in his […]
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