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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended former President Donald Trump’s Wisconsin lawyer from a state judicial ethics panel a week after he was charged with a felony for his role in a 2020 fake electors scheme. Liberal advocates have been calling for Jim Troupis to step down from the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee. They say he is unsuitable due to his role advising Republicans who attempted to cast Wisconsin’s electoral votes for Trump after he lost the 2020 election there. Troupis, a former judge... Читать дальше...

Competitive eating's most prolific champion will be absent from Coney Island.

Stocks drifted to a mixed close overall on Wall Street, but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite still managed to notch more record highs. A big gain in Apple helped push both indexes higher Tuesday. The S&P 500 added 0.3%, driven largely by gains in tech stocks, even though more stocks fell than rose within the index. The Nasdaq climbed 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.3%. The Federal Reserve announces its latest decision on interest rates on Wednesday and is widely expected to leave rates where they are. Читать дальше...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Autodesk Inc. (ADSK) on Tuesday reported fiscal first-quarter earnings of $252 million.

NEW YORK (AP) — Cotton No. 2 Futures on the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Tuesday:

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Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal with migrants trying to get to he U.S. They're wearing them out until they give up. Mexico is driven by mounting pressure from the U.S. to block millions of people headed north. But they country doesn't have the funds to deport migrants. So instead migrants are churning in limbo in Mexico. Authorities round them up across the country and dump them in southern Mexican cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. Some migrants have been punted back as many as six times. Читать дальше...

Zephyr Cove has a reputation for being a party beach.

Zephyr Cove has a reputation for being a party beach.

Don't believe everything you see on social media, folks. 

As home prices hit a record high this year, upkeep costs have also skyrocketed.

Hot weather returns to Northern California today. How high will temperatures soar?

Four campaign workers have been charged with mishandling absentee ballots during the 2019 Democratic mayoral primary in Connecticut’s largest city. They include a woman at the center of a similar controversy that occurred during the recent mayoral primary. Wanda Geter-Pataky, the vice chairperson of the Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee, Bridgeport City Council Member Alfredo Castillo and two campaign workers were each charged on Tuesday with unlawful possession of absentee ballots and other election-related charges. Читать дальше...

A federal judge has struck down as unconstitutional a 2023 Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors and severely restricted such treatment for adults. Senior Judge Robert Hinkle ruled Tuesday that the state went too far when it barred transgender minors from being prescribed puberty blockers and hormonal treatments with their parents' permission. He also stopped the state from requiring that transgender adults only receive treatment from a doctor and not from a registered... Читать дальше...

For one shining moment this week, the country’s ongoing political crises were swept away by the comedic power of one wildly exuberant 6-year-old. Rep. John Rose of Tennessee was giving an impassioned defense of former President Donald Trump when his young son Guy went into action. As C-Span recorded the moment, Guy mugged for the camera, stuck his tongue out, rolled his eyes and generally seemed to be having a blast. The nation reacted with a burst of pure bipartisan giddiness. His moment in the... Читать дальше...

Author Ted Chiang has won a lifetime achievement prize for short stories, the PEN/Malamud Award, just the second time a science fiction writer has been honored since the award was established in 1988. Chiang, who has received numerous Nebula, Hugo and other science fiction prizes, is known for such collections as “Exhalation” and “Stories of Your Life and Others.” Ursula K. Le Guin is the only previous science fiction author to win the PEN/Malamud. Chiang said in a statement that he feels “privileged... Читать дальше...

Thousands of Amazon delivery drivers have filed legal claims against the company. Two law firms spearheading the action said about 15,860 Amazon Flex drivers submitted arbitration claims on Tuesday with the American Arbitration Association. They allege the company’s classification of them as independent contractors instead of employees has led to unpaid wages and other financial losses. Amazon’s Flex program signs up drivers to deliver packages with their own cars and a special app. Amazon’s Flex program... Читать дальше...

Even the best can trip up in big moments.

The reported birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times. However members of the American Indian tribe cautioned its also a warning that more must be done to protect the earth and its animals. Chief Arvol Looking Horse is the spiritual leader of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota Oyate. He is also the 19th keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Pipe and Bundle. He says for the Lakota, the birth of a white buffalo calf with a black nose... Читать дальше...

"He's about as San Francisco as anyone can be."

The Biden administration is taking credit for a sharp drop in violent crime though one expert says the declines are likely overstated. FBI data show steep drops in every category of violent crime in every region in the first three months of 2024 compared to a year earlier. Murder and rape are down 26%, robbery is down 18%, and aggravated assault down by 13%. Overall, violent crime is down 15%, with drops in every region. President Joe Biden says his administration is reducing crime. Data analyst... Читать дальше...

Amazon Prime Video’s epic superhero satire series “The Boys” will end with its fifth season. The show’s creator and showrunner Eric Kripke announced the show's ending while promoting the series’ fourth season. In a post on X, he said a five-season arc was “always” his plan, adding that he is “thrilled to bring the story to a gory, epic, moist climax.” “The Boys” has been one of Prime Video’s most popular original series, spawning two spinoff series, “Gen V” and “Diabolical.” Season 4 of “The Boys”... Читать дальше...

A Florida law that blocked gender-affirming care for transgender minors is struck down by a federal judge.

President Joe Biden kept his distance from the courtroom where his son Hunter stood trial on felony gun charges to avoid any appearance of meddling. But the president's quick statement reacting to the jury’s guilty verdict spoke to where his heart has been all along. Biden, in a written statement, expressed pride at “the man” Hunter has become and at his strength in overcoming addiction. Biden aides and allies have privately worried about the toll a guilty verdict would take on the 81-year-old president. Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Warning about the far-right Project 2025 agenda for a Donald Trump White House, a group of House Democrats has launched a task force to start fighting the proposal and stop it from taking hold if the Republican former president returns to power.