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A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots ahead of the 2024 elections won't face charges. Wausau Mayor Doug Diny posed for photos as he removed a drop box from outside City Hall in September 2024. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney announced Wednesday that he was unable to prove criminal wrongdoing in his investigation. He said the drop box didn't meet the definition of a ballot drop box because it was meant as a receptacle for payments, ballots and other city materials... Читать дальше...

Heavy rains in the Dominican Republic have killed one child, damaged thousands of homes and are causing power outages, forcing officials to suspend classes at some public and private schools. The government on Wednesday also ordered nonessential employees to work remotely as authorities warned of flooding and possible landslides. Local newspaper Listín Diario reported that more than 20 communities were cut off in a province just northwest of the capital Santo Domingo after a river overflowed its banks. Читать дальше...

The struggling camera company is slashing jobs in another round of mass layoffs.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — SAN DIEGO (AP) — PriceSmart Inc. (PSMT) on Wednesday reported net income of $49.1 million in its fiscal second quarter.

SFGATE columnist Drew Magary unpacks the ceasefire between the US and Iran.

Ella Langley has become a standout in modern country music by embracing classic sounds. Her 2024 hit “You Look Like You Love Me,” featuring Riley Green, put her on the map. But her sophomore album, “Dandelion,” co-produced with Miranda Lambert and Ben West, only further proves her chops. Associated Press music writer Maria Sherman writes in her review that “Dandelion” plays to Langley's old soul strengths. And while country music is full of traditionalists, Langley brings the past to her present... Читать дальше...

Trump made threats to Iran on Tuesday that "a whole civilization will die."

A federal judge has handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling “Friends” star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in a 2023 overdose. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced 42-year-old Jasveen Sangha on Wednesday. Sangha is the third defendant to be sentenced of the five people who have pleaded guilty in connection with the 54-year-old “Friends” star’s death. Prosecutors had recommend a 15-year sentence for Sangha. They cast her in court filings as... Читать дальше...

Michigan's $2.4 billion business incentive program has created 1,846 jobs among 10 companies, despite controversy. This is less than 13% of the 14,559 jobs promised over the course of several years. But the new jobs represent the first hiring under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s flagship corporate incentive program since it launched in 2022. The initiative aims to boost job creation through taxpayer subsidies. Dow Inc. retained 5,028 jobs, and Solar Technology LLC added 1,244. However, lawmakers have questioned... Читать дальше...

The device was spotted on the console in the vehicle.

The cartel used "violence as a business model," a DEA official said. 

Daniel Susac is nothing if not consistent.

Neither the United States nor Iran seems able to agree on even the basic contours of the key issues being discussed as part of a two-week ceasefire. The potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz has sent oil prices down, but Iran insists that it will maintain control the waterway. Iran's uranium enrichment program is another sticking point, with Iran saying the U.S. would accept its nuclear program. Whether the ceasefire extends to Israeli attacks on Lebanon is also in dispute. The U.S. has presented its own... Читать дальше...

The California Supreme Court has ordered a Republican county sheriff who seized more than half a million 2025 election ballots to pause his probe into election fraud allegations while the judges review the legal challenge against it. The Wednesday order came after California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, last month asked the court to step in. A voting rights group is also challenging the ballot seizure. The dispute started earlier this year and escalated last month when Riverside County... Читать дальше...

Independent businesses fear a monopoly and higher prices.

Authorities in eastern Congo say at least 21 people are missing after a boat capsized on Lake Kivu. Officials said Wednesday that the boat was on its way to the town of Makengere when it sunk Tuesday after a visit to a market town. Officials said that 23 people survived and a search was ongoing for the missing. The cause of the capsizing was under investigation. It wasn’t immediately known how many people were onboard or how many remain missing.

In 2010, police searching for a missing woman began finding human remains in the scrub along a barrier island parkway near New York’s Gilgo Beach. Police almost immediately feared some were left by a serial killer. Over the years, investigators used DNA analysis and other clues to identify the victims. In some cases, they were able to connect them to remains found elsewhere on Long Island years earlier. The investigation ultimately led to the arrest of architect Rex Heuermann, who pleaded guilty... Читать дальше...

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday defended his decision to repeal the legal determination that serves as the basis for federal rules to slow climate change. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin told a group of climate change skeptics that repeal of the 2009 “endangerment finding” reversed decades of unthinking adherence to liberal politicians and environmental groups about the dangers of climate change. Today "is a day to celebrate vindication,″ said Zeldin. The former Republican... Читать дальше...

Authorities in the Bahamas are searching for a U.S. woman who is missing at sea after her husband reported that she fell overboard. Police told The Associated Press Wednesday that the search continues for the woman, whom they declined to identify. Bahamian police have said the couple was traveling from Hope Town to Elbow Cay on Saturday night, and that the woman’s husband told authorities that she fell overboard with the boat keys, causing the engine to turn off. NBC News quoted a woman identified as Karli Aylesworth who said her mother... Читать дальше...

Over the course of a single day, President Donald Trump went from threatening Iran with “annihilation” to proclaiming that Iran's leadership had presented a “workable” plan that led him to agree to a two-week ceasefire. Trump says he expects this to pave the way to end the nearly six-week war with Iran. Trump's shift came as intermediaries led by Pakistan worked to head off a further escalation. Even China quietly pulled strings to urge Iran to find a path toward a ceasefire. Trump plans talks Wednesday with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte... Читать дальше...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is pushing a plan to direct road funds to a struggling oil refinery, presenting it as a cleaner jet fuel initiative. UC Berkeley economists warn this could raise California gas prices. The plan is set for a final legislative hearing on Thursday. While it has support from lawmakers and labor groups for preserving jobs and aiding climate goals, it faces criticism from oil industry reps, analysts, and environmentalists. Critics argue it diverts funds from cleaner alternatives like mass transit. Читать дальше...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has attracted another opposition Conservative lawmaker to the Liberal Party, further assuring that he will soon have a majority government. Ontario Member of Parliament Marilyn Gladu alluded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canada’s sovereignty and economy for her decision to defect to Carney’s governing Liberals. Trump has talked about making Canada the 51st state. She is the fifth Member of Parliament to defect to Carney and the fourth Conservative. Читать дальше...

The move could result in the loss of a large chunk of the agency's workforce.

The restaurant's most famous dish dates back around 3,000 years.

A Long Island architect accused in a string of long-unsolved slayings known as the Gilgo Beach killings is expected to plead guilty, closing a case that bedeviled investigators, agonized victims’ relatives and tantalized a true-crime obsessed public for years. Rex Heuermann is charged with murdering seven women, many of them sex workers. A guilty plea would put him in prison for the rest of his life. Last year, a judge rejected his bid to exclude DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques that prosecutors say proves he’s the killer. Читать дальше...