Rochester, Minn. — Thirty-year-old David Jeremy Atchison pleaded guilty this week in Olmsted County to first-degree drug possession after Rochester police, acting on information from the La Crosse Police Department, arrested him on February 10 when officers located a stolen SUV near the Med City Hotel on 16th Avenue Northwest;...
JEFFERSON — Jefferson County Administrator Michael Luckey on Wednesday issued a statement expressing condolences after Waukesha County Executive Paul Farrow died Tuesday following a battle with cancer. Farrow had served in the Wisconsin State Senate and as Waukesha County Executive; the administrator's statement praised Farrow's leadership and called the loss...
Frisco, Texas: Head Coach Joey McGuire said Tuesday at Big 12 Football Media Days that Will Hammond could start for Texas Tech in Week One against Abilene Christian, pending clearance from team doctors and medical staff; Hammond is a 6'2" redshirt sophomore who has appeared in 12 collegiate games. Lumberton, North...
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois State Board of Elections said Wednesday it is reviewing a July 7 letter from the U.S. Department of Justice that warned state election officials they could face criminal prosecution if they allowed noncitizens to vote. The letter, addressed to ISBE Executive Director Bernadette Matthews, requested information...
St. Louis. The St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 Wednesday night, with Alec Burleson and José Fermín homering and Michael McGreevy pitching 6 1/3 innings. Masyn Winn and Jordan Walker produced early run-scoring doubles, and Burleson's sixth-inning homer provided the decisive margin in the game at Busch Stadium. The...
Columbia, South Carolina. The South Carolina Republican Party filed a 19-page federal lawsuit in early July seeking to restrict participation in its primary elections exclusively to registered Republican voters, a move Chairman Drew McKissick announced in a July 8 video. The complaint follows a yearslong party push to require party...
Washington, United States – The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a landmark 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter that reshapes the balance of power between the presidency and independent regulatory agencies. The Court held that statutory “for-cause” removal protections for Federal Trade Commission commissioners violate the Constitution’s separation of powers,...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on July 8 that measles cases have reached their highest level in 33 years, with 1,288 confirmed infections across 39 states so far in 2026. Authorities have identified 27 outbreaks, accounting for 88% of all cases, and confirmed three deaths. About...
New York – A 37-story office tower at 235 East 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan, which is being converted into luxury apartments, suffered a significant structural failure on July 7 when two support columns on the 21st and 22nd floors buckled, causing floors between the 21st and 26th levels to...
Mission, Texas. Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to immediately investigate Mission Regional Medical Center after media and social media posts showed billboards in Mexico advertising 'birth packages' for foreign nationals seeking to give birth in Texas, and after reports that the hospital...
