Primary to set field for Wisconsin Supreme Court election
A 38-year-old Chicago man has been convicted of attempted murder after he shot an Iowa sheriff's deputy during a robbery. A Linn County jury found Stanley Donahue guilty Tuesday in the June 2021 shooting at a Casey's store in Coggon. Prosecutors said Linn County deputy Will Halverson was shot seven times after he responded to a report of a robbery at the store. Prosecutors said Donahue robbed two employees and locked them in a cooler before shooting Halverson seven times. The deputy was seriously injured but recovered and returned to work. No sentencing date was set for Donahue, who faces up to 112 years in prison.
The Biden administration says it will generally deny asylum to migrants who show up at the U.S. southern border without first seeking protection in a country they passed through. That mirrors an attempt by the Trump administration that never took effect because it was blocked in court. The measure stops short of a total ban but imposes severe limitations on asylum for any nationality except Mexicans, who don’t have to travel through a third country to reach the U.S. It doesn't take effect immediately and is almost certain to face legal challenges.
Legalizing sports betting is back on the agenda of the Minnesota Legislature. And advocates expressed hope Tuesday they’ll find the votes to get a plan through the state Senate, where the idea has died before. The Democratic proposal, introduced Monday, would put the state’s tribes in control of in-person betting at their casinos as well as remote wagering via mobile devices. Similar to a bill that passed the House last year, the state’s two horse tracks would be shut out of the action. This year, tribal casinos and six major-league sports teams have forged an alliance to support the bill.
Yes, “Cocaine Bear” is a real movie. And it might be a hit. Since the trailer first debuted for Elizabeth Banks’ very, very loosely based-on-a-true-story comedy has stoked a rabid zeitgeist. At a time when much in Hollywood can feel pre-packaged, the makers of “Cocaine Bear” think it can be a wild exception. Its makers, including producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, say that it's time Hollywood got bolder and greenlight movies that don't feel like they were dreamed up in a corporate boardroom. And “Cocaine Bear” most definitely didn't originate at the C-suite. It opens in theaters Friday.
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More than a half dozen South and Central Florida mayors have hopped aboard a national travel industry campaign to persuade the U.S. State Department to speed up visa application interviews abroad for international travelers.
DALLAS — More cameras, greater security lighting with motion detection and additional fencing.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is touting bipartisanship in signing a supplemental budget into law. The bill makes adjustments to the current budget that runs through the end of June, and Mills touted help for nursing facilities, hospitals and small businesses. The Maine Legislature overwhelmingly approved the roughly $40 million in budget adjustments to account for some surplus revenue. Mills thanked for the Legislature for bipartisan support and said she hopes that spirit continues as work progresses on a two-year, $10.3 billion budget.
Each year, thousands of freshly certified financial planner (CFP) professionals enter the industry.
The daughter of former Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl says he suffered a stroke this week and is now receiving palliative care. The 86-year-old Earl is a Democrat who served one term as governor from 1983 to 1987. He was a champion of gay rights and a staunch environmentalist. Earl was defeated in 1986 by Republican Tommy Thompson. Earl’s political career ended after he lost a Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate in 1988 to Herb Kohl, but he went on to become a leading advocate for campaign and election finance reforms and a champion of environmental causes. Julia Earl said in a text message Tuesday to The Associated Press that her father was surrounded by loved ones and “is at peace and painfree.”
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has entered home hospice care after a series of short hospital stays. The Carter Center said in a statement Saturday that Carter, 98, “decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention.” Hospice care is treatment designed to make patients comfortable and to reduce pain and suffering in their final days. It is usually home-based and reserved for those declared by two physicians to be terminally ill, with six months or less to live. Hospice care may include medicine but only to reduce symptoms, not with the intent to cure any illness.
South Dakota lawmakers have rejected a proposed repeal of the state’s grocery tax — despite Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s testimony in support of the measure. Noem’s testimony Tuesday before the House Appropriations Committee was an unusual move for the leader who has rarely appeared in public this session. She had opposed the $102 million tax cut in the final days of the 2022 legislative session, but she changed course months later to make it a centerpiece of her reelection campaign. After the measure failed, Noem told reporters she would keep working on the tax cut, and said lawmakers made the “wrong” decision.
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ATLANTA — An attorney representing one of the 14 defendants charged in the sweeping “Young Slime Life” gang case is seeking a mistrial days after an hourslong police interrogation video was leaked online.
NEW YORK — Mexico’s former top cop used the police force he commanded to help a drug cartel do business, a federal jury in Brooklyn found Tuesday.
A bill advancing in the North Carolina House would change how county commissioners are elected in the state’s most populous county. It has drawn criticism from local Democrats who do not want Republican state lawmakers interfering in their elections. The local bill, which could not be vetoed by the Democratic governor, would make Wake County’s commissioner elections nonpartisan and require that members be elected by district, rather than the county at large. While board members represent seven county commissioner districts, the entire county currently votes for each candidate. Democrats have held every seat on the seven-member panel since 2014.
Testimony from a former ESPN executive is underscoring the high stakes and corruption that has enveloped the world of soccer. Former ESPN President John Skipper told a U.S. District Court in New York Tuesday that his broadcasting company bid $450 million for U.S. broadcasting rights to the two most recent World Cups, including the recent one in Qatar. Fox reportedly bid $425 million, but won the rights anyway. The U.S. government is accusing two former Fox executives of bribing soccer officials to undermine competing bids and help Fox win the rights. The Fox network is not a defendant in the case and has denied any wrongdoing.
Wall Street tumbles to biggest drop since December as concerns deepen about rising rates; Dow off 696 points, or 2.1%.
An Arkansas law enforcement officer who held down a man while two others beat him during an arrest recorded on video is back on the job after he did not face any criminal charges. Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory confirms that Officer Thell Riddle was reinstated and returned to work Friday. A bystander used a cellphone to record the South Carolina man and two former Crawford County sheriff’s deputies during the Aug. 21 arrest of Randal Worcester in the small town of Mulberry. The two deputies face federal charges and remain under investigation by the state. But a grand jury declined to indict Riddle and the state says it won't be charging him.
Few Brazilians can claim to dominate their field as much _ and at such a young age _ as the 39-year-old Carnival impresario Leandro Vieira. Vieira has become one of the most decorated leaders of the annual parade competition in Rio de Janeiro. This year, as Carnival director of a samba school that hasn’t won in more than two decades, he could cement his name as one of the greatest since the festivities kicked off almost 100 years ago. Vieira’s prestige as an artist _ and his fame as a party animal _ has stretched well beyond Rio, achieving the kind of celebrity a film director might gain.
CHICAGO — It can’t be easy to trade a legend.
Conservationists are seeking an emergency court order to block construction of a lithium mine near the Nevada-Oregon line. The new request filed Tuesday in federal court in Reno comes after a judge there directed the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to revisit part of its approval of the plans but allowed construction to go forward in the meantime. Four environmental groups are asking the judge to temporarily halt any work at Lithium Americas’ mine until they can appeal her Feb. 6 ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Lithium Americas said last week that construction of the mine about 200 miles northeast of Reno was imminent.
The Biden administration announced a policy Tuesday that would limit asylum access to immigrants who cross into the U.S. without authorization and fail to apply for protections on the way to the southern border with Mexico.
A South Korean court on Tuesday recognized the legal rights of a same-sex couple for the first time, in a move celebrated by human rights advocates as a major victory for the country’s LGBTQ community.
LOS ANGELES — Actor Julian Sands' whereabouts remain unknown more than a month after he was reported missing in the Mount Baldy area in January.
Da Brat is pregnant and expecting a baby with her wife, entrepreneur Jesseca “Judy” Harris-Dupart.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Orlando Magic waived third-year guard R.J. Hampton, league sources told the Orlando Sentinel Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities in Las Vegas are investigating the death of a 20-year-old UNLV football player after he was found unresponsive in bed in a studio apartment on Monday. The Clark County coroner said Tuesday that a cause and manner of Rebels defensive lineman Ryan Keeler’s death was pending. Medical examiner blood toxicology test results can take several weeks. Las Vegas police also are investigating Keeler's unexpected death. UNLV head coach Barry Odom called the 6-foot-6, 275-pound defensive lineman a standout person, student and teammate. Keeler arrived by transfer from Rutgers University and played in seven games as a redshirt freshman last season. Odom says Keeler also made the academic All-Mountain West team with a 3.8 GPA.
The Israeli military says it has sentenced a member of the Islamic Jihad militant group to 22 months in prison after his arrest helped spark three days of heavy fighting in Gaza last year. Bassam al-Saadi’s sentence was handed down Tuesday as part of a plea deal, the army said in a statement, adding that he had been convicted for illegal association, incitement and impersonation. Al-Saadi, the statement said, worked with other suspects to advance the group’s activities “within its student wing” by receiving funding from an Islamic Jihad operative in Gaza. He was arrested in August during a nighttime raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Islamic Jihad had demanded the release of Bassam al-Saadi, then 62.
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls shut down Lonzo Ball for a second consecutive season Tuesday as the point guard continues to struggle with discomfort and pain in his left knee.
Microsoft’s Xbox video game division has announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia. The moves come as Microsoft is trying to persuade European regulators to approve its planned $68.7 billion takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard. A key audience for the announcements were the European Union antitrust regulators who held a closed-door meeting Tuesday with executives from Microsoft and some of their competitors, including Sony and Google. Microsoft announced a 10-year agreement with chipmaker Nvidia to bring Xbox games to Nvidia’s cloud gaming service. Microsoft also said it has now signed a similar deal with Nintendo, formalizing a commitment it revealed late last year.
Conservative Kansas lawmakers are pushing ahead with trying to eliminate most ballot drop boxes in elections. A measure on drop boxes cleared a Senate committee Tuesday, despite a split among top Republicans. The panel voted 5-4 to approve a bill that would limit each of the state’s 105 counties to only one drop box, only inside its election office and only when two people from different political parties are constantly monitoring the box. Counties currently can have as many drop boxes as they want and 167 were in use in last year’s election. Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach backs the bill while GOP Secretary of State Scott Schwab opposes it.
