The American Civil Liberties Union staged a nationwide training event over the weekend to make sure people are aware of their rights as protesters and urge organized, public resistance by those opposed to policies of President Donald Trump.Organizers said the event at a sports arena on the University of Miami campus was livestreamed to locations in all 50 states.ACLU Executive Director Ant.... Read More
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from enforcing his new travel ban against a Syrian family looking to escape fighting in their native land by fleeing to Wisconsin.A Syrian Muslim who fled to Wisconsin has been working since last year to win asylum for his wife and 3-year-old daughter so they can leave Aleppo and join him here. He filed a federal lawsuit in.... Read More
Officials in small Wisconsin towns say construction costs and state budget cuts have caused them to convert their blacktop roads into gravel roads.State funding for local governments in the form of municipal aid has been cut over the last 10 years as local transportation funding has remained roughly flat, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The state has also limited how much towns can raise fr.... Read More
The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is “very challenging” and that “there’s tremendous disagreement about.... Read More
Not only did Thomas Cole paint the lush mountain landscapes that inspired the Hudson River School art movement of the 19th century, he also painted on the walls of his home.Lost beneath layers of paint for more than a century, the patterned borders below the ceilings were rediscovered several years ago and are now revealed in their semi-faded glory.The stylized depictions of drapery and fa.... Read More
A retired Wisconsin state senator who was one of the 14 Democrats who went to Illinois in an attempt to block Gov. Scott Walker’s anti-union legislation said he’s on track for a run to challenge the incumbent Republican.Tim Cullen, of Janesville, has been traveling the state for months with the intent of running for governor in 2018. He has been the most public about his desire to run ag.... Read More
The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said this week he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has made his riches in the fossil fuel industry, said measuring the effect of human activity on the climate is “very challenging�.... Read More
It was searching for the name Jack Engle in mid-19th century newspapers that put Zachary Turpin on to the “warm lead” that turned into a “white hot” discovery: A forgotten 165-year-old novel written by Walt Whitman.Turpin, a Ph.D. student at the University of Houston, already made history last year when he discovered hitherto unknown musings on Whitman’s Manly Health and Training.Tha.... Read More
A border collie named Trick rocketed to a win with his four-footed feats in the Westminster Kennel Club dog show agility contest in February in New York City.And next door, also tackling hurdles, tunnels and weaving poles, were some decidedly rare breeds for the Westminster world: cats.For the first time, felines sidled up to the nation’s premier dog show, as part of an informational compani.... Read More
The Federal Election Commission is raising questions about last-minute election expenditures by a pro-Donald Trump super PAC that has already acknowledged making mistakes regarding the sources and amounts of its contributions and whose contributors include an L.L. Bean heiress.The FEC contends the Making Maine Great Again political action committee may have violated rules that give PACs 24 hou.... Read More
