Legislation was introduced on Jan. 10 in Congress to strip federal protections from wolves in the Great Lakes region and Wyoming.With language preventing any further judicial review, the bill would overrule two court decisions that found the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wrongly removed Endangered Species Act protections for the wolf.“The new Congress is the most extreme and anti-wolf o.... Read More
The Milwaukee Riverkeeper this week released its sixth annual Milwaukee River Basin Report Card, which shows a C minus overall for the basin.Annually, Milwaukee Riverkeeper provides details about the health of the Milwaukee River Basin’s three rivers — the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic — with the help of an ever-growing group of engaged citizen scientists, university research.... Read More
A study of statewide police traffic stops in Vermont, the second-whitest state in the country, has found racial disparities in how police treat drivers.Black drivers were four times more likely than whites to be searched after traffic stops, and Hispanic drivers were nearly three times more likely, according to the University of Vermont study, Driving While Black and Brown in Vermont. At the s.... Read More
Rex Tillerson will get a $180 million retirement package from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he is confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.Tillerson will give up more than 2 million Exxon shares he would have received over the next 10 years.In exchange, the company will make a cash payment equal to the value of those shares to a trust to be overseen by a third party.Exxo.... Read More
David Lynch knows how to keep viewers guessing about what to expect from the “Twin Peaks” sequel.In a Q&A with TV critics Monday, the genial Lynch either declined to provide details about the Showtime series or gave answers that were as mysterious as the plot of the 1990s cult series.Cast members who took part in a separate panel discussion also were mum about the plot in advance o.... Read More
A 91-year-old veteran who was dismissed from the U.S. Air Force as “undesirable” in 1948 because he is gay has had that discharge status changed to “honorable.”The move by the Air Force comes in response to a lawsuit filed in November by H. Edward Spires of Norwalk, Connecticut, who served from 1946 to 1948 as a chaplain’s assistant, earning the rank of sergeant.Spires was forced.... Read More
A jury on Jan. 10 condemned white supremacist Dylann Roof to death for the hate-fueled killings of nine black parishioners at a Bible study meeting in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015.The same jury last month found Roof, 22, guilty of 33 federal charges, including hate crimes resulting in death, for the shootings at the historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.Juror.... Read More
Pro-pot activists are planning to give away 4,200 free joints during the inauguration, which is legal in the District of Columbia.They've also pledged to light up during President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural address, which is not legal.But Washington's mayor says police won't be looking to arrest people for smoking marijuana in public on Inauguration Day.Speaking at a news confer.... Read More
According to a report published by the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission in 2013 entitled “Estimating the Number of Sex Trafficked Youth Using Contacts with Milwaukee Police Department,” more than 77 youth below the age of 17 were trafficked in our city. This information is now more than 3 years old and does not account for adults.There are many great organizations working to fight huma.... Read More
As part of National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced the Justice Department’s National Strategy to Combat Human Trafficking , as required by the 2015 Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.In addition to this new national strategy, every year, the attorney general also submits the Attorney General’s Annual Report to Congress and Asse.... Read More
