Wisconsin State Patrol troopers sent to North Dakota to help disperse an encampment of Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters were not wearing name tags or numbers on their uniforms during their nine-day assignment.The Wisconsin Department of Transportation says the anonymity is intended to protect the officers’ privacy in an emotionally charged situation but the decision faces criticism from.... Read More
In 1971, the Milwaukee Bucks stunned the basketball world by winning the NBA championship in only its third season of professional play. At the center of this upstart team stood 24-year-old Lew Alcindor, a 7’2” draft pick from UCLA.The basketball world was about to be further startled.The day after the Bucks swept a four-game championship over the Baltimore Bullets and he earned the NBA’.... Read More
A trans-Atlantic wave of puzzlement is rippling across Sweden for the second time in a week, after a prominent Fox News program featured a “Swedish defense and national security advisor” who’s unknown to the country’s military and foreign-affairs officials.Swedes, and some Americans, have been wondering about representations of the Nordic nation in the U.S. since President Donald Trump.... Read More
Florida Republicans say there are more determined than ever to pass bills expanding gun ownership and possession in the wake of the deadly Pulse nightclub and Fort Lauderdale airport shootings.They say gun owners should be allowed to take their weapons to airports, government meetings and state universities.“Anytime you create a gun-free zone, you essentially are creating a safe haven.... Read More
More than 200 actions are planned nationwide at congressional townhalls and at “constituent townhalls” where elected officials won’t hold meetings, according to a statement from the Resistance Recess coalition.Find actions here: www.ResistanceRecess.com. WI: Green Bay, Greenfield, La Crosse, Lacrosse, MadisonAs Congress takes its first recess of the.... Read More
Hundreds of scientists, environmental advocates and their supporters held a rally in Boston on Sunday to protest what they see as increasing threats to science and research in the U.S.The scientists, some dressed in white lab coats, called on President Donald Trump’s administration to recognize evidence of climate change and take action on various environmental issues.Geoffrey Supran, a .... Read More
Sixty feet and the U.S-Mexico border separated the unarmed, 15-year-old Mexican boy and the U.S. Border Patrol agent who killed him with a gunshot to the head early on a June evening in 2010.U.S. officials chose not to prosecute Agent Jesus Mesa Jr. and the Obama administration refused a request to extradite him so that he could face criminal charges in Mexico. When the parents of Sergio Adria.... Read More
An Idaho House panel has approved new K-12 science standards after striking key references to climate change caused by human behavior.This is the third year the Idaho Legislature has struggled to agree on science standards for public schools. Previous efforts that included references to global warming and the origin of the universe have been rejected by Republicans unhappy that the language di.... Read More
A federal appeals court ruled that Iowa State University cannot prevent a marijuana law reform advocacy group from distributing a T-shirt with the Iowa State University mascot on one side and a marijuana leaf on the other.The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said ISU administrators including President Steven Leath, Senior Vice President Warren Madden and two others violated First Amendment ri.... Read More
Congress on Feb. 15 sent President Donald Trump legislation blocking an Obama-era rule designed to keep guns out of the hands of mentally ill people.On a vote of 57–43, the Senate backed the resolution, just one of several early steps by the Republican-led Congress to undo regulations implemented by former President Barack Obama. The House had passed the measure earlier this year. The White .... Read More
