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- E.J. Dionne Jr.: Clinton shifts the election in her direction September 27, 2016Clinton's calm dissection of her foe reassured jittery supporters and no doubt shook many voters who were considering Trump.
- Spencer Black: State's 'squeaky clean' reputation forever sullied September 27, 2016The leak of the John Doe documents by The Guardian show Scott Walker as the most corrupt governor in modern political history.
- State Debate: John Doe revelations need to be taken seriously says Progressive's Ruth Conniff September 27, 2016A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.
- Gary L. Kriewald: UW unconcerned about affordable student housing September 27, 2016Dear Editor: The article on the proliferation of luxury high-rises aimed at UW students was in depth, informative, and thoroughly dispiriting. Setting aside the soul-crushing banality of their architecture, these buildings symbolize perfectly the elitist agenda of UW administrators. They…
- You think you're angry about the 2016 election? Talk to Lewis Black September 27, 2016Black will perform at the Orpheum Theater on Saturday.
- Madison public market funding remains in proposed capital budget September 27, 2016Funding for a public market remains in Mayor Paul Soglin's proposed 2017 capital budget as well as a new fire station and the Midtown District police station.
- John Nichols: Wisconsin, and America, should be debating legalization of marijuana September 27, 2016With Arizonans voting this fall on legalizing marijuana, debate moderators should ask Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton where they stand on the issue.
- UW-Madison cuts student workers’ hours, citing Affordable Care Act September 27, 2016Labor activists say maneuver to save money will hurt students who have to work to stay in school.
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- Judge orders release of man who was convicted in 1957 murder April 15, 2016A DeKalb County judge Friday vacated the conviction of Jack McCullough, who was found guilty in 2012 of the 1957 murder of a 7-year-old Sycamore girl. Judge William Brady ordered a new trial for McCullough and also ordered that he be freed from custody on his own recognizance. The hearing was held...
- Judge won't reduce bond for girls in Slender Man stabbing April 15, 2016A judge on Friday refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set for two Wisconsin girls accused of trying to kill their classmate in an attempt to please the fictional horror character Slender Man. Judge Michael Bohren denied requests by the girls' attorneys to lower the bond amount. The girls have been...
- Lucas Museum switch: Olive branch or trap? April 15, 2016By signing off on a plan to move the museum east of Lake Shore Drive, parks advocates would be trampling on the very principle they used to block the museum.Does Mayor Rahm Emanuel want to tear down the McCormick Place East building to make way for the controversial Lucas Museum of Narrative Art?...
- To police, a fatal gang shooting. To parents, the end of a life turning around April 15, 2016As they gathered at the crime tape, looking down at the body of their son under a white sheet, Raymond and Charisma Pryor were taken off to the side by police and told he was the target of a gang conflict.But all they could see was a man gunned down as he was straightening out his life, going to...
- What drives Jonathan Toews? Let's start with the sleepovers April 15, 2016As a kid, Jonathan Toews threw the worst sleepovers. Just ask Tyler Riel, a friend who went over to Toews' house one night on the southern end of Winnipeg. Riel, then 11, was expecting the usual trappings of a night with buddies — video games, junk food and hockey on the rink Toews' dad Brian built....
- Reward offered for Oak Lawn man wanted in 2009 burning, killing of Chicago teen April 15, 2016A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest of an Oak Lawn man charged in the burning and killing a teenage boy on Chicago's Southwest Side in 2009, the FBI said Friday morning. Luis Macedo, 28, whose last known address is in the 6200 block of West 90th Place,...
- Muslim family kicked off United flight still awaits resolution April 15, 2016The parents of a north suburban Muslim family abruptly removed from a United Airlines flight last month say the way they and their three children were treated by a flight crew at Chicago O'Hare International Airport went way beyond poor customer service. Yet three weeks later, they still have not...
- Demolish McCormick Place East for Lucas Museum site: City Hall plan April 15, 2016Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to tear down McCormick Place East to create a lakefront parcel for Star Wars filmmaker George Lucas' art museum in an effort to prevent Lucas from taking the project to another city, a source close to the mayoral administration said Friday. The source confirmed the mayor's...
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- Scenes From New England’s Drought: Dry Wells, Dead Fish and Ailing Farms September 26, 2016The region is struggling to cope with a dry spell that climatologists say is not expected to abate before the end of the year.
- Kerr Putney, Charlotte Chief, Had Cause in His Life to Distrust Police September 27, 2016Caught between defending his officers and regaining the trust of many who claim he has reacted badly to the fatal police shooting of a black man.
- U.S. Murders Surged in 2015, F.B.I. Finds September 27, 2016The 10.8 percent increase in the rate of murders from 2014 to 2015 was the largest year-to-year increase in at least 20 years, a report from the bureau said.
- California Today: California Today: ‘Sticker Shock’ in Los Angeles Housing September 27, 2016Tuesday: The whopping cost of living in Los Angeles, a fire threatens homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and a Bill Walton statue divides San Diegans.
- Suit Accuses Alabama of Bias in Law That Bars Some Felons From Voting September 26, 2016Language citing ‘moral turpitude’ is seen as vague and as being applied arbitrarily to disenfranchise black and poor people.
- Man Charged With Murder in Shooting of 5 at Mall in Washington State September 26, 2016No motive was disclosed as Arcan Cetin was formally charged in the killings at the Cascade Mall, north of Seattle.
- Millions in U.S. Climb Out of Poverty, at Long Last September 26, 2016In 2015, 3.5 million Americans were able to breach the poverty line as an economic recovery hit a tipping point.
- Why Do Obese Patients Get Worse Care? Many Doctors Don’t See Past the Fat September 26, 2016The American health care system is ill prepared — in its attitudes, equipment and common practices — to treat the rising population of fat patients.
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- Woman accused of trying to bring gun into courthouse, Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office says November 10, 2015A New Orleans woman tried to put a purse with a loaded gun inside through the security belt at Orleans Parish Criminal Court
- Is the backlash on? Some schools eliminate homework September 27, 2016Benefits of homework questioned in early grades.
- Metairie man booked with rape of teen, sexual battery, Kenner police say September 27, 2016Luis Azurdia-Gonzales is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl.
- Stabbing, 3 armed robberies reported Monday, NOPD says September 27, 2016Police arrested one woman involved in an armed robbery on Canal Street.
- Metairie McDonald's employee caught taking photos of customer credit cards: JPSO September 27, 2016Dejon Da'Jane Harrison was booked with 21 counts of access device fraud.
- Houston gunman wore Nazi emblems, carried 2,600 rounds of ammo: police September 27, 2016The man opened fire on morning commuters near a strip mall and injured 9 people.
- 2016 Louisiana Senate race: Democrats snipe over personal finances September 27, 2016With less than a month to go before early votes are cast in the 2016 Louisiana Senate race, sniping between the top two Democrats has taken on the quality of an air hockey match. Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell and New...
- 2 months after body found, no one knows this murder victim's name September 27, 2016Man's body discovered near Rigolets Pass southeast of Slidell
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- Revealed: how senior Laos officials cut deals with animal traffickers September 27, 2016Evidence obtained by the Guardian shows how treasury coffers swelled with 2% tax on trades worth up to $45m including tigers, rhinos and elephantsHelp fund our journalism by becoming a Guardian supporter.Officials at the highest level of an Asian government have been helping wildlife criminals smuggle millions of dollars worth of endangered species through t […]
- Trump loses cool while Clinton stays calm during first presidential debate September 27, 2016Clinton repeatedly puts Trump on defensive, accusing him of perpetrating a ‘racist lie’ with birther movement and ‘stiffing thousands’ of blue-collar workersPresidential debate fact-check: a review of Trump’s and Clinton’s claims‘Clinton weaponized Trump’s words’: the reaction to the debateDonald Trump’s freewheeling approach spun wildly out of control in th […]
- ICC ruling for Timbuktu destruction 'should be deterrent for others' September 27, 2016Judge says he hopes nine-year sentence passed on Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi will deter other attacks on heritage sitesAn Islamic militant who helped destroy the fabled shrines of Timbuktu has been sentenced to nine years in prison in a groundbreaking case that prosecutors hope will deter other attacks on heritage sites around the world.The trial was the first at […]
- Call to topple Christopher Columbus statue from its Barcelona perch September 27, 2016Leftwing councillors say city should not be celebrating his colonial legacy and call for memorial reflecting ‘American resistance to imperialism’A group of anti-capitalist councillors in Barcelona are hoping to topple the statue of Christopher Columbus that has stood at the foot of La Rambla for more than a century, arguing that the city should not be celebr […]
- Air France fracas: raucous scenes as shirt-ripping trial begins September 27, 2016Supporters of 15 workers who confronted airline managers during meeting about planned job cuts pack courtroomCheers and jeers have greeted the start of the trial of 15 people over an attack on two Air France executives, who had their shirts ripped by workers angry at planned job cuts.The trial over the October 2015 incident, which made headlines worldwide, o […]
- 'The horrible night has ceased': Colombia peace deal resounds in Farc's heartland September 27, 2016‘I can’t believe this is really happening. This is a great day for Colombia,’ says Alonso Cardoza from the remote town of Uribe where the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia formally took its nameA large screen hanging in a multipurpose court projects images residents of the remote town of Uribe never believed they’d see.They watched from a region that ca […]
- Jupiter's moon Europa may expel water plumes from under icy shell, Nasa says September 26, 2016Evidence shows that moon’s liquid water bursts out into space, meaning that scientists can test samples for signs of life without drilling through miles of iceScientists have found tantalizing evidence of a liquid water ocean swirling under the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa, Nasa announced on Monday, with new evidence of water plumes bursting out into s […]
- Passengers in Uber's self-driving cars waived right to sue for injury or death September 26, 2016The company has rolled out a self-driving fleet in Pittsburgh. But passengers might not be aware of how experimental the pilot still isAnyone requesting an Uber ride in a 12-sq mile area in the center of Pittsburgh might now be randomly allocated a self-driving Ford Fusion rather than a human-operated vehicle.But passengers riding in Uber’s computer-controll […]
The BBC
- Presidential debate: Trump criticises moderator Lester Holt September 27, 2016Donald Trump says the moderator in the first US presidential debate, Lester Holt, was tougher on him than on his opponent Hillary Clinton.
- Mali Islamist jailed for nine years for Timbuktu shrine attacks September 27, 2016An Islamist militant who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu is jailed by an international court for nine years in the first case of its kind.
- First 'three person baby' born using new method September 27, 2016The world's first baby has been born using a new "three person" fertility technique, heralding a new era in medicine, say experts.
- Colombia Farc leader apologises to victims at peace signing September 27, 2016The leader of the Farc rebel group in Colombia apologises to the victims of the 52-year-long conflict at the signing of a peace deal in the city of Cartagena.
- Syria conflict: Aleppo evacuation corridors needed, WHO says September 27, 2016The World Health Organisation wants safe routes to be set up immediately to evacuate sick and wounded Syrians from besieged parts of Aleppo.
- Sexism row grips German politics and shakes CDU September 27, 2016German CDU politician Jenna Behrends sparks a furore about sexism after a male colleague called her a "sweet mouse".
- Polluted air affects 92% of global population, says WHO September 27, 2016The World Health Organisation says 92% of the planet's population is breathing polluted air outdoors, contributing to three million deaths a year.
- Air France workers on trial in shirt-ripping case September 27, 2016Fifteen Air France employees go on trial almost a year after two company executives had their shirts torn from their backs at a jobs meeting.
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