Author : Associated Press

• Featured, Featured News, Political, Social Justice, Tracking Trump, ViralMarch 13,2017by Associated Press

  People Power: ACLU launches nationwide training on protest, resistance

  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
• Featured, Featured News, News, Political, Tracking Trump, WisconsinMarch 13,2017by Associated Press

  Judge bars Trump from enforcing travel ban against Wisconsin family

  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
• Featured News, News, Wisconsin, WisconsinMarch 12,2017by Associated Press

  Wisconsin towns creating gravel roads due to transportation cuts

  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
• Environment, Featured, Featured NewsMarch 12,2017by Associated Press

  EPA chief: Carbon dioxide not primary cause of global warming

   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
• Entertainment, Featured, Featured Entertainment, Visual ArtMarch 10,2017by Associated Press

  Thomas Cole murals uncovered on walls of Catskills home

  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
• Featured, Featured News, News, Political, Walker Watch, WisconsinMarch 10,2017by Associated Press

  Democrat Tim Cullen weighs run for Wisconsin governor

  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
• Environment, Featured, Featured News, News, PoliticalMarch 10,2017by Associated Press

  EPA chief ignores scientific consensus, says carbon dioxide not primary cause of warming

  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
• Books, Entertainment, Featured EntertainmentMarch 09,2017by Associated Press

  165-year-old Walt Whitman novel discovered

  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
• Featured Lifestyle, Lifestyle, PetsMarch 09,2017by Associated Press

  Cats at the Westminster dog show?

  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
• Featured, Featured News, News, Political, Tracking TrumpMarch 09,2017by Associated Press

  Election commission eyes spending by group backing Trump

  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