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Duluth Public Schools Increasing Bus Safety with Cameras

New Sports Court Opens at Harbor Highlands Community Center

September 3rd is officially Workforce Development Day

Coffee Conversation: Nice Girls of the North Monthly Craft Show in Duluth

Lake Superior Zoo Starts Campaign To Fund Rescued Animal Housing

Wisconsin News

Wisconsin Department of Transportation Urging Safe Driving in Work Zones

Man Dies After Boat Strikes Breakwall in Superior

Gov. Evers Grants 204 Pardons, for a total of more than 1,600 Pardons as Governer

61st Annual Blueberry Fest This Weekend

Governor Tony Evers of Wisconsin Addresses Retirement in 'Love Letter' Video

4 Las Vegas High School Students Charged With Murder As Adults In Classmate’s Fatal Beating

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with murder in the deadly beating of their schoolmate, a fight that was captured on cellphone video and has been widely shared across social…

What’s Open And Closed On Thanksgiving This Year? Here’s A List Of Stores

(AP) -- The holiday season is here, which means spending time with family on Thanksgiving and also, for millions of people, hunting for the best deals on Black Friday. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November each year, which takes…

Biden Pardons National Thanksgiving Turkeys While Marking His 81st Birthday With Jokes About His Age

WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberty and Bell can spread their wings without fear. The two Thanksgiving turkeys played their part Monday in an annual holiday tradition at the White House: a president sparing them from becoming someone’s dinner. “I hereby pardon Liberty and…

Rosalynn Carter: Advocate For Jimmy Carter And Many Others, Always Leveraging Her Love Of Politics

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — The Washington chattering class, often unsure what to make of outsiders, dubbed Rosalynn Carter the “Steel Magnolia” when she arrived as first lady. A devout Baptist and mother of four, she was diminutive and outwardly shy,…

Tens Of Thousands Of Supporters Of Israel Rally In Washington, Crying ‘Never Again’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of Israel rallied by the tens of thousands on the National Mall under heavy security Tuesday, voicing solidarity in the fight against Hamas and crying “never again.” The “March for Israel” offered a resounding and bipartisan…

Army Special Operations Command Mourns 5 US Troops Killed In Helicopter Crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army Special Operations Command on Monday identified the five Army aviation special operations forces killed when their helicopter crashed in the Eastern Mediterranean over the weekend, calling each a “national treasure” whose loss cut deeply. The military’s…

White House Releases Plan To Grow Radio Spectrum Access, With Possible Benefits For Internet, Drones

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday announced a strategy to potentially expand the availability of radio spectrum needed for cellphones, satellites, navigation, space travel and other emerging technologies. The increasingly digitized and mobile economy has put pressure on the available range…

Israeli Forces Cut Off North Gaza To Isolate Hamas As Palestinian Deaths Surpass 10,000

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army severed northern Gaza from the rest of the besieged territory and pounded it with airstrikes Monday, preparing for an expected push by ground forces into the dense confines of Gaza City and an…

House Approves Nearly $14.5 Billion In Military Aid For Israel. Biden Vows To Veto The GOP Approach

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package Thursday for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats…

These Numbers Show The Staggering Toll Of The Israel-Hamas War

JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars fought between the sides since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority. The fighting erupted on Oct.…

UN Agency In Gaza Says Urgent Cease-Fire Is A Matter Of Life And Death For Millions Of Palestinians

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees told a U.N. emergency meeting Monday “an immediate humanitarian cease-fire has become a matter of life and death for millions,” accusing Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and…

On Day 2 Of Multistate Search For Mass Killing Suspect, Maine Residents Shelter Behind Locked Doors

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Police asked thousands of Maine residents to stay in their homes Friday as heavily armed local and federal law enforcement agents searched for a second day for an Army reservist who they say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling…

Republican Mike Johnson Has Secured Enough Votes To Become House Speaker As Ballot Draws To A Close

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Mike Johnson easily secured enough votes to be elected House speaker on Wednesday, as Republicans were eagerly elevating the little-known conservative leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority.…

Republicans Pick Tom Emmer As Their Nominee For Speaker As They Try For A Third Time To Fill The House's Top Position

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three weeks now since the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, House Republicans are meeting privately Tuesday to try nominating a new House speaker to accomplish the seemingly impossible job of uniting a broken, bitter GOP majority and returning to…