Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.
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Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.
Wisconsin supreme court strikes down 1849 abortion ban
Liberal justices rule the state’s 19th-century ban was replaced by later law allowing abortion until viabilityThe Wisconsin supreme court’s liberal majority struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday, ruling 4-3 that it was supersed…
US vet uses cod skin to save bald eagle in time for Fourth of July
Adult raptor was found with one of its legs ripped open from knee to ankle and appearing severely underweightA veterinarian saved the life of a badly injured American bald eagle using a pioneering fish skin graft procedure more commonly used for human …
Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest
States across the border issued air advisories about particulate pollution that are expected to last for several days.
Flap on Delta flight as pigeons prevent aircraft from taking wing
Minneapolis-to-Madison flight was fowled by two feathered stowaways that were eventually captured and deplaned Mayhem erupted just before takeoff on a plane heading from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, after passengers realized their aircraft wasn’t…
At least 28 people dead after storms and tornadoes strike three US states
At least 19 deaths were in Kentucky, seven in Missouri and two in Virginia after storms spawned two dozen tornadoesStorm systems sweeping across the midwest to the south left at least 28 dead in Missouri, Kentucky and Virginia.Kentucky’s governor, Andy…
Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping man evade immigration agents
Prosecutors say Hannah Dugan escorted man out of court via back door after learning Ice agents were thereA Wisconsin judge pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade US immigration authorities loo…
Milwaukee apartment building residents jump from windows amid rare large fire
Four people died and 200 were displaced by five-alarm fire in building without sprinkler systemA fire at an apartment building in Milwaukee killed four people, critically injured four others and displaced roughly 200 people on Sunday, according to auth…
Wisconsin woman missing for more than 60 years found ‘alive and well’
Audrey Backeberg who disappeared at age 20 in 1962 was found living out of the state, county sheriff’s office saysA Wisconsin woman missing for more than 60 years has been found “alive and well”, according to authorities.In a press statement, Wisconsin…