MADISON, Wis. – Same-sex couples began getting married in Wisconsin on Friday shortly after a federal judge struck down the state’s gay marriage ban and despite confusion over the effect of the ruling. Clerks in Madison and Milwaukee began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples shortly after 5 p.m. Friday, a little over an hour […]
BY DIANE DIMOND The president of the United States is the commander-in-chief over all branches of the military. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. But now, with the veterans hospital scandal in full bloom, after the administration’s smokescreen about what triggered the […]
HUMOR BY ELLA STEINBECK Subway trains can be viewed as an efficient way to move mass numbers of people from point A to point B. They can be viewed as a place where you are held hostage temporarily for 2 or 3 minutes at a time. They can also be viewed as a really bad […]
To the Editor, Across New York State voters are responding to a June 3 announcement the Governor Cuomo and the State Health Department have partnered with a British pharmaceutical company to conduct clinical trials with a product made from marijuana, Epidiolex. Why are medical marijuana advocates inflamed over Governor Cuomo’s actions? Well, why is Governor […]
The man blasting away with a shotgun paused to reload, and Jon Meis saw his chance. The 22-year-old building monitor pepper-sprayed and tackled the gunman Thursday in Seattle Pacific University’s Otto Miller Hall, likely preventing further carnage, according to police and university officials. Meis and other students subdued him until officers arrived and handcuffed him […]
The Wisconsin family of the “strong, brave girl” who was allegedly stabbed 19 times by her two friends after a weekend sleepover has posted a letter near the site of her rescue, providing first-time details about the injured sixth-grader amid her release from the hospital today. “We, the family, of the 12-year-old victim in Waukesha, […]