A Wisconsin judge says a taxpayer-funded investigation into the 2020 election found ‘absolutely no evidence of election fraud,’ but did reveal contempt for the state’s open records law by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and a former state Supreme Court justice he hired.
Katherine Lee
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Xi gives Biden fiery warning on Taiwan, Beijing says
Xi emphasized China’s claim over the island, which has governed itself for decades.
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House Jan. 6 panel interviews Mnuchin, pursues Trump Cabinet
The House Jan. 6 committee is in negotiations to talk to several other former members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet.
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JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit for $3.8 billion after Frontier merger fails
JetBlue has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines a day after Spirit and Frontier Airlines agreed to abandon their merger proposal.
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Actor Bernard Cribbins, who starred in ‘Carry On,’ ‘Doctor Who,’ dies at 93
A younger generation knew Cribbins as Wilfred Mott, a companion to David Tennant’s titular Doctor, when ‘Doctor Who’ was revived in the early 21st century.
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U.S. economy shrank 0.9% last quarter, its 2nd straight drop
The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession.
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U.S. signs off on 800,000 more doses of monkeypox vaccine
The announcement comes amid growing criticism that authorities have been too slow in deploying the vaccine.
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Workers at Massachusetts Trader Joe’s to vote to form chain’s first union
Employees at a Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts are casting votes over the next two days in an attempt to form the supermarket chain’s first union.
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Elizabeth Strout among 13 authors up for Booker fiction prize
The writer, who lives part time in Brunswick, is nominated for ‘Oh William!’
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Gun makers have sold AR-15-style guns as a sign of manhood as shootings rise
The industry has taken in more than $1 billion from selling the weapons, which have been used in mass shootings, over the last decade.