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Month: October 2023

Minnesota leaders to fight court ruling that restoring voting rights for felons was unconstitutional

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pro-Trump Minnesota judge has declared a new state law restoring voting rights for convicted felons unconstitutional. His rulings have drawn a sharp rebuke from Minnesota’s attorney general and secretary of state who say he overstepped his authority. They plan to defend the law, which lets felons

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Westchester County police investigating allegations of racial taunts directed at high school cheerleaders

By Web Staff Click here for updates on this story     YORKTOWN, New York (WCBS) — Police in northern Westchester County are investigating taunts directed at cheerleaders during a high school football game. It happened Friday in Yorktown as Nyack visited Lakeland High School. Nyack cheerleaders reported being taunted during halftime and after the game. Some

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First on CNN: US is receiving dozens of UFO reports a month, senior Pentagon official tells CNN

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The US government is receiving dozens of reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, more commonly known as UFOs, each month, according to the director of the office established to investigate the incidents, with the potential for “hundreds, if not thousands” more reports expected in the near future. The office has

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GOP’s Jim Jordan fails again to win vote to become House speaker and colleagues seek other options

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump losing even more GOP colleagues who are refusing to give him the gavel. Next steps were highly uncertain as angry,

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