Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced. That's underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to revert to pre-pandemic normalcy. The White House said Tuesday that Harris tested positive on both rapid and a PCR tests, and said she "has exhibited no symptoms." Harris will isolate at her residence but continue to work remotely, and would only return to the White House once she tests negative for the virus.
Even as they rolled through the second half of their schedule, the Boston Celtics knew there was a notion they should lose. Tanking a game down the stretch and falling out of the No. 2 seed would have meant avoiding a playoff series with Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets, who were considered a team to be feared. Not to these Celtics. They aren't afraid of anything. Their defense made life miserable for Durant. Now they might get a chance to turn it loose on Giannis Antetokounmpo after sweeping the Nets to become the first team into the second round.
(Chippewa Falls Police Department Facebook page)CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (WKBT) — The Chippewa Falls Police Department is increasing patrols around schools in the wake of a 10-year-old girl's apparent slaying. Lily Peters "You may notice an increased law enforcement presence around our schools. We will be increasing our patrol especially during drop-off and pick-up times," the police department announced on its…
President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term. Biden is providing clemency to a Kennedy-era Secret Service agent from Chicago convicted of federal bribery charges that he tried to sell a copy of an agency file. Biden also has pardoned two people who were convicted on drug-related charges in Texas and Georgia but went on to become pillars in their communities. The Democratic president also has commuted the sentences of 75 others for nonviolent, drug-related convictions. The White House announced the clemencies as it launched a series of job training and reentry programs for those in prison or recently released.
A Minnesota judge has ruled that the trial of three fired Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting George Floyd's killing will not be livestreamed. Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill cited the threat of COVID-19 to allow livestreaming of last year's murder trial of Derek Chauvin in Floyd's death. But he said in an order filed Monday evening that the pandemic has receded to the point that he cannot override the other three officers' objections to live audiovisual coverage. The trial for former Officers Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng is set to begin in June. Prosecutors and a coalition of media organizations including The Associated Press had argued for allowing live televised coverage again.
MADISON, Wis. — For the first time in two years, Madison bartenders will prove who has the best cocktail. The Madison’s Best Bloody contest is back at Garver Feed Mill on May 22. The event was canceled for the last two years due to COVID-19. The contest, hosted by the Great Lakes Hemophilia Foundation, sees local bartenders showing off their...
One of a handful of 2020 election reviews pushed by Republicans could be nearing an end in Wisconsin — or not. A special investigator's taxpayer-funded contract to look into President Joe Biden's win in the battleground state is set to expire on Saturday. But Donald Trump as well as the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired to lead the investigation and the chair of the state Assembly committee on elections all want it to continue. They are putting pressure on Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to extend the much-criticized probe. Vos hired Michael Gableman last summer under a $676,000 taxpayer-funded contract.
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