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December 21, 2023

Wisconsin university sued for allegedly demoting staff member from diversity position for being 'White'

A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UW-Eau Claire) staff member sued her employer over alleged ousting from a position in a campus diversity office due to being “White."

December 21, 2023

Catholic women's college in Indiana reverses policy change allowing applicants who ‘identify as women’

The President of Saint Mary's College in Indiana reversed a policy to consider the admission of biological males who identify as women at the all-women's college.

December 21, 2023

Ed Burke, former Chicago Democratic alderman, found guilty in corruption trial

Ed Burke, one Chicago's most powerful Democratic City Council members, was found guilty Thursday on all but one of 14 counts in a corruption trial.

December 21, 2023

St. Louis police SUV plows into bar; department vows thorough investigation

St. Louis police are pledging to investigate a department SUV's head-on crash into Bar:PM, though the bar's supporters question the incident's handling.

December 21, 2023

Man who killed 83-year-old Michigan woman as teen eligible for parole under new guidelines

Shawn Commire, 32, currently serving a life sentence for killing Rita Salogar when he was 16, is now eligible for parole under new sentencing guidelines for minor offenders.

December 21, 2023

Woman and cat, both amputees, team up to empower Ohio communities through animal therapy

Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old Ohio resident, and her 5-year-old cat, Lola-Pearl, who is missing her left hind leg, have formed an therapy animal team to help other amputees.

December 21, 2023

Wisconsin GOP eyes medical pot legalization, with limits

Republican Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday that his party will soon unveil a medical marijuana legalization proposal.

December 21, 2023

Kansas City area man enters plea in Russian aviation export case

Douglas Robertson of Olathe, Kansas, has pleaded not guilty to 26 criminal counts in a case surrounding an alleged plot to export aviation-related technology to Russia.

December 21, 2023

Wisconsin man sentenced for commissioning, distributing online monkey torture video

Kenneth Herrera, 40, of Soldiers Grove, Wisconsin, has been sentenced to a year and a day in prison for paying an Indonesian videographer to physically abuse a monkey on video.

December 21, 2023

Wildest weather moments of 2023: Burning Man flooding, wildfire smoke, record heat

From Southern California's first-ever tropical storm warning to wildfire smoke smothering cities in the Northeast, here are five of the wildest weather moments of 2023.