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Breitung schools benefit from $4M Zanardi Trust

KINGSFORD — Sometimes it’s the little things that enhance student experiences that are important. It’s something the Breitung Township School System has embraced in regard to using a portion of the $4 million they received from the John V. and Frances M. Zanardi Family ...

Teen pleads no contest in Marinette drowning death

MARINETTE, Wis. — A teen accused in the August 2025 drowning of a 13-year-old Marinette boy has pleaded no contest to second-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime. Peyton Carnot, 17, of Kaukauna, Wis., appeared in the Marinette County Circuit Court Branch 2 on Tuesday, where ...

Wall Street loses ground under pressure from rising oil prices

Stocks on Wall Street closed broadly lower Friday as oil prices climbed to their highest level in more than four years, ratcheting up pressure on the market. The S&P 500 fell 0.5%, adding to its decline from a day before. The index posted its second-straight weekly loss. The Dow Jones ...

Trump says he ordered lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race

President Donald Trump on Friday said he told his administration to file its lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, kicking off what many fear could become a lengthy battle between the government and states over certifying an ...

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Ex-officials charged WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference have been charged with lying about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides surrendered Friday and made their first appearance in federal court in Washington. The Justice Department says Floris and Benavides lied to Congress in 2023 about the involvement of a specialized foreign-influence task force in investigations into Biden. Floris' lawyers ...