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Protest at Cornell ITHACA, New York (AP) — Cornell students, professors and others thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house in 2024. Students complained at Monday's demonstration that the Ivy League university has met sexual assault complaints with procedures and silence, instead of support. Speakers faulted fraternities, the university trustees and Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff. Soldiers press leadership WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with ...

Pennsylvania's measles outbreak is the largest in decades in the US

NEW YORK (AP) — Pennsylvania has surpassed 1,000 measles cases this year, state health officials said Monday, making it the largest state outbreak in more than three decades. The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the ...

Ukraine claims to have taken out more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says its long-range strikes have neutralized more than half of Russia's oil refining capacity, hampering Moscow's ability to supply its forces during its 4 1/2-year-old invasion. The Defense Ministry said late Sunday that recent strikes on refineries in ...

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Trump announces $90 payments for seniors on Medicare

President Donald Trump is promising more payments to voters just ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections — this time, to more than 20 million seniors, giving them $90 each to help pay for Medicare premiums. The announcement, made late Friday night by Trump on social media, comes after the ...

Free Outdoor Education program on Oct. 13

FLORENCE, Wis. — The public is invited to the next free monthly Outdoor Education Program, on bees, maple syrup, grapes, wine and jelly on Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Florence, featuring Gino Venditti of STAG Farms. This program will start at 6 p.m. in the lower level conference room at the Florence Natural Resource building, 5628 Forestry Drive, on the corner of U.S. 2 and Highway 101/70 in Florence. Unfortunately, there will be not be a Zoom link on the Florence County Web page. Venditti started STAG Farms in 2015 in Iron Mountain. He began keeping bees as a hobby and was introduced, ...