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Opinion

Experts: Israel’s Gaza campaign among most destructive in history

Columns

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, ...

Giuliani files for bankruptcy after $148M defamation loss

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NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani filed for bankruptcy Thursday, acknowledging severe financial strain exacerbated by his pursuit of former President Donald Trump's lies about the 2020 election and a jury's verdict last week requiring him to pay $148 million to two former Georgia election workers ...

Vos pivots away from impeachment of justice

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of Wisconsin's Assembly who had threatened possible impeachment of a new liberal state Supreme Court justice over her views on redistricting now says such a move is "super unlikely." Assembly Speaker Robin Vos originally threatened to impeach ...

Jury acquits three officers in 2020 death of Black man

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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A jury cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges Thursday in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. Two of the officers — Matthew Collins, ...

Whitmer tax rebate a hike in disguise

Editorials

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative Democrats are marketing early tax relief for 700,000 Michigan households as a holiday gift in the form of a $550 check. But her Working Families Tax Credit checks shouldn’t fool anyone. The rebates are a substitute for the permanent tax relief the ...

Biden touts economic progress in his latest visit to Wisconsin

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MILWAUKEE (AP) — President Joe Biden touted his administration’s support for minority-owned businesses and the replacement of lead pipes during a visit here on Wednesday while also swiping at Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward migrants and his ongoing lies about his election loss. The trip ...