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November 17, 2023

Minnesota considers expanding assisted suicide access, but critics call it anything but 'compassionate'

A proposed bill in Minnesota that would allow physicians to dispense a life-ending medication to terminally ill patients with less than six months to live

November 16, 2023

Chicago commuter train crashes into rail equipment, injures at least 19, 3 seriously, officials say

A Chicago commuter train crashed into rail equipment, leading to 19 injuries, and suspending service on 3 lines

November 16, 2023

Ohio man gets nearly 5 years for repeatedly attacking officers during J6 riot

Kenneth Joseph Owen Thomas, 41, of East Liverpool, Ohio, has been sentenced to 58 months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

November 16, 2023

Wisconsin declines to charge bow hunter who killed cougar in self-defense

Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources has announced that it will not pursue charges against a bow hunter accused of killing a cougar in Buffalo County.

November 16, 2023

Teenage girl found dead near Detroit in 1996 has been identified

A teenage girl whose body was retrieved from a Highland Park, Michigan, alleyway in 1996 has been identified as 17-year-old Mindy Clevidence.

November 16, 2023

Wisconsin soon to open gun deer-hunting season through Nov. 26

Wisconsin will open its nine-day gun deer-hunting season this Saturday, with the outlook for this year's hunt considered mixed despite its proximity to breeding season.

November 16, 2023

Gov. Evers, Speaker Vos find rare common ground in opposition to Wisconsin school voucher suit

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos found rare agreement Thursday against a lawsuit threatening state-funded school choice expenditures.

November 16, 2023

A pregnant woman who was put on life support after a Missouri mall shooting has died, police say

19 year-old Karla Brown, who was shot in the head during a MO mall shooting, has died while on life support in a Kansas City suburb.

November 16, 2023

Green Bay police officer will resign after pleading no contest to hitting a man with his squad car

A Green Bay officer originally placed on administrative leave will now resign from his position following a guilty plea to a charge of negligent operation of a vehicle.

November 16, 2023

Is the proposed End-of-Life Options Act in Minnesota 'humane?'

Cathy Blaeser, co-executive director, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, argues against a proposed bill that would allow physicians to dispense a life-ending medication to terminally ill patients with less than six months to live.