Maricopa County and Arizona Senate reach agreement to end fight over election materials

[ad_1] PHOENIX – Members of the board of directors overseeing Arizona’s most populous county on Friday night reached a deal with the Republican-controlled state Senate that will end a deadlock over a Senate request to hand over computer routers for use in an unprecedented partisan election scrutiny. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors announced that … Read more

Largest tree in the world still threatened by California wildfires

[ad_1] The tallest tree in the world is safe from a raging wildfire – for now. The General Sherman, a 275-foot-tall, 36-foot-wide giant sequoia tree that overlooks the trails of Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon in California, remained safe from the KNP complex fire on Saturday, a reported the Los Angeles Times. But the … Read more

Second missing kayaker found dead at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

[ad_1] MUNISING, MI – Authorities have found the body of a second kayaker missing in the Upper Peninsula. The National Park Service confirmed on the afternoon of Saturday, September 18 that U.S. Coast Guard personnel recovered the bodies of the two kayakers at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore the previous afternoon. The deceased have been identified … Read more

I-Team: a police officer held on $ 100,000 bond in an accident that killed the 2nd officer; 2 other service employees were also in the car – KLAS – 8 News Now

[ad_1] I-Team: a police officer held on $ 100,000 bond in an accident that killed the 2nd officer; 2 other service employees were also in the carKLAS – 8 News now Court increases bail for New Haven officer involved in fatal Las Vegas crashWFSB VIDEO: New Haven officer charged in accident that resulted in the … Read more

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Texas doctor who performed abortion in violation of new law: “I had a duty of care”

[ad_1] A Texas doctor has revealed that he recently performed an abortion in violation of the state’s controversial new law which prohibits almost all abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, arguing that he “had a duty of care towards this patient. Alan Braid, a San Antonio-based doctor, wrote in an editorial published Saturday by … Read more

Texas Senate drops first redistribution card, scandalizing Democrat

[ad_1] Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to date with the most essential Texas news. The Texas State Senate kicked off the 10-year redistribution process on Saturday by releasing the first draft of its own members’ district maps. The Texas Legislature meets for a special 30-day session on Monday … Read more

Kinzinger denounces silence of his GOP colleagues after Gonzalez announces his retirement

[ad_1] “Now is the time to speak,” pleaded Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) To his fellow Republicans in a video message posted on Saturday, a day after fellow GOP representative Anthony Gonzalez announced his retirement. Why is this important: Gonzalez was one of 10 House Republicans, including Kinzinger, who voted for impeachment. He said he decided … Read more