Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova was injured by a knife-wielding attacker at her home on Tuesday. The player’s spokesman, Karel Tejkal, said Kvitova suffered a left hand injury and has been treated by doctors. He said the injuries to Kvitova, who is left-handed, were not life-threatening. “What happened to me… Read More
Conservative radio host ends 23-year run
A leading voice in conservative radio who helped promote the Republican political agenda in Wisconsin but was outspoken in opposing Donald Trump, retired from his popular radio show Monday. Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes said his decision to end a 23-year run at WTMJ-AM was made before his opposition… Read More
Courts to release Clinton search warrant and email docs
A federal court in New York is scheduled to release redacted copies Tuesday of the search warrant and other documents that gave the FBI new license to dig into a trove of Hillary Clinton emails days before the presidential election. The emails were found on a computer belonging to former… Read More
[Breaking] German police warn they may have the wrong terror suspect
Germany must assume a truck plowing through a crowded Christmas market in Berlin was a “terrorist attack,” Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday, while authorities expressed uncertainty over whether they had arrested the correct suspect. Twelve people were killed and nearly 50 others injured when the truck drove into the popular… Read More
Refugee crisis — Austrian police to issue “pocket alarms” to women on New Year’s Eve
Austrian officials say police will be distributing shrill pocket alarms to women visiting a popular Vienna New Year’s Eve venue as a precaution against the type of harassment experienced last year in Germany. Interior Ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck said Tuesday that police will be handing out the devices at entry… Read More
[Alert] N.C. bathroom protection bill on verge of repeal
North Carolina lawmakers appear poised to repeal a controversial law widely derided as the “bathroom bill” because it requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding with the sex on their birth certificate in many public buildings. As part of the deal, the Charlotte City Council voted Monday to repeal the… Read More
After increased tensions, China returns U.S. drone
China on Tuesday handed back to the United States an underwater drone it had seized last week in an incident that raised tensions in a relationship that has been tested by President-elect Donald Trump’s signals of a tougher policy toward Beijing. Trump has riled the Chinese leadership by saying he… Read More
Seven rescued from Indiana cave after 39 hours trapped
Seven people who became trapped by high waters while exploring a southern Indiana cave were rescued after 39 hours underground, officials said Monday. The last of the cavers were brought above ground about 3 a.m. Monday after entering Binkley’s Cave near Corydon about noon Saturday, Indiana Conservation Officer Jim Hash… Read More
Pagan priest allowed to wear goat horns in license photo
An ordained Pagan priest finally has gotten the OK to sport goat horns in his Maine driver’s license photo. Maine resident Phelan Moonsong said that unless he’s sleeping or bathing, he always wears his goat horns, which serve as his spiritual antennae and help him educate others about Paganism. But… Read More
140 years later, Army vet awarded Medal of Honor
A Nevada Army veteran who died without knowing he won the nation’s highest medal of bravery received the honor he’s been owed for nearly 140 years in a ceremony on Monday. Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei held an event at his Reno office to present a new Medal of Honor to… Read More