St. Croix County sheriff's deputy fatally shot while responding to call. A sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot after responding to a call Saturday evening in western Wisconsin. The suspected shooter is also dead. Deputy Kaitie Leising, 29, is the fourth law enforcement officer in the region to be fatally shot while responding to calls in the past month.
No Mow May? Good intentions, bad approach, critics say. There's a growing movement called No Mow May that asks people to abstain from mowing their lawns until June 1. The intention is admirable. But AP gardening columnist Jessica Damiano thinks it’s not a good idea.
Quantrill takes no-hitter into 7th, Guardians blank Twins. Cleveland’s Cal Quantrill had a no-hit bid broken up with two outs in the seventh and combined on a one-hitter, leading the Guardians over the Minnesota Twins 2-0 on Sunday.
Newton Minow, former FCC chief and public TV advocate, has died at 97. Minow, appointed to head the FCC by President John F. Kennedy, stayed in the post for just two years. Even so, his stinging critique of television programming, delivered during a speech before the National Association of Broadcasters, reverberated long after he had left the job.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s $31 trillion-plus borrowing limit in the coming weeks. Her comments added even more urgency to a high-stakes meeting Tuesday between Biden and congressional leaders from both parties.
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