Author: WHEE Staff
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‘She killed her chances’: Kristi Noem’s odds dim of being Trump’s VP pick, sources say
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Dakota’s two-term Republican governor, Kristi Noem, has been widely promoted as a contender to be former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, with Trump himself saying that she was on his shortlist as of February. “I like her a lot. I think she’s great. Kristi’s done a great job,”…
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House passes GOP antisemitism bill amid college unrest
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The House passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act on Wednesday amid unrest on college campuses. The bill, which was introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, passed 320-91. The measure was led by Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and had 15 Democratic co-sponsors. Many Republicans and Democrats who voted against the…
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Georgia governor signs controversial bail fund restrictions, expands cash bail
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A controversial Republican-backed bill that would criminalize state bail funds and expand the list of charges that require cash or property bail has been signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp. “This bill carries out important bail reforms that will ensure dangerous individuals cannot walk our streets and commit further…
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Arizona Senate passes repeal of 1864 abortion ban, sending it to governor’s desk
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — The Arizona Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal a strict, Civil War-era abortion ban that was recently ruled enforceable by the state Supreme Court. Two Republican senators, T.J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick, joined the 14 Democrats in the minority and the bill passed 16-14, over vocal GOP objection. Ahead…
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‘Belligerent’ man ordered to pay United Airlines $20K for flight diversion: DOJ
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — A British man who wreaked havoc on a United Airlines flight, forcing the flight crew to divert their landing location, must pay over $20,000 to the airline, prosecutors announced. The charges stem from a March 1 flight that departed from London, when passenger Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald, 30,…
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Harvey Weinstein’s NYC sex crimes retrial set for after Labor Day
Scott Heins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to be retried “sometime after Labor Day,” a judge said Wednesday, as the disgraced film mogul appeared in a Manhattan courtroom for the first time since the New York Court of Appeals threw out his rape conviction. Court officers wheeled Weinstein’s wheelchair into and out…
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Producer says it was Ryan Gosling’s idea to use Taylor Swift song for ‘The Fall Guy’
Universal If you only know one thing about The Fall Guy, it’s probably that in one scene Ryan Gosling‘s character sits in a car and cries while listening to Taylor Swift‘s song “All Too Well.” It turns out the filmmakers were going to use a different song, until Gosling stepped in. Producer Kelly McCormick tells Vanity Fair that…
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What to know about ‘outside agitators’ cops say are co-opting Columbia protests
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests at Columbia University against the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza have been allegedly “co-opted” by what New York City police officials described as professional outside agitators bent on sowing chaos and violence. Top police brass in New York said at a news conference Wednesday that protesters unaffiliated with Columbia…
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14-year-old suspect dead after active shooter reported outside Wisconsin middle school: Sources
Getty Images – STOCK (MT. HOREB, Wis.) — A 14-year-old suspect is dead following a confrontation with police Wednesday after an active shooter was reported outside a Wisconsin middle school, sources told ABC News. The teen had approached Mount Horeb Middle School with what appeared to be a long gun, the sources said. A vehicle…
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Some Republicans expected to join Arizona Democrats to pass repeal of 1864 abortion ban
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Two Republican state senators are expected to join Democrats in Arizona on Wednesday to pass a bill to repeal the state’s Civil War-era near-total abortion ban — three weeks after the state Supreme Court ruled the law was enforceable and one week after the House passed its own legislation…