2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (406+ words) On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill, a law professor who had previously…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (177+ words) I love living in Wausau, and I care deeply about our future. That’s why I’m excited to vote for John Kroll in the election for Assembly District 85. As a former state representative for Wausau and the surrounding area, I am…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (156+ words) On Sept. 4, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Interior to delist the gray wolf as an animal protected by the Endangered Species Act and, to no one’s surprise, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-7th) gushed immediate support. Tiffany’s…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (255+ words) Here’s a mid-term election speech the president could give: Debt is good. Those who are criticizing the massive deficit are wrong … and they’re communists! The cost of living is dropping. People who say that the cost of living has gone…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (273+ words) On Sept. 9, 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate treatment and living conditions. In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (415+ words) On Sept. 8, 1974, one month after taking office, President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former President Richard Nixon for any crimes committed during Nixon’s presidency. In 1504, Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (340+ words) On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began an intense bombing campaign of Britain during World War II with an air attack on London; known as The Blitz, the eight-month campaign resulted in more than 40,000 civilian deaths. In 1813, during the War of 1812, the…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (406+ words) On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. (McKinley died eight days later and was succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.) In 1522, the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (879+ words) Among a long list of measures purported to help beef growers, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Sept. 4 directing the Department of Interior to take action on the status of wolves in much of the U.S. The wolf order directs…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (434+ words) On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian militants attacked the Israeli Olympic delegation at the Munich Games, killing two and taking nine others hostage; five of the militants, all nine hostages and a German police officer were killed in the following 24 hours. In 1774, the…...