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Meanwhile, in Minnesota, Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive “squad,” survived a surprisingly close contest for her Minneapolis House seat. In Vermont, state Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint is on track to become the first. woman to represent the state in Congress. And in Connecticut, Gov. Ned Lamont and Sen. Richard Blumenthal swept their GOP rivals in re-election races they are expected to win in November. Here are four takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries: Trump wins as Wisconsin Republican establishment falls Former President Donald Trump again demonstrated his influence over the Republican Party on Tuesday as Trump-backed construction…

Tim Michels’ defeat of former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch comes as Republicans seek to unseat Democratic Gov. Tony Evers in November in a critical battleground state that went from Trump to Joe Biden in 2020. Michels, a construction company owner and political neophyte, won Trump’s endorsement by more aggressively expanding on the former president’s 2020 campaign lies, notably in the intra-party debate over whether Wisconsin should seek to decertify the victory of Biden there for almost two years. Kleefisch was widely considered the favorite at the start of the campaign. She spent eight years as former Gov. Scott Walker’s second-in-command…

A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation led to the lynching of black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago, despite revelations about an outstanding warrant and a recent memoir disclosed by the woman, a prosecutor said Tuesday. What you need to know A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation led to the lynching of black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70 years ago. Tuesday’s news comes on the heels of revelations about an outstanding warrant and a newly released memoir by the woman Leflore County District Attorney Dewayne…

The Siller 37S helicopter submerges the tube to fill it with water to fight the McKinney Fire. [Inciweb photo] For the first time since the McKinney fire began on July 29, fire managers reported no growth overnight. The fire, which was burning about six miles northwest of Yreka and about six miles south of the Oregon border, was listed at 60,379 acres Tuesday, with 55 percent containment. “After 11 days of hard work, firefighters have built an initial line around the entire 80-mile perimeter of the fire,” declared a Tuesday update on Inciweb, the federal fire information website. “The next…

BANNOCK COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) – Multiple fire agencies are working a new fire Tuesday night burning northeast of Pocatello. It’s called the Ross Fork fire. According to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game fire map, it was first reported at 5:47 p.m. It’s burning on the Fort Hall reservation. The National Weather Service Pocatello said on its Twitter page that the fire was classified at 50 acres. Our Linda Larsen was on scene and at this time it does not appear that any structures or buildings are threatened. The cause of the fire is currently unknown. BE PART OF…

Chris Sale’s nightmare of a year has taken another strange turn. After missing the first half with a stress fracture in his rib cage suffered during an offseason workout, and after getting hit on the hand by a line drive and suffering a broken pinky as as a result, Sale is now officially out for the year following the breakup. his right wrist in a bicycle accident. In all, Sale made just two starts and pitched 5.2 innings in 2022 The Red Sox announced the latest injury Tuesday morning, saying the accident occurred Saturday and that Sale underwent successful surgery…