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What Is an Appeal? 02/07/2024 07:00pm • When someone involved in litigation loses in a court, they typically have the right to appeal the decision. The appeal process is about fundamental fairness, ensuring that the law is correctly applied. But there are common misunderstandings about appeals, including a misapprehension that the appeals Minnesota and Eli Lilly settle insulin price-gouging lawsuit. Deal will hold costs to $35 a month 02/07/2024 05:39pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reached a settlement with Eli Lilly and Co. in a price gouging lawsuit against the country's three biggest insulin manufacturers that guarantees that Minnesotans can now buy Lilly-produced insulin for only $35 a month for the next five years, Attorney General K Broken Congress: It can't fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as GOP revolts. 02/07/2024 05:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House. A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as its fights Russia is stubbornly stalled. The broken US. Congress failed in stunning fashion this week as Re Senate Republicans resist advancing on border policy bill, leaving aid for Ukraine in doubt 02/07/2024 05:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a torrent of criticism from conservatives, Senate Republicans on Monday resisted advancing on a bipartisan proposal intended to clamp down on illegal border crossings, signaling a likely defeat in Congress that would leave leaders with no clear path to approve wartime aid Live updates | Netanyahu rejects Hamas truce plan after his meeting with top US diplomat 02/07/2024 04:27pm • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a plan put forward by Hamas for a multi-stage truce and hostage release, which would have effectively left the Palestinian militant group in power. Netanyahu made the comments Wednesday shortly after meeting the visiting U.S. secretary of state, What to know about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's banishment from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation 02/07/2024 04:20pm • For the second time as governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem has been banished from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Last week, the Oglala Sioux Tribe said the Republican governor was no longer welcome on tribal lands, and its leaders referred to her rhetoric linking immigration and crime as oppor NCAA could add women's wrestling championship in 2026 02/07/2024 04:15pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA Committee on Women’s Athletics recommended Wednesday that Divisions I, II and III sponsor legislation to add a women’s wrestling championship, a key step to a potential jump from emerging sport status to an official NCAA championship sport. If sponsored, the NCAA m Music Review: Declan McKenna’s 'What Happened to the Beach?' is a warped, pop sonic adventure 02/07/2024 04:06pm • British pop singer-songwriter Declan McKenna is back with his third studio album, the bright and experimental “What Happened to the Beach?” At 16, McKenna burst onto the music scene with his 2015 hit “Brazil,” a protest song about FIFA’s politics, a song that's since earned over 480 millio Studies cited in case over abortion pill are retracted due to flaws and conflicts of interest 02/07/2024 04:05pm • A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research. Two of the three studies retracted by medical publisher Sage Perspectives were cited in a pivotal Texas court ruling t Paxlovid can lessen the chance of a severe COVID-19 illness. Why is it underused? 02/07/2024 12:21pm • Tens of thousands of Americans are hospitalized with COVID-19 every week. Thousands die from it every month. And yet, an antiviral treatment proven to lessen the chances of severe outcomes is going underused. The drug, Paxlovid, is lauded by experts as a powerful tool that can prevent hospitalizati NATO allies warn Hungary not to hold up Sweden's membership as US patience wears thin 02/07/2024 12:21pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that he and his NATO counterparts cautioned Hungary on Wednesday against further delaying Sweden’s membership in the military alliance, and he warned that patience in Washington has its limits. Lawmakers from the party of Hungaria Rapper Quando Rondo is charged with DUI in Georgia, where he already faces drug and gang charges 02/07/2024 12:18pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Rapper Quando Rondo has been arrested on charges of driving under the influence and reckless driving in Georgia, where he was already facing felony charges in state and federal courts. The 24-year-old rapper, whose real name is Tyquian Bowman, was arrested by police on the tw France denounces 'largest antisemitic massacre of our century' in tribute to victims of Hamas attack 02/07/2024 11:27am • PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute Wednesday to victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in Israel in a national ceremony and denounced what he described as the “largest antisemitic massacre of our century.” Forty-two French citizens died in the attack, and three hostages are Russia attacks targets across Ukraine with missiles and drones as EU’s top diplomat visits Kyiv 02/07/2024 11:02am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at six regions across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, authorities reported, killing at least five civilians and wounding almost 50 others, including a pregnant woman. The attacks hit at least three major cities, i House vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas fails, thwarted by Republican defections 02/07/2024 09:36am • WASHINGTON (AP) — In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, forced to shelve a high-profile priority — for now — after a few GOP lawmakers refused to go along with the party’s plan. The stunning roll call Tuesday fell just a si