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Wisconsin judge revives complaint over 2020 fake electors 05/09/2023 12:50pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's bipartisan elections commission must disregard its earlier ruling unanimously rejecting a complaint against fake presidential electors who attempted to cast the state's ballots for former President Donald Trump when it rehears the case, a judge ruled Tuesday. A Re The small blue pills behind a surge in children’s fentanyl-related hospital visits in the DC area 05/09/2023 04:39am • This article is part of the WTOP series, "Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger." Doctors at the D.C. area’s top children’s hospital say they’re seeing a dramatic rise in the number of children coming to hospitals to be treated for fentanyl overdoses or seeking help beating a Ex-US Homeland Security agent gets life for sex assaults 05/08/2023 08:28pm • RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Homeland Security special agent was sentenced to life in federal prison Monday for sexually assaulting two women he silenced by telling them he was "above the law." John Jacob Olivas, 48, of Riverside was sentenced by a judge who said he had engaged in “sys Mac DeMarco on fame and why he indulged on a 199-song album 05/08/2023 02:57pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Often dubbed the prince of indie music, Mac DeMarco has built a devoted fanbase through his mix of distinct slacker rock and being unafraid to show off his endearingly offbeat personality. His latest release — a nine-hour, 199-song album — has confounded and stunned fans and Judge: Wisconsin fake electors complaint must be reheard 05/08/2023 11:25am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge said Monday he will order that the state elections commission reconsider a complaint filed against fake Republican electors who attempted in 2020 to cast the state's electoral ballots for former President Donald Trump. But this time, Dane County Circuit Judge Seeing stars: How Michelin rates restaurants 05/07/2023 09:31am • With dishes like her Pekin Duck with Hakurei Turnips, Morello Cherry, Sumac & Labne, executive chef Mary Attea of The Musket Room in New York City has received tons of praise, and one coveted title: Michelin-starred chef. "That's something that'll follow you around forever," said Sanneh. 20 Indonesian trafficking victims freed in Myanmar 05/07/2023 01:15am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian officials said Sunday they freed 20 of their nationals who were trafficked to Myanmar as part of a cyber scam, amid an increase in human trafficking cases in Southeast Asia. Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement that its embassy in Yangon w AP PHOTOS: From Charles to Derby, day for fancy hats to rule 05/06/2023 04:57pm • If ever there was a banner day for hats — wild and colorful hats — it was Saturday, the dual spectacle of King Charles III's coronation and the celebration that IS the Kentucky Derby. Katy Perry donned a wide lilac hat to go with her matching bespoke jacket and skirt by Vivienne Westwood, her ch W.Va. politicos keep fighting over 2020; voters, not so much 05/06/2023 09:48am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican officeholders in West Virginia are already revving up campaigns for governor in 2024. But first, they have to sort out what happened in 2020. Years after Democrat Joe Biden was declared the White House winner, Secretary of State Mac Warner and Attorney Gene New Twitter rules expose election offices to spoof accounts 05/06/2023 08:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Tracking down accurate information about Philadelphia's elections on Twitter used to be easy. The account for the city commissioners who run elections, @phillyvotes, was the only one carrying a blue check mark, a sign of authenticity. But ever since the social media platform overha F1 drivers shrug off Red Bull dominance as Miami GP arrives 05/05/2023 10:35pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Red Bull rolled into the first of Formula One's three stops in the United States undefeated and its challengers already waving the checkered flag on the championship. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have been so strong through the first four races that rival drivers hav At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Ga. election probe 05/05/2023 09:18pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state. Defense attorney Kimberly Deb Proud Boys 1/6 verdict boosts Justice Dept. in Trump probe 05/05/2023 08:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio wasn't even in Washington when members of his extremist group, angry over Donald Trump 's election loss, stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Yet federal prosecutors, using his words, won a conviction on the most serious charge levied in the Berkeley professor apologizes for false Indigenous identity 05/05/2023 05:59pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years apologized this week for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is “a white person" who lived an identity based on family lore. Elizabe Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican culture, not independence 05/05/2023 04:15pm • PHOENIX (AP) — American bars and restaurants gear up every year for Cinco de Mayo, offering special deals on Mexican food and alcoholic drinks for the May 5 holiday that is barely celebrated south of the border. In the United States, the date is largely seen as a celebration of Mexican American c