Out of more than 36,000 votes cast in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, mayoral runoff contest, the candidates are shockingly separated by just two votes. Christine Erickson, a former South Dakota state representative and former Sioux Falls city council member, is leading state Sen. Jamie Smith, who is also a former state House member, by that razor-thin two-vote margin. The candidates have 18,280 and 18,278 votes respectively. WHAT'S NEXT FOR KRISTI NOEM? 2026 SENATE CHATTER GROWS AFTER DHS EXIT S
Chris Evert stands near the U.S. Open Women's Championship trophy in 2025.
A federal judge has tossed the Trump administration's lawsuit against four New Jersey sanctuary cities, ruling the Justice Department targeted local policies that largely mirror a statewide immigration directive — meaning a court victory wouldn't eliminate restrictions on ICE cooperation. U.S. District Judge Evelyn Padin of the District of New Jersey, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, on Wednesday dismissed the Department of Justice's lawsuit against Newark, Hoboken, Jersey City and Pate
Who designed the U.S. flag? Betsy Ross? How about the widespread decades-long claim that a 17-year-old high school junior from Lancaster, Ohio, Bob Heft, made the first 50-star flag and sent it to the White House to be approved as our current stars and stripes? "I, of course, designed the flag of our country, the current flag," said Heft. "It’s not just a piece of cloth, it's the fabric of America ." This compelling and uniquely American story is told in the first episode of "Crazy America Histo
Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, campaigns with Brad Lander, former New York City comptroller and US Democratic House candidate for New York, and Illapa Sairitupac, Democratic New York State assembly candidate, not pictured, during a primary election in New York, US, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Former employee files complaint accusing company of ‘coercive surveillance’ and first amendment violation The Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams is suing the tech company over its efforts to “silence” her. A 57-page complaint filed to a US district court in California on Thursday argues that an interim arbitration ruling sought by Meta preventing Wynn-Williams from publicising her memoir, Careless People, was “improper and unlawful” and a “blatant violation of the first amendment”. It also a
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Accuser declines to testify in fourth trial after May mistrial with prosecutors citing her ‘extraordinarily taxing ordeal’ Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday moved to drop a third-degree rape charge against Harvey Weinstein after the woman accusing the disgraced movie mogul of assaulting her said she did not want to testify in what would have been a fourth trial. Weinstein’s third trial in New York state court over an allegation that he raped aspiring actress Jessica Mann ended in a mistrial
NBC News · Oct 8
Michael Rapino, president and CEO of Live Nation departs federal court on March 19 in New York.
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Top Democrat signals party will not back paying for unpopular conflict never authorized by Congress The White House has requested Congress approve $87.6bn in new funding, much of which would go towards the costs of Donald Trump’s war with Iran, but a top Democrat has signaled the party will not support paying for an unpopular conflict that lawmakers never authorized. The Trump administration’s supplemental funding request released on Wednesday comes amid a logjam in US Congress sparked by the pr
