State of emergency: Canada issues dire travel warning to U.S. over restrictive LGBTQ+ laws in some states
In late August, Canada updated its travel advisory to the U.S., warning members of the LGBTQ+ community that some American states have enacted laws that may affect them. The country’s Global Affairs department did not specify which states, but is advising...
Desperate and disingenuous: Governor Evers dismisses surprise redistricting plan from GOP as “bogus”
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers shot down as “bogus” a surprise plan Republicans floated on September 12 that would have the Legislature approve new maps drawn by nonpartisan staff, preempting the state Supreme Court from tossing the current GOP-drawn...
Popularity of “morning-after” pill vending machines has skyrocketed post-Roe on college campuses
Need Plan B? Tap your credit card and enter B6. Since last November, a library at the University of Washington has featured a different kind of vending machine, one that is become more popular on campuses around the country since the U.S. Supreme Court ended...
22 years since 9/11: Americans remember a day of loss at observances from ground zero to Milwaukee
The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center hosted a ceremony of remembrance for the tragic events of September 11, 2001, with city leaders, local veterans, and community members in attendance during a heavy rainstorm on September 11, 2023. The special observance was...
New space honors 9/11: Perelman Performing Arts Center opens at Ground Zero after two decade delay
In a mammoth room behind translucent marble walls, workers are setting the stage for the World Trade Center’s newest addition. It is not another office tower, nor is it a monument, at least explicitly, to the memory of the September 11 terror attacks. It is a...
Crappy little boats: USS Milwaukee part of Navy’s failed Littoral Combat Ship program that wasted billions
In July 2016, warships from more than two dozen nations gathered off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California to join the United States in the world’s largest naval exercise. The United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and others sent hundreds of...
Water and sewage treatment plants across the United States face increasing threats from floods
The crack of a summer thunderstorm once comforted people in Ludlow, Vermont. But that was before a storm dropped eight inches of rain on the village of 2,200 in two days in July. And it was before the devastation of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Now a coming rainstorm...
Documenting a discovery: Shipwreck hunters find 1881 schooner Trinidad intact at bottom of Lake Michigan
Shipwreck hunters have discovered the intact remains of a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan in 1881 and is so well-preserved it still contains the crew’s possessions in its final resting spot miles from Wisconsin’s coastline. Wisconsin maritime...
Safety Crisis: How communities can fight back against oversized vehicles causing pedestrian deaths
By Kevin J. Krizek, Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder Deadly traffic incidents have declined in most developed countries in recent years. But in the U.S. they are becoming more common. Deaths in motor vehicle crashes rose more than 33%...
Safety technology: Reducing risk of a traumatic head injury starts with picking the right bicycle helmet
By Kwong Ming (KM) Tse, Senior lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering and Product Design Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology If you ride a bike and want to cut your risk of traumatic head injury, you should wear a helmet. A major review of 40...
How potential loss of food stamp benefits impact college students already struggling with hunger
Raised on welfare by his grandmother, Joseph Sais relied so much on food stamps as a college student that he thought about quitting school when his eligibility was revoked. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Sais said, he missed an “important letter”...
One Piece: Netflix finally scores a hit with live-action adaptation of beloved Japanese manga
Hit Japanese manga “One Piece” was released by Netflix on August 31 as a live-action series, following a mixed track record of success in a growing list of Hollywood adaptations. Chronicling the coming-of-age adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate with a heart...
