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FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks during the annual State of the State address, Jan. 24, 2023, in Madison, Wis. The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly plans to vote on a doomed $3 billion plan for cutting income taxes and on a constitutional amendment making it harder to raise taxes that would not require approval from the governor. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto the Republican income tax cut plan the Assembly was voting on Tuesday, Sept. 12. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

Wisconsin Legislature rejects governor's special session on child care, worker shortages

Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature has ignored a special session called by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

FILE - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers speaks with reporters in the state Capitol, Oct. 17, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Lockdowns at two of Wisconsin's oldest and most understaffed prisons are being eased, a move announced by Gov. Evers that comes less than a month after inmates filed a federal lawsuit alleging that current conditions at the Waupun prison amount to cruel and unusual punishment. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)

Report says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used alternate email under name of Hall of Fame pitcher

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers used an alternative state email account using the name of Hall of Fame Milwaukee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn. The conservative news outlet Wisconsin Right Now first reported on the account Sunday

'In Our Prime'? What It Means To Be Middle-Aged

Is 60 the new 40? In her new book, Patricia Cohen (age 51!) explores the origin and evolution of middle age. "I like to say that middle age is something of a 'Never Never Land,'" she says. "Younger people never want to enter it, and older people never want to leave it once they get there."

In this image from a video released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Filipino sailors, bottom, look after a Chinese coast guard ship with bow number 5203 bumps their supply boat as they approach Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Oct. 22, 2023.

Philippines says Chinese vessels hit two of its boats near disputed shoal

A Chinese coast guard ship and one of its militia vessels separately bumped a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a disputed shoal, Philippine officials said.

Tuscany's sweet spinach pie is a dish that's often associated with Easter and spring.

Tuscan Pie A Sweet Springtime Take On Spinach

Francine Segan, author of Dolci: Italy's Sweets, discovered the unusual treat while traveling in Tuscany.

Col. Muhammed Rasoud Qandahari, one of the top Afghan army officers in the Kandahar region, speaks with a young man outside a shura, or community meeting, in Panjwaii, west of Kandahar. U.S. troops are hoping to clear the area of Taliban and let Afghan troops take over.

Near Kandahar, Key Test Of Afghan War Plan Unfolds

A company of the 101st Airborne Division in Panjwaii tries to cut Taliban supply lines and win the support of locals. It offers a focused look at the overall U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan. Watching closely are the Taliban -- and the top ranks of the U.S. military command.

Elementary school students in North Carolina stand outside their school in November, during an event organized by teachers to protest changes in public education.

Pay Cuts, End Of Tenure Put North Carolina Teachers On Edge

No state has seen as steep a drop in teacher salaries over the past few years. Legislators also halted a salary bump for teachers with master's degrees and cut a cap on class size. "Teachers are really questioning why they want to teach," says the head of a state advocacy group.

From food to finance, 9 life hacks from Life Kit experts

Our most memorable and useful expert advice from Life Kit's March episodes, hand-picked by the editors.

The Pentagon's 2nd in command was not informed of defense secretary's hospitalization

The Pentagon kept Lloyd Austin's hospitalization under wraps for days. He's still recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the Pentagon said, but he has returned to his full duties.

Angry protesters demonstrate in front of the Icelandic Parliament in March. Voters rejected a plan that would have forced the country to pay for the losses of savers in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

What's The Deal With Iceland?

Ash from an Icelandic volcano is causing big and costly disruptions in Europe but, so far, it's nothing compared with the havoc caused by the country's economic eruption a year and a half ago. How can a remote island in the North Atlantic, with only about 320,000 people, be the source of so much damage?

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