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Multiple Minneapolis Shooting Victims Released From Hospital, Police Chief Says

All 14 children injured in Wednesday's mass shooting in Minneapolis are expected to survive, the city's police chief said at a press conference late Wednesday, with some victims having already been released from hospital.

An 8-year-old and 10-year-old sitting in pews were killed when a shooter opened fire through the windows of a church at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis at just before 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, police said.

Seventeen people were injured, police said. Fourteen of the injured victims were children ages 6 to 15, while the three adults who were shot were parishioners in their 80s, O'Hara said.

Minneapolis School Shooter's 'Ode To Death' Emerges Revealing Twisted 'Regret' As Cops Probe Motive In Church Massacre

A chilling memoir written by the Minneapolis shooter while attending a military-like school has been revealed in the aftermath of the slaughter which left two children dead on Wednesday.

Robin Westman, 23, then a boy known as 'Robert', wrote an ode to death titled 'But Not The End' outlining concerns death would come with 'regrets that my name not be known for something more', according to the Star Tribune.

The chilling note came from Westman's time as a pupil at St. Thomas Academy, a Catholic all-boys school in Mendota Heights, Minneapolis, where students are referred to as cadets, wear uniform and are trained in military skills.

4 CDC Leaders Resign Over ‘Weaponizing Of Public Health’

At least four top officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) submitted their resignations Wednesday, saying the recent changes and leadership at their agency are preventing them from fulfilling their duties as public health authorities.

The resignations came the same day that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slew of changes to limit access to the COVID-19 vaccine, and just hours after news broke that CDC Director Susan Monarez was ousted from the agency.

Nvidia Beats On Top And Bottom Lines. Here’s Why The Stock Is Falling

Nvidia beat on earnings and revenue for the quarter and issued guidance for the current period that topped estimates.

The stock slid in extended trading as data center revenue came of short of expectations.

Nvidia said there were no sales of H20 processors to China-based customers in the period, but the company benefited from the release of $180 million worth of inventory to a client outside of China.

Google Tells All 2.5 Billion Gmail Users: "Change Your Password Now!"

Making matters worse, hackers are making phone calls and sending emails to Gmail account holders pretending to be Google Support. This has proven to be quite effective. Two-factor authentication is not perfect. The Hackers will go phishing hoping that you are not wary enough and that you'll tap a link that takes you to a bogus sign-in page. If you're not paying attention, you might fill out that page with personal information such as your password, social security number and more. That info goes right to the bad actors who know ways to steal 2FA codes.

State Audit Confirms Shortfall In Revenues In Fish And Wildlife Account In Wisconsin

An audit has confirmed the state’s fish and wildlife account is seeing a shortfall in revenues without backfilling it with state funds.

The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau released its findings Wednesday. The audit was approved last summer by the Legislature’s joint audit committee. Republican lawmakers called for the audit as the DNR had projected a $16 million shortfall in the account.

The audit found the agency spent $126.2 million from the account in fiscal year 2023-24. At the same time, the account’s revenues had grown nearly 24 percent since fiscal year 2019-20 to $140.9 million.

Wisconsin's Addiction To Deficit Spending Must End

The State of Wisconsin has always had a problem with deficit spending, but government officials have at least tried to take steps in the past to avoid disaster. Unfortunately, over the past several years, they’ve thrown caution to the wind and the state’s annual deficits have grown to gargantuan proportions that threaten to plunge the state’s finances into absolute chaos the next time the economy merely slows down.

The State of Wisconsin just passed its 2025-27 budget. It includes a $2.4 billion deficit for this fiscal year and a $1.2 billion deficit for next year. That means that the state’s net appropriations exceed its total revenue projections both years by a total of $3.6 billion.

Dem Bill To Renew Stewardship Program Proposes 17-Member Oversight Board

Dem lawmakers began circulating a new measure to renew the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Program, billing the legislation as a compromise between Gov. Tony Evers’ and Republicans’ proposals.

Evers and GOP lawmakers in the state budget failed to come to an agreement to extend the program, which expires in June next year. Republicans have introduced a proposal to renew the program. But Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin, D-Whitefish Bay, at a Capitol press conference yesterday said a provision in that bill requiring large land purchases to be enumerated through legislation is “simply unworkable.”

After Disappointing Spring, Wisconsin GOP Reconsiders Fundraising, Messaging Strategy

Following repeated spring election losses to Democrats, and facing a future without President Donald Trump boosting base turnout at the top of presidential tickets, the Republican Party of Wisconsin must increase its out-of-state fundraising, an internal review recommends.

The report was prepared by a post-election commission assembled by the party in the aftermath of several disappointing recent elections — notably three spring state Supreme Court races in which a Democratic-backed candidate decisively defeated one supported by Republicans. In addition to more aggressive fundraising, it also calls for better coordination with county parties and outside groups.

State Treasurer John Leiber, a Republican who chaired the commission and helped prepare the report in his personal capacity, said a central theme of his findings was making sure that “every Republican gets out for every election.”

Diocese Acknowledges Prior Complaint Against Priest Accused Of Child Sex Crimes, Says Police Determined It Was Not A Criminal Act

The Diocese of Madison is acknowledging there was a complaint filed in 2021 against Fr. Andrew Showers, the priest who is now charged with child sex crimes in Waupaca County.

Showers was arrested in Clintonville and faces charges of attempted use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, attempted child enticement-exposing intimate parts and attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child.

He is out of jail after posting bond and will appear in Waupaca County Court on September 30.