As RNC Packs Up, Milwaukee Locals Reflect on Convention, Calls for Unity

Friendly faces noted amidst political divide as the city hosted the GOP convention. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—The vast spaces of the Baird Center were emptying out. The delegates, vendors, reporters, and other attendees of the 2024 Republican National Convention had vanished. The spectacle, Republicans’ first since 2016, was over, the throng long gone. On the afternoon of

Corey Comperatore Laid to Rest as Thousands Gather to Mourn

The retired fire chief was killed while shielding his family from gunfire during the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. CABOT, Pa.—Dotted with farms and cornfields in the western Pennsylvania hills, Bear Creek Road is usually a quiet stretch that connects Freeport to Cabot in Butler County. On July 19, the rural pathway was

Sheila Jackson Lee, longtime Texas congresswoman, dies at 74

Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has died, her office announced Friday evening. She was 74 years old. A cause of death was not immediately disclosed. Last month, however, Jackson Lee revealed that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. “A fierce champion of the people, she was affectionately and simply known as ‘Congresswoman’