The U.S. sent 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan on Sunday, tripling an earlier pledge in a donation with both public health and geopolitical meaning.
The Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to offer transgender veterans gender confirmation surgery, Secretary Denis McDonough announced at a Pride Month event in Orlando Saturday.
The Regis/McDonell Saints girls soccer team fights hard but their season comes to an end with a 2-0 loss to Assumption in the section finals. Plus, an update on other girls soccer teams throughout Western Wisconsin and Ty Rondestvedt and Dan Harris of Altoona finish 4th in state in boys doubles tennis.
U.S. Catholic bishops approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights.
The gas tax increase was part of an early package that called for $579 billion in new spending on roads, bridges, rail and public transit. It’s unclear if it will make the final cut.
Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived at Galveston on June 19, 1865, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free.
A WIAA Boys state tennis tournament update with multiple local athletes seasons coming to an end, while a doubles pair looks for a state championship. Plus, the Eau Claire Express at Carson Park taking on the Bismark Larks.
