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The most important election of 2023 may also offer crucial insights into the most important election of 2024.
Next Tuesday’s vote for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has been justifiably described as the most consequential election in the nation this year, because it will determine whether liberals or conservatives control a majority of the body. The election’s outcome will likely decide whether abortion in the state is completely banned and whether the severely gerrymandered state legislative maps
Ex-Brooklyn Center cop Kim Potter has been found guilty of first and second degree manslaughter for shooting 20-year-old Daunte Wright dead, marking the end of a dramatic eight-day trial.
The decision came on Thursday after close to 28 hours of deliberations, during which jurors had, at times, seemed hopelessly deadlocked.
The jury of six men and six women – nine white, two Asian and one black – alerted the judge that they had reached a verdict shortly before noon on
