Kaz Bresnan

Ohio Senator J.D. Vance and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz participated in a debate on CBS on Oct. 1. Their opinions on several topics are detailed below. The Middle East: Tim Walz started the debate talking about the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and how Trump would not be a good leader saying, “A nearly 80-year-old...

Information released by BBC news accused McDonalds of failing to spot signs of modern slavery in their workplace after police found victims of human trafficking working for the company.

Universities of Wisconsin Oshkosh Chancellor Andrew Leavitt announced on Oct. 16 that he will not be returning to his position next year. This makes Leavitt the 4th chancellor in the Universities of Wisconsin system to either announce plans to resign or be fired since Dec. 2023. The announcement came nearly six months after the UW-Oshkosh...

Richard Siken’s “Crush” is an unrelenting and feverish exploration of desire, love and violence. The book won the 2004 Yale Younger Poets prize and was published by Yale University Press in 2005. “Crush” additionally won the Lambda Literary Award and a Thom Gunn Award. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle...

Nearly $400,000 of artisanal cheddar cheese was stolen from Neal’s Yard Dairy in London on Oct. 21. Neal’s Yard Dairy is one of Britain’s most famous dairy and cheese specialists and is located in London’s Borough Market.

A Platteville man was arrested following a four-hour standoff with Platteville police in the early morning of Nov. 2. Police reported that 50-year-old Gerald Moon was armed with a rifle on a rooftop on Southwest Lane.

Abigail Shimniok Raymond Armour, 29, pled guilty to two counts of transporting an individual in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in prostitution. Armour was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison after he transported two teenagers across state lines with the end goal of making money from them performing sexual services to strangers. His prison term will be followed by 20 years of supervised release.

Thomas Harris’ “The Silence of the Lambs” was published in 1988 and follows the story of Clarice Starling, an FBI agent in training assigned to seek help from psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter in her pursuit of a new murderer on the loose, known only as Buffalo Bill.

Ryan Borgwardt, 45, was reported missing on Aug. 12 after he failed to return home from a kayaking trip in Green Lake, WI. Green Lake County Sheriff Mark Podoll stated his belief that Borgwardt had faked his own disappearance and fled the country according to a Nov. 8 news conference.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, 68, was the spiritual leader of the global Anglican church. Over the past week, he resigned from his position after several reports came to light that he had ordered his institution to cover up the prolific abuse of boys and young men at the hands of religious leaders.