MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn on Monday defended blog posts he wrote more than a decade ago where he said a landmark gay rights court ruling could lead to legalized bestiality and labeled Planned Parenthood a “wicked ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A former Carolina Panther football player accused of assaulting a woman has been suspended from his job as a Charlotte Catholic High School assistant football coach.

The Charlotte Observer

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s three Republican candidates for governor met Friday for their only debate before the primary, with each saying they’d be a more competent leader than the Democratic incumbent.

Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, House Minority Leader Patricia Morgan and ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin sports talk radio host had a good reason when listeners heard dead air this week: He’d just been struck by lightning.

Bill Michaels was hit Thursday in Eau Claire as he hosted his show from the patio of a golf club as thunderstorms moved ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberal talk radio host Mike Crute has ended his longshot run for governor one month after it began.

Crute announced Monday on his Devil’s Advocates radio show that he was halting his candidacy. The move comes as a June 1 deadline to submit 2,000 required signatures to ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The already large field of Democratic candidates for governor grew by one on Tuesday, while Milwaukee mayor and three-time former nominee Tom Barrett was also reportedly considering giving it a fourth try.

Liberal talk radio host Mike Crute announced on his Devil’s ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative law firm sued a Democratic state lawmaker for allegedly violating the Wisconsin open records law after charging more than $3,000 for requested records, the latest front in the ongoing battle over whether emails must be provided electronically or on ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican governor says he’s heartbroken over a school shooting in Florida weeks after a similar shooting at a high school in his state.

Gov. Matt Bevin told talk radio hosts his heart is truly broken for the people of Florida and the community has been ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The owner of KFMB-TV, San Diego’s CBS 8 television station, and 760-AM talk radio station says it is selling its holdings to publicly traded Tegna Inc. for $325 million in cash.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Homeland Security Department’s office of faith-based partnerships has resigned following a CNN report on racially inflammatory remarks he made before joining the federal government.

Rev. Jamie Johnson was appointed in April to lead DHS’ Center for ...

BOSTON (AP) — A Boston sports radio personality is apologizing for a rant about former baseball star Roy Halladay’s death in a plane crash this week.

Michael Felger said Thursday on the “Felger ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday he is no longer seeking a job at a New York sports talk radio station once he leaves office, disputing a newspaper report that said the station told him he was no longer being considered.

The Republican governor said the ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke says he’s not running for U.S. Senate next year and called a political action committee set up by some of his conservative loyalists a “scam.”

Clarke made the comments Friday on WISN-AM talk radio, saying he wanted to put to rest ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican leader of the Wisconsin state Senate sent mixed signals Friday about how close lawmakers are to reaching a budget deal and ending a three-week stalemate on passing a new spending plan.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, appearing on the regionally ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In a story May 8 about an attempt to recall California state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton, because of his vote for a gas tax increase to fund road repairs, The Associated Press incorrectly attributed Newman’s response to Sen. Anthony Cannella, the only Republican to ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Conservative talk radio host Laura Ingraham says she’s considering a 2018 challenge to Democrat Tim Kaine for a U.S. Senate representing Virginia.

Ingraham said on Fox News Tuesday that she’s not yet made up her mind whether to run.

But the former attorney and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie has hinted he could take on a media job after he leaves office in 2018.

Christie called into Mike Francesa’s sports talk radio show on WFAN on Friday to talk about the Dallas Cowboys.

Francesa, who is retiring in December, ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A leading voice in conservative radio who helped promote the Republican political agenda in Wisconsin but was outspoken in opposing Donald Trump, retired from his popular radio show Monday.

Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes said his decision to end a 23-year run at ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Conservative and influential Milwaukee talk radio host Charlie Sykes is leaving the air at the end of the year to focus on writing, including a new book titled “How the Right Lost Its Mind.”

Sykes announced his retirement from the radio during his show Tuesday on ...