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GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin voted Wednesday to restrict the authority of incoming Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers. Morry Gash/AP hide caption toggle caption Morry Gash/AP GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin voted Wednesday to restrict the authority of incoming Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers. Morry Gash/AP Updated at 1:24 p.m. EST The Republican-controlled state Legislature in Wisconsin has approved new limits on the power of Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers in a lame-duck session. Following…

Former president George H.W. Bush with Patrick, the child of a Secret Service agent, in Kennebunkport, Maine, on July 24, 2013. (Barbara Bush/Office of George Bush/AP) Lindsey Bever December 5 at 9:35 AM George H.W. Bush sat near a flower garden in Kennebunkport, Maine, in 2013, holding a 2-year-old child. The pair wore matching blue polo shirts and khaki pants — and sported the same hairstyle. Bush had learned that…

Pickens, County (FOX Carolina) – The Pickens County sheriff said one inmate is dead and another is back behind bars after they escaped the Pickens County Prison early Tuesday morning. Deputies say around 2:40 a.m. two to three inmates physically assaulted two  detention officers in what Sheriff Rick Clark called a “pre-meditated plan to escape from the facility.”  Around 2:53 a.m. Sheriff Clark says the first 911…

Rep. Mark MeadowsMark Randall MeadowsThree Republicans battle to succeed Meadows at House Freedom Caucus Jordan wins Oversight leading role for House GOP in surprise move Meadows penned ‘confidential’ plan to fight back against Dem probes into Trump: report MORE (R-N.C.) is characterizing special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s sentencing report on former national security advisor Michael Flynn as “good…

A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Newsmakers/Getty Images A portrait of former President George H.W. Bush and his family in front of their Kennebunkport, Maine, home in 1986. Newsmakers/Getty Images Former President George H.W. Bush will be honored with a state funeral Wednesday at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C….

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No sooner had President Trump helped reinvigorate a badly listing stock market by finally talking nice about trade with China than he utterly ruined it by pronouncing himself “Tariff Man” in an astonishingly wrongheaded tweet. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 800 points (3.1 percent) for the day, almost entirely in response to Trump brandishing his trade-warrior regalia by saying that trade amounts to foreigners “raid[ing] the great wealth…

Jeffrey Epstein, pictured in 2006, reached a settlement with lawyer Bradley Edwards in a defamation suit on Tuesday. Edwards represents several women who have accused Epstein of sexual abuse and molestation when they were underage. Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office/AP hide caption toggle caption Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office/AP Jeffrey Epstein, a multimillionaire hedge fund manager accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls, reached a last-minute settlement on Tuesday in a…

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In Thursday’s Hot Clicks, we look at every angle of the Astros World Series victory. Plus a feature on the lovely Jess Strother. World Series Round-Up Houston, we have a title. It only took 55 years but the Astros are champions. Some items of interest: Yuli Gurriel tipped his hat to Yu Darvish during his first at-bat … ​Here’s a look at the game’s final out … Carlos Beltran cried…

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Try telling Charlie Winn and Steve Thorne that sports and politics don’t mix. As Australia votes in a postal survey on same-sex marriage, Winn and Thorne, who helped found the gay rugby team the Sydney Convicts, hope a positive result might mean the government will allow same-sex couples to be legally married in their country. And if it happens, it could be due to the widespread support of most of…

Did you know SI made another prescient prediction in 2011? By now you’ve heard about the 2014 Sports Illustrated cover that presaged the Astros’ 2017 World Series victory. But did know SI already correctly predicted a future World Series win? In the March 21, 2011 issue of SI, Joe Posnanski wrote an unusual season preview for the Kansas City Royals, written in the past tense from a future where the Royals are no longer a…

Did you hear? In 2014, Sports Illustrated predicted that the Astros would win the World Series in 2017. Did you hear? In 2014, Sports Illustrated predicted that the Astros would win the World Series in 2017. And it happened.  Here’s the backstory: The Astros were not a good baseball team in 2014. In fact, they were pretty bad, finishing the year 70–92, which actually followed three seasons of winning less than 60 games. But…

The crisis facing the Paralympic movement over alleged abuse of the classification system deepened on Wednesday after claims swimmers are deliberately exaggerating their disability in order to win more medals. Mark Hanson, whose daughter Levana is a swimmer, claimed one father bought a wheelchair on eBay so his child, who Hanson claimed had always walked unaided, could hoodwink classifiers into thinking the swimmer had a more severe disability. Tanni Grey-Thompson…

CLOSE A proposed sports resort in Portage is the latest large recreational sports complex slated for Indiana. Dwight Adams/IndyStar The Catalyst Lifestyles Sport Resort is an ambitious, $75 million youth recreational complex proposed for Portage, Ind. However, company officials filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Oct. 31, 2017.(Photo: Provided by Catalyst Lifestyles Spors Resort) The developers of a major Portage sports complex made a big splash — and lofty…

SI.com’s Week in Wrestling is published every Wednesday and provides beneath the surface coverage of the business of pro wrestling. News of the Week: Emma, Darren Young, and Summer Rae released A WWE corporate release delivered some of the coldest words in wrestling this past Sunday, offering Emma, Darren Young, and Summer Rae “the best in all of their future endeavors.” The release of Emma was the most peculiar, considering she…

Bill Bidwill couldn’t make it to his induction into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame Wednesday night, but in some ways, that was fitting for the Cardinals owner. “He’s 86, and he’s slowing down, like a lot of 86-year-olds,” his son, Cardinals president Michael Bidwill said during his acceptance for his father . “But if he was here, he’d probably send me up to do this speech anyway.” “Anyone who…

The crisis facing the Paralympic movement over alleged abuse of the classification system deepened on Wednesday after claims swimmers are deliberately exaggerating their disability in order to win more medals. Mark Hanson, whose daughter Levana is a swimmer, claimed one father bought a wheelchair on eBay so his child, who Hanson claimed had always walked unaided, could hoodwink classifiers into thinking the swimmer had a more severe disability. Tanni Grey-Thompson…