Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of twenty-five. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 4:23 PM, for 9h 20m 57s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 76.7% of its visible disk illuminated.
Today is the seven hundred forty-eighth day.
Whitewater’s Common Council meets at 6:30 PM tonight, with the Finance Committee meeting thereafter at approximately 7 PM.
On this day in 1882, the Ringling brothers of Baraboo, Wisconsin perform their first show to an audience (in Mazomanie).
Recommended for reading in full:
Mitch Smith and Monica Davey report Ex-President of Michigan State Charged With Lying About Nassar Case:
Lou Anna K. Simon, the former president of Michigan State University, was charged on Tuesday with two felonies, accused of lying to the police about her knowledge of sexual abuse committed by Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar.
The charges were the latest blow against Michigan State, which employed Dr. Nassar for years as he preyed on young women, and a warning to other institutions about the consequences they could face for failing to stop abuse. As the scope of Dr. Nassar’s crimes has become clear, Michigan State leaders have been accused of ignoring warning signs, disrespecting victims, and covering up misconduct, and the university has been rocked by resignations, protests and a $500 million settlement.
Molly Beck reports Ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos to serve 14-day prison sentence in Wisconsin:
A former adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign began serving a 14-day sentence at a medium-security federal prison in Oxford, Wisconsin, on Monday.
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Papadopoulos was sentenced in September after he pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents over whether he had contact with Russian officials during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Max Boot observes The GOP is now the party of neo-Confederates:
It is hard to remember that Republicans were once the Party of Lincoln. But in the 1960s they sold out their birthright to court Southern voters smarting over desegregation. In more recent years, leaders such as George W. Bush, John McCain and Mitt Romney had been trying to appeal to minority and moderate voters. But with his pandering to white grievances, Trump has abetted the rise of the neo-Confederates.
Debbie Wu reports Apple iPhone Supplier Foxconn Planning Deep Cost Cuts:
The contract manufacturer aims to cut 20 billion yuan ($2.9 billion) from expenses in 2019 as it faces “a very difficult and competitive year,” according to an internal document obtained by Bloomberg. The company’s spending in the past 12 months is about NT$206 billion ($6.7 billion). The shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., as Foxconn is known in Taiwan and Asia, rose less than 1 percent in early trade in Taipei on Thursday.
NASA’s InSight lander has now sent back pictures from Mars:
