The Daily Populous

MADISON, Wis. — The Army has suspended a Wisconsin training base’s first female commander after discovering portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall.

The Army has posted an undated statement on Fort McCoy’s website saying Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has been suspended as the base’s garrison commander.

The statement said the suspension isn’t related to any misconduct but provided no other details, saying the matter was under review. »

After nearly 50 years cooped up inside, Rockalina the turtle finds the great outdoors.

A young boy found Rockalina, a wild eastern box turtle, while playing near his New York home in 1977.

When Garden State Tortoise, a reptile rehabilitation center based in New Jersey, got ahold of Rockalina in February, they worried for her survival. »

The long-simmering tensions between the two neighbors have boiled over in the wake of Tuesday’s deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region.

Paramedics and police personnel carry an injured tourist at a hospital in Anantnag, south of Srinagar, on April 22, 2025, following an attack.

New Delhi is also weighing the possibility of a limited airstrike on Pakistan, something it last did in 2019 after another deadly terror attack. »

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned a Nevada Republican politician who was awaiting sentencing on federal charges that she used money meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer for personal costs, including plastic surgery.

The White House confirmed Fiore had been pardoned but did not comment on the president’s decision.

The pardon, issued Wednesday, comes less than a week after Fiore lost a bid for a new trial. »