Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager who devoted his last years to the Catholic Church after being diagnosed with leukemia, was beatified at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi on Saturday.

A conservative group challenged Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' authority to declare successive states of emergency. St. Croix County Judge Michael Waterman refuses its request for an injunction.

The Democratic vice presidential nominee called on Senate Republicans to hold off on Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court confirmation until after the presidential election.

GOP members on the Senate Judiciary Committee decry what they call inappropriate questioning about Amy Coney Barrett's Catholic faith and call it un-American persecution of her religion.