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As mass shootings plague US, survivors mourn lack of gun law changes
The deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history has people around the world wondering why mass violence keeps happening in America.
Trial to begin in Fond du Lac County cold case killing
A trial is set to begin for a man accused of killing an 18-year-old Wisconsin woman in 1990.
The Law Store: Coming to a Walmart near you
For many people, the decision to seek legal advice is a mysterious and daunting endeavor that is not made on the spur of the moment, if at all.
Who’s Doing What: Attorneys join firms; DOJ’s Karofsky earns award
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek's Gina Carter has received YWCA Madison’s 2016 Women of Distinction Leadership Award.
ACLU files motion in voter ID federal lawsuit
Groups advocating for voting rights have filed a motion in federal court asking that Wisconsin voters having trouble obtaining the required photo identification be able to cast ballots anyhow.
Hunger strike begins at prisons
A handful of Wisconsin prison inmates have started a hunger strike in hopes of forcing an end to long-term solitary confinement.
Teen sentenced for killing mother, stepfather
A rural Rhinelander teenager will spend 23 years in prison for killing her mother and stepfather.
No facilities offering to care for ex-deputy found insane
Some medical facilities are declining to offer care for a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy suffering from advanced ALS who was found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014.
Judge issues ‘benediction’ for eliminated elections board
A member of Wisconsin's nonpartisan state elections board says he prays that the public "come to its senses" and demand a reversal of a state Supreme Court ruling ending an investigation into Gov. Scott Walker.
Inmate accused of conspiring to have Madison officer killed
Madison's police chief says federal, county and local investigators have uncovered a credible threat to the life of one of his officers by an inmate who solicited a hit while in the Dane County Jail.
Trial set for Milwaukee man in killing of homicide witness
A trial is set to begin in July for a Milwaukee man accused of fatally shooting a man, killing a 17-year-old girl who witnessed the slaying and trying to arrange another witness' death.
$5 million bond set for man accused of double homicide
A judge has set $5 million bond for a man accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend and her mother and injuring a third person in the Green Bay area.
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