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A woman convicted of reckless homicide in the death in 2007 of a baby boy at her home daycare is asking a Dane County judge to grant her a new trial because new evidence has turned up.

The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has returned to work at the building for the first time since undergoing surgery for lung cancer in late December.

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The Senate on Thursday confirmed William Barr as attorney general, placing the veteran government official and lawyer atop the Justice Department as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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Attorney General Josh Kaul says he is asking Gov. Tony Evers for more crime lab analysts in the governor's executive budget.

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn helped create and serves on the board of a private Christian elementary school that prohibits anyone working there from being in a same-sex relationship and could expel students who are LGBTQ, documents released Thursday show.

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Republicans who control the Wisconsin Senate refused to mention the NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick in a resolution honoring Black History Month passed on Wednesday, rejecting calls from Democrats who said ignoring the Milwaukee native put them on the wrong side of history.

A man accused of fatally shooting a Milwaukee police officer who was serving a search warrant for drugs and weapons is due in court for a preliminary hearing.

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Republican lawmakers are circulating a bill that would prohibit minors from buying e-cigarettes and other vapor products.

A Wisconsin judge overturned a high school wrestler's suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct after the student's parents took legal action, worrying referees and the state's athletic association that officiating decisions could be undermined by courts.

Wisconsin Republicans erased any mention of the former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick from a resolution recognizing Black History Month on Tuesday, saying he's too much a subject of controversy to be included in a list of influential black leaders.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A former Ripon High School teacher has been sentenced to probation for having a sexual relationship with a student. Twenty-nine-year-old Samantha Fitzpatrick earlier pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault of a student ...

Gov. Tony Evers has not yet decided what position to take in a lawsuit seeking the repeal of laws passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature during a lame-duck session in December.

Black Hills Federal Credit Union and a Wisconsin-based insurance company have agreed to pay $3 million to settle allegations that they improperly raised insurance premiums on thousands of loans.

A man who was charged on Sunday with killing a Milwaukee officer during a drug raid on his home told investigators that he didn't realize it was police trying to break down his door, authorities said.

A prosecutor won't file charges against three Fond du Lac police officers in an in-custody death.

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An obscure Wisconsin board voted to lift a ban on its employees working on climate change during state time that was put in place by Republicans to target the daughter of Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, who was the board's executive director.

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A conservative legal group has sued Wisconsin's education department, saying it improperly withheld public records and illegally told school districts not to immediately release documents.

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The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office is beginning its review of possible charges against a man suspected of fatally shooting a Milwaukee police officer.

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved William Barr's nomination for attorney general along party lines Thursday, with Republicans praising his credentials and Democrats questioning how transparent he'll be once special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation concludes.

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One of the top officials on the state Legislature's budget-writing committee is signaling Republicans won't let Attorney General Josh Kaul pull Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn outraised his challenger, Lisa Neubauer, in January, but still trails her in the total amount of money raised and cash on hand.

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Police are collecting evidence at a Milwaukee home where a police officer was fatally shot while serving a warrant.

A man accused of kidnapping a 13-year-old Wisconsin girl and killing her parents waived his right to a preliminary hearing Wednesday, telling his family, "I love you," moments after he was ordered to stand trial.

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A 17-year police veteran was shot and killed as he served a warrant on Milwaukee's south side Wednesday, becoming the third city officer to be killed in the line of duty in eight months, authorities said.

A Wisconsin man told a 14-year-old Tennessee girl he met online that he'd help her run away when she told him her adoptive father was sexually molesting her, but only if she sent him video proof of the sexual assault, federal prosecutors allege.

Seven years after Jerry Sandusky was convicted of child molestation and sentenced to decades behind bars, an appeals court has ordered a resentencing hearing for the former Penn State assistant football coach whose crimes have cost the university a fortune and led to changes to state law.

The Chicago Bears have ended a pregame perk that prompted a federal lawsuit by a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan who wanted to wear the Wisconsin team's green and gold apparel to warmups at Soldier Field.

Two Milwaukee police officers will not be charged in a fatal shooting in 2017.

Attorney General Josh Kaul is signaling he likely won't represent the state in the latest lawsuit challenging Wisconsin Republicans' lame-duck laws.

Gov. Tony Evers says delaying the closing of Wisconsin's troubled juvenile prison isn't "ideal" but the process can't be rushed.

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