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Federal military officials have agreed to review how the Wisconsin National Guard handles sexual-assault allegations in the wake of alleged incidents dating to 2002, Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin said on Wednesday.

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a Wisconsin law that allows law-enforcement officials to draw blood without a warrant from suspected drunken drivers who have become unconscious.

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A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Wisconsin Republican lawmakers' attempt to intervene in a Planned Parenthood lawsuit challenging the state's abortion restrictions, saying in a strongly worded order that they presented no evidence that the Democratic attorney general wouldn't adequately defend the laws.

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A new federal lawsuit challenges Wisconsin's requirements for what student-identification cards count for purposes of voting.

Gov. Tony Evers says he will veto a Republican-authored bill that could send doctors to prison for life if they fail to give medical care to babies born alive after a failed abortion attempt.

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A Wisconsin mother of seven has agreed to plead guilty to trying to plan terrorist attacks on behalf of the Islamic State by distributing information on making explosives and biological weapons.

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Madison police want to reduce fights and criminal activity at campus-area bars by limiting the number of establishments that allow customers in after 1:30 a.m.

A Wisconsin judge is delaying a hearing for a couple suspected in the death of their newborn child until an autopsy is completed.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court will take over the appeal in a second lawsuit challenging Republican-backed laws passed in a lame-duck session to restrict the powers of the newly elected Democratic governor and attorney general.

Marcus Hutchins, a British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus, has pleaded guilty to developing malware to steal banking information.

Federal gaming regulators are accusing St. Croix Chippewa tribal leaders of pocketing at least $1.5 million in casino funds with little or no documentation or receipts.

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Charges have been dismissed against a Milwaukee teen accused in a crash last month that killed an Uber passenger.

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Potheads have for decades celebrated their love of marijuana on April 20, but the once counter-culture celebration that was all about getting stoned now is so mainstream Corporate America is starting to embrace it.

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A man accused in a fatal shooting at an Eagle River home has reached an agreement with prosecutors.

Marijuana advocates have high hopes that the latest proposal to legalize pot in Wisconsin has a better chance of success than ever given growing public support, but the bill unveiled Thursday again faces stiff opposition from Republicans who control the Legislature.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul said on Wednesday that he's not going to start a new investigation into the state's juvenile prisons, the same day that a new report showed young inmates are still being pepper sprayed, shackled and held in solitary confinement despite a court order to reduce such practices.

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A jury has convicted a man accused of killing two brothers after a fight at a Twin Lakes bar in November 2017.

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A man accused of driving drunk, killing a pedestrian and fleeing from the scene in Waupaca County is sentenced to five years in prison.

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The state Supreme Court has rejected the city of Whitehall's attempt to annex land for a sand mine.

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A 17-year-old typed out pages on how he planned to fatally shoot his grandparents and law-enforcement officials found those notes with a book on an executioner in the teen's backpack after he called 911 and confessed to the killings, prosecutors in Wisconsin said Tuesday.

A bipartisan plan released on Tuesday to prevent future backlogs of sexual-assault kits in Wisconsin would set new timelines and protocols for nurses, victims and members of law enforcement.

A Hudson family injured during a 2013 parade accident has settled a lawsuit against the Shriners.

A state appeals court has ordered a new trial in a medical-malpractice lawsuit alleging a Milwaukee doctor didn't take steps to protect a baby from brain damage.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to consider a legal challenge to Republican-backed laws passed in a lame-duck session last year that limited the powers of the state's newly elected governor and attorney general.

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A 17-year-old told investigators that he fatally shot his grandparents and was planning to cause harm at his eastern Wisconsin high school, police said Monday.

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Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul has successfully withdrawn Wisconsin from a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal rule regulating certain air pollutants, including mercury.

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Keyon Jackson-Malone got involved in violence when he was a young man even though, earlier, he had helped resolve disputes as a peer mediator at Morse Middle School.

The state Department of Justice's work to test thousands of rape kits has resulted in charges against less than a half-dozen people so far.

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The Wisconsin National Guard received 52 reports of sexual assault between 2013 and 2017, more than half of which were related to military service, Guard officials said during a roundtable with reporters Thursday.

A sheriff deputy's pursuit has had deadly consequences in Milwaukee.