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The state Supreme Court says a Wisconsin Rapids man was properly convicted of killing his daughter's ex-boyfriend.

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Valerie Castile and Ramsey County Attorney John Choi spoke about the tool kit during a recent online video conference with about 70 law enforcement agencies and other groups from around the country.

The Kentucky Court of Appeals has overturned a $21.7 million judgment against a helicopter company regarding a crash that killed three people.

Curtis Flowers has been jailed in Mississippi for 22 years, even as prosecutors couldn't get a murder conviction against him to stick through five trials.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Monday in a fight over control of the nation's oldest synagogue and its religious bells worth millions, leaving in place a ruling that the Rhode Island synagogue will remain the property of a New York congregation.

An attorney for Republican legislators urged a judge Monday to throw out a lawsuit challenging lame-duck laws limiting the governor and attorney general's powers, warning that blocking the laws could throw decades' worth of other statutes into jeopardy.

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The state Department of Justice is releasing new guides to help schools identify potential threats.

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Long-time Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson has suddenly withdrawn from participating in three cases.

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A federal judge has awarded $1.8 million in damages to a former Maine man who was cleared of charges of sexually assaulting his wife.

Authorities in southern Wisconsin say a 56-year-old Cambria man arrested on suspicion of his 8th OWI offense tried to drink in front of a deputy.

Cash bond is set at $1 million for a 34-year-old man accused of killing a missing girl's mother in Milwaukee.

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a law giving clergy tax-free housing allowances is constitutional, overturning a ruling in Wisconsin that said it was an unconstitutional benefit and delivering a huge win to religious leaders who had fought to keep the substantial benefit.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates Lisa Neubauer and Brian Hagedorn cast each other Friday as tools of partisan interests who can’t be trusted, with both arguing in a debate that they are ...

The Wisconsin Senate version of proposed legislation to expand the state’s expungement process is up for a public hearing next week.

The Michigan appeals court has overturned key rulings and reinstated lawsuits against a popular personal-injury lawyer who is accused of sexually assaulting two women who worked at his Detroit-area firm.

Authorities in Wisconsin's Marinette County say they have made an arrest in the 43-year-old fatal shootings of a young couple.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brian Hagedorn is launching a new television ad branding his opponent Lisa Neubauer a tool for liberal groups hours before the two are scheduled to debate.

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers and U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, both Democrats, demanded  on Thursday that federal military officials review Wisconsin National Guard protocols for reporting and investigating sexual assault after Guard members ...

The Milwaukee Bar Association is holding a forum next week for the two candidates running for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 40, the seat once held by Justice Rebecca Dallet.

Wisconsin farmers don't need to sell their crops to qualify for property tax breaks, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

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Gov. Tony Evers says Wisconsin will join a multistate lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

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One of Gov. Tony Evers' Cabinet secretaries who was charged with felony child abuse in 2005 after jabbing her 5-year-old son's hand with a pen said during a state Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday it was a "horrendous mistake" that has not been repeated.

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Just four days after the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court face off at the State Bar Center in Madison, they will debate each other again, this time in Milwaukee.

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An Appleton lawyer has started a new firm.

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A judge has found a Milwaukee man incompetent to stand trial in the beating death of a nurse practitioner in a hospital parking garage.

Wisconsin's Department of Corrections will build two new juvenile detention facilities in Milwaukee and Outagamie counties to house serious juvenile offenders after the state's troubled youth prison closes, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has issued an order eliminating requirements that call for certain court employees to disclose financial relationships.

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The state Supreme Court says an inmate doesn't deserve sentence credit while he was set free after prison officials mistakenly released him.

The Wisconsin Election Commission says its statewide review of elections in the past year have turned up two dozen cases of suspected voter fraud or irregularities.

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan is threatening to sue U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials if they don't provide more records related to a sweep in September that resulted in the arrests of dozens of people.

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