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A committee has released revised federal criminal jury instructions to be used in the district courts that feed into the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Justice Rebecca Dallet will be making remarks at the State Bar of Wisconsin Board of Governor’s meeting on Friday.

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Madison police officers have arrested a 15-year-old boy suspected of accidentally shooting two teenagers on a city bus near a high school.

A Neenah man accused of crashing into a Winnebago County sheriff's vehicle while driving drunk has been sentenced to nine months in jail and fined $600.

The Democratic Senators Tammy Baldwin, of Wisconsin, and Catherine Cortez Masto, of Nevada, say the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh should be put on hold until an FBI background check can be completed.

Agribusiness company Monsanto has asked a San Francisco judge to throw out a jury's $289 million award to a former school groundskeeper who said the company's Roundup weed killer left him dying of cancer.

Authorities said they still don't know why an employee at a Wisconsin software company went to his office with a pistol and extra ammunition and began firing on his colleagues, seriously injuring several, before he was fatally shot by police.

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The Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office is again asking the state Legislature and Gov. Scott Walker to increase the pay rate for private bar attorneys appointed to take cases for the agency.

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District attorneys around the state are asking the governor and state Legislature to add more prosecutor positions.

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A black legislative candidate says she feels humiliated after Madison police stopped her while she was campaigning door-to-door and questioned her.

Federal authorities are investigating two small explosions in New Berlin.

Wisconsin health officials are reporting more cases of severe bleeding linked to synthetic marijuana containing rat poison.

A decision by Wisconsin officials eight years ago to approve a big, new allotment of water from Lake Michigan to Pleasant Prairie is raising questions of transparency.

A legal argument has been revived in Louisiana over whether a black defendant can get a fair trial in a courthouse where a Confederate monument is displayed.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking for more employees for the state’s crime labs.

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Legal Action of Wisconsin is holding an open house at its new office on Madison's "Willy Street."

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Wisconsin's crime labs are suffering from various shortcomings, including poor morale and their willingness to accept too much evidence from the police, according to a report that was released on Tuesday and commissioned by the state Department of Justice.

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A Whitewater Common Council member says University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper's husband groped her and that Kopper should resign.

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Police in southeastern Wisconsin say a 15-year-old boy is accused of driving drunk with a baby in the back seat.

A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed by animal rights activists in the name of a once-neglected horse, finding that animals don't have a right to sue.

A township in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is suing to stop the closing of a local prison.

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Police in southeastern Wisconsin say a 15-year-old boy is accused of driving drunk with a baby in the back seat.

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says the nation deserves the truth about sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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The state’s bar-application process is changing in response to a Madison lawyer’s complaint that it had not complied with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Prosecutors say a woman and man were drunk and fighting in their pickup truck when they caused a fatal crash in northeastern Wisconsin.

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The judge hearing the trial of a white Chicago police officer accused in the deadly shooting of a black teenager has presided over some of the biggest cases in the city's recent history — and he has a reputation as a fearless taskmaster.

An Idaho teacher accused of feeding a live, sick puppy to a snapping turtle in front of several students will be tried in his own community next month, a judge has ruled, dismissing an attempt by prosecutors to move the trial to another county.

A Manitowoc police officer has shot and killed a man after a confrontation.

Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor Tony Evers is challenging Republican Gov. Scott Walker to drop a lawsuit seeking to repeal the national health care law known as "Obamacare."