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Wisconsin prosecutors have cleared two law enforcement officers involved in the fatal shooting of a suspect following a chase in Clark County in May.

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A federal judge has fined a Chinese wind turbine manufacturer $1.5 million for stealing trade secrets.

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The parents of a 25-year-old man who died at a mental health facility are disputing over who'll get the money in a $1.4 million settlement with Milwaukee County.

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Democratic attorney general hopeful Josh Kaul plans to report raising about $575,000 over the first six months of 2018.

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No government officials conducted a safety inspection of a new waterslide at Six Flags St. Louis before a woman said she suffered whiplash last month from the force of the "Typhoon Twister" that featured a five-story drop and a "45-foot zero gravity wave wall."

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says Marquette University shouldn't have fired a conservative professor over his blog post criticizing a student instructor he believed shut down discussion about opposition to gay marriage.

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Small businesses not located in Wisconsin won't have to collect sales tax on internet purchases made by consumers in the state, but larger companies will have to charge the tax beginning in October.

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A 35-year-old man is facing charges after he was found in the driver's seat of a minivan embedded in the side of a Wisconsin home.

A community activist accused of attempting to firebomb a police station during riots in Milwaukee two summers ago will be released from jail ahead of his trial.

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A Wisconsin judge was wrong when he accused his co-workers of criminal misconduct, according to an investigator.

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Wisconsin plans to exempt small businesses not located in the state from collection of sales tax for online purchases made by consumers in Wisconsin.

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nomination is expected on Monday, with three federal judges leading the pack.

Years of secrecy by America's police departments about their use of computer programs predicting where crimes will occur, and who will commit them, are under fire in legal cases nationwide.

A Texas attorney has won a Key lime pie-eating contest in the Florida Keys where the tart, creamy dessert originated in the late 1800s.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received a lifetime achievement award Wednesday from a prominent Jewish organization in Israel.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court this week suspended a Fox Crossing municipal judge who was arrested on preliminary charges of stalking and violating a temporary restraining order involving a court clerk who alleges he harassed her.

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A 42-year-old Wisconsin man has been arrested for fifth offense operating a vehicle while intoxicated.

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The state Supreme Court says police can legally draw blood from unconscious drunken drivers.

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Inside a small courtroom, a half-dozen immigrant teens and their families sat anxiously on wooden benches awaiting their immigration court hearing.

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A jury in Wayne County, Michigan, has awarded $135 million verdict in a lawsuit over a botched spinal surgery on a 10-year-old girl.

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Watertown police are recommending election fraud charges against a candidate accused of forging signatures to get on the ballot in Wisconsin's 37th Assembly District.

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A 19-year-old Milwaukee man will spend nearly 10 months in prison for a hit-and-run crash that injured two police officers last year.

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A Madison woman was arrested twice in three hours for drunken driving.

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President Donald Trump interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices on Monday and planned to speak with a few more, as he powered forward with a speedy selection process to fill the fresh vacancy on the court.

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Federal prosecutors have charged a Milwaukee teen mentor with attempting to firebomb a police station during riots two summers ago.

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Milwaukee officials are trying to lower the $6 million proposed cost to settle a lawsuit alleging that police officers targeted black and Latino residents for questioning without probable cause.

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Chief Justice John Roberts is the Supreme Court's new man in the middle. It's just that the middle may have moved well to the right.

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Sheriff Richard Schmidt has submitted charges for discharge of a Milwaukee County deputy following several internal affairs investigations.

As Foxconn Technology Group officially marked the start on Thursday of work on its $10 billion factory in Mount Pleasant, fears swirled that local officials were moving to unleash a legal means of forcing homeowners to make way for the technology giant: eminent domain.

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A Wisconsin man is facing a dozen federal charges in an alleged money-laundering scheme that authorities say involved selling luxury cars overseas by defrauding local car dealers.

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