Nov 01 Judge hopes to seat Kyle Rittenhouse jury within a day By Scott Bauer, Michael Tarm, Associated Press Rittenhouse was 17 when he made the short trip north from his home in Illinois, just across the Wisconsin border, during protests that broke out in August 2020 after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a Black man. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 5:14 News Wrap: Pfizer says its vaccine is 91% effective at preventing COVID among kids 5-11 In our news wrap Friday, Pfizer announced that its low-dose COVID vaccine is nearly 91 percent effective in 5- to 11-year-olds. A federal jury in New York has convicted Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, of making illegal… Continue watching
Jul 28 Judge finds probable cause to charge Wisconsin cop in 2016 killing of black man By Scott Bauer, Todd Richmond, Associated Press A Wisconsin judge has found probable cause to charge a police officer in the 2016 slaying of a Black man, years after prosecutors declined to file charges. Continue reading
Jun 29 WATCH: Biden gives remarks on bipartisan infrastructure package By Josh Boak, Associated Press President Joe Biden declared there is an urgent need for a “generational investment” in the nation’s infrastructure, as he looked to sell voters Tuesday on the economic benefits of the $973 billion bipartisan package that still faces an uncertain future… Continue reading
Jun 09 Ex-Wisconsin pharmacist gets prison for ruining COVID-19 vaccine doses By Associated Press A former pharmacist in Wisconsin who purposefully ruined more than 500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine was sentenced to three years in prison on Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 18 Sheriff: 3 dead, 2 wounded in shooting at Wisconsin tavern By Associated Press Three people were killed and two were seriously wounded in a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday, sheriff’s officials said. Continue reading
Apr 09 Wisconsin Supreme Court says don’t purge voters from rolls By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The court's 5-2 ruling Friday means about 69,000 people on the list of likely movers will not have their voter registrations deactivated. Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch 5:04 News Wrap: Pfizer says its COVID vaccine highly effective in children as young as 12 In our news wrap Wednesday, Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine can be administered safely to children as young as 12. The CDC said COVID was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, and the global death… Continue watching
Mar 10 Wisconsin protest shootings trial delayed at least 7 months By Scott Bauer, Associated Press The trial for an 18-year-old from Illinois accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest against police brutality in Wisconsin has been pushed back by seven months. Continue reading
Jan 05 Watch 4:05 News Wrap: White Wisconsin officer avoids criminal charges in Jacob Blake shooting In our news wrap Tuesday, the white police officer who shot and paralyzed a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer will not be charged, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 tops 356,000, the nation’s top national security agencies acknowledge… Continue watching