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The bill came after a year of discussion with state, local and federal officials about how to save the Verso mill, which closed in June 2020 after more than a hundred years of operation. It employed 900 people.
Kobe Bryant’s widow has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the pilot and owners of the helicopter that crashed last year, killing the NBA star, his daughter, Gianna, and seven others.
The U.S. Homeland Security Department says thousands of asylum-seekers whose claims were dismissed or denied under a Trump administration policy that forced them to wait in Mexico for their court hearings will be allowed to return for another chance at humanitarian protection.
Iran says that several state-linked news websites have been seized by the U.S. government under unclear circumstances.
President Joe Biden is expected to announce a partnership between federal law enforcement and local police to help combat a rising tide of violent crime.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the announcement at a private leadership meeting Tuesday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private remarks.
In a statement, obtained by The Associated Press, Lloyd Austin said he supports taking sexual assault and related crimes away from the chain of command, and let independent military lawyers handle them.
Consumer prices jumped 5% in May compared with a year earlier, the largest increase in 13 years.
Evers is expected to veto all of the Republican-backed measures that passed Tuesday.
Existing home sales dropped 0.9% last month from April to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.8 million units, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.
McCloskey on Saturday posted a photo of himself on Twitter posing with an AR-15 at a gun store.
Disney had 250 alligators removed from its properties in Florida over the last five years since a boy was killed.
Wisconsin’s seniors were openly critical of coach Greg Gard during a late-season team meeting that was secretly recorded and later sent to a newspaper.
When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of personal data created by Big Tech companies via the devices and online services that have hooked billions of people around the world.
Moderna is now testing its vaccine in younger people as well as potential boosters that may be needed in the future.
The weather service planned to continue surveying that area Tuesday to determine the precise path, width and length of the storm's trail of destruction.
President Joe Biden plans to travel to southwestern Wisconsin next week to discuss agriculture and rural economies, the White House announced Tuesday.
The baby squid were sent into space earlier this month on a SpaceX resupply mission to the International Space Station. Understanding what happens to the squid in space could help solve health problems for astronauts.
The Wisconsin Assembly plans to vote on a bill that would create a new $10 million grant program to help communities clean up contamination from “forever chemicals” known as PFAS but would ban them from suing those responsible for the pollution.
The verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport ends Sun Yang’s hopes of defending his Olympic title in the 200 meters freestyle in Tokyo next month.
Authorities say a shooting in St. Louis has left three people dead and four others wounded.
The number of people stopped from buying guns through the U.S. background check system hit an all-time high of more than 300,000 last year amid a surge of firearm sales, according to new records obtained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the agency on vaccine use, plans to review and discuss the inflammation data as part of a three-day meeting that starts Wednesday.
The European Commission said Tuesday that it has opened a formal investigation into whether Google violated the bloc’s competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services.
Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists have applauded the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal.
All four parks at the Lake Buena Vista, Florida, resort will take part in “The World’s Most Magical Celebration,” beginning Oct. 1, Disney announced Tuesday.
Sheriff’s officials say a second child pulled from Lake Michigan in Racine over the weekend has died. Seventeen-year-old Yaadwinder Singh was unresponsive when he was rescued from the lake at North Beach Saturday.
The “truth in labeling” measures up Tuesday are supported by Wisconsin's agriculture and dairy industries.
The bill, which the Senate passed earlier this month, is expected to be vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers.
Sheriff’s officials say a deputy shot and killed an adult pet chimpanzee named Buck after it attacked a woman in Eastern Oregon.
LAPD spokesman Tony Im says Clark was pulled over for a vehicle violation south of downtown Sunday night and officers noticed an Uzi sticking out of a bag.
Police say an officer responded to a call about a suspicious incident Monday near the library in the city of Arvada, and about 15 minutes later, a 911 call came in about shots fired and the officer hit.
Carl Nassib made his announcement in a video posted on his Instagram account.
The DOJ asked University of Wisconsin System attorneys to investigate after the office received complaints of a hostile workplace in November 2019.
As President Joe Biden jumps back into the talks this week, the question of where the money will come from looms large. And time is running short to solve it.
The White House says the Senate’s work on an elections overhaul and changes offered by Sen. Joe Manchin are a “step forward.”
Henry County Superior Court Chief Judge Brian Amero, who is presiding over the case, last month ordered that the paper ballots be unsealed so the petitioners who filed the lawsuit can inspect and scan them.
Shawn Michael Chock, 35, of White Mountain Lakes, fled the crash Saturday in Show Low and was shot by police as they chased him, said Kristine Sleighter, a police spokeswoman.
Airlines, flight attendants and pilots are calling for the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute unruly and violent passengers.
The deal announced Monday doesn’t specifically include any movies to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
Naperville city spokeswoman Linda LaCloche says at least five people, including a woman who was listed in critical condition, were hospitalized in Naperville, where 16 homes were left “uninhabitable” after the late Sunday storm.
A judge has delayed his decision on whether to charge a Wisconsin police officer who killed a man sitting in a parked car. Joseph Mensah shot Jay Anderson Jr. in 2016.
Iran’s president-elect said Monday he wouldn’t meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran’s ballistic missile program and its support of regional militias, sticking to a hard-line position following his landslide victory in last week’s election.
U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday wrote in a 124-page decision Friday that Florida would be harmed if the CDC order effectively blocking most cruises were to continue. The Tampa-based judge granted a preliminary injunction that prevents the CDC from enforcing the order pending further legal action on a broader Florida lawsuit.
School advocates are complaining that the Republican-authored state budget doesn’t commit enough state aid to education even though the federal government is set to pump billions in coronavirus relief aid into Wisconsin districts. The GOP-controlled budget committee gave schools $128 million more over the next two years.
President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea says he hopes to see a positive reaction from the North soon on U.S. offers for talks after the North Korean leader ordered officials to prepare for both dialogue and confrontation.
U.S. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson from Wisconsin joined in a Juneteenth Day celebration in his home state only to see his speech drowned out by a chorus of boos.
Buffalo Bills receiver Cole Beasley does not plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and insists he will not follow rules jointly adopted by the NFL and NFLPA requiring unvaccinated players to stay clear of people.
Weightlifter Laurel Hubbard will be the first transgender athlete to compete at the Olympics.
When Britney Spears, who turns 40 this year, speaks to a Los Angeles judge at her own request on Wednesday, she’ll do it 13 years into a court-enforced conservatorship that has exercised vast control of her life and money.