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TODD RICHMOND

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Election|News|US

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is changing course and will allow officials to place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections in the presidential swing state

Wisconsin Supreme Court changes course, will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall
Economy|News|US

Devastated by record flooding and tornadoes, Iowa tallies over $130 million in storm damage

Iowa officials say record flooding and powerful tornadoes in the spring caused $130 million in infrastructure damage

Election|News|US

Appeals court makes it harder to disqualify absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin

A Wisconsin appeals court says absentee voters' witnesses don't need to supply their complete addresses for election officials

Election|News|US

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedure in battleground Wisconsin

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedures in swing state Wisconsin

Judge dismisses lawsuit challenging absentee voting procedure in battleground Wisconsin
Crime|News

4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death

Prosecutors charged four Milwaukee hotel employees with being a party to felony murder in connection with a Black man’s death

4 hotel employees charged with being party to felony murder in connection with Black man’s death
Crime|News|US|Videos

Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man

Prosecutors in Milwaukee have charged four former hotel workers in connection with D'Vontaye Mitchell's death after a bystander's video showed them piling on the Black man as they tried to remove him from the lobby

Former Milwaukee hotel workers charged with murder after video shows them holding down Black man
Crime|News|Travel

Dead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airport

Police are investigating how a woman died in a baggage room at O'Hare International Airport

Dead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airport
Crime|News|US

Investigators say Wisconsin inmate killed his cellmate for being Black and gay

Investigators in Wisconsin say an inmate serving time for trying to kill his mother killed his cellmate for being Black and gay

Election|US

Scott Walker's campaign baffles Wisconsin voters who mistake him for more famous namesake

Scott Walker is running for the Wisconsin Legislature

Scott Walker's campaign baffles Wisconsin voters who mistake him for more famous namesake
Education|News

University of Wisconsin fires former porn-making chancellor who wanted to stay on as a professor

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has voted unanimously to fire a communications professor who was seeking to retain tenure after his dismissal as chancellor of one of the system’s campuses for making pornographic films

University of Wisconsin fires former porn-making chancellor who wanted to stay on as a professor
News

Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on swing state's ballot

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Robert F

Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on swing state's ballot
Election|Opinion|US

Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigration

Former President Donald Trump meandered Saturday through a list of grievances against Vice President Kamala Harris and other issues in an event intended to link his Democratic opponent to illegal border crossings

Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigration
Environment|Science|Technology

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

What lies beneath the Great Lakes' waves is largely unknown, but there's a new push to learn more about thousands of shipwrecks, underwater infrastructure and the impacts of climate change on the bottom of the world's largest freshwater system

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping
Crime|Political|US

Suspected drunken driver arrested after passing Harris' motorcade the wrong way in Wisconsin

A sheriff's official says a suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice President Kamala Harris' motorcade following a campaign stop this week in Wisconsin

Suspected drunken driver arrested after passing Harris' motorcade the wrong way in Wisconsin
Crime|Education|US

Teen is in custody after trying to enter Wisconsin elementary school while armed, police say

Authorities say a 13-year-old boy who had researched school shootings online was arrested hours after he tried to enter a Wisconsin elementary school while armed

Teen is in custody after trying to enter Wisconsin elementary school while armed, police say
Election|Health|Political

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid

An attorney representing a conservate prosecutor is struggling to convince Wisconsin's liberal-leaning Supreme Court to reactivate the state's 175-year-old abortion ban

Wisconsin Supreme Court grapples with whether state's 175-year-old abortion ban is valid
Business|Economy|Environment|US

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has issued the first round of permits allowing Enbridge to reroute an aging pipeline around a tribal reservation

Wisconsin agency issues first round of permits for Enbridge Line 5 reroute around reservation
Crime|Europe|World

A kayaker faked his own death and fled overseas. Now he's telling how he did it

A sheriff says a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning this summer so he could abandon his wife and three children is in Eastern Europe but has not committed to returning home

A kayaker faked his own death and fled overseas. Now he's telling how he did it
Environment|Science|US

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US

U.S. wildlife officials have decided to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies

Monarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US
Crime|Europe|US

Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and fled the country is charged after returning to US

Authorities say a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children for Eastern Europe has willingly returned to the U.S. Ryan Borgwardt is charged with obstruction, a misdemeanor

Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and fled the country is charged after returning to US
Americas|Crime|Europe|US

The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death moves to end their marriage

The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could abscond to Europe has filed a court action to end the couple's marriage

The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death moves to end their marriage
Crime|Health|US

Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from psychiatric hospital

A judge has ruled that a Wisconsin woman who stabbed her sixth grade classmate to please the horror character Slender Man can be released from a psychiatric hospital

Election|Political|US

Evers’ plan to let Wisconsin voters repeal and create state laws meets GOP resistance

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to let voters repeal and create state laws without legislative involvement met opposition from the Republican leaders of the Legislature, who signaled that the idea is likely to be rejected for a second time

Evers’ plan to let Wisconsin voters repeal and create state laws meets GOP resistance
Arts|Political|US

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump

A Washington Post cartoonist says she has decided to quit after editors rejected her sketch of the newspaper's owner and other media executives bowing to President-elect Donald Trump

Washington Post cartoonist quits after paper rejects sketch of Bezos bowing to Trump
Crime|Education|Lifestyle|US

Community remembers teacher killed in Wisconsin school shooting as Christian with Southern roots

Family and friends are saying their final farewells to a substitute teacher killed in a school shooting in Wisconsin last week

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