Packers running back Josh Jacobs arrested on domestic violence charges
Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs was arrested in Wisconsin and booked on multiple domestic violence-related charges, according to police and jail records.
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Person of interest identified in Brown University shooting case as investigation continues
CNN said a detained person of interest in the Brown University shooting was identified as Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin, while authorities continued to investigate the attack that killed two people and injured nine.
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Morgan Geyser is captured in Illinois after fleeing Wisconsin custody
Morgan Geyser, the woman convicted in the Slender Man stabbing case, was detained in Illinois after fleeing a Wisconsin group home and removing her monitoring bracelet.
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Five dead, hundreds displaced after Milwaukee apartment fire forces residents to leap from windows
A Sunday morning fire at a Milwaukee apartment building killed five people and displaced hundreds more, according to CNN reporting that described residents jumping from windows to escape the flames.
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Father of Wisconsin school shooter charged over access to pistols used in attack
Prosecutors say the father allowed his teenage daughter to access semiautomatic pistols after she killed a teacher and fellow student in a school shooting last year.
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Milwaukee judge Hannah Dugan arrested on obstruction charges
Federal agents arrested Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan on 2025-04-25, a move that sharpened tensions around the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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FBI says Wisconsin teen accused of killing his parents also plotted to assassinate Trump
Federal investigators say Nikita Casap, 17, discussed killing Donald Trump, sought a drone-delivered attack and linked himself to the Order of the Nine Angles.
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Cold wave deepens across North America as winter storm threatens the US South
A hard freeze spreading across Canada and the contiguous United States has already been linked to a death near Milwaukee, while forecasters warned of historic snow and dangerous blizzard conditions farther south.
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