MILWAUKEE (AP) — State Sen. Mary Lazich was adamant: The bill Republicans were about to push through the Wisconsin state Senate, requiring that voters present identification at the polls, would do no harm.
The Nasdaq composite index ticked higher to another record Tuesday, but a drop in energy stocks held other indexes back. It was the third straight day that the Nasdaq notched an all-time high, but each of those has been by…
WARRENS - Over a hundred people came out to Woods and Meadow sporting clays for the sixth annual fundraiser for the Jackson County Sheriff’s K-9 unit and Boys & Girls club.
Over a hundred people came out to Woods and Meadow sporting clays for the sixth annual fundraiser for the Jackson County Sheriff’s K-9 unit and Boys and Girls club.
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A portion of an underground tunnel containing rail cars full of radioactive waste collapsed Tuesday at a sprawling storage facility in a remote area of Washington state, forcing an evacuation of some workers at the site…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on the Legislature's finance committee's actions on the state budget (all times local):
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday:
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is seeking to delay the upcoming trial in a lawsuit filed by fired women's field hockey coach Tracey Griesbaum.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A techno-infused opera about the life of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs has earned the financial backing of opera companies in San Francisco and Seattle, ensuring the musical meditation on the iconic entrepreneur will travel to…
FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Authorities say they have arrested a suspected burglar at rapper 50 Cent's mansion in Connecticut.
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) on Tuesday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $2.39 billion.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A federal judge refused a request Tuesday by lawyers for ex-former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to delay his hearing on the benefits he allegedly received from the huge kickback scheme at state-owned oil…
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday erased a 2013 murder conviction against former NFL star Aaron Hernandez, ruling that case law in Massachusetts has long established that defendants who die before their appeals are heard should have…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Irate passengers swarmed ticket counters and some started a near-riot at Fort Lauderdale's airport after Spirit Airlines canceled nine flights, blaming the decision on pilots' failure to show up.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis and St. Paul will lose nearly 60,000 trees because of the destructive emerald ash borer in what arborists say is an environmental catastrophe.
NEW YORK (AP) — The legal definition of insider trading is being scrutinized by a federal appeals panel considering whether an Ivy League-educated ex-portfolio manager was wrongly convicted.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The speeding Amtrak engineer involved in a derailment that killed eight people and injured about 200 others won't face criminal charges, the city district attorney's office said Tuesday.
The Joint Finance Committee is writing the 2017-19 budget.
Lawmakers writing the next state spending plan on Tuesday put more money toward paying overtime for beat patrol officers and toward analyzing DNA evidence of convicted and suspected criminals.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Scott Gottlieb is on track to win Senate confirmation to head the Food and Drug Administration despite Democratic questions about his financial ties to medical companies the agency regulates.
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A southeast Iowa city along the Mississippi River has agreed to accept a barge that was once home to a casino and plans to use it for tourism-related businesses.
BURNSVILLE, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a Minnesota employee has died after a forklift accident at a Menards home improvement store in a southern Minneapolis suburb last week.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and Illinois officials continue to disagree about who mishandled an incident involving a runaway foster child from Wisconsin found in Chicago.
LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has shot and killed a suspect in South Carolina who told people he was not going to go back to jail and planned to kill any officers who tried to arrest…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's presidential spokesman says one of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists in 2014 and who was among those who could have been released on Saturday has chosen to stay.