Jury set in trial of cop who shot South Carolina black man
By Harriet McLeodCHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A jury of 11 whites and one black was selected on Wednesday for the trial of Michael Slager, a white former North Charleston police officer accused of...
View ArticleFinal Marquette Law School Poll Released
MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin Radio Network) - The final Marquette University Law School poll to be released before Election Day shows Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton maintaining her lead over...
View ArticleChicago school head lauds 'cost-effective' teachers contract
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) should be able to afford a new contract with teachers, but it must continue to look to the state of Illinois for more money, the district's CEO said...
View ArticleMan accused of leaving bomb near Colorado police station indicted
(Reuters) - A 64-year-old man was indicted for allegedly planting an improvised explosive device that failed to detonate outside a small-town Colorado police station, court records show.David Michael...
View ArticleSanders touts Clinton, platform at WMU
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders stumped in front of a large crowd of predominantly younger people at Western Michigan University for Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on...
View ArticleStudents pedal in class in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO-AM) A Third-grade class at Harvey Dunn Elementary School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota pedals in place to burn off youthful energy.Teacher Nicole Gardner-Fink used an education...
View ArticleWATCH: Trump Sign Vandalized Again
(***WARNING: The video includes some obscene language.)GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - A Green Bay homeowner has caught someone vandalizing his Donald Trump campaign sign again.Police first alerted the public...
View ArticleThousands say goodbye to Bobby Vee
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. (KFGO) - Thousands packed into St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn. Wednesday to remember pop music legend Bobby Vee. The 73-year-old Fargo native died last week from...
View ArticlePhiladelphia transit strike talks continue into night
(Reuters) - Talks to resolve a strike by Philadelphia's transit workers that has stranded thousands of commuters have made some progress, the U.S. union and the transport company said during the...
View ArticleArizona man arrested for hacking email accounts at universities
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - An Arizona man was arrested on Wednesday on charges that he hacked into over 1,000 email accounts for students and others at two universities, including Pace...
View ArticleMost Absentee Voters Not Wanting Redo
UNDATED (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Elections Commission reports that more than a half-million people have cast early absentee ballots in the 2016 election.During his campaign appearance in Eau Claire on...
View ArticleIowa man charged with murder for ambush shooting of two police officers
By Gina Cherelus(Reuters) - An Iowa man who had several run-ins with police and was banned from his daughter's high school after waving a Confederate flag was charged with murder on Thursday for the...
View ArticleSolberg Arrested on Extradition Order
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) - The suspect at the center of both a state and federal investigation in connection with used car dealerships in northeast Wisconsin has been arrested.34-year-old John M. Solberg...
View ArticleLockdown ends at Virginia school as bomb threat 'not credible'
(Reuters) - A lockdown triggered by a bomb threat at a Roanoke, Virginia, high school on Thursday was lifted after authorities had told students and staff to take shelter, the school district said.The...
View ArticleJury picked in U.S. drug trial of nephews of Venezuelan first lady
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - An architect, a truck driver and a school administrator were among the 12 jurors selected on Thursday for the U.S. trial of two nephews of Venezuela's first lady...
View ArticleArrest warrants issued for suspects in Kansas triple murder
(Reuters) - Kansas law enforcement authorities are searching for two suspects wanted for a triple murder in the rural central part of the state earlier this week, officials said on Thursday.Arrest...
View ArticleNew York State tax collections down $1.3 billion in first half FY16
By Hilary RussNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State tax collections fell $1.3 billion, or 3.5 percent, to $36.9 billion through the first half of fiscal 2016 compared to the same period a year earlier,...
View ArticleSchool bus driver in fatal Baltimore crash had expired medical certification:...
(Reuters) - The driver of a Baltimore school bus involved in a commuter bus crash that killed him and five others lacked authorization to drive because his medical certification had lapsed, a Maryland...
View ArticlePianist's estranged wife not fit to stand trial for Texas murder: lawyer
By Jon HerskovitzAUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The estranged wife of Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been declared unfit to stand trial on charges of murdering her two daughters at her Texas home...
View ArticlePenn State fined $2.4 million for failures related to Sandusky child abuse
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Penn State University was hit with a $2.4 million fine on Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education for its mishandling of child molestation complaints against convicted former...
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