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Veteran Waukesha County sheriffs detective arrested for OWI

A veteran Waukesha County Sheriff's Department detective was arrested, accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the ...
Work friendships bring tornado close to Wisconsin native

Former Miss Wisconsin Alex Wehrley hosts a local television show in Oklahoma City called "Oklahoma Live!" and lives about 25 miles from where the deadly tornado hit ...
Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers

Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday ...
St. Johns cadet accused of sexually assaulting another student

Delafield police said a 13-year-old boy was sexually attacked by an older male student at the military academy a year ago. According to the criminal complaint, 17-year-old Pablo Gonzalez Carbajal left the country before investigators learned of the crime. "This case is one where the subject is from Mexico, so it's been difficult to try to contact him or have any interview with ...
Breaking Severe T-storm Watch in effect for southeast Wisconsin

A watch means conditions are favorable for t-storms to develop and could turn severe with the primary threats of damaging winds and large hail. Overall, the tornadic threat is low, but needs to be ...

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Mulholland Drive

"What can you say about a movie that doesn't make sense?" I asked five years ago in my review of David Lynch's Lost Highway (1996), a film that, indeed, makes no sense. At the time, I was not feeling particularly disposed to films that adamantly defy the logic of traditional narrative, which is reflected quite obviously in my largely negative review ...

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Weather Update Strong storms possible late Monday evening

Severe storms moving in from the southwest in eastern Iowa and western Illinois will likely progress into southeast Wisconsin in the 10pm-12am window. Here's the latest from Weather Watch 12's in-house forecast model, here's the arrival of some storms in Walworth county, possibly severe by 11:00 p.m. Here's 12:30 a.m. early Tuesday morning as the storms will move through. ...
Elderly woman beaten at her home in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE - It’s a senseless crime: a 71-year-old woman savagely attacked as she was sharing the gospel on her front porch. Police report a man hit her in the head with a metal object, and then ran off into the night. Betty Hernandez was standing on her front porch when a man attacked her. The suspect in this vicious attack is still on the loose. Now the victim is in the hospital ...
Inspector general to review flawed Milwaukee ATF sting

A Journal Sentinel investigation uncovered mistakes and failures in an undercover sting in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – stolen guns, sensitive documents lost, wrong people charged and a burglary of the sting ...
Man killed teen robber with own gun police say

Investigators said 17-year-old Rico Blackmer was attempting to rob the man near 23rd Street and Keefe Avenue just before midnight Friday. The man said he was helping someone move into a nearby home when he was approached by the teen who pointed a gun and tried to rob him. Police said the man fought off the robber and shot him in self defense. The teen's aunt, Cormill Bonds, said she ...
Milwaukee County Zoo releases cause of orangutans death

Mahal the orangutan was found dead in his exhibit in December. He was 5 years old. The zoo is working with a geneticist from University of Wisconsin-Madison to try to figure out what kind of tapeworm infection it was and how he got ...

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U.S. Senate puts paid to gun reform amendments

Of the forty five U.S. senators who voted down Wednesday's gun reform bill, 42 have received funding from arms manufacturers or their agents.

The London newspaper The Guardian revealed the statistic on Thursday citing a study dating back to 1990.

On Capitol Hill, 45% of the Senate was able to derail a proposal that polls say is supported by roughly 90% of Americans.

"Everyone who voted yesterday knows after reading that bill, in their heart of hearts, that the bill would have made America safer," MSNBC's co-host Mika Brzezinski said on Thursday's Morning Joe. "We are the 90%," his co-host Joe Scarborough added. "And 90% will not be ignored."

Forty one Republicans voted against the bill, as did four Democrats.

"All in all this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," President Barack Obamai, in company with victims of gun violence, told a press conference in the Rose Garden Wednesday.

Seven amendments were put up, covering assault weapons, high-capacity magazines and straw purchases. All 7 amendments were defeated.

The senators who opposed the bills were:

1. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)

2. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH)

3. Sen. ...