Milwaukee

Milwaukee County completed its recount of presidential ballots, finding only small changes in vote totals for one of the two Wisconsin counties recounting ballots.

Election officials in Wisconsin have set up a 188,000-square-foot facility to handle the state’s recount. The recount was requested and paid for by the Trump campaign.

Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump by about 20,000 votes in Wisconsin. Trump has said he will see a recount.

The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager says he sees no reason why the officer should be fired

The Milwaukee Police Department’s chief apologized Wednesday as footage showing the tasing and arrest arrest of Bucks guard Sterling Brown.

The Milwaukee Bucks did not walk out to play Game 5 of their series with the Orlando Magic on Wednesday afternoon.

An oversight board has demoted Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales after questioning how he handled multiple incidents, including ordering officers to fire tear gas and pepper spray at protesters demonstrating over George Floyd’s death

In another signal that the Democratic convention is still on track to be largely virtual because of the coronavirus, a top convention official told members of Congress on Thursday not to travel to Wisconsin next month for the already-scaled back gathering.

Bars and restaurants in Wisconsin are now allowed to open up and serve customers after the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the state’s “safer at home” order on Wednesday.

A husband and wife of 73 years who both tested positive for the coronavirus died within hours of each other at a Milwaukee hospital, where staff had moved their beds together in their final days so they could hold hands.

Gene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such unforgettable roles as the neurotic accountant in “The Producers” and the deranged animator of “Young Frankenstein,” has died. He was 83. Wilder’s nephew said Monday that the actor and writer died late Sunday at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, from complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

An estimated 5,000 voters cast their ballots at one of five polling places open in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with some waiting hours to vote and others turned away at the polls.

An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nation’s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said. Police said the gunman is a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities offered no immediate motive for the attack and did not release details about the shooter or how...

A senior official brief on the situation said an employee recently fired from the facility returned to the scene and opened fire.

Gunman opens fire at Molson Coors headquarters, killing five people before taking his own life.

A Los Angeles-based photographer is using his studio to take free portraits of rescued pit bulls. Headshots Melrose owner Peter Michelena plans to publish the photos in a book with the hope that it demonstrates, despite common misconceptions, pit bulls are just as loving as other breeds of dog. Michelena adopted a pit bull and fell in love with the...

About six years ago, Paula Slaasted’s husband found Merlin, a boxer-pit bull mix, as a stray running around the campus of USF Holland, a trucking company, near General Mitchell International Airport. Slaasted’s husband sent her a picture of Merlin, saying: “Here’s our next dog.” The couple took the dog to the Wisconsin Humane Society and found he was not microchipped...

Milwaukee police say a driver shot and wounded two children who threw snowballs at a car.

An officer shot an armed male student Monday morning in a classroom at a suburban Milwaukee high school after the suspect pointed a gun at officers, a police chief said. A Waukesha South High School student informed a school resource officer that a classmate had a handgun around 10:17 a.m., Waukesha Police Chief Russell Jack said. He said the resource...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott loaded heavy praise Sunday on President Donald Trump and the federal government for its response to Hurricane Harvey, describing an “A-plus” effort with the storm only just beginning to take its catastrophic toll.