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Safety Wisconsin’s Safest Cities: Where Does Yours Rank?

Analysts used the most up-to-date FBI crime data to score every city with a population over 2,500.

Christina Lorey Christina Lorey May 19, 2023 4:12 pm CDT
Courts E. Jean Carroll, second from right, arrives at Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in New York. A jury in New York City is set to begin deliberations in a civil trial over Carroll’s claims that Donald Trump raped her in a luxury Manhattan department store. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Courts Trump Found Liable of Sexual Abuse and Defamation in Civil Rape Trial

A jury awarded magazine writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. Since this was a civil case, however, the former president will not face jail time.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson May 9, 2023 4:54 pm CDT
Crime FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. Nathan Donald Pelham, 40, a Texas man who agreed to surrender on charges from taking part in the U.S. Capitol riot, but later that day fired a gun toward sheriff's deputies who went to his house in response to a welfare call, was arrested Tuesday, April 18, federal prosecutors said Thursday, April 20, 2023. Pelham, 40, allegedly fired the shots from his rural home on April 12, the same day he was told he was charged with four misdemeanors for allegedly participating in the Jan. 6 attack. In addition, he was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, prosecutors said. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Crime Here’s Where the Jan. 6 Criminal Proceedings Stand

As of March, about half of the more than 1,000 people charged have pleaded guilty and 445 defendants have been sentenced, according to the Justice department.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson April 24, 2023 11:28 am CDT
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Crime Paranoia and Guns Mix Together in New Wave of Shootings

Knocking on a door, turning your car around in a driveway, or chasing a ball into your neighbor’s yard can get you shot now, apparently. 

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil April 21, 2023 11:34 am CDT
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Crime Shootout Deaths of Two Officers Prompt Renewed Calls for ‘Red Flag’ Laws

More than 80%of Wisconsinites support a process where someone determined to be a threat to themselves or others could temporarily lose access to their guns via a court order. Suspect had previously threatened to kill cops.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow April 17, 2023 1:25 pm CDT

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Business Trump Makes Himself 2 Inches Taller In Fake Mugshot That Fundraises Off Arrest

In the days following former president Donald Trump’s indictment, solicitations from his 2024 joint fundraising committee began. The committee has reportedly raised $7 million so far.

Isabel Soisson Isabel Soisson April 5, 2023 2:54 pm CDT
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Crime GOP Attorney General Nominee Eric Toney Has a Low Conviction Rate for Domestic Violence, Records Show

A review of a state dashboard shows the Republican challenger badly lagged state and neighboring rates for winning felony convictions due to plea deals and failure to seek retrials.

Pat Kreitlow Pat Kreitlow October 28, 2022 1:11 pm CDT