Wisconsin

The Reach app, as seen on volunteer Sarah Harrison's phone, allows Biden supporters to share content directly with their contacts, and is connected to a national Democratic party voter database.

Politics & Government

It's easy to tune out politics. Biden's campaign is using an app to get around that

5:01am March 24, 2024

by Tamara Keith

Biden volunteers will still knock on doors and try to get voters on the phone. But they're also using an app to connect with hard-to reach voters this year.

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Azzam, 12, hugs a sheep, the only source of his family's livelihood in rural Damascus on Feb 21, 2022. Azzam and his family have experienced firsthand the harrowing impact of the conflict. In 2015, when Azzam was five years old, a shell fell on the building where he was sitting with his family.

Health & Safety

Can a picture make you happy? We asked photographers and here's what they sent us

5:17pm March 19, 2024

by Laurel Dalrymple

For International Day of Happiness, photographers sent us pictures of a Syrian boy who finds joy caring for farm animals, Ukrainian girls on a trampoline, music lovers grooving to the blues and more.

Cheese testers lean in to inspect pizzas at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Dairy Research in Madison.

National

Is eating cheese on your resume? In Wisconsin, it could be

12:55pm November 20, 2023

by Maayan Silver

New panelists at the University of Wisconsin's Center for Diary Research get trained to describe what they like about cheese based on its texture, taste, aroma and other attributes.

Pins are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30.

Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024

10:43am November 20, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

A voting bloc that hasn't gotten as much national attention, Native voters are an influential constituency in several swing states, making them a group to watch in 2024.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers speaks at a campaign stop in October 2022, in Milwaukee. A man illegally brought a handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol on Wednesday demanding to see the governor then returned later with an assault rifle after posting bail.

An armed man demanding to talk to Wisconsin's governor was arrested twice in one day

7:36pm October 05, 2023

by The Associated Press

The suspect was arrested earlier with a loaded handgun, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers. After he made bail, he came back with an assault rifle.

Anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside Planned Parenthood's Water Street Health Center in Milwaukee on Monday, Sept. 2023. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin began offering abortions at the clinic that day after not doing so for more than a year.

Abortions resume in Wisconsin after 15 months of legal uncertainty

11:39am September 21, 2023

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, a law still on the books from 1849 left the legality of abortions in dispute in the state. This week, Planned Parenthood resumes services.

Jennifer Nuno checks her 11-year-old son's back-to-school haircut in the Lincoln Village neighborhood of Milwaukee on August 21.

In a state where elections can be close, Wisconsin Latinos learn their political power

5:00am September 03, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Wisconsin is not known for the power of the Latino vote, but in a state with such tiny margins even a small shift can have a big impact on national politics.

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Protesters make their way to the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda during a march to support overturning Wisconsin's near total ban on abortion on Jan. 22 in Madison, Wis.

Politics & Government

In its first ad of the 2024 cycle, Planned Parenthood pins GOP candidates on abortion

5:54pm August 22, 2023

by Sarah McCammon

As Republicans take the debate stage in Milwaukee, Planned Parenthood is launching ads on social media and streaming services quoting their positions on abortion.

Videos posted to social media showed ride operators desperately trying to free the stuck Fireball Roller Coaster Sunday in Crandon, Wis.

National

Roller coaster riders were trapped upside down for hours after mechanical failure

11:22am July 05, 2023

by Emily Olson

The oscillating Fireball was just sliding down from its vertical loop at a festival in Crandon, Wis., on Sunday when it stopped unexpectedly, suspending its passengers for hours.

National

2 Wisconsin police officers killed in traffic stop shooting

1:27am April 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Wisconsin Department of Justice said in a statement late Saturday that it was investigating the shooting in Cameron, Wisconsin. The suspect in the shooting was taken to a hospital and later died.