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FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- The Latest on the fire at the Florida mosque that was attended by the Orlando nightclub shooting gunman. (all times local): 7:25 a.m. Authorities in Florida say a fire at the mosque that was attended by the gunman in the Orlando nightclub shooting is being investigated a as a possible arson.

The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen says Saudi air defense forces have shot down a ballistic missile fired at the kingdom from Yemen. 

Savvy Shields had only been Miss America for less than an hour, but she already had a clear vision of what she hopes America will look like at the end of her term next year. "I hope that at the end of my year, we're starting to reward politicians for compromise," she said. 

Multiple NFL players showed their support for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick on Sunday, as members of teams from across the country locked arms, raised their fists or knelt during or just after the national anthem during the first big day of the league's 2016 season. 

The Tomahawk Fire Department hosted its annual 9/11 memorial service at Veterans Memorial Park in Tomahawk on Sunday.

Fire departments all over the country paid tribute on Sunday to the first responders who never made it home after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. 

Before the Green Bay Packers pulled away with a close 27-23 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, fans headed to Buffalo Wild Wings in Wausau weighed-in on the game, and the season. 

A summit is set this week in northwestern Wisconsin on whether the state should resume control of the growing wolf population. 

Aaron Rodgers threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, the Green Bay defense made key stops late, and the Packers held on for a 27-23 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

Behind three total touchdowns from Aaron Rodgers (two throwing, one rushing), the Packers have a 21-17 halftime lead on the Jacksonville Jaguars in Sunday's season opener.

A pilot is OK after his single-engine airplane veered off the runway of an airport in southeastern Wisconsin.

Free trade is one of the central issues in Wisconsin's Senate race between Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Russ Feingold.

President Barack Obama says the nation will never forget the lives of those killed in the Sept. 11 attacks. 

Two women are dead after a sport utility vehicle crashed into a utility pole in Milwaukee.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants answers from the Veterans Administration after a Wisconsin veteran killed himself. 

Authorities say a Waterford man was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in east-central Wisconsin.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants answers from the Veterans Administration after a Wisconsin veteran killed himself.

The Kronenwetter Fire Department played host to the annual Run for the Fallen at Towering Pines Park on Saturday.  

The inaugural Stevens Point Gus Macker Basketball Tournament kicked off on Saturday at Piffner Park. 

One person is dead after a one-car crash in the Township of Port Edwards on Saturday, according to the Wood County Sheriff's Department.