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Rep. Melissa Hortman, former speaker of the Minnesota House, and her husband, Mark, were killed in their home early Saturday morning by someone impersonating a police officer. Several miles away, state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were shot…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage to them.”

Visitors to the Capitol can still enter without going through a metal detector, but there are additional security measures inside.

Fitchburg man arrested after extended chase

"It does appear that this defendant and Mr. Van Duyne have started dating and apparently created this plot to kill his ex-girlfriends by poisoning," a prosecutor said.

"Heaven forbid if you're a student who's Jewish or has a different viewpoint on campus where you feel like you're either targeted or the victim of potential hate," Vos said.

The 32-year-old man allegedly damaged property at the scene, engaged in a fight, and later fired a gun outside a residence in what he told police was a “safe direction.”

The fire was reported about 8:15 p.m. at DeVere Chemical Inc., 1923 Beloit Ave., Fire Marshal Nathan Simmons said in a statement.

The 28-year-old Fitchburg man was arrested on tentative charges of take and drive a vehicle without owner’s consent, flee/elude and officer, a probation violation, a felony warrant, and resisting arrest.

The Republican proposal does include some of the reforms Democrats wanted, but with fewer state dollars.

Janesville police released few details at a news conference Tuesday after three people were shot to death and one was shot and critically injured at the Aspen Square apartments.

Some Metro Transit bus routes also will be impacted on Saturday.

Anne Burrell worked in upscale New York City restaurants before beginning her television career on "Iron Chef America." She was known for bold and flavorful but not overly fancy dishes.

The 100 block of East Wilson Street had been closed to through traffic since early April.

Ed Policy gets to put into practice the lessons he learned as the son of former San Francisco 49ers and Cleveland Browns president Carmen Policy.

A Dane County judge ruled that the City Council failed to consider necessary factors before it approved the project last year.

Ed Policy spent much of his younger years in the football business. His past could be an asset in his new role, which begins July 25.

The State Journal's June 8 editorial, "Yet another warning from planet Earth," was spot-on about the urgent need to counteract climate change. Retaining the clean energy tax credits included in the federal Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 should be a…

President Donald Trump campaigned on selling mass deportations to his low-income supporters by telling them that undocumented immigrants were taking away jobs that rightfully belonged to them. After Trump was elected, I was hoping to see lots of red hats…

Our president came into office as a mythical dealmaker. Signing executive orders with someone standing nearby to explain the content to him is not making deals.