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ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) -- Police in South Carolina say two men were arrested after detectives monitoring social media watched a live video of dogs being pelted with fireworks while chained in a backyard over the holiday weekend.

Stevens Point native Ben Provisor is well-aware of the safety issues surrounding the Olympic host city of Rio. However, that's not enough to deter him from achieving his dream of winning an Olympic medal.

CINCINNATI (AP) -- A University of Cincinnati student is suing the school in federal court, saying she was told she had to sit and work with other female students and not with male students in a physics lab. 

BELL BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- Two people were killed when a Bell Helicopter aircraft they were testing crashed in a rural area about 40 miles south of Dallas.

Investigators are trying to determine how a prison inmate in Green Bay died.

The family of a man who died in Milwaukee police custody five years ago is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officers involved.

Madison police are looking for two men who used fake $100 bills Saturday to buy drinks at a Madison bar. 

The investigation continues into the cause of a crash that killed a mother and her 3-year-old daughter in Eau Claire County.

The search is on for two professional con artists who Marathon County investigators say scammed area stores out of nearly $2,000.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court says a law that allows the state to revoke day care providers' licenses for life is constitutional.

PHILLIPS (WAOW) - The 82-year-old kayaker who died in a rain-swollen river last week was from Phillips, the Price County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday. Frank H. Spring died June 29 in the Elk River about four miles east of Phillips, Sheriff Brian Schmidt said. 

The family of a man who died while in the custody of Milwaukee police five years ago is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officers involved. 

Severe weather tore through southeast Minnesota Tuesday night, leaving destruction in its path. Some of our viewers took photos of the damage in their area, as well as the storm clouds and lightning. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Utility crews worked through the night to restore power to thousands who lost service when a powerful storm moved through parts of Wisconsin. High winds knocked a large tree onto a home in Onalaska Tuesday night. 

Wisconsin's Supreme Court says a drunken driver's immigration status wasn't a key factor in sentencing, even though the judge mentioned it several times. 

President Barack Obama is slowing the drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, leaving 8,400 troops there into next year.

More than 500,000 hoverboards are being recalled because of fire hazards that pose the risk of injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The head of the Baton Rouge NAACP in Louisiana has called for the police chief to be fired or resign in the wake of the fatal shooting of a black man during a confrontation at a convenience store.

Authorities are continuing to investigate a 30-person brawl at a western New York Wal-Mart that led to four arrests.

Russ Feingold's campaign says the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate has raised $4.1 million in the second quarter.