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About 300 people showed up outside Highland Park City Hall in hopes of getting a free house and $100,000 in cash. 

Southern California fire officials say a brush fire was ignited when two bear cubs climbed a power pole, were electrocuted by high-voltage lines and their burning bodies fell to the ground. 

An affectionate elk paid some Washington state firefighters a visit over the holiday weekend as they worked to tame a wildfire. 

ROME (AP) -- Pope Francis met on Wednesday with the parents of a U.S. college student whose body was found in Rome's Tiber river this week, as police tried to establish if the teenager was murdered less than 24 hours after arriving in Italy for summer classes.

The bombshell announcement from FBI Director James Comey regarding Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server underscores discrepancies between what the agency found in its yearlong investigation and what Clinton has publicly said about her email use. 

As an "unprecedented" amount of toxic algae blooms continues to infest miles of southern Florida's coastline and waterways, many residents have been left wondering how the problem started in the first place. 

Severe thunderstorms swept through southern Wisconsin on the night of July 5th and into the early morning hours of July 6th.

The winning Mega Millions numbers are white balls 29-64-46-53-73 and yellow ball 10.

Tomahawk Speedway laid abandoned, succumbing to nature for over two years, until Andrew Bartelt and Marilyn Fanetti stepped in. 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he'll speak at the Republican National Convention.

There was nothing lighting up the night sky for Independence Day in Wausau.

The Aspirus FastCare Clinic inside the Shopko in Wausau has shut down.

The Fourth of July is a dangerous time for Central Wisconsin's bird population.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- State inspectors have found four code violations as they investigate a roller-coaster accident in Green Bay that sent three people to the hospital. 

The possibility of getting sick from West Nile virus from mosquitoes in Wisconsin is low, but tickborne illnesses remain a risk for those venturing outdoors in the Badger State.

CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) -- An affectionate elk paid some Washington state firefighters a visit over the holiday weekend as they worked to tame a wildfire. 

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island state police won't release their report into dozens of sexual abuse allegations at a prestigious boarding school because the matter is being investigated in other states.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - An intoxicated 66-year-old Weston man pointed a rifle at a young mother staying at his home, claiming he suffered from a flashback to his war years in Vietnam and believed the Viet Cong were coming, authorities said Tuesday. 

WAUSAU (WAOW) - A 92-year-old Wausau man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting young girls decades ago.

Supporters of a group of Wisconsin inmates on a hunger strike are protesting the Department of Corrections' decision to force-feed them.