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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin will be sending 45 members of the State Patrol to Cleveland next month to help with security at the Republican National Convention. 

ISTANBUL (AP) --  A Turkish official says two attackers have blown themselves up at Istanbul's Ataturk airport after police fire at them. 

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he has not been invited to speak at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland next month and he doesn't know if he will get a slot.

Gov. Scott Walker's comparison of how NFL football players and teachers are paid is drawing criticism.

A Milwaukee woman accused of killing a pregnant woman is now on the FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" list. 

(ABC) -- Gay rights groups and members of Congress called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reverse the guideline that bars gay and bisexual men from donating blood unless they abstain from sex for one year.

(ABC) -- Anxious European Union leaders today urged U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to "start the divorce process" in his first meeting with them since last week’s Brexit vote.

A new report finds that a tax credit passed to benefit manufacturers and agricultural producers in Wisconsin is primarily helping millionaires. 

CUMBERLAND (WAOW) - Two Republican state lawmakers announced Tuesday they will host a summit in September to discuss the wolf population in northern Wisconsin. 

MERRILL (WAOW) - Another leader for the Merrill School District is resigning. School Board member John Shull said he would step down from the board after it names a replacement for Jeff Hetfeld, the board member who resigned in late May. "This decision does not involve any board member(s) or any issue in our district," Shull said in a letter issued June 23. "My decision is based solely upon personal issues, primarily my decision to focus more time on my family as ...

The Kenosha Fire Department has ordered a lakefront hotel to close. Fire officials say the Best Western Harborside Inn has a number of code violations, including a failing roof. 

A woman accused of texting before a 2013 crash that killed her daughter and two nieces went on trial Monday in western Wisconsin.

A man found guilty of killing a woman near the campus of UW-Green Bay has been sentenced to life in prison with the opportunity to seek parole in 40 years.

Jurors have resumed deliberations in the Fond du Lac County trial of a man accused of killing an 18-year-old woman in 1990.

The Supreme Court has rejected a Wisconsin appeal seeking to reinstate restrictions on abortion clinics that were struck down by lower courts. 

The psychiatric unit at the troubled Tomah Veterans Affairs Medical Center is expected to open next week, about nine months after it closed.

A former longtime high school basketball coach in central Wisconsin has lost his appeal over his conviction related to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. 

The city of Milwaukee will receive an $8 million federal grant to help train its residents in technology jobs.

The Supreme Court is allowing Washington state to require pharmacies to dispense Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, rejecting an appeal from pharmacists who said they have religious objections to providing the drugs. 

The Supreme Court has rejected appeals from Mississippi and Wisconsin seeking to put in place restrictions on abortion clinics that were struck down by lower courts.