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(ABC) -- The U.S. State Department's special coordinator for Haiti says he currently recognizes Jocelerme Privert as the troubled country's interim president even though the divided Parliament keeps avoiding a vote on potentially extending his expired mandate.

(ABC) -- A NASA spacecraft is bound for a Fourth of July encounter with Jupiter in the latest quest to study how the largest planet in the solar system formed and evolved.

 (CNN)--  Philadelphia will soon be collecting taxes on soda and other sweetened beverages.  

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- A Kansas man is charged with felony child endangerment in connection with a small octopus found wedged in the throat of his girlfriend's toddler in April.    

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The attorney for a former lottery official accused of fixing jackpots in Iowa and also faces charges in Wisconsin-- argued that his client's conviction last year on fraud charges should be thrown out.

Stoughton's Fair Board has decided to accept a deal from the City of Stoughton offering $6,000 in exchange for pulling the plug on the popular main attraction pig wrestling.

Marinette County sheriff's officials say an armed man was killed by deputies after he advanced on the officers and ignored repeated commands to drop his gun.

Wisconsin's last uncommitted Democratic superdelegate says he'll back Hillary Clinton.

(ABC) -- The tragic death of a toddler who was attacked by an alligator at Walt Disney World brought back horrifying memories for a New Hampshire man this week.

(ABC) -- President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are now in Orlando meeting with the families of victims and first responders there, after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and the deadliest attack in the United States since 9/11.

Wisconsin's unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in 15 years. 

PITTSVILLE (WAOW) - A 47-year-old man rescued from his burning home five weeks ago because he was trying to find his dog to get her out has died, according to a published obituary. 

Wisconsin wildlife officials say more than 800 wolves are roaming the state. The Department of Natural Resources released data from wolf monitoring efforts over the winter on Thursday. 

Officials say 98 dogs and three cats have been removed from a Detroit-area house following complaints about the smell and noise. 

Egypt's investigation committee says the cockpit voice recorder of the doomed EgyptAir plane has been found and pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea.

The news that no die-hard "Hamilton" fan -- or anyone who hasn't see the Broadway smash yet -- wants to hear has arrived: Lin-Manuel Miranda, its creator and star, is leaving his show.

Former "Saved by the Bell" star Dustin Diamond owes the state of Wisconsin nearly $94,000 in back taxes.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is currently without legal representation in a federal lawsuit over providing transportation to a religious school in Washington County.

TOWN OF PEMBINE, Wis. (AP) -- Marinette County sheriff's officials say deputies have killed an armed man who they say presented a deadly threat. Madison police issued a statewide bulletin about a man armed with a gun who had made threats of harm and was possibly headed to Marinette County.

Astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent 340 days aboard the International Space Station, said that being in space appears to have "permanent" effects that aren't fully understood.