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Congress may not be able to overhaul the immigration system, fix the broken tax code or even pass a budget. But it's telling the Library of Congress how to label immigrants living in the country illegally.

Vermont is paying $1.5 million to settle a lawsuit by the estate of a suburban New York man released from a life prison sentence after DNA evidence cast doubt on his 1995 conviction on charges he killed his wife.

A New Jersey school board member has resigned after backlash over posts she made on Facebook that disparaged Muslims.

A Georgia state lawmaker is taking aim at federal guidance issued to colleges and universities on the handling of complaints of sexual assault and harassment.

The Department of Health Services projects it will save at least $300 million over the next six years with an overhaul of Wisconsin's long-term care programs, citing the switch from a fee-for-service model to managed care.

A state Justice Department supervisor resigned last fall amid an internal investigation into allegations he sexually harassed female co-workers.

WAUSAU (WAOW) – A driver suffering a medical problem crashed into a home Friday, collapsing a porch, before plowing into a sports utility vehicle and pushing it into another home, police said.

MADISON (WAOW) - A 24-year-old Marshfield woman has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for distributing heroin, U.S Attorney John Vaudreuil said Friday. 

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- A judge refused Friday to delay the prosecution of a Wisconsin prison inmate accused of killing a Wausau woman and burying her body more than five years ago.

A Portage County judge sentenced Joseph Reinwand to life in prison Friday in the 1984 murder of his wife.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Firefighters in two central Wisconsin cities trained 3,575 people how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a challenge designed to help save lives, authorities said Friday. 

Claims in a new book that Oscar Pistorius beat his girlfriend with a cricket bat before fatally shooting her in his home in 2013 were condemned as "outrageous" and "absurd" by the Olympic runner's family Friday.

Old batteries, cell phones and laptops can easily pile up, turning any office into an electronic wasteland.

The suspect in a fatal Stevens Point shooting was arrested in Colorado, the Stevens Point Police Department said Friday.

Kyle Engen, wanted for the shooting death of Deonte Lezine in Stevens Point, has been arrested in Colorado.

Milwaukee police say a teacher's aide was arrested after pushing a student to the floor in an incident caught on video.

An autopsy is scheduled for Prince after he was found dead at his studio compound in suburban Minneapolis.

Animal control officers have captured an apparently domesticated tiger that was spotted roaming a residential neighborhood in a South Texas city. 

Police are seeking an Ohio man who's accused of stealing more than $2,500 in teeth whitening kits, and so far, has made a clean getaway. 

A Massachusetts 6-year-old's love of sea turtles prompted him to skip his birthday gifts and ask instead for money he could donate to sea turtle rescue efforts.