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Sen. Harry Reid is recovering at his Washington residence after surgery Wednesday to restore vision in his wounded right eye.

The widow of the Navy SEAL depicted in the Oscar-nominated film "American Sniper" has given emotional testimony about her final moments with her husband.

Democrats have picked Philadelphia as the site of their 2016 national convention.

If you ever doubted the connection between a dog and their human companion, you might want to think again.

Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches, but it's also on the same weekend as a superstitious day -- Friday the 13th.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The United Kingdom ought to be the friendliest of soil for White House hopefuls looking to pad the resume with a little foreign policy experience. So far this campaign season, though, the trips to England have been anything but merry for several prospective GOP candidates.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says the warring parties in the Ukrainian conflict have agreed on a cease-fire beginning midnight on Saturday and a division line for withdrawing heavy weapons.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Tickets in North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Texas have matched all six numbers to split a $564.1 million Powerball jackpot Sue Dooley, senior drawing manager for the Multi-State Lottery Association, says the Puerto Rico ticket was the first Powerball jackpot winner ever sold outside the continental United States.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) -- Keifer Sykes sank a jumper with 25 seconds remaining to give Green Bay a 63-62 victory over Youngstown State on Wednesday night.Sykes' winning basket came with the Phoenix (20-5, 9-2 Horizon League) trailing 62-61 after he had tied the game 58-58 on a 3-pointer with 2:09 to play. Carrington Love hit another 3 to give Green Bay a 61-58 edge with 1:43 left before Youngstown State went back up by one on a Bobby Hain jumper and a pair of free throws by DJ Cole.Alfonzo McK...

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Brandon Knight scored 20 points, powering a third-quarter surge that helped the Milwaukee Bucks to a 111-103 victory over a Sacramento Kings team on the brink of yet another coaching change on Wednesday night.DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 19 rebounds for the Kings, a team about to make its second coaching change of the season.Before the game, the Kings and George Karl agreed to the framework of a deal for him to take over as coach, according to a person familiar with th...

DORCHESTER (WAOW) - More than 100 new jobs are reviving a Clark County community.

CBS says longtime `60 Minutes' correspondent Bob Simon has been killed in New York City car crash.

A woman whose husband is accused of shooting three people at a North Carolina condominium complex says the man was motivated by a parking dispute, not the victims' faith.

STEVENS POINT (WAOW)- Portage County Crime Stoppers is asking for your help to solve a burglary and theft in the Township of Plover. 

RIB MOUNTAIN (WAOW)-- A Rib Mountain nail salon says it is losing business after a stabbing inside the shop.

MADISON (WAOW) – A woman has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for filing a false income tax return in a probe that discovered she embezzled $1.1 million from a company in Minocqua that owns grocery stores, U.S. Attorney John Vaudreuil said

The Republican-controlled Congress has cleared a bill approving the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

A Marathon County fast food restaurant is destroyed after flames erupted Tuesday night. Now, fire crews are trying to figure out how it happened. 

MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) -- Likely 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker is refusing to say whether he believes in the theory of evolution, dodging a question posed after a speech in London.

NEILLSVILLE (WAOW) - A 66-year-old Clark County man who told investigators that he "tried to skin his dog alive" pleaded guilty to one felony Wednesday and a judge ruled he was insane at the time, according to online Clark County court records.