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A Dane County Jail inmate accused of trying to arrange to have a Madison police officer killed is headed to trial.

A woman was accidentally shot and killed by a police officer in Florida during a Citizen Police Academy class.

A dust storm went through Phoenix, Arizona on Tuesday.  Gina Minchella caught it on video and has shared it. 

A new study out of UW Madison shows the amount of noise pollution in your home could hinder your little ones academically. 

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A fire ripped through a maternity ward at a Baghdad hospital overnight, killing 12 newborn babies, government officials said Wednesday, a deadly blaze that was likely caused by faulty electrical wiring.

A little girl from England was all smiles last week after receiving a new best friend that looks just like her.

Two people are dead after a car crash in Vilas County, according to the Vilas County Sheriff's Department.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (AP) -- Police in Florida say a woman has been accidentally shot to death by an officer during a citizens academy exercise.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Mary Hoeft has won the Democratic race for the 7th congressional district against Marathon County board supervisor Joel Lewis.  

Voting numbers in the state primaries were on pair with what officials expected Tuesday. In Marathon County, turnout was just under 15 percent.

House Speaker Paul Ryan will be facing Democrat Ryan Solen on Nov. 8. Solen beat Tom Breu in Tuesday's Democratic primary to advance to a formidable matchup with Ryan for his southeast Wisconsin seat.

Democrat Sarah Lloyd will take on Republican U.S. Rep. Glenn Grothman in his first re-election bid. 

Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy has defeated primary challenger Donald Raihala to advance to the general election.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind has defeated his primary challenger for his seat in Congress.

Russ Feingold wins Democratic primary for U.S. Senate seat Russ Feingold has won the Democratic primary for Wisconsin's open U.S. Senate seat. 

Former Marine Mike Gallagher has won a three-way Republican primary for an open congressional seat in northeast Wisconsin.

Democratic state Sen. Lena Taylor has survived a primary challenge from state Rep. Mandela Barnes.

Investigators probing the killing of a New York City woman who went for a run near her mother's home in central Massachusetts and later was found dead in the woods said they've received hundreds of tips but...

PHOENIX (AP) -- A second man has died after falling into a 20-foot underground grain storage facility in a remote area of north Phoenix.

The Marathon County special executive committee has voted to hold a Marathon County board meeting next Thursday, August 18th, which will have a vote on the motion to reconsider county administrator Brad Karger's suspension.