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Wisconsin election officials say they're taking a wait-and-see approach in the wake of a federal ruling loosening the state's voter ID law and striking down multiple portions of other election-related statutes.

A spokesman for Democratic Senate candidate Russ Feingold says Republican Sen. Ron Johnson should withdraw his support of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. 

The pilot of a hot air balloon that crashed in Texas, killing all 16 people aboard, was arrested in Missouri in 2000 for driving while intoxicated, and the Better Business Bureau warned consumers about doing business with a balloon touring company he used to operate in that state.

A Wisconsin shipyard faces nearly $1.4 million in penalties after federal health inspectors said it exposed workers to lead. 

The district attorney is investigating and putting out an alert after 20 people overdosed on synthetic marijuana in and around Pennsylvania's state capital city.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is creating a diversity program for its incoming freshmen students after a series of race-related incidents have occurred on campus. 

Rescue officials say 12-year-old sisters who are conjoined at the head were taken to a hospital after one of them was injured on a Florida beach.

The state Department of Natural Resources has scaled back proposed rules regulating factory farms' manure spreading amid complaints from the dairy industry. 

Donald Trump is headed to Wisconsin, even as fellow Republicans in the state are distancing themselves from politically charged comments he made about the parents of a soldier killed in action.

A bar in the town of Two Rivers was heavily damaged after an overnight fire. 

A witness tried to save a baby police say died after his father carried it into a pond.

Packers fans are finally seeing some action inside Lambeau Field during Family Night.

A Russian transport helicopter was shot down in opposition rebel territory in northern Syria on Monday and all five crew and officers onboard were killed, the Kremlin said, in the deadliest single incident for the Russian military since its involvement in Syria's civil war. 

Authorities say a suspected burglar is dead after an Alabama homeowner tied him to a tree after catching the man breaking into his home. 

A Louisville judge scolded jail officials for bringing a female inmate to court without a jail jumpsuit and, it appeared, with no pants. 

The new Miss Teen USA will get to keep her crown despite an outcry over tweets she once wrote using racist language. 

Authorities say a 5-year-old boy on vacation with his family died after being struck by lightning on a North Carolina beach. 

What started out as a joke became reality this past weekend when a Maine restaurant cooked up a 100-pound burger to celebrate its first year in business. 

Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. 

Police officers in southern Virginia pranked an unsuspecting driver with a cold treat on a hot July day.