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Police in Mishicot say they've captured a python that attacked a poodle.

A Wisconsin legislator is asking people to pray for the families of the officers who were slain in Dallas. 

A Wisconsin legislator plans to introduce a bill to make targeting law enforcement officers a hate crime in the wake of the Dallas shooting that killed five officers. 

A Green Bay roller-coaster is set to re-open after a crash last month sent three people to the hospital.  

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- The oldest American person has died at her Massachusetts home at age 113. 

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The winning Mega Millions numbers are white balls 8-19-20-55-73 and yellow ball 5. 

Wausau's big summer weekend is underway and security is a top priority during the events for law enforcement.

The man who was shot by police during a traffic stop in Minnesota after allegedly telling them that he was carrying a gun has brought up questions about what to do when you're pulled over and carrying. 

Friday's Mega Millions drawing of $540 million is the seventh-largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history.  

In the wake of the deadliest attack on law enforcement since the September 11 attacks, local officials from the Wausau Police Department are speaking out.  

MADISON (WKOW) -- A Dodge County native was among the police officers wounded in the shooting ambush in Dallas, authorities said Friday. Gretchen Rocha grew up in Fox Lake and attended Madison College. 

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is asking residents to remain peaceful as they protest the fatal police shooting of a black motorist in suburban St. Paul in the wake of several officers being killed during a protest in Dallas.

Police say they're evacuating a Miami children's hospital after a possible bomb threat.

A man accused of holding his 1-year-old daughter in the middle of a busy intersection in Cottage Grove has been released on bond.

Bill Nye is touring a new Noah's Ark attraction in Kentucky that he has called a danger to the nation's science education.

The State Department says the U.S. has expelled two Russian officials in response to an attack on an American diplomat by a Russian policeman in Moscow last month.

Utah health officials say a person infected with Zika has died, and while the exact cause is unclear, it marks the first death related to the virus in the continental U.S.

 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah health officials say a person infected with Zika has died, and while the exact cause is unclear, it marks the first death related to the virus in the continental U.S.   

New York Police Commissioner William Bratton says his department declined a request by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to attend a police roll call Friday.

It didn't take much goading to find new homes for more than four dozen needy goats.