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A man accused of stabbing his wife to death with a screwdriver inside a locked bathroom at a northern Illinois hospital has been charged with first-degree murder.

President Barack Obama says the U.S. will keep just under 10,000 troops in Afghanistan through the end of 2015 at the request of Afghanistan's new president, Ashraf Ghani.

The two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court continue to spar over partisan influences in the race for a 10-year term on the state's highest court.

Darren Sharper told a Las Vegas judge he'll plead guilty to a felony attempted sex assault charge as part of a plea deal in four states that will send him to federal prison for about nine years.

A fire destroyed two barns and spread to a nearby home Tuesday morning.

The Flaming Lips, Sheryl Crow and Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeroes are among the bands that will headline this year's Summerfest in Milwaukee.

Investigators took two people into custody into connection with a string of recent burglaries.

President Barack Obama has chosen one of Vice President Joe Biden's top aides to be his new senior adviser.

Deputies believe the crash happened around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, because people in the area reported hearing something suspicious around that time.

North Carolina regulators say it could be months before they complete their investigation into the cause of a deadly scaffolding collapse at a construction site.

The commercial shipping season is underway on the Mississippi River.

Adrian Peterson and the Minnesota Vikings have reached a standstill in their relationship.

Although there's snow in the forecast, one sure sign of spring is the start to the shipping season in the Twin Ports of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.

A proposal that would allow off-duty and retired police officers to carry guns in schools is finding support in the Wisconsin Legislature.

A Republican lawmaker from Stratford is one of the co-sponsors of the bill.

General Motors is recalling nearly 92,000 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedans to fix a problem with the power sunroof controls.

Wisconsin lawmakers are hearing from experts as they look at rewriting state campaign finance laws in light of recent court rulings finding key parts unconstitutional.

General Motors is recalling nearly 92,000 Chevrolet Malibu midsize sedans to fix a problem with the power sunroof controls.

Police negotiators in Superior were able to convince a domestic assault suspect to surrender following a 4-hour standoff.

An Airbus A320 passenger plane carrying more than 140 people crashed in the French Alps on Tuesday, officials said, warning there might not be any survivors.