WEAU News Headlines

President Barack Obama says he supports statehood for the nation's capital.

Gay couples challenging Wisconsin's ban on same-sex marriages are objecting to the state's request that the full 7th Circuit Court of Appeals hear arguments in the case.

Election observers in Wisconsin may be allowed to use cameras at the polls.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke says an ad in which Gov. Scott Walker criticizes Trek Bicycle Corp. shows he doesn't understand how the global marketplace works.

Aladdin is between Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, and Belle Fourche, South Dakota.

Obama accused pro-Russian separatists in the area of removing evidence and bodies from the crash site. He says that raises the question of "what exactly are they trying to hide?"

Lawyers say Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore has agreed to a $190 million settlement with more than 8,000 patients of a gynecologist who secretly photographed and videotaped women's bodies in the examining room.

Candidates for governor were to report how much money they raised through the first half of the year.

Racine County just became the fifth county to install the new system, made by Dallas-based Securus Technologies.

The Wisconsin State Fair is fast approaching and this year the cream puff celebrates a major milestone. Also, the "Sporkies" best fair food finalists have been announced.

A Wisconsin bar has ended its weekly "Lingerie Night" after a frequent patron allegedly tried to kidnap a bartender.

Democratic candidates for attorney general will be able to see how their fundraising stacks up against the lone Republican candidate with the filing of campaign reports.

Deputies say the road was slippery at the time of the crash and visibility was limited.

One person has died and two others are injured after separate skydiving accidents in southern Wisconsin.

The Madison Fire Department says an apartment building was evacuated following what was likely a suicide attempt that involved chemicals.

Officials say a fire at the Milwaukee Brewers' ballpark was contained mainly to a restaurant.

A spokesman for Canadian National Railway Co. says three locomotives and several railcars on a southbound train have derailed in Wisconsin.

A nonprofit group is giving wounded veterans a chance to trade their wheelchairs for specially outfitted kayaks this weekend in Wausau.

A 14-year-old boy who failed to resurface while swimming in Milwaukee-area river has died.

A private school in De Pere has closed and filed for bankruptcy, leaving some parents out nearly $30,000 in tuition payments.