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President Barack Obama said Ahmed Abu Khattala, a senior leader of the Benghazi branch of the terror group Ansar al-Shariah in Libya, will "now face the full weight of the American justice system."

Sovaldi cures the liver-wasting illness in 9 of 10 patients, but treatment can cost more than $90,000.

The Sparta Police Department has concluded an investigation into the illegal tattooing of Children and has arrested Logan Tormoen, 24 from Sparta, and is seeking charges on Andrew Turnmire, 20 from La Crosse for the crime of Tattooing of Children.

A search of a vehicle that had been pulled over during the effort led to the discovery of 133.5 grams of marijuana, $720 in cash and items of drug paraphernalia.

The Grainger Foundation is giving a $25 million grant the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering to create a new institute.

Timmy Johnson Jr., 25, of Platteville remains in the La Crosse County Jail. Bond was set at $500,000 cash on Monday.

The Ladysmith Police Department says Jeremey Woodmansee, 31, is being released Tuesday.

Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union in Wisconsin are looking at whether to file lawsuits on behalf of same-sex couples who got married after a federal judge struck down the state's ban on gay marriages.

On Monday night, deputies arrested Emmanuel Erickson, 29 of Eau Claire near the intersection of 1010th Street and 35th Avenue in the Chippewa County Town of Wheaton.

Officials suspect a lightning strike started a fire at the Golden Living Center in Florence Sunday.

Emergency management officials say severe storms that swept through southern Wisconsin early Tuesday have damaged more than a dozen structures in Dane County, including homes and an elementary school.

U.S. Representative Ron Kind was back in the area Monday to give some money back to the taxpayers.

Right now four democratic members of Wisconsin’s Congressional Delegation are asking U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to recognize the marriages of gay couples who recently wed in Wisconsin.

According to AAA, it is guaranteed that consumers will pay more at the pump in the coming days due to the violence in Iraq because oil production is predicted to slow down, forcing prices to go up.

The City of Eau Claire is now an All-American. It earned the National Civic League's All-America City Award.

President Barack Obama is notifying Congress that about 275 U.S. military personnel could deploy to Iraq.

An 8-year-old boy battling cancer gets to showcase his art to a big audience.

Officers of the Dunn County Sheriffs Office, Pepin County Sheriffs Office, Menomonie Fire & Rescue, Durand Fire and Rescue as well as the Department of Natural Resource Wardens responded to the scene.

Sheboygan-based Acuity says it's the tallest free-standing flagpole in North America and the only one at that height flying an American flag.

The Mauston Police Department identified them as 19-year-old Jessica L. McQuiston of Mauston and 19-year-old Thomas G. Kratz Jr. of Wisconsin Dells. Police say they are investigating the case as a double suicide.