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MADISON (AP) – Active members of the military stationed in Wisconsin could carry a concealed weapon under a bill the state Assembly has overwhelmingly approved.

Right now, the state Department of Justice can’t issue a license to carry concealed to anyone who isn’t a Wisconsin resident. Under the Republican bill, any applicant who is a member of the armed forces and is stationed in Wisconsin for at least a year would be eligible for a license.

The Assembly passed the bill 91-8 on Tuesday. It goes next to the state Senate.

(SBG) – Washington is still trying to wrap its collective head around what China just pulled off; the largest data heist to date of the federal government.

Millions of sensitive documents were siphoned straight out of the Office of Personnel Management and into a Chinese collection site.

James Lewis is a cyber security expert with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington, D.C. Lewis says China is testing the limits to see how far it can go before making America mad. “It would be useful for us to be a little bit more assertive in pushing back on these guys. I think we are at that time, when we have to think about how to do that.”

No country, not even the United States can prevent every cyber incursion but Lewis says we certainly can make it much harder for China and others to access our systems. “There are ways to make it harder and that’s something to think about. You can be an easy target or you can be a hard target. In this case, OPM was an easy target.”

James’ suspects China’s real interest in stealing millions of current and former federal workers personnel records is to better understand how we think and operate. The records present a way for the Chinese to get into our skin without military recourse. James does not believe the information will wind up on the black market.

On Tuesday, Congressman Joe Wilson [R, SC] introduced the Cyberattack Standards Study Act. The bill aims to define what constitutes a cyberattack and the appropriate action the U.S. should take.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A Minnesota man convicted of threatening FBI agents who were conducting a terror investigation was released from custody Tuesday and his sentencing was postponed as a federal judge weighs whether a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision will affect the case.

Mohamed Ali Omar was convicted in March after authorities say he threatened two FBI agents and an interpreter with violence when they went to his house last fall to question the family about his brother, who’s accused of attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State group.

On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Davis moved Omar’s sentencing to September, saying he wants to wait for the Department of Justice to release its official position on the recent Supreme Court case.

In that case, the high court reversed the conviction of a Pennsylvania man who was prosecuted for making threats on Facebook. The justices found it wasn’t enough for prosecutors to show that comments Anthony Elonis made about killing his ex-wife and harming others would make a reasonable person feel threatened. They sent the case back to the lower court without clarifying what the standard of proof should be.

Assistant U.S. Attorney John Docherty argued the Elonis case doesn’t apply because the men were convicted under different statutes. But defense attorney Paul Applebaum said Omar should receive a new trial, and the “reasonable person” standard is a legal standard for a negligence case, not a criminal conviction.

Davis said he didn’t want to rush into sentencing Omar now, and risk having a wrongful conviction on Omar’s record later on.

“This is one of the most confusing cases I’ve ever referenced in court,” Davis said, later adding: “I want to be very cautious in proceeding.” Omar has already been in custody for seven months and Davis released him Tuesday with conditions. According to Applebaum, sentencing guidelines call for between four and 10 months. Prosecutors said guidelines call for a sentence of about three years, but they asked that Omar receive between one year and one-and-a-half years.

Omar’s sister, Hodan Omar, said she missed her brother.

“We’re very happy today. I’m glad he’s coming home to us,” she said.

Authorities have said a handful of Minnesota residents have traveled to Syria to fight with militants, and since 2007, more than 22 young Somali men have also traveled from Minnesota to Somalia to join the terrorist group al-Shabab. The FBI has been investigating travelers and recruitment efforts for years.

FBI agents went to Omar’s house last November after one of his brothers, Guled Ali Omar, tried to board a plane to San Diego with his U.S. passport and no luggage. Another brother had already left Minnesota to join al-Shabab in 2007 and remains a fugitive, and authorities believed Guled Omar was trying to get to Syria.

Applebaum said when authorities went to question Guled Omar’s family, the interpreter called one of their sisters a vulgar name and Mohamed Omar reacted.

Guled Omar was among six men arrested in April and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. He and the others are in custody pending trial.

One of his co-defendants, Mohamed Abdihamid Farah, made his initial appearance before Davis on Tuesday. Farah had recently returned to Minnesota from San Diego, where he was arrested as authorities say he tried to get a fake passport, cross into Mexico and travel to Syria. Farah will return to court Thursday for a hearing to determine whether he will stay in custody pending trial.

BOSTON (AP) — Erik Barnard sat with his 3-year-old son along Fenway Park’s third-base line, a few sections from where a woman was seriously injured when a broken bat flew into the stands two days earlier.

He never considered surrendering those front-row seats that aren’t guarded by netting. But he would be sure to protect little Christopher.

“I’ll definitely be watching out for him and putting him on my lap,” Barnard said before Sunday’s game between the Athletics and Red Sox.

It’s a delicate balance for fans throughout the major leagues: weighing the danger of being hit by a wayward bat or ball against the enhanced experience of being so close to the action, few closer than at cozy Fenway.

Over the past three days, bats have flown into the stands in at least three cities. Yet fans consider the risk of injury minimal.

“I’d absolutely sit down here. Why not?” said 38-year-old Doug Jones, who was in the front row along the third-base line in Boston on Sunday, “but you need to pay attention.”

On Friday night, 44-year-old Tonya Carpenter was struck in the head by a bat that broke on a swing by Oakland’s Brett Lawrie in the second inning of Boston’s 4-2 win.

She was treated in the stands then rushed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center with what police described as life-threatening injuries. Her condition has been upgraded from serious to fair condition, her family said Monday in a statement released by the hospital.

“The well-being of Tonya and her loved ones are forefront in our minds,” the Red Sox said Monday. “Major League Baseball will re-examine fan safety at ballparks, and we will fully participate in that process.”

In Cincinnati, no one was hurt Saturday when a bat landed in the stands. Everyone was OK Sunday when a bat sailed into the seats at the Tigers-White Sox game in Chicago.

And in the first inning of the Red Sox 7-4 win over the Athletics on Sunday, Boston’s Hanley Ramirez lost control of his bat. It hit the net in front of Oakland’s dugout.

In the wake of Carpenter’s injury, new Commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that Major League Baseball will re-evaluate fan safety at stadiums.

“When you have an issue like this, an incident like this, you have to go back and re-evaluate where you are on all of your safety issues and trust me, we will do that. Just like we are on a variety of issues right now at the beginning of my tenure,” Manfred said at the amateur draft in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Some fans with seats near the field prefer to sit directly behind home plate where they’re protected by a net. Parents sometimes arrange seating with their children between them. Others said they don’t consider safety when buying tickets.

At most major league parks, the netting that protects fans from foul balls covers the backstop behind the catcher, but stops before each dugout. Some fans said they would sit closer to the field if the netting were extended.

But that net might decrease a fan’s enjoyment of the sights and sounds — the lush green grass, the smack of the ball into the catcher’s glove — on a perfect afternoon for baseball like Sunday, sunny and warm with a slight breeze at historic Fenway.

“I do understand the objection of having something in front of you,” said 42-year-old Chad LeBlanc, who attended Sunday’s game with his 12-year-old son Logan.

Another fan, Jeremy Welford, said he was more conscious of the risk after Friday’s injury.

“If you’re with a youngster, it’s too dangerous,” he said with his 9-year-old daughter Megan beside him. “I sit behind the nets all the time and it doesn’t bother me.”

Manfred was asked if MLB will consider requiring clubs to extend the protective netting beyond the area directly behind home plate.

“There’s a variety of issues that we’re going to take a fresh look at,” he said. “You have to react strongly to an incident like this, but I think the best word for it is that we’re going to re-evaluate where we are on the topic.”

The backs of tickets tell fans to remain alert.

At Fenway, about a dozen signs facing fans in the front row of box seats warn red and white capital letters: “BE ALERT FOUL BALLS AND BATS HURT.”

Also facing them along that low wall are about twice as many televisions they can watch while a batter is swinging.

At Miami’s game at Colorado on Sunday, Mike and Erin Hart, both adult league softball players, sat just above the third-base dugout, one of the best spots at Coors Field to catch foul balls. Their two children were with them.

“We figured we’d put them in the middle, because then we could protect them a little bit better,” Erin said. “We brought our gloves. I figured if we’re not fast enough, we can dive on top of them if need be.”

No matter how vigilant, fans do turn away from the action to snap a selfie, fill in a scorecard or hail a hot dog vendor.

At Kansas City’s game against Texas, Royals fan Candace Hickman said, “I wish the Royals would expand the netting to at least the end of the dugouts to protect the fans better from foul balls. Even if you are watching closely, those line drives can reach the seats in a split second.”

In Chicago, Ray Finfer sat with his three sons when Adam LaRoche’s bat went into the stands Sunday.

“I saw the bat coming and my thought is hopefully you’re watching the game.” he said. “If you’re not going to do that, it’s not a great seat for you.”

In Toronto, Karen Luscombe, sat behind the third-base dugout with her son.

“I worry about it, for sure,” she said, but “the best view is where we want to sit.”

In Cincinnati, Laura Steinmetz Hawke usually sits in the upper deck for the price and the view, not for safety reasons.

“There is inherent risk in living life, and we cannot make every experience 100 percent safe,” she said.

And at Fenway, Francesca Cirillo sat with her husband and 18-month-old daughter Aria about 10 rows behind the spot where the fan was injured Friday night.

“I feel horrible for her,” she said but called what happened “a freak accident” and wasn’t uncomfortable sitting so close to the field.

“We brought our daughter,” she said. “We had the opportunity to leave her at home, but we decided to bring her because this is the first time I’m able to bring her to Fenway.”

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AP Sports Writer Pat Graham in Denver, AP Baseball Writer Mike Fitzpatrick in Secaucus, N.J., and freelance writers Alan Eskew, Ian Harrison, Steve Herrick, Ken Powtak, Brian Sandalow, Mark Schmetzer and Jeff Seidel contributed to this report.

PARIS (AP) — After months of waiting, families of the 150 people killed when a Germanwings plane smashed into the French Alps in March will finally start burying their loved ones as the airline’s parent company begins sending home victims’ remains.

Lufthansa sent coffins with remains of 44 victims by cargo plane Tuesday night from Marseille, France, to Duesseldorf, Germany, where Germanwings flight 9525 from Barcelona was supposed to land March 24. Instead, authorities say, the co-pilot purposely slammed the plane into a mountainside.

“The families are in denial. They cannot and do not want to realize that their children are dead,” said Elmar Giemulla, a lawyer for families of 34 of the victims. “It will be brutal when they see the coffins tomorrow, but it is necessary, because they need closure and that’s only possible if they accept that their children are dead.”

Giemulla’s clients include relatives of 16 students from one high school in Haltern, Germany, who were coming home from a school exchange program when they died.

“Now, if the coffins are returning, the parents will know: This is really a fact, it’s not just news,” he said.

Parents and relatives will be allowed to visit the coffins inside a hangar in Duesseldorf on Wednesday. A convoy of hearses will head for Haltern, passing Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium, the school the teens attended.

Most of the families in Haltern and beyond have been trying to cope with their pain in private, and many of the burials expected in the German town and nearby villages over the next few days and weeks will be family affairs. Remains of the rest of the victims, who had 19 different nationalities, will be sent back over the coming weeks. Nearly half of the victims were German and 47 others were Spanish.

It has taken several months to return the remains in part because of errors on official death certificates that rendered them invalid. There were also challenges finding and identifying the remains in the remote area where the crash happened because the plane was travelling so fast that its tail slammed into the mountainside in a split second after the nose did, vaporizing much of the aircraft and its contents.

Prosecutors in France and Germany believe Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz intentionally crashed the Airbus A320. They say he had been hiding psychological problems from his employer.

The office of Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, who is leading a French investigation into the crash, said he will meet with victims’ relatives Thursday in Paris to go over the discovery of DNA evidence and explain the details of handing over remains.

Robin expects 300 to 400 people to attend the closed-door meeting.

The family of two Australian victims, Carol Friday and her son Greig, won’t be there, said her brother, Malcolm Coram. Coram visited the crash site about a month ago, and told The Associated Press it was simply too far to return again so soon.

Coram said he wasn’t sure when his sister’s and nephew’s remains will be returned to Australia, but he expects it will be sometime before August. He said family members have been happy with the way that Germanwings and authorities have communicated with them.

“We get treated very well,” he said. “What’s done is done for us – we just sort of want it to end.”

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Grieshaber reported from Berlin. Kristen Gelineau in Sydney contributed to this report.

Watch how a car ended up balancing on the concrete barrier of the Leo Frigo Bridge, June 8, 2015.

In the video, provided by WisDOT, the car hydroplanes and bounces off the concrete barrier a few times to end up with the rear wheels on the outer barrier.

No one was hurt in the crash.

MADISON (AP) – Wisconsin lawmakers have approved a proposal that would allow off-duty and retired officers to carry guns in schools.

The Senate passed the bill on Tuesday on a bipartisan 22-10 vote. The Assembly followed suit shortly thereafter on a voice vote with no debate. The bill goes next to Gov. Scott Walker. His spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to an email asking if the governor would sign it into law.

Current state law generally bans people from possessing guns on school grounds as well as within 1,000 feet of school grounds. The prohibition doesn’t apply to police officers acting in their official capacity.

A broader proposal last session that allowed anyone to carry concealed weapons on school grounds failed to pass.

BERLIN – Some Berlin Middle School Students got a sneak peek at their new building.

The district broke ground a year ago on the new school, for sixth through eighth graders.

Tuesday, some students were given a tour.

A couple soon-to-be eighth graders say they love the new space and getting to class will be much easier. The building is attached to the high school.

Berlin Area Schools Superintendent Bob Eidahl says more than just students will benefits from the new school, “It’s going to be a great facility for our whole community. Not just the students, because we have some community use spaces and connections with the high school. There’s some shared spaces. It’s really going to be a significant upgrade for everybody.”

The new school will have space for about 360 students.

Voters approved the school as part of an $18.7 million referendum.

The building will be ready for teachers mid-July.

MADISON (AP) – The state Assembly has passed a Republican bill that would prohibit state environmental officials from enforcing new federal pollution limits on residential wood heaters.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to phase in regulations on pollution from new wood heaters over the next five years. Opponents fear the regulations could force smaller manufacturers to shut down.

A number of states including Missouri and Michigan have barred their environmental agencies from enforcing the regulations. The Wisconsin bill would prohibit the state Department of Natural Resources from enforcing any federal regulation that’s more stringent than what was in place at the end of 2014.

The Assembly passed the bill 63-35 on Tuesday. It now goes to the state Senate.

APPLETON – Stroll through downtown Appleton on your lunch hour this week, and you can enjoy some great tunes and help those facing hunger.

It’s the third annual downtown Appleton street music week. From Tuesday through Friday, musicians are encouraged to perform from noon until 1:00 p.m.

Organizers encourage amateurs to professionals to take part.

Participating musicians are raising money for Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin.

Volunteer, Kerry Niesen says, “There are a lot of people in the valley that need food and have hunger problems right here at home, and we need to help them out.”

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin will distribute donations to food pantries in the Fox Valley area.

Did the sun look a little redder than usual this morning?

The National Weather Service says it was because of smoke from a distant fire. Specifically, wildfires burning in Canada.

According to Canadian officials, there are several fires burning in the northern part of the province of Alberta.

The National Weather Service’s Chicago office posted on Twitter a satellite view of maps showing that smoke had drifted over parts of the upper Midwest, including nearly all of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, and northern Illinois.

Noticing the sun looking different this morning? This odd look is due to smoke from Canadian fires. pic.twitter.com/4WWHtHhbnA

— NWS Chicago (@NWSChicago) June 9, 2015

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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors CEO Mary Barra confirmed Tuesday that she has been interviewed by the Justice Department in its criminal probe of how the company handled a deadly ignition switch problem in older small cars.

Barra told reporters the interview happened last year but said she didn’t know when the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan would release the results of its probe.

“We have cooperated fully. We continue to do that,” she said. “It is their timeline,” she said about when charges could be filed.

Wire fraud likely is among the statutes being considered by federal investigators because GM used electronic communications to interact with the government’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Investigators are focused on whether GM failed to notify the agency of the switch problems and potentially tried to hide them. Automakers must notify NHTSA within five days of finding out about a safety defect.

The switches in cars such as the Chevrolet Cobalt and Saturn Ion can slip out of the run position, shutting off the engine and disabling power steering, power brakes and air bags. The problem has caused at least 111 deaths and hundreds of injuries. GM has acknowledged knowing about the problem for more than a decade, yet it didn’t recall the 2.6 million cars until last year.

Last year the same U.S. Attorney’s office forced Toyota to pay a $1.2 billion civil penalty for delays and cover-ups in unintended acceleration cases. Toyota settled the case but acknowledged hiding information about defects. The department also filed a wire fraud charge against Toyota that will be dismissed in 2017 if the company complies with the terms of the settlement.

Also Tuesday, Barra said GM doesn’t need to merge with Fiat Chrysler to take advantage of its size to save money on building cars and trucks.

She told reporters Tuesday before the company’s annual meeting that Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne emailed her about merging, but the proposal was dismissed by the GM senior management and board.

GM, she said, is working with Ford on transmissions and Honda on hydrogen fuel cells and will look at opportunities with other automakers. But she says GM expects to sell 10 million vehicles this year, and is big enough to use its own size and scale to save money.

Marchionne has been pushing for consolidation of automakers, saying the industry wastes capital developing engines, transmissions and other parts that buyers don’t care about. But he says no companies have agreed to merger talks.

But Barra said GM can save costs by working its own plan and bring value to shareholders.

“Over the past few years we have been merging with ourselves,” she told reporters. “We already have scale.”

She disagreed with Marchionne that customers don’t care about engines, saying that GM has received feedback from many customers on engines in the 2016 Camaro. The company plans to offer a turbocharged four-cylinder engine as the standard powerplant in the new Camaro due out later this year.

Citi Analyst Itay Michaeli, in a recent note to investors, cautioned that previous auto industry mergers have been “fraught with cultural and product complexities that often yielded mixed results at best.”

Michaeli agreed with Barra that GM can save money on its own. “We certainly wouldn’t frown upon consolidation attempts, but in GM’s particular case we see plenty of opportunity for internal consolidation to achieve greater scale and purchasing synergies, at least over the next 1-2 years,” he wrote.

The company also announced that 2016 model Cadillacs will have Apple CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto to integrate smart phones into the cars’ dashboard systems. The company announced last month that the systems would be in many in many future Chevrolet models.

CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since he was indicted, pleading not guilty to charges that he violated banking rules and lied to the FBI in a scheme to pay $3.5 million in hush money to conceal misconduct from his days as a high school teacher.

Defense attorney Thomas C. Green entered the pleas on Hastert’s behalf.

The 73-year-old Republican has not spoken publicly about the accusations that emerged two weeks ago and raised questions about possible sexual abuse by a man who was once second in the line of succession to the presidency.

The politician-turned-lobbyist stepped before Judge Thomas M. Durkin on charges that he broke federal banking laws by withdrawing hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and lying about the money when questioned.

A crush of reporters, photographers and TV cameras began gathering at dawn to ensure they did not miss Hastert if he arrived early for his arraignment. A long line also formed early outside the 14th-floor courtroom, and an overflow room was set aside for those unable to get in.

Green, who is based in Washington, has represented clients in the Watergate, Iran-Contra and Whitewater cases. Chicago attorney John Gallo is also on Hastert’s defense team. Steven Block is the lead U.S. prosecutor.

It was unclear whether prosecutors might shed more light on the secret Hastert allegedly sought to conceal by paying the person the indictment refers to as “Individual A.” Prosecutors typically provide an overview of charges at arraignments and sometimes disclose new details.

A person familiar with the allegations told The Associated Press the payments were intended to conceal claims Hastert sexually molested someone decades ago. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing.

Defendants in most cases enter not guilty pleas at arraignments, though their lawyers will sometimes tell judges they are holding plea talks with the U.S. attorney’s office. Authorities never arrested Hastert, but the judge is expected to set a bail amount.

Prosecutors have not said if they will ask Durkin to recuse himself after election records showed he donated $500 to the “Hastert for Congress” campaign in 2002, and $1,000 in 2004. The arraignment would give them the chance to make that request.

If convicted, Hastert faces a maximum five-year prison term on each of the two counts.

The indictment says Hastert agreed in 2010 to pay Individual A $3.5 million to “compensate for and conceal (Hastert’s) prior misconduct” against that person. It says he paid $1.7 million before federal agents began scrutinizing the transactions.

He allegedly started by withdrawing $50,000 at a time and changed course when automatic bank transaction reports flagged those withdrawals. The indictment says Hastert then began taking cash out in increments of less than $10,000 to skirt reporting rules, which are primarily meant to thwart money laundering by underworld figures.

It’s not illegal to withdraw large amounts in cash. But it’s against the law to stagger withdraws with the intent of dodging reporting requirements.

Hastert follows a well-trodden path of other Illinois politicians who have walked through the revolving doors at Chicago’s federal courthouse. Several recent Illinois governors, Chicago aldermen and other public figures have entered pleas in the same building. Among the most recent was former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and former Illinois Gov. George Ryan, a Republican. Both men were eventually convicted on corruption charges.

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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

MADISON (AP) – Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says he would never support eliminating the nonpartisan Audit Bureau, as fellow Republicans are proposing.

Vos said Tuesday that he does not support the bill circulated for support on Monday by fellow Republicans Reps. David Craig and Adam Jarchow. Democrats have also spoken out against the measure, saying it would politicize the auditing process.

The bill would replace the independent Audit Bureau with inspectors general appointed by legislative leaders from whatever party is in control of the Senate and Assembly. They would operate within state agencies, with the intent of preventing problems before they occur.

Craig said Tuesday he would be open to maintaining the Audit Bureau while also adding inspectors who could be more proactive in rooting out waste and abuse.

TOWN OF MENASHA – Police in the town of Menasha say they pulled over 150 vehicles during the recent Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement.

They wrote 12 tickets for failing to fasten seat belts and one for a child safety seat violation.

In all, police say they wrote 98 tickets, including:

• 34 speeding violations
• 12 operating after revocation or suspension
• 11 vehicle registration violations
• 7 equipment violations
• 5 traffic sign or signal violations

A statewide effort, Click It or Ticket ran from May 18-31.

MADISON (AP) – The Wisconsin Senate has voted to confirm Gov. Scott Walker’s appointment of Michael M. Grebe to the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.

The Senate confirmed Grebe’s appointment Tuesday after Democrats voiced their concern about Grebe’s connection to Gov. Scott Walker. Grebe is the son of Mike W. Grebe, chairman of Walker’s gubernatorial campaigns and the conservative Bradley Foundation.

A woman in the Senate gallery yelled out upon the confirmation that the result was “an outrage.” She was removed from the chamber.

Democrats spoke in opposition to Grebe’s appointment, saying he was unqualified for the position and was chosen because of his connection to Walker.

All 19 Republicans voted to confirm the appointment, while all 14 Democrats voted against.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Part of the White House has been evacuated amid security concerns.

Secret Service officers interrupted a live, televised press briefing with the White House press secretary on Tuesday and evacuated the James S. Brady Briefing Room shortly after 2 p.m. The officers would not say what prompted the evacuation, and the White House had no immediate information about the incident.

Reporters were escorted to a driveway separating the West Wing from the neighboring office building. White House officials could be seen continuing to enter and depart the West Wing through a side door.

Evacuations at the White House are rare but not unprecedented.

TOWN OF MENASHA – A man who allegedly tried to jump a fence into a day care while running away from police was arrested Monday afternoon.

Town of Menasha police say, around 3 p.m., an officer tried to pull over a car near W. Wilson Avenue and S. Oneida Street. The driver pulled in to a parking lot; police say it looked like he was trying to avoid them. He went through the lot and back on the road. Eventually, he pulled in to another parking lot, got out of the car and ran. His passenger then tried to drive away, but the officer stopped her.

Just then, the officer heard some children screaming. He saw that the man tried to climb the fence around a day care. This panicked the kids and employees who were there.

The man kept running to an empty apartment on Honey Lou Court and was arrested there as he tried to hide.

Police say they arrested the man, a 27-year-old from Appleton, on three outstanding warrants, as well as suspicion of disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting arrest. Police also ticketed the man for driving with a suspended license.

The passenger, a 25-year-old Appleton woman, was ticketed for obstructing as police say she lied to them about who the man was.

The names of the two people were not released.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge has rejected a motion for a broad gag order in the case of six police officers charged in the fatal injury of a man in their custody.

Freddie Gray died April 19. The officers face charges ranging from second-degree murder to misdemeanor assault.

The office of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby sought to bar attorneys, police and witnesses from speaking publicly about the case.

Circuit Judge Charles Peters ruled last week that the request lacked standing because it was filed May 14 in Circuit Court. The officers’ cases were in District Court until May 21, when they were indicted and the case transferred to Circuit Court.

Defense attorneys asked the judge to strike the motion on procedural grounds. Media organizations, including The Associated Press, also opposed it.

APPLETON – A landlord was arrested overnight after police say he broke in to a family’s apartment and threatened them.

Around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Appleton police say they were called to the 900 block of E. Franklin Street. The owner of the building told the officer he wanted the family living upstairs to be evicted. The officer explained the proper way to go about getting an eviction, then left.

The building owner, who was intoxicated, then called Appleton police. An officer and a supervisor again explained the proper way to go about requesting an eviction. The officer also spoke to the landlord’s mother.

Just before 4:30 a.m., police were again called to the building. Police learned that the landlord had smashed glass from two upstairs doors with a baseball bat. He reached inside the broken glass to unlock the doors, went into the living area, baseball bat in hand, and verbally threatened the family. When police got there, the 30-year-old man still had the bat in his hand. They arrested him peacefully.

None of the four people in the apartment were hurt.

The landlord has not been formally charged in this case.