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United Is Latest to Fall Victim to 'Unruly Passenger'

Plane to Minneapolis diverts to Wisconsin after man allegedly tried to breach cockpit multiple times

(Newser) - A flight from Chicago to Minneapolis made an unplanned stop in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday night after a passenger allegedly tried repeatedly to get into the cockpit, according to air traffic control audio. Per NBC News , United Airlines Flight 2005 diverted to Dane County Regional Airport "to address a...

Driver Ignores Road Closure, Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete

If you see a 'road closed' sign, know it's there for a reason

(Newser) - A Wisconsin motorist decided the rules of the road didn't apply—and ended up in quite a sticky situation. State transportation officials say the pickup truck driver in Milwaukee County pushed aside a "road closed" barricade at an interchange connecting I-41/894/US 45 and National Avenue on May 12,...

Kyle Rittenhouse Hospitalized After Spider Bite

Gun rights figure says brown recluse bite sent him to hospital

(Newser) - Kyle Rittenhouse is back in the headlines, this time over a spider, People reports. The 23-year-old, acquitted in 2021 of all charges after fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during a protest in Kenosha, Wis., said he was hospitalized this week after what he described as a brown...

Rescue Group Says It Saved 1.5K Beagles

They were bought from Wisconsin research facility targeted by protesters

(Newser) - Animal refuge groups said Wednesday that they have agreed to buy nearly 1,500 beagles at a Wisconsin dog breeding and research business that was the site of a violent clash earlier this month between activists trying to break in and police who repelled them with tear gas and pepper...

Wisconsin Recycling Center Has Very Precise Speed Limit

County officials say the point is to make people pay attention to it

(Newser) - Drivers arriving at one Wisconsin recycling center are being told to curb their speed in an unusually specific manner. The Outagamie County Recycling and Solid Waste facility in Appleton has posted a new limit of 17.3 miles per hour, reports WFRV . In a social media post , county officials say...

Police Tear Gas Protesters at Dog Breeding Farm

Protesters in Wisconsin try to free dogs they say are abused in medical research

(Newser) - About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group's leader, per the AP . It was the second attempt...

'A Lot of People Are Going to Need a Lot of Help' After Storms

Winds, tornadoes leave damage in Upper Midwest

(Newser) - A trail of damaged homes and buildings dotted a wide swath of the US on Saturday after a burst of destructive winds and reported tornadoes tore off roofs, uprooted trees, and rendered rural roads impassable with debris. No deaths were reported following Friday's storms that barreled through the Upper...

UW Regents Tell Very Different Story About President's Ouster

They're pushing back on his claims that he was 'blindsided' by firing

(Newser) - Leaders on the board that oversees the Universities of Wisconsin rebuffed the fired system president's claim that he was "blindsided" by their decision to oust him , telling lawmakers Thursday that he was slow to address pressing issues like artificial intelligence and feared upsetting policymakers, faculty, and staff, the...

Voters Oppose Data Centers in Pioneering Referendum

Milwaukee-area voters were 2-to-1 in favor of strict limits on new construction

(Newser) - Voters in one Wisconsin lakeside city have sent a message to Big Tech's AI ambitions in a first-of-its-kind referendum. Residents of Port Washington, a Milwaukee suburb that's already slated to host a $15 billion OpenAI-Oracle data center campus backed by the Trump administration, approved a ballot measure Tuesday...

Liberals Hope to Pick Up a Seat on Wisconsin Supreme Court

A Democratic win would mean a 5-2 majority, solid control of court until 2030

(Newser) - Democrats hope to increase liberal control of the state Supreme Court in Wisconsin on Tuesday in an election that has focused largely on abortion rights as cases affecting congressional redistricting, union rights, and other hot-button issues also await in the perennial battleground state. This year's Supreme Court election stands...

Pet Kangaroo Takes Himself on a 3-Day Adventure

Petting zoo resident Chesney jumped an 8-foot fence, but is back in the land of strawberry ice cream

(Newser) - How does a kangaroo escape a petting zoo? That's not the opening line to a dad joke. If you're Chesney the kangaroo, you scale an eight-foot fence and go on the lam for three days, giving your keeper sleepless nights and sending residents of a small Wisconsin town...

Ex-Baywatch Star Logs 6th Arrest for Animal Activism

Alexandra Paul accused of taking dogs used in research from Wisconsin facility

(Newser) - Former Baywatch actor and animal rights activist Alexandra Paul has found herself in handcuffs yet again. The 62-year-old was among roughly 20 people arrested Sunday after authorities say protesters illicitly entered Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, Wis., one of two major US breeders that supply canines for scientific research, and...

Driver Fleeing Border Patrol Killed in Shootout

Suspect allegedly fired at officers, civilian cars in West Texas

(Newser) - A traffic stop at a West Texas border checkpoint turned deadly Wednesday after a driver sped off and opened fire on pursuing officers, authorities say. Officials identified the man as 33-year-old James Douglas McMillan of Greenfield, Wis., who had pulled into the US Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca but...

US Is Getting Its First 'Dementia Village'

Wisconsin community will be modeled after one in the Netherlands

(Newser) - What's being billed as the nation's first "dementia village" is coming to Wisconsin. The $40 million project will be built in Fitchburg, near Madison, and is scheduled to open next year, reports WMTV . The idea is to create a community for about 65 residents, all with dementia...

Missing 19th-Century Steamer Found in Lake Michigan

Wreck of 1872 Lac La Belle located off Wisconsin shore

(Newser) - A Lake Michigan mystery that captivated shipwreck hunters for decades has finally been put to rest, the Guardian reports. The long-lost passenger steamer Lac La Belle, which went down in a storm in 1872, has been located about 20 miles off the Wisconsin shoreline between Racine and Kenosha, according to...

Judge Blasts DA Over AI 'Hallucinations' in Filing

Wisconsin judge says filing hid AI use, cited fabricated legal precedents

(Newser) - A Wisconsin prosecutor just got a real-world lesson in what happens when AI "hallucinations" enter a courtroom. Kenosha County District Attorney Xavier Solis was sanctioned after a judge tossed out one of his filings for relying on undisclosed artificial intelligence and bogus legal citations, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports....

In Unusual Process, Two Men Admit Role in 2012 Death

Pair admit to murder in teen's fatal restraint, but will avoid jail in restorative justice deal

(Newser) - Thirteen years after a Milwaukee-area teenager died on a convenience store floor, two of the men who restrained him have admitted felony murder—with a deal that keeps them out of prison, reports WISN . Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Laura Crivello accepted a deferred prosecution agreement last week for Robert W....

Wisconsin Judge Guilty of Helping Immigrant Escape

Hannah Dugan could face up 5 years in prison

(Newser) - A jury found a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a Mexican immigrant dodge federal authorities guilty of obstruction Thursday, marking a victory for President Trump as he continues his sweeping immigration crackdown across the country. Federal prosecutors charged Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan with obstruction, a felony, and concealing...

2 Trump Aides Will Face Trial in Fake Elector Scheme

Wisconsin case is moving forward as those in other states have faltered

(Newser) - A Wisconsin judge ruled Monday there is enough evidence to proceed to trial in a felony forgery case against an attorney and an aide to President Trump for their role in the 2020 fake elector scheme. The charges relate to attempts by the former aides to present a slate of...

Slender Man Attacker to Cops: 'Just Google' Me

Morgan Geyser was reluctant to give up real name

(Newser) - When police apprehended one of the Slender Man assailants this week after an escape from a group home, they say Morgan Geyser initially gave a fake name. And it had everything to do with the infamous 2014 assault, reports ABC News :
  • "The female repeatedly refused to provide her real
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