Wisconsin

Wisconsin lawmakers hear bill to codify IHRA antisemitism definition

Hearing on bipartisan legislation aimed at strengthening the state’s response to antisemitism by adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of Antisemitism into state law

Dome of the Wisconsin State capitol building in Madison, WI
WISCONSIN-BASED Judge Hannah Dugan arrives for the first day of trial, in which she's accused of helping a migrant appearing in her courtroom evade a planned immigration arrest, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US December 15, 2025.

Wisconsin judge found guilty of obstructing Trump immigration crackdown, media says

 School shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin.

Three killed in Wisconsin school shooting, including shooter, police say

 AT SACRED HEART Seminary and School of Theology in Milwaukee.

Liran Gerassi: The Israeli head of the Lux Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies in Milwaukee


US Virgin Islands: Chabad woman in serious condition after trying to save baby

Henya Federman and her family were out by the docks on the US Virgin Islands when their 4-month-old baby fell out of her arms and into the water.

 MEDICAL STAFF operating intensive care equipment (illustration)

10-year-old boy kills mother for not buying him a VR headset

The boy is being charged as an adult for first-degree reckless homicide and is being held on $50,000 bail. If convicted, he could face up to 60 years in prison.

 Person pointing a gun at unseen target (illustrative)

Wisconsin parade attacker sentenced to life in prison without parole

The judge symbolically added at least another 1,067 years to the life sentences to underscore the severity of the crimes for which she said Brooks showed "no remorse, no empathy."

Darrell Brooks, charged with killing five people and injuring nearly 50 after plowing through a Christmas parade with his sport utility vehicle on November 21, appears in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wisconsin, US November 23, 2021.

Nurse cut off dying man’s foot for taxidermy display

The hospice nurse claimed to have amputated the foot to make the patient more comfortable, although her coworkers testify otherwise.

 Medical Care” geriatric hospital

US midterm elections: Governor races to watch

Here are results from the most consequential gubernatorial races, as forecast by data provider Edison Research:

 A supporter speaks on phone as she attends Republican Governor Greg Abbott's 2022 US midterm elections night party in McAllen, Texas, US, November 8, 2022.

Halloween: US Nazi costumes cause rage across social media

A man from Manhattan dressed up as a Nazi and a man from Madison, Wisconsin dressed up as Adolf Hitler for Halloween.

Finnish neo-nazis start their Independence Day march with swastika flags in Helsinki, Finland December 6, 2018.

Apartment fire kills six people in Wisconsin

The blaze was reported shortly after 5 a.m. in a four-unit apartment house in the village of Hartland, Wisconsin, about 25 miles east of Milwaukee.

 Emergency personnel from the FDNY respond to an apartment building fire in the Bronx borough of New York City, US, January 9, 2022.

U of Wisconsin apologizes to Jewish students about ‘Zionism is genocide’ graffiti

“To those Jewish students and others affected, we are sorry for the impact this had on your first day of class at UW,” UW's Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer said.

The Science Hall building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014.

56-year-old man fined $4k for antisemitic fliers in Kenosha

A man was fined $4,000 after he posted antisemitic fliers in on car windshields, driveways and sidewalks in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

 An antisemitic flyer found on the front steps of a synagogue on Melbourne, Australia

Three dead in Iowa church shooting hours after shooting in Wisconsin

Three, including shooter, killed in Iowa church shooting • Two wounded in shooting targeting funeral in Wisconsin

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