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

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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

The federal jury delivered a mixed verdict on Hannah Dugan, convicting her of obstructing a federal proceeding and acquitting her of concealing a person from arrest.

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

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

Children were among the dead, authorities said

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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

“I am the first-ever Israeli director of the center and first-ever Israeli employee of the Sacred Heart seminary.”

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US police officer accused of using knee restraint on 12-year-old girl

An attorney for the girl said that it "mirrored the same maneuver that Derek Chauvin used to murder George Floyd."

MARCH 20, 2022ByREUTERS
A Kenosha police vehicle is parked outside a defensive perimeter that has been erected around the Kenosha Municipal Building in response to the protests and shootings that came after Jacob Blake was shot by police, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, US, August 27, 2020

Suspect in Wisconsin parade attack charged with homicide, bail set at $5m.

Authorities said Brooks deliberately drove an SUV through police barricades on Sunday and the annual parade in the city of Waukesha, about 20 miles (32 km) west of Milwaukee.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021ByREUTERS
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, U.S. November 23, 2021.

Survivor of Rittenhouse incident says he tried to disarm US teen

Rittenhouse, 18, has been charged in the deaths of two men and with attempting to kill Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, during racial justice protests on August 25, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

NOVEMBER 9, 2021ByREUTERS
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, attends his extradition hearing in Lake County in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., October 30, 2020.

Wisconsin to require Holocaust education starting in 5th grade

A bill mandates that lessons about the Holocaust and other genocides be included in social studies classes at least once between fifth and eighth grade, and again in high school.

APRIL 30, 2021ByBEN SALES/JTA
THE HALL of Names at the Yad Vashem World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem, April 20, 2020.

Last member of original Dead Sea Scrolls research team dies from COVID-19

The Qumran explorer was 91 years old.

JANUARY 10, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
A restorer works on a fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls in a laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Pharmacist arrested on charges of sabotaging Moderna COVID vaccine doses

Moderna Inc, maker of the vaccine, has assured the hospital that receiving an injection of any of the doses removed from refrigeration poses no safety issue.

JANUARY 2, 2021ByREUTERS
Vials with a sticker reading, "COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only" and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020.

Wisconsin judges denounced Trump lawsuit, antisemitic harassment follows

Karofsky was a target of Trump’s Twitter ire earlier this year as well, when he baselessly claimed her election to the court was fraudulent.

DECEMBER 18, 2020ByBEN SALES/JTA
Jill Karofsky, left, and Rebecca Dallet are concerned for their safety and have been in touch with law enforcement, according to a campaign consultant for the justices. (Courtesy of Karofsky and Dallet)

Kyle Rittenhouse, charged in Wisconsin protest shootings, due in court

The hearing on Thursday is aimed at deciding whether the evidence is sufficient for the case to go to trial.

DECEMBER 3, 2020ByREUTERS
Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, attends his extradition hearing in Lake County in Waukegan, Illinois, U.S., October 30, 2020.

Recount in Wisconsin county demanded by Trump increases Biden's margin

After the recount in Milwaukee County, Biden had a net gain of 132 votes, out of nearly 460,000 cast. Overall, Biden gained 257 votes to Trump's 125.

NOVEMBER 28, 2020ByREUTERS
A poll worker processes mail-in absentee ballots the night of Election Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Georgia, Wisconsin recounts unlikely to change Trump election defeat

"I don't believe at the end of the day it'll change the total results," Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, told CNN.

NOVEMBER 19, 2020ByREUTERS
A poll worker processes mail-in absentee ballots the night of Election Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.