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  • Milwaukee area morning freeway traffic alerts road conditions travel times

    Expect cloudy skies and some rain today with temperatures in the 70s. For the latest Milwaukee-area freeway travel times, traffic alerts, road conditions and more, visit our traffic page ...

  • Police worried high school game could turn deadly

    BROOKFIELD - Teenagers with guns have been running around naked and breaking into homes. They say it's just a game, but police aren't playing around. The game is called assassin or paranoia. It started out with high school students shooting each other with Nerf guns. Now, the game has added public nudity and breaking and entering to the rules. Police say they are breaking the law. ...

  • Protecting police while they protect us

    Law enforcement officers drive, run license plates and stay alert all at the same time. But there's new technology designed to protect police while they protect ...

  • Prosecution Wis. trial is not about raw milk

    BARABOO, Wis. (AP) -- Prosecutors say the licensing trial of a Wisconsin dairy farmer is not about raw milk, although his supporters say it is. Jurors heard opening statements Monday in the trial of Loganville farmer Vernon Hershberger. Hershberger is charged with distributing milk from his dairy farm without a milk producer's license, operating a retail food establishment and dairy plant ...

  • TODAYS TMJ4 meteorologist to provide live reports from deadly tornado

    MILWAUKEE - TODAY'S TMJ4 Meteorologist Brian Gotter is headed to Moore, Okla., an area hit hard by Monday's tornado. Gotter is no stranger to that area of Oklahoma. He and his family moved to the Sooner State his senior year in high school, then he attended the University of Oklahoma to get his degree in meteorology. The university is in Norman, Oklahoma, ten minutes away from Moore. ...

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Capitalism: A Love Story

Capitalism: A Love Story

It should be clear by the subject of his latest documentary, which is nothing less than the very bedrock foundation of the United States and much of the Western worlds economic system, that rabble-rousing documentarian Michael Moore has not mellowed in the slightest. However, in our brave ... ...

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  • How to help the victims of the Okla. City tornado

    "Our thoughts and concerns go to everyone in Oklahoma following this horrific tornado," said the Red Cross in a statement. The American Red Cross has one shelter open in Moore and is working on locating others and continues to operate three shelters that were opened Sunday in the Oklahoma City area following the storms on Sunday. Red Cross volunteers are out tonight with food and ...

  • Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers

    Clayton Kershaw scattered three singles in his second complete game of the year and Matt Kemp hit his first home run since April 24, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday ...

  • Driver killed in Shawano accident

    A 75-year-old man was killed Monday when a vehicle struck a tree in Shawano County, the sheriff's office said. A 46-year-old woman driving the vehicle was injured in the crash, reported shortly after noon in the village of Bonduel, the sheriff's office said. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...

  • Elderly woman beaten at her home in Milwaukee

    MILWAUKEE - It’s a senseless crime: a 71-year-old woman savagely attacked as she was sharing the gospel on her front porch. Police report a man hit her in the head with a metal object, and then ran off into the night. Betty Hernandez was standing on her front porch when a man attacked her. The suspect in this vicious attack is still on the loose. Now the victim is in the hospital ...

  • Inspector general to review flawed Milwaukee ATF sting

    A Journal Sentinel investigation uncovered mistakes and failures in an undercover sting in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – stolen guns, sensitive documents lost, wrong people charged and a burglary of the sting ...

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