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Officer stabbed, student shot in altercation in US high school

Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 05:34 AM

A US high school student stabbed a school resource officer, who responded by shooting the teenager in Wisconsin. Read more »

Wisconsin teacher faces criminal raps for maltreating Filipina 'match' in dating site

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 06 07:48 AM

 A high school teacher in West Allis, Wisconsin was charged last week with 2 counts of human trafficking and second-degree sexual assault for allegedly maltreating a Filipina whom he met on a dating site. Read more »

Spontaneous combustion: Deep-fried tempura flakes blamed for restaurant fires

Neil Vigdor, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 17 08:04 AM

Deep-fried tempura flakes, a key ingredient sprinkled on sushi rolls for crunch and known as agedama or tenkasu, Japanese for “heavenly waste,” have been linked to a series of restaurant fires in multiple states. Read more »

'Embodiment of evil': Jayme Closs kidnapper sentenced to die in prison

Joey Peters, Reuters, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 08:33 AM

BARRON, Wisconsin - A Wisconsin judge sentenced Jake Patterson to two terms of life imprisonment on Friday for kidnapping 13-year-old Jayme Closs and murdering her parents, describing him as "one of the most dangerous men ever to walk this planet."   Read more »

US school district decries photo of students appearing to give Nazi salute

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 13 08:41 AM

CHICAGO - A Wisconsin school district on Monday launched an investigation into a photo making social media rounds that shows dozens of male high school students raising their right arms in an apparent Nazi salute. Read more »

Multiple injuries, wide evacuations in US oil refinery explosion

Nova Safo and Jules Ameel, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 27 08:23 AM

Several people were injured and an expansive area was evacuated Thursday after an explosion and fire at an oil refinery in the Midwestern US state of Wisconsin.  Read more »

Trial starts for US teen in 'Slender Man' case

Agence France Presse
Posted at Sep 12 08:18 AM

Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser -- now 15, but 12 years old at the time of the 2014 crime -- were charged with attempted first-degree murder for the brutal attack blamed on their belief in Slender Man -- an online horror villain.  Read more »

Wisconsin ousts defending NCAA champions Villanova

The Sports Xchange
Posted at Mar 19 11:42 AM

Nigel Hayes scored 19 points and made the winning layup with 11.4 seconds remaining as eight seed Wisconsin upset defending champion Villanova 65-62 in an NCAA Tournament second-round game on Saturday. Read more »