'It turned my stomach:' Day after hit-and-run involving 3 kids, reckless driving report released
MILWAUKEE -- A 6-year-old girl was killed after she was struck by a reckless driver during a hit-and-run Thursday evening, Oct. 24 near 22nd and Center streets.
MILWAUKEE -- A 6-year-old girl was killed after she was struck by a reckless driver during a hit-and-run Thursday evening, Oct. 24 near 22nd and Center streets.
Facebook launches a news section - and will pay publishers
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Over the course of its 15 year history, Facebook has variously ignored news organizations while eating their advertising revenue, courted them for video projects it subsequently abandoned, and then largely cut their stories out of its newsfeeds .Now it plans to pay them for news headlines — reportedly millions of dollars in some cases.Enter the "News Tab," a new section in the Facebook mobile app that will display headlines — and nothing else — from the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider, NBC, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
MENLO PARK, Calif. -- Over the course of its 15 year history, Facebook has variously ignored news organizations while eating their advertising revenue, courted them for video projects it subsequently abandoned, and then largely cut their stories out of its newsfeeds .Now it plans to pay them for news headlines — reportedly millions of dollars in some cases.Enter the "News Tab," a new section in the Facebook mobile app that will display headlines — and nothing else — from the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Business Insider, NBC, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, among others.
'Kids were laying in the street:' 6-year-old killed in hit-and-run involving 3 children
MILWAUKEE -- Three children were struck by a vehicle while crossing the street near 22nd Street and Center Street Thursday evening, Oct. 24, and one died.
MILWAUKEE -- Three children were struck by a vehicle while crossing the street near 22nd Street and Center Street Thursday evening, Oct. 24, and one died.
MPD: 2 people shot, wounded near 27th and Auer in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police say two people were shot and wounded near 27th and Auer Avenue on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 24.Officials say a 54-year-old Milwaukee man and a 46-year-old Milwaukee man sustained non-life threatening injuries shortly before 2 p.m. They were taken to a hospital for treatment.Milwaukee police are seeking an unknown suspect.
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police say two people were shot and wounded near 27th and Auer Avenue on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 24.Officials say a 54-year-old Milwaukee man and a 46-year-old Milwaukee man sustained non-life threatening injuries shortly before 2 p.m. They were taken to a hospital for treatment.Milwaukee police are seeking an unknown suspect.
Caught on camera: Man sought in robbery of Milwaukee business near 33rd and Villard
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department asked for help identifying a man wanted for a business robbery that occurred on Oct. 23 in the area of 33rd and Villard around 2:20 p.m.Police said the man intentionally entered the business and demanded and obtained money from an employee.He then fled on foot.
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department asked for help identifying a man wanted for a business robbery that occurred on Oct. 23 in the area of 33rd and Villard around 2:20 p.m.Police said the man intentionally entered the business and demanded and obtained money from an employee.He then fled on foot.
MPD seeks help to ID men suspected of burglary near 79th and Burleigh
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department needs your help identifying and locating two men wanted for a burglary that occurred near 79th Street and Burleigh Street on Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, around 2:30 a.m.The first man was described as African American, with dreadlocks.
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Police Department needs your help identifying and locating two men wanted for a burglary that occurred near 79th Street and Burleigh Street on Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, around 2:30 a.m.The first man was described as African American, with dreadlocks.
Milwaukee firefighters battle house fire near 10th and Locust
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee firefighters were dispatched to a house fire near 10th and Locust on Thursday, Oct. 24.Fire officials say the fire broke out on the second floor of a vacant home -- and then spread to the attic.No injuries were reported -- and the fire did not damage any adjacent homes.
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee firefighters were dispatched to a house fire near 10th and Locust on Thursday, Oct. 24.Fire officials say the fire broke out on the second floor of a vacant home -- and then spread to the attic.No injuries were reported -- and the fire did not damage any adjacent homes.
Milwaukee police: 19-year-old man shot, wounded near 19th and Galena
MILWAUKEE -- A 19-year-old man was shot and wounded after an incident near 19th and Galena in Milwaukee on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 24.Police were dispatched to the scene around 1 p.m. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries -- and was taken to a hospital for treatment.Police are seeking an unknown suspect.
MILWAUKEE -- A 19-year-old man was shot and wounded after an incident near 19th and Galena in Milwaukee on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 24.Police were dispatched to the scene around 1 p.m. The victim suffered non-life threatening injuries -- and was taken to a hospital for treatment.Police are seeking an unknown suspect.
Woman charged after gripe about ex on Facebook gets justice
TENNILLE, Ga. — A Georgia woman who was criminally charged after complaining about her ex-husband on Facebook said she feels like she's finally gotten justice.Anne King posted in 2015: "That moment when everyone in your house has the flu and you ask your kid's dad to get them (not me) more Motrin and Tylenol and he refuses."The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports she removed the post after a complaint from her ex-husband, Corey King.
TENNILLE, Ga. — A Georgia woman who was criminally charged after complaining about her ex-husband on Facebook said she feels like she's finally gotten justice.Anne King posted in 2015: "That moment when everyone in your house has the flu and you ask your kid's dad to get them (not me) more Motrin and Tylenol and he refuses."The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports she removed the post after a complaint from her ex-husband, Corey King.
20-year-old man accused of making online threat to students at Riverside University HS
MILWAUKEE -- A 20-year-old man is arrested in connection to an online threat directed at Riverside University High School in Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE -- A 20-year-old man is arrested in connection to an online threat directed at Riverside University High School in Milwaukee.
'Wonderful cause:' MPD raises money to update Memorial Wall honoring fallen officers
MILWAUKEE -- Gone but not forgotten.
MILWAUKEE -- Gone but not forgotten.
Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's currency plans before Congress
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators.House Financial Services Committee's immediate focus was Facebook's plans for the currency, to be called Libra.
WASHINGTON — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg endured hours of prickly questioning from lawmakers Wednesday as he defended the company's new globally ambitious project to create a digital currency while also dealing with widening scrutiny from U.S. regulators.House Financial Services Committee's immediate focus was Facebook's plans for the currency, to be called Libra.
Police: Suspect arrested, accused in several burglaries on northwest side of Racine
RACINE -- Racine police say the primary suspect wanted in connection with several burglaries on the city's northwest side has been arrested.A news release says Community-Oriented Policing Officers, along with investigators, developed a possible suspect in some of these cases.
RACINE -- Racine police say the primary suspect wanted in connection with several burglaries on the city's northwest side has been arrested.A news release says Community-Oriented Policing Officers, along with investigators, developed a possible suspect in some of these cases.
Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing
SAN FRANCISCO — Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that would take the world's best supercomputer thousands of years.The feat could open the door someday to machines so blazingly fast that they could revolutionize such tasks as finding new medicines, developing vastly smarter artificial intelligence systems and, most ominously, cracking the encryption that protects some of the world's most closely guarded secrets.Such practical uses are still probably decades away, scientists said.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google announced Wednesday it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing, saying it has developed an experimental processor that took just minutes to complete a calculation that would take the world's best supercomputer thousands of years.The feat could open the door someday to machines so blazingly fast that they could revolutionize such tasks as finding new medicines, developing vastly smarter artificial intelligence systems and, most ominously, cracking the encryption that protects some of the world's most closely guarded secrets.Such practical uses are still probably decades away, scientists said.
Man arrested for making 'terrorist threats' on social media against Riverside HS
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police said Tuesday night, Oct. 22 they were made aware of a shooting threat said to occur at Riverside University High School on Locust Street near Oakland Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police said Tuesday night, Oct. 22 they were made aware of a shooting threat said to occur at Riverside University High School on Locust Street near Oakland Avenue on Wednesday, Oct. 23.
Foxconn plan for Wisconsin innovation centers on hold
MILWAUKEE — Foxconn Technology Group promised to make a splash in Wisconsin beyond a massive manufacturing facility in the southeast part of the state, but there's little evidence that plans to build the so-called "innovation centers" are moving forward.The Taiwan-based electronics giant announced in 2017 that it planned to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin and hire 13,000 people to build an LCD factory that could make display screens for cellphones, tablets and other devices.Foxconn officials then stated plans to construct centers in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Racine and Madison.
MILWAUKEE — Foxconn Technology Group promised to make a splash in Wisconsin beyond a massive manufacturing facility in the southeast part of the state, but there's little evidence that plans to build the so-called "innovation centers" are moving forward.The Taiwan-based electronics giant announced in 2017 that it planned to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin and hire 13,000 people to build an LCD factory that could make display screens for cellphones, tablets and other devices.Foxconn officials then stated plans to construct centers in Milwaukee, Green Bay, Eau Claire, Racine and Madison.