Milwaukee bipartisan bill to build juvenile prison

A new juvenile prison would be built near us-regions under a bipartisan bill that would authorize borrowing $42 million for the project. The measure comes after years of delays in closing the embattled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons north of Wausau in Irma. The state missed a July deadline last year to close…

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Retired Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denies wrongdoing

Retired religion asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but denied any personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany.  Benedict’s lack of a personal apology or admission of guilt immediately riled abuse survivors,…

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Jennifer Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley's mother, sent ominous texts on day of shooting: 'He can't be left alone'

Witnesses testified in a us-regions county executive on Tuesday that the mother of Oxford High School crime” target=”_blank”>shooting suspect< The 15-year-old suspect was able to convince school officials during the meeting that the concerning drawings were for a “video game.” His parents “flatly refused” to take their son home, the prosecutor said at the time….

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