Local Wisconsin News

World News

Woman suspected of Monaco bomb attack found dead in Ukraine
Police had been hunting Anastasiia Berezovska after a Ukrainian millionaire was injured in the blast.

One million more UK homeowners set to face higher mortgages
Homeowners face paying £45 a month more on average when they move onto a new deal over the next two years.

'Overturn this' - Belgium taunt US and say Trump move fired them up
Belgium's Nicolas Raskin says Fifa's decision to allow US striker Folarin Balogun to play against them fired them up for the last-16 tie in Seattle.

The Odyssey stars wow red carpet at world premiere in London
Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Tom Holland and Matt Damon were among the stars who walked the carpet in London for the premiere of Christopher Nolan's adaptation of Homer's Ancient Greek epic.

Two tests set to speed up diagnosis of endometriosis
Experts hope they will be a game-changer and cut the nine-year or longer diagnosis waits patients can currently face.

Online gamblers betting more than £1,000 to face new checks
Punters who bet more than £1,000 online in a 24-hour window will have to undergo an assessment, the regulator says.

Zelensky presses Nato for air defence systems after intense Russian strikes
The Ukrainian president says "decisions for air defence" should be "one of the key outcomes" of this week's summit in Turkey.

Murder inquiry after mother and children found dead
A mother and her two children are found dead in a property, police say.

Public to be asked who should pay for social care as part of major review
Baroness Louise Casey, who is leading the review, has called the current system "impossible".

9.1m people stay up to watch England's epic win over Mexico
A peak audience of 9.1 million tuned in overnight to watch England beat Mexico to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup.

Kane and Bellingham: How superstar double act became England's Wonderwall
With 10 of England's 11 goals at the World Cup scored by either Harry Kane or Jude Bellingham, BBC Sport looks at how dependent on them the team is.

A shambolic end for the American dream - did Balogun saga play a part?
Mauricio Pochettino says he feels "disappointed with too many people" who brought "politics and manipulation" into the game as the US exit World Cup.

Salah v Messi: A World Cup meeting of two national icons
Mohamed Salah and Lionel Messi will meet in the last 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday with their nations' hopes resting firmly on their shoulders.

Alan Carr is keeping one unwanted item from his castle auction – see what was sold
A concrete cow was the only one of the hundreds of items from Ayton Castle that failed to find a buyer.

'I wear it on my middle finger': The rise of the defiant divorce ring
Around the world women are marking their split with new - or repurposed engagement - rings.

Jailers and officials at Russia's 'torture prisons' in Ukraine exposed by BBC
Former prisoners accuse the men of abuse in detention centres and want to see them brought to trial.

Resistance and revenge - Iran wanted to send a message with its farewell to Khamenei
Three days of public mourning in Tehran was a political spectacle Iran's leaders wanted the world to see, writes the BBC's international correspondent Lyse Doucet.

Why some African nations are turning down Trump aid money
The Trump administration sees the aid as more transactional - but some say it is not a fair trade.

British hunger strike couple detained in Iran 'denied medical care'
The family say they are "desperately worried" for Craig and Lindsay Foreman who are "starving".

MI5 knew agent was misogynist 'obsessed' with violence, watchdog finds
A secret inquiry by the security service's watchdog concluded there were 'serious failings in MI5's management of Agent X’.

Inquiry urged to investigate sex abuse and 'baby trading' in mother and baby homes
Thousands of women and girls passed through the secretive institutions, which were largely run by religious orders, from the 1920s until the 1990s.

Explosions injure 18 in Damascus during Macron's visit
As reports of the blasts came in, state television said the Syrian president had welcomed Macron at the presidential palace.

Woman accused of killing her baby daughter with a hairdryer
Courtney Gartshore has denied culpable homicide, along with other charges, at the High Court in Aberdeen.

E-bike injury payouts top £110m and push up insurance premiums
It is only seven years since the first claim over an injury from a micromobility vehicle was made.

Pair tell restaurant £115 dine-and-dash was a 'misunderstanding'
The bill at the The Old Custom House in Penarth included a £52 Dover sole, eight Cokes and calamari.

BBC News app
Top stories, breaking news, live reporting, and follow news topics that match your interests

Is Trump interfering in the World Cup?
Trump spoke to Fifa president about controversial red card for USA player.

After 250 years, do US citizens still believe in the American Dream?
Historian Heather Cox Richardson on what history tells us about modern America

La Liga chief critical of 'complicit silence' surrounding Fifa
La Liga president Javier Tebas has criticised the "complicit silence" which surrounds Fifa after the Folarin Balogun controversy.

The superstar double act that became England's Wonderwall
With 10 of England's 11 goals at the World Cup scored by either Harry Kane or Jude Bellingham, BBC Sport looks at how dependent on them the team is.

Former Afghanistan fast bowler Zadran dies aged 38
Former Afghanistan fast bowler and "foundation-laying figure" Shapoor Zadran dies at the age of 38.

The different ways Salah and Messi are viewed by their people
Mohamed Salah and Lionel Messi will meet in the last 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday with their nations' hopes resting firmly on their shoulders.