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Lawsuit charges police violated federal laws in their reaction to 2020 BLM protests.

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.

The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center's Honor Roll Project is an effort to document the stories of each of Milwaukee County's 3,481 fallen service members.

YORKVILLE — A new federal lawsuit is alleging that, after a private business arrangement with local landowners fell through, a Yorkville village plan commissioner used his position to oppose his former associates in a separate land deal that could have brought a new small business park to Racine County. The allegations against Daniel Maurice, now an elected village trustee, are included in a civil lawsuit filed against the Village of Yorkville by Jon and Kay Erickson, the owners of Erickso...

This week in history: May 3-9 2 May 2021 Radovan Karadzic On May 7, 1996, the first in a series of war crimes trials stemming from the war in Bosnia opened in the international court at The Hague, Netherlands. Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb, stood accused of carrying out atrocities against Bosnian civilians, including murder, rape and torture. The opening of the trial, however, centered on a dispute over the nature of the Bosnian conflict. The prosecution attempted to base itself on war crimes law...