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Wisconsin, nation react to Kenosha officers avoiding charges in Jacob Blake shooting Elliot Hughes and Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Angela Peterson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jacob Blake's father, Jacob Blake Sr., left, speaks at a news conference calling for charges against Officer Rusten Sheskey on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. At right is Justin Blake, Jacob Blake's uncle. The decision not to charge any of the officers involved in the August shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha drew many similar reactions: it was no surprise, it was frustrating and the nation's ...

December 28, 2020 7:58 PM ET Font Size: A Wisconsin clinic discarded around 50 vials of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine due to “human error,” TMJ4 reported Monday. Officials for Advocate Aurora Health said vials were left out of refrigeration after an employee took the vials out to get to other items and did not put them back, TMJ4 reported. “While some of the vaccine was administered to team members on Dec. 26 within the approved 12-hour post-refrigeration window, unfortunately, most of it had to be discarded due to the temperature storage requirements necessary to maintain its viability,...

Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool) MADISON, Wis. — State health officials expect to receive 16,000 doses of Moderna’s vaccine at hospitals and clinics throughout the state this week. Gov. Tony Evers said in a statement Monday that health officials expect to receive a total of 100,000 in the coming weeks. “Folks, this is exciting news. The COVID-19 vaccine is an important tool we need to battle this pandemic,” Evers said. “While we do n...

Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson dead at age 87 Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has died.  Abrahamson’s 43 years on the court made her the longest-serving justice in state Supreme Court history. She was also the first woman to serve on the court, and its chief justice for a record 19 years, from 1996 until 2015. Governor Tony Evers said in a statement that Abrahamson’s legacy is defined through her “life’s work of ensuring she would not be the last, paving and lighting the way for the many women and others who would come afte...