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The TikTok logo is seen on a cell phone on Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston. On Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, Wisconsin became the latest state to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes amid a push for a federal ban and after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular app. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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EXPLAINER: University of Wisconsin latest to ban TikTok
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Thu,01/12/23-4:26PM , 156 Reads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The University of Wisconsin System has joined a number of universities across the nation that have banned the popular socail media app TikTok on school-owned devices.
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Darrell Brooks, appearing via video in an adjacent courtroom after being removed for continuous interruptions, is taken away by Waukesha County Sheriffs Deputies after he's is sentenced to 6 consecutive life sentences in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

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Man who killed 6 in Christmas parade gets life, no release
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Wed,11/16/22-1:08PM , 159 Reads
A judge sentenced a man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to life in prison with no chance of release Wednesday, rejecting arguments f
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Darrell Brooks reacts as the guilty verdict is read during his trial in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Brooks, who is represented himself during the trial, was charged with driving into a Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

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Man convicted of killing 6 with SUV in Christmas parade
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Wed,10/26/22-10:57AM , 227 Reads
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Defendant Darrell Brooks takes a moment to compose himself after making his opening statement to the jury during his trial in a Waukesha County Circuit Court in Waukesha, Wis., on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Brooks, who is representing himself during the trial, is charged with driving into a Waukesha Christmas Parade last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more. (Scott Ash/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool)

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Parade suspect's court antics won't help appeal, experts say
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Sun,10/23/22-11:18AM , 270 Reads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — He stripped his shirt off in court. He complains that the prosecutors are “slick." He won't let the judge get a word in. He won't even answer to his own name.
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