Top Milwaukee News Headlines
Milwaukees breaking news.

A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. [From Top Stories]

Wisconsin environmental inspections declined in most categories that affect air and water quality, and they mirrored a previously reported decrease in 2011 enforcement cases, according to DNR records. [From JSOnline.com]

Time appears to have run out on Waukesha's effort to obtain Lake Michigan water by a court-imposed deadline of June 2018 to provide residents with radium-safe drinking water. [From JSOnline.com]

Two reports by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance show that state school districts that had increasing enrollment and saved on employee benefit costs often added teachers, while districts with declining enrollment and little or no benefit savings sustained losses. [From JSOnline.com]

Two people are rescued after a sport utility vehicle they were in crashed into the Oconomowoc River, authorities say. [From Top Stories]

Today's Top Stories
From around the world and across the street.

BONDENO, Italy (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area's cultural heritage. [From Reuters: Top News]

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer.... [From AP Top Headlines At 5 a.m. EDT]

NEW YORK (AP) -- A blind Chinese legal activist who escaped house arrest, endured a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle and a hurried daylong flight paused ever so briefly upon his arrival in New York City before taking up a familiar fight.... [From AP Top Headlines At 5 a.m. EDT]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- For Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, it was quite a week - from birthday, to IPO, to I DO.... [From AP Top Headlines At 5 a.m. EDT]

APNewsBreak: 22 states, DC back Montana in Supreme Court corporate spending fight [From ABC News: Top Stories]