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SportsMILWAUKEE, Wis. — Marquette climbed out of an early hole and briefly led No. 17 Minnesota on Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee, but the Gophers controlled the boards and left the Al McGuire Center with an 87-79 win. The loss dropped the Golden Eagles to 1-1.…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
From Merger Monday
Fox Corp. borrowed $10.4 billion on Friday as it completed its roughly $22 billion purchase of Roku Inc., drawing $2 billion under an amended term loan and $8.4 billion under a new bridge facility to cover part of the cash it owed Roku holders. An 8-K filed with the Securities and…
Crime
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Harry Bruce, a 56-year-old special education teacher at Roosevelt Middle School, died Thursday evening after he was beaten near 12th and Walnut in Milwaukee, and a 22-year-old man is now in custody, according to the Milwaukee Police Department. Investigators placed the attack a little after 5:30 p.m.…
Politics
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, now Wisconsin's governor-elect, said Sunday that he was aware of a $4.56 million hole in the county's draft 2027 spending plan before voters went to the polls. Crowley said his staff did know about the problem and wanted county supervisors to hear…
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