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Madison man who shot at cat arrested on multiple charges

The FBI and ATF assisted in the arrest

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison Police along with agents from the FBI and ATF arrested a man at 3149 Lindbergh St. Friday who shot at a cat in August.  Christopher S. Perrote, 35, was charged with 2nd-degree reckless endangering safety,…

Columbus woman sentenced in murder-for-hire plot

Harper pleaded guilty in June

MADISON, Wis. -- A Columbus woman faces six years in federal prison for her role in a murder-for-hire plot. The Department of Justice says Kelly Harper, 38, reached out to a murder-for-hire site on the dark web. Harper reportedly gave…

A Madison woman found the RNC pipe bomb in D.C.

After the FBI interviewed Madison native Karlin Younger about discovering the pipe bomb, so did Doug Moe.

Madison native Karlin Younger was outside her Washington, D.C., apartment when she saw what she thought was garbage. Then she looked a little closer.

Highlights from the newly released FBI Mueller investigation notes

The Justice Department, responding to a lawsuit by CNN and BuzzFeed, released 295 pages of witness memoranda and notes from FBI interviews that were part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, including contacts with Donald Trump

DOJ watchdog report expected to say Russia probe launched properly

The Department of Justice Inspector General's report on the start of FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election will say the probe was properly launched but lower-level employees made a series of mistakes, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

FBI interviews of Bruce Ohr released

The Justice Department on Thursday night released 34 pages of memos from interviews with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, who was in contact with the author of the unsubstantiated 2016 dossier about Donald Trump and his presidential campaign.