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Social media accounts and the White House website were transitioned to reflect a new administration almost immediately after President Donald Trump took the oath of office on Friday.

A Milwaukee man alleges that sheriff’s deputies interrogated him and treated him “like a criminal” at Mitchell International Airport following a simple interaction with Sheriff David Clarke on board a flight from Dallas, according to a formal complaint he filed with the county.

The Milwaukee officer who fatally shot a man in August, sparking two days of unrest in the city’s Sherman Park neighborhood, sexually assaulted a man after they drank shots together at a bar while watching the second night of protests on television, a criminal complaint released Thursday said.

A Milwaukee restaurant owner said he’ll likely continue to serve customers despite not having a license until city officials show up and close him down, and he took aim at an alderman he called a “little mayor” who did nothing to help a small business in need.

An officer-involved shooting earlier this month at a Sheboygan tavern was a case of suicide-by-cop by a U.S. veteran who’d dreamed of killing police officers, the district attorney said Friday.

A teacher’s aide who was seen on video attacking a student in a classroom was lured into the confrontation by the student and his friends in an effort to “get rid of” the aide, according to a court document filed Friday.

The owner of Leon’s Frozen Custard, a favorite treat location on Milwaukee’s south side, acknowledged Wednesday that he has a rule in place that prevents his employees from speaking to customers in Spanish, but he said it doesn’t come from a place of discrimination or racism.

Mayor Tom Barrett on Friday morning said the street code against “snitching” is a “bunch of crap,” and he implored residents who have information about a Thursday night shootout that critically injured a little girl and left more than 40 shell casings in the street to come forward.