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A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, is due back in court Friday as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges.

A 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, remains in custody in his home state of Illinois as his attorneys fight efforts to send him to Wisconsin to stand trial on homicide charges. Kyle Rittenhouse appeared on a video stream and wore a face mask during a brief court hearing Friday...

Sending a 17-year-old accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, to stand trial in Wisconsin would “turn him over to the mob,” defense attorneys argued in court records Thursday. Kyle Rittenhouse was arrested at his home in Antioch, Illinois, a day after prosecutors say he shot and killed two protesters and injured a...

After the release of grand jury recordings in Breonna Taylor’s case, family members of Taylor and relatives of Jacob Blake joined together Saturday to call for unity. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Family members of Breonna Taylor and Jacob Blake joined Chicago Rev. Jesse Jackson Saturday in Evanston, Blake’s hometown, to call for reform within the country’s judicial system. One day earlier, Kentucky’s attorney general released grand jury recordings, including testimony from police and witnesses, in the case of Taylor, a Louisville EMT who was fatally in March shot during a botched...

On Friday, Kyle Rittenhouse and his attorneys revealed plans to fight the teen’s extradition from Illinois and Wisconsin. Now, Phil Rogers with NBC 5 Investigates reports Rittenhouse’s lawyer has a video that reveals the defense strategy.

Attorneys representing Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Lake County youth accused of killing two people and wounding a third during protests last month in Kenosha have mounted a high-profile defense alleging he acted in self-defense. “This is 100% self-defense,” Los Angeles attorney John Pierce stated in a video posted to Twitter earlier this month. “If this is not self defense for…

An attorney for the 17-year-old from Illinois charged in shootings that left two people dead and a third wounded last month during unrest in Kenosha said in a hearing on Friday that they planned to challenge the teen’s extradition to Wisconsin.

The 17-year-old from Illinois charged in shootings that left two people dead and a third wounded last month during unrest in Kenosha appeared in a hearing on Friday during which his attorney said they planned to challenge his extradition to Wisconsin.

The 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting two people and injuring a third during unrest in Kenosha last month is scheduled to appear in court Friday for a hearing on whether or not he’ll be extradited to Wisconsin. Chris Hush reports.

Members of Jacob Blake’s family are marching through Kenosha Thursday to Grace Lutheran Church, where they are expected to demand the officers involved in Blake’s shooting be fired and attempted first-degree murder charges be brought for the officer who shot him. Watch live in the player above.

As part of the ongoing investigation into the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin last month, the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office has requested that an independent consultant review investigative files and to provide an assessment of the incident prior to a decision being made on whether charges will be filed in the case. The announcement was...

As part of the ongoing investigation into the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin last month, the Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office has requested that an independent consultant review investigative files and to provide an assessment of the incident prior to a decision being made on whether charges will be filed in the case.

A month after Jacob Blake was shot in the back by a Kenosha police officer, portions of the Wisconsin city remain boarded up and residents reflect on all that has happened in the past four weeks. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Editor’s note: Watch the update live in the player above beginning at 6 p.m. CST Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Gravely are expected to provide an update Monday evening on the ongoing investigation into the August police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. While it remains unclear what exactly the pair are...

The Dallas Independent School District apologized for an assignment that asked high school students to write an essay about a “hero for the modern age,” and choose someone from a list that includes Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old Antioch teen accused of killing two people during racial justice protests in Kenosha. Rittenhouse was suggested as a “hero for the modern age”…

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian has announced a series of public listening sessions to help unify the community and move forward three weeks after a police officer shot Jacob Blake, sparking several nights of protests. At a news conference Monday, Antaramian said feedback from the listening sessions, which begin later this week, will become a part of the city’s Commit...

Kenosha Mayor John Antaramian has announced a series of public listening sessions to help unify the community and move forward three weeks after a police officer shot Jacob Blake, sparking several nights of protests. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell has more from the mayor’s presser Monday.

For the first time since he was shot by police in Kenosha, Jacob Blake on Friday appeared via hospital bed to face charges.

Jacob Blake’s father said Friday that his “happy-go-lucky” son is optimistic for his future, although he remains paralyzed from the waist down after being shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer. A clearly exhausted Jacob Blake Sr., speaking by video chat from a Milwaukee hotel, told The Associated Press that the past two weeks...