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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.

Note: The latest updates on what happened at Kyle Rittenhouse’s extradition hearing can be found here. 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. Kyle Rittenhouse, from the Chicago suburb...

Kenosha officials announced Wednesday that the city’s curfew has been lifted. “After consulting with local law enforcement agencies, I have decided the curfew is no longer needed,” Mayor John Antaramian said in a statement. “The last several nights have been relatively peaceful in the community, and in the judgment of law enforcement, it is appropriate to remove the curfew....

President Donald Trump traveled to Kenosha Tuesday in wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake, which sparked days of unrest in the southeastern Wisconsin city. Some city officials feared the president’s visit would fuel further division, with additional protests planned ahead of his trip, and asked the president to reschedule, but Trump said he planned to move forward...

President Trump has decided to move forward with plans to visit Kenosha Tuesday even as local officials have urged him to reconsider while the city continues to see protests and division following the shooting of Jacob Blake by a police officer. “If I didn’t INSIST on having the National Guard activate and go into Kenosha, Wisconsin, there would be...

President Donald Trump is expected to visit Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday following more than a week of protests and unrest in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Sandra Torres reports.

While some Kenosha residents aren’t happy for President’s Trump visit on Tuesday, others believe the visit could do some good. NBC 5’s Alex Maragos reports.

President Donald Trump says he will still visit Kenosha, Wisc., despite a request from Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers to postpone.

Officials in Kenosha announced that the city’s curfew will remain in effect through at least Labor Day amid continuing unrest after the police shooting of Jacob Blake earlier this month. According to officials, the curfew will go into effect at 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, and will go into effect at 9 p.m. beginning on Wednesday and running...

 Facebook made a mistake in not removing a militia group’s page earlier this week that called for armed civilians to enter Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid violent protests after police shot Jacob Blake, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says. The page for the “Kenosha Guard” violated Facebook’s policies and had been flagged by “a bunch of people,” Zuckerberg said in a video posted Friday...

Lawyers for Antioch teen Kyle Rittenhouse defended his actions in Kenosha, saying the teen acted in self-defense. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the details.

Jacob Blake is no longer shackled to his hospital bed, as he had been following a police shooting in southeastern Wisconsin that left him paralyzed, his attorneys said Friday. Kenosha Police Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back on Sunday while responding to a domestic abuse call. Protesters have filled Kenosha’s streets every...

An Illinois judge postponed Kyle Rittenhouse’s extradition hearing to Sept. 25 during a brief hearing that was streamed online. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

After an emotional week, people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, are using art and kindness to help heal the city. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.

Governor of Wisconsin Tony Evers addressed the unrest in Kenosha at a press conference on Thursday, a day after police arrested a 17-year-old for the shooting of racial justice protesters. Evers was joined by the Wisconsin lieutenant governor and the National Guard, who spoke about maintaining peaceful protests.

At a press conference on Thursday, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes gave updates on the recovery of Jacob Blake as well as the ongoing racial justice protests. Barnes also gave updates on the armed militia that has arrived in Kenosha, Wis.

Two people were killed and one was injured as shots rang out in Kenosha, Wisconsin, late Tuesday, according to the city’s police department, amid anger over the police shooting of a Black man.

For the third night in a row, demonstrators and police clashed on the streets of Kenosha, with unrest continuing in the aftermath of the shooting of Jacob Blake over the weekend. Our Alex Maragos is on the scene in Kenosha.

Family members of Jacob Blake, the man Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officers shot several times in the back on Sunday, were scheduled to speak alongside their attorney on Tuesday afternoon.

Jacob Blake, the man Kenosha police shot on Sunday in a jarring incident caught on video, has deep ties to the Chicago area. Sandra Torres reports.