Ashley Luthern Ⓜ️

A moving, inspiring story written by the great Piet Levy. A beautiful read to start your week.

Despite video and victim's testimony in rape case, a judge ended the trial before it got to the jury jsonline.com/story/news/inv… via ⁦@aluthern⁩

A year after USA TODAY investigation, the rape kit backlog persists buff.ly/Yn1D3Hm

Meet the women who founded Milwaukee's annual 5K to support domestic violence survivors jsonline.com/story/news/inv… via @journalsentinel

MPS lost enough students to gunfire last year to fill a classroom. How can we stop the violence? jsonline.com/story/news/edu… via @journalsentinel @david_clarey @_CleoKrejci

This story demonstrates how widespread and extensive the flooding damage is across the Milwaukee area. Give it a read! It's the product of 10+ reporters' work. 'It kept coming': Residents, across Milwaukee area recount devastating floods, begin cleanup jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

Jim Lovell and Meg Jones, now both among the stars. Here’s Meg’s 2020 profile of Lovell and the Apollo 13 mission, which as she wrote, was “a triumph of ingenuity, hard work, innovation & perseverance.” jsonline.com/story/news/202…

A father is charged with executing his 4-year-old son. He had a history of domestic abuse allegations jsonline.com/story/news/cri… via ⁦@aluthern⁩

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#MKEPD #RIPBrother As we continue to grieve the loss of Milwaukee Police Department - District Two Ofc. Corder, we wanted to share a video he made speaking about "why he liked being an MPD Officer. 💙

New today: After long fight, MPS teacher's aide self-deports to El Salvador with US citizen daughters jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

COVID, conspiracy theories and a billboard campaign: Grace Schara's hospital death finally sees trial jsonline.com/story/news/hea… via ⁦@jvanegeren⁩

Victim services across Wisconsin are feeling the impacts of federal health cuts. @aluthern and I spoke to agencies in Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay and across the northwest. jsonline.com/story/news/202…

Falsifying reports. Found 'not credible.' Why aren’t they on Milwaukee's list of cops with integrity issues? jsonline.com/story/news/inv… via @aluthern

Remember the Michigan plant at the heart of the national baby formula shortage in 2022? Workers there tell @propublica they're still seeing "persistent leaks" and "unaddressed contamination." In speaking out, one said, “I can’t have this on my conscience." propublica.org/article/baby-f…

Three years. Three cities. Seven different doctors. Some misdiagnosed me. Many said my pain was in my head. All of them told me my period pain was normal. Except it was never normal. I had endometriosis and it was ruining my body. Here is my story: houstonlanding.org/endometriosis-…

You can find the first installment of the Brady list project here: jsonline.com/story/news/inv…

This officer was put on the Brady list in 2021 after an internal investigation that resulted in a suspension. In my recent piece, he was highlighted as an example of the at least two dozen people on the Brady list who still work in law enforcement. jsonline.com/story/news/loc…

A deputy falsifying jail logs. Officers stealing. An off-duty officer hitting a parked car after leaving a bar, then lying about it. Imagine one of them arrested you. Would you want to know about their past? In Wisconsin, you might not. via @aluthern buff.ly/b9ba476

New today: Trump policies jeopardize future of migrants who came here legally. They "went through the background checks, and they waited where they were. They didn't rush the border." "They followed all of the rules. But now the rules are changing." jsonline.com/story/news/loc…