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Thousands of people filed into the Fiserv Forum Wednesday for the GOP presidential candidates debate. Meanwhile, protesters also gathered in downtown Milwaukee including a pro-union group.

More than 150 people marched for various rights that the marchers say the GOP threatens.

Authorities say arson occurred early Sunday at the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action's Madison office. The incident came during a weekend of more protest marches in support of abortion rights.

The man who bought an AR-15-style rifle for Kyle Rittenhouse pleaded no contest Monday to a reduced charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in a deal with prosecutors that allows him to avoid prison.

After more than 20 hours of deliberation, jurors unanimously found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty.

A timeline of key events before and after Kyle Rittenhouse shot three people during a night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.

Day two of jury deliberations in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse ended without a verdict Wednesday at the Kenosha County Courthouse. Outside the courthouse, supporters of both Rittenhouse and the men Rittenhouse killed, Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum, gathered while jury deliberations were underway.

The first man Kyle Rittenhouse fatally shot on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, was “irrational and crazy,” Rittenhouse’s attorney told jurors at his murder trial. Joseph Rosenbaum had been on medication for bipolar disorder and depression, and he was trying to take Rittenhouse's rifle, attorney Mark Richards said, suggesting there could have been more bloodshed if Rittenhouse hadn't acted.

The mistrial bid was sparked by a jury request Wednesday to re-watch video evidence, including drone footage that prosecutors used to try to undermine Rittenhouse’s self-defense claim and portray him as the instigator of the bloodshed in Kenosha in the summer of 2020.

Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorneys asked the judge on Wednesday to declare a mistrial before the jury reaches a decision, saying the defense received an inferior copy of a key video from prosecutors.