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An assistant athletic trainer for the Florida Panthers is from Sun Prairie, and he's bringing the championship trophy home, with a public event for picture-taking.

WASHINGTON — Venus Williams is back on the tennis scene, ready to compete for the first time in more than a year, and while she smiled or laughed frequently Sunday while discussing her return at the DC Open, there was…

Milwaukee moved into a tie with the Chicago Cubs and Detroit Tigers for the best record in the majors after finishing off a road sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

PARIS — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has…

Madison and Dane County government

President Donald Trump has called for Washington's football team and Cleveland's baseball team to return to their previous names.

The Trump administration has been moving to gut all sorts of essential services for Americans. But one of the cruelest cuts came last week when, at the direction of the White House, the LGBTQ+ Youth Specialized Services program of the…

NEW YORK — A Justice Department request to unseal grand jury transcripts in the prosecution of chronic sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein and his former girlfriend is unlikely to produce much, if anything, to satisfy the public’s appetite for new revelations…

WASHINGTON — Some dolphins in Australia have a special technique to flush fish from the seafloor. They hunt with a sponge on their beak, like a clown nose.

NEW YORK — James Gunn’s “Superman” showed staying power in its second weekend at North American box offices, collecting $57.3 million in ticket sales and remaining the No. 1 movie in cinemas, according to studio estimates Sunday.

One person was killed and five people were injured in the two crashes on I-39/90/94 near DeForest, authorities said.

The race for the 2026 Wisconsin governor's race is starting early. Two Republicans, Washington County Executive Josh Schoemann and manufacturing executive Bill Berrien, have entered the race, and Berrien has already purchased airtime and put out ads touting his campaign.

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

Former council president becomes latest community member to help shape our opinions and endorsements

Madison Area Technical College said it identified the land that is across from its Watertown campus as surplus.

The 28-year-old British band's two-hour "Music of the Spheres World Tour" was a hit parade loaded with special effects.

An area typically known for Badger Red turned an uncharacteristic shade Saturday, at least in mood: It was all yellow.

A reader rightly is concerned about misinformation.