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Tiny tornadoes that only pop out of thunderstorms and don't hit the ground are possible in southern Wisconsin Friday afternoon, as deepening low pressure raises the chances for bad weather.

On a Sunday morning in late July, in a small town in southwest Alabama, Barbara Moore Knight gave her fellow church members news that brought spontaneous applause and murmurs of “Amen!” She told them her son, James LaRon Knight, was…

Senate must act to avoid further dysfunction

UW-Madison is one of the top universities in the world when it comes to getting patents for the work done here, according to a report released on Friday.

Care for a wee dram to go with your shiraz from Oz?

WASHINGTON — A sluggish month of retail spending has tempered expectations for the U.S. economy's growth in the coming months.

A Stoughton man who bought heroin for himself and two other men, one of whom died from an overdose, pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree reckless homicide.

Some do's and don'ts to keep the massive beer festival at Olin Park the transcendent experience it should be.

Johnson, meanwhile, seeks to preserve the delicate balance he has tried to strike with his party's controversial White House nominee.

What would you do if you found a wallet on a Madison street? With a ton of money stuffed inside?

Dane County conservative David Blaska urged a state RNC official to dump Trump, but the official says it's too late.

Burning green leaves can make lots of smoke to keep mosquitoes away, but lots of smoke can also attract firefighters, especially when such a fire is not allowed in the city of Madison.

A Madison man who came from a different country was scammed out of $15,000 this week, fearing he would be arrested and deported if he didn't follow orders.

Everyone knows Joyce Kilmer’s love song to trees — “I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree.” That’s the way I feel about tomatoes.

Donald Trump plans to return to Wisconsin next week.

A Madison man riding a Metro Transit bus was arrested Thursday afternoon after he allegedly showed a gun to two teens, the gun turning out to be a BB gun.

The stated goal is to combat 'constitutional democracy' and 'the West's idea of journalism'

RIPON -- Religion continues to be an important factor in the race for president. But Republican and Democratic Christians have different views of who Jesus would support.

An accidental release of refrigerant gas into ventilation equipment caused the evacuation of a Far West Side business twice on Thursday, with a number of employees reporting dizziness or headaches.