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Best-selling books for the week ended June 12.

One year after Johnson let the U.S. Open slip away from him at Chambers Bay, he drove his way to the top of the leaderboard Friday at Oakmont.

Those closest to leader Dustin Johnson will have to put in marathons of their own Saturday to stay in contention in a tournament turned upside down by storms.

The 6-foot-3, 314-pound former UCLA defensive tackle was selected 27th overall in April.

With the turn of a ceremonial shovel Saturday, construction will begin on the 714,000-square-foot arena just north of the Bucks' current home, the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

The owner likes the way his team has been playing.

MILWAUKEE — One little lapse in concentration was all it took Friday afternoon. Because when the Waukesha West defenders briefly lost their focus, Mequon Homestead junior midfielder Jenna Dorf was using her head.

Sam Armstrong hit a three-run homer and Cam Comer and Nico Hoerner each had multiple extra-base hits as the Madison Mallards defeated the Battle Creek Bombers 10-2 in a Northwoods League amateur baseball game on Friday night at Warner Park.

A shootout save by goalkeeper Giselle Monette also comes up huge in West's 5-3 penalty-kicks decision against Eau Claire Memorial.

The leaders of last season’s state champion Verona girls basketball team — Grace Mueller, Kira Opsal and Cheyenne Trilling — had one more game to win on Friday.

Schliem, who got his final base hit at age 63, had the chance to play Home Talent League ball with his two sons, who still are playing

The project would rehouse the iconic restaurant and its Come Back Inn, preserve Hotel Ruby Marie and and likely add a hotel, housing and commercial space.

It’s good news Pizza Hut has committed to reducing artificial ingredients in its pizzas. But planning to serve chicken raised without routine antibiotics is even more important than simple “tinkering with their recipes.” By taking this step to reduce antibiotics…

I walk the Southwest Commuter Path daily and am baffled by the the bags of dog waste scattered hither and fro.

Why do the good citizens of Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District want the government to take away their Social Security and Medicare benefits?

On my morning walks during rush hour on Madison's West Side, I always see at least one motorist driving while using a cellphone. Some mornings I see three or four on busy roads such as Yellowstone, Rosa, Odana or Mineral…

Another Marquette Law School poll is out. But once again, no questions about cannabis legalization were asked. One has to go all the way back to September 2014 for that.

Gov. Scott Walker's latest public stumble is the posting of an obsolete, 48-star version of Old Glory to recognize Flag Day.

I saw on the Ch. 3 news that rats had been sighted along East Washington Avenue in Madison.

Perhaps some do not understand that the "noise" they hear from fighter jets is the sound of freedom.