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Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:30pm
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration asked federal agencies Tuesday to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university.

Dane County Sheriff's Office identifies man, 25, who drowned in Lake Monona

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:25pm
Collin Smith lived his life "by treating others with courtesy, by truly listening and thinking before he spoke, and by being kind and compassionate," his family said.

Child, 6, in critical condition after shooting himself at Far East Side complex

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 3:00pm
The man who owned the gun faces charges of second degree recklessly endangering safety, child neglect and injury using a deadly weapon.

Wisconsin volleyball nonconference schedule features 5 teams ranked in final top 25

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 2:53pm
The Wisconsin volleyball team will play six of its eight nonconference matches in Madison. Only one will be outside the state borders.

Speaker Mike Johnson helps Donald Trump style his big, beautiful comb-over in Phil Hands' cartoon

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 2:45pm
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was able to get Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" through the House of Representatives.

Hundreds of UnityPoint Health-Meriter nurses begin weeklong strike

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 1:27pm
The hospital says staff and outside nurses are filling in and have "transitioned smoothly into patient care."

Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that's sacred to Apaches

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 1:26pm
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred.

Ron Johnson: 'No way' I'm voting for federal spending bill

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:26pm
"Thirty-seven trillion dollars in debt, and we're going to add it. As Republicans? That is unacceptable," Sen. Ron Johnson said.

Obituary index for Wed., May 28

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 12:22pm
BONGARD, Elizabeth “Liz” R., 92Prairie du Sac

Dane County judge who left court to arrest defendant suspended

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 11:46am
Ellen Berz violated rules requiring judges to be unbiased, have “high standards of conduct” and to treat people “with patience, dignity and courtesy.”

Woman arrested for OWI with 2 small children not properly restrained in vehicle in Stoughton

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 11:35am
The 33-year-old woman’s alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit for driving of 0.08, Stoughton police said in a statement.

Tesla's monthly sales in Europe plunge by half

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 10:35am
LONDON — Tesla sales across Europe plunged by half last month even as growth in the electric car market picked up pace, according to data released Tuesday.

A family digs through trash for bits of food, showing Gaza's growing desperation

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 10:34am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — With flies buzzing all around them, the woman and her daughter picked through the pile of garbage bags for scraps of food at the foot of a destroyed building in Gaza City. She found a…

90-year-old driver seriously injured in crash off Vernon County road

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 10:20am
A 911 caller reported the single-vehicle crash near the intersection of Highway O and Sylvan Glen Road in the town of Bergen near Stoddard.

Alcohol, speed suspected factors in crash that seriously injured motorcyclist in Lafayette County

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 8:10am
The motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was taken by ambulance to Lafayette Hospital and Clinics in Darlington, then flown by MedFlight helicopter to University Hospital in Madison.

15-year-old boy arrested for armed robbery of Vernon County convenience store

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 7:40am
A gun and money were found and the teen was taken into custody and turned over to juvenile authorities.

Madison police taking applications for free camp for Black youth

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 7:35am
It's the 14th year for the Black Youth Academy, which along with a similar camp for Latino youth also aims to build trust between local law enforcement and nonwhite communities.

Draft Queen: Is being a Childless Millennial pushing me out of the taproom?

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 7:10am
A brewery should not have to offer free day care.

Madison's Art Cart turns 50 with 2 celebrations

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 6:50am
The longtime collaboration between MSCR and MMOCA will be feted in June and July.

Tom Still: Even without AI, energy use will rise … so how do we get there?

Tue, 05/27/2025 - 6:40am
The U.S. generated about 4,300 billion kilowatt-hours of electric power in 2024, and will need 1,000 billion to 1,200 billion more kilowatt hours in the next decade.

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