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Brewers pitcher among players accepting qualifying offers

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:43pm
Milwaukee's two-time All-Star accepted a deal for $22,025,000 to remove himself from the free-agent market.

Concerns grow that stocks shot too high

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:37pm
NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market fell after another jarring day Tuesday, as worries that their prices shot too high keep dogging Nvidia, bitcoin and other Wall Street stars.

Accused murderer charged with putting hit on witness

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 3:00pm
Creed D. Moore, 18, was charged Tuesday with solicitation of first-degree intentional homicide for trying to get a fellow inmate to kill his former girlfriend, as a criminal complaint alleges.

DIGEST

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 2:24pm
Retired teacher accused of sexual assault

House and Senate vote for release

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 2:12pm
WASHINGTON — The House and Senate acted decisively Tuesday to pass a bill to compel the U.S. Department of Justice to publicly release its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an effort that struggled for months to overcome opposition…

Obituary index for Wed., Nov. 19

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 1:37pm
BERTHOLD, Mary Lucille, 84 Lodi

'Guilty' for poisoned candy plot

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 1:06pm
NEW YORK — The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group who tried to recruit an undercover federal agent to dress as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children and racial minorities pleaded guilty to soliciting hate…

New Glarus Brewing owner ordered to pay shareholders

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 1:00pm
While the order from a Dane County court is a victory for the plaintiffs in the case against Deb Carey, it falls well short of what they had sought.

Bipartisan bill would legalize online sports betting in Wisconsin

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 11:31am
Despite securing bipartisan support, the measure has faced harsh scrutiny from some conservatives.

Retired Beloit teacher accused of sex assault of student; may be more victims, authorities say

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 11:25am
In late 2024, the Rock County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau learned of an allegation of sexual contact between a former student and the retired teacher.

Photo of the day: Lighting the rotunda

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 8:35am
Featured images by the Wisconsin State Journal's photo team of Amber Arnold, John Hart and Owen Ziliak.

Authorities identify man killed in crash on Highway 14 in Fitchburg

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 8:35am
The other driver involved in the crash on Thursday morning was taken to a local hospital for treatment of their injuries.

Madison seeks to dismiss class action lawsuit following uncounted ballots

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 7:35am
Law Forward’s suit asks a judge to certify the 193 voters as a class and to find that the city violated their right to vote, and it asks for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

Tom Still: Nobel Prize winner James D. Watson ‘complex’ mentor for UW-Madison researcher

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 6:50am
His onetime student Richard Burgess is known for his decades of work at the UW-Madison’s McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research and the founding of the Wisconsin Biotechnology Center.

UW-Madison must raise bad grades for free speech | Donald Downs and Raymond Taffora

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 6:40am
UW-Madison has a distinguished record of intellectual leadership in higher education. Its scholars have produced high-level research, and the campus often is a model of vibrant discourse and inquiry. It’s official motto stresses “the continuous and fearless sifting and winnowing…

Wilson Street chosen as preferred location for Madison Amtrak station

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:50am
If passenger trains return to Madison, the city wants its Amtrak station built along existing rail lines close to Downtown, transit and parking.

Video: Rich Morey on the future of aviation

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:45am
Morey owns the Morey Airplane Co., which was founded by his grandfather before there were jet engines.

Video: The gleaming steeple of Holy Redeemer returns

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:45am
The old steeple was struck by lightening and damaged by fire in May 2024.

Packers running back could 'potentially' play against Vikings after early exit vs. Giants

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:40am
Green Bay weathered some injuries in New York and could have some key players return against the Vikings.

How Wisconsin men's basketball blowout serves as practice for looming challenge

Tue, 11/18/2025 - 5:37am
The Badgers have bigger opponents on the horizon, starting Friday. But some adjustments and improvements defensively against SIUE could foreshadow what's to come.

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