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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” died at age 54 in an accidental drowning in Costa Rica, authorities there said Monday.

NEW YORK — More than 5.2 million aboveground swimming pools sold across the U.S. and Canada over the last two decades were recalled Monday after nine drowning deaths were reported.

‘Horrendous’ home for dogs leads to arrest

The stadium's capacity for a Badgers football game is 76,057, according to UW-Madison.

The Coldplay concert Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium was a sellout, with about 58,000 attendees, an official with UW-Madison said.

Concerts returned to Camp Randall in a big way this summer, with country start Morgan Wallen doing shows June 28-29 and Coldplay performing this past Saturday.

The incident happened about 12:55 a.m. in the area of North Lake Street and University Avenue after the man had recently purchased food, Madison police said.

The 39-year-old female homeowner was arrested on 14 tentative counts of mistreatment of animals.

Eventually, officers were able to convince the woman to come out of the lake and she was taken to the hospital and then jailed, Madison police said.

Witnesses reported seeing the driver speeding before the crash about 12:30 a.m. in the 2400 block of Commonwealth Avenue, Madison police said.

NEW YORK — Microsoft issued an emergency fix to close off a vulnerability in its widely used SharePoint software that hackers exploited to carry out widespread attacks on businesses and at least some U.S. government agencies.

WASHINGTON — New research finds that more Americans are shifting their money from checking and savings accounts into financial vehicles that pay an investment income — a trend that helps to explain the resilience of the U.S. economy after a…

Allure Intimate Apparel offers an in-store selection including 28- to 48-inch bands and A to O cups.

County officials announced the four-day closure of the boat launch where the Yahara River enters Lake Kegonsa as part of a much larger initiative to remove sediment.

The crash happened about 7:50 p.m. in the area of Baker Ford Road and Whig Road in Grant County, Sheriff Craig Reukauf said.

At about 9:30 p.m., fire crews were sent to the 800 block of West Broadway after a waterflow alarm activated, the Monona Fire Department said.

Almost all areas in the U.S. are getting more heavy precipitation, with the largest increases in the Midwest and Northeast.

Christopher Berge opened ObertAlvin Coffee House in Blue Mounds a year ago in a former opera house and named after his grandfathers.

Two nationwide media polls featuring Big Ten reporters don't see Wisconsin's return to contention coming this season. Check out the results here.

In 2000, Congress passed the Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection (CHIMP) Act to provide funding for lifetime care and sanctuary for chimpanzees kept and used in U.S. laboratories. Today, chimpanzee sanctuaries across the United States care for more than…