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The national tour of "Wicked" is scheduled to run through July 27 in Madison.

A 17-year-old was found guilty of felony murder Tuesday, one of three people arrested in a fatal shooting in December.

It was fun while it lasted. The pizzazz, the leaping over tall buildings in a single bound, the panoramic smile and wisecracks. Thanks for the memories, Zohran Mamdani, but it’s time to get serious.

Elon Musk’s “America Party,” launched on July 5, sent shockwaves through Washington. It’s not likely to sweep the 2026 midterms, but it’s a loud signal that Silicon Valley and younger Americans are fed up with Democrats and Republicans dodging the…

A Madison man was found guilty of reckless homicide and sentenced to eight years in prison Monday after a man he was convicted for shooting in 2015 died from complications.

Man pleads guilty in RNC gun incident

Brookings, South Dakota, police revealed the cause of death of former Badgers running back and receiver Nate White.

The Italian Workmen’s Club building at 914 Regent St., pictured Tuesday, has received its formal plaque after being placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior, in recognition of its deep cultural and…

Alas, the weather forecast looks iffy.

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WASHINGTON — Inflation rose last month to its highest level since February as President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs push up the cost of everything from groceries and clothes to furniture and appliances.

LONDON — Vandals who cut down England’s beloved Sycamore Gap tree were sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison for damaging the country’s natural heritage and for the widespread outrage and distress it caused.

Incidents of black bears attacking or killing humans are very rare but do occur both in Wisconsin and across the country.

SSM is getting ready to open a new orthopedic and eye surgical center in Sun Prairie in September and break ground on a new medical campus in Verona on Tuesday.

Organizers of the Great Taste of the Midwest are still very bullish on the festival's future.

"These are symbols of what we want to aspire to and live up to," Portage Mayor Matt Fiene said. "Having a monument of this reminds us of those ideals."

The SUV driver, a 43-year-old Beloit woman, was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign causing death, Beloit police said.

The driver of the SUV stayed at the scene and is fully cooperating with the investigation, Beloit police said.