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Thank you for professor Gail Carlson’s Aug. 10 guest column, "The changing environment makes us sick."

While Froma Harrop makes many excellent points in her Aug. 12 column, "What the Democrats must do to win back voters," I was outraged at her labelling of transgender rights as a “boutique cause.”

Our country has a long history of issues with immigrants, from the Chinese to the Irish to the Italians to the Jews. Seldom in our past has such hostility been manifested in the manner it is being used now by…

In Sunday's State Journal story "Should rivers, trees have rights?," state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, and Rep. Joy Goeben, R-Hobart, let us know what they think.

Jordan Love had his thumb, which had ligament damage, wrapped while going through a series of passing drills.

Many of the state’s top high school girls tennis players hail from the Madison/WiscNews area. Here are seven standout performers to watch for this fall.

The Badgers feature 10 new players and only two returners with significant experience. But there's no shortage of potential on a team filled with talent and passion.

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Freddy Peralta allowed one hit and struck out six batters and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-0 in the first half of a Monday doubleheader.

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DETROIT — Jack Flaherty struck out nine batters in seven scoreless innings and the Detroit Tigers went on to beat the Houston Astros 10-0 on Monday night.

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MIAMI — Hurricane Erin began pelting part of the Caribbean with rain and wind Monday before it’s expected to churn up dangerous surf and rip currents along the U.S. East Coast this week.

Both train tracks that were affected by Friday’s derailment near Reeseville are back open, officials with Canadian Pacific said Monday.

Freddy Peralta allowed one hit and struck out six batters and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 7-0 in the first half of a Monday doubleheader.

Above: Mark Nesslar, left, and Julie Swanson, of Madison, participate in an installation by Efrat Livny, which honors a fallen tree, using cloth to write names or messages last week at the Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability in…

The chain has been promoting its burger giveaway for decades, but the Brewers have only achieved the feat two other times since they arrived in Milwaukee in 1970: in 1987 and 2018.

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