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President Donald Trump recently posted an AI-generated depiction of former President Barack Obama being arrested and handcuffed in the Oval Office as a gleeful Trump looks on. I have seen more obnoxious deep fakes coming from both parties. But this…

Each of the NFL’s 32 teams received $432.6 million from the NFL, which mainly comes from the league’s TV contracts.

July 29, 1927 — July 22, 2025

Highlights from Luke Fickell's busy day in Las Vegas. From roster updates, possible surprise redshirts and more.

The Badgers athletic director gives his thoughts on Luke Fickell's new-look team and what he hopes is its identity.

Attorney General Pam Bondi faced Democratic calls to testify before Congress following a revelation she told President Donald Trump his name appeared in the files of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The most-played rivalry in college football is in a dead heat and the Gophers' energetic coach keeps it in focus throughout the year.

The Green Bay Packers intend to move two-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman from left guard to center this season.

Milwaukee has won five of its six games since the All-Star festivities, and scored the most runs it has since a 10-6 win over Colorado on June 27.

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Above: Florida Panthers assistant athletic trainer Brian Riedel holds the Stanley Cup with Logan Bersky, 10, during a visit Wednesday at American Family Children’s Hospital in Madison. Below left: Krew Kibbel, 5, takes a shot at a miniature goal while…

LA CROSSE — After three days of searches, the body of missing Viterbo graduate student Eliotte Heinz was recovered Wednesday morning from the Mississippi River.

Lauren Carlini and a pair of others are part of the staff in charge of keeping the Badgers competitive in seasons to come.

Bryan Kohberger, the man who sneaked into a home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four students to death in 2022, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

More than two weeks since the commission responded, the DOJ has yet to follow up on the agency's letter.

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks set more records Wednesday following a trade deal between the world’s No. 1 and No. 4 economies, which would lower proposed tariffs on Japanese imports coming to the United States.

Southern Wisconsin is under a heat advisory until 8 p.m. Wednesday.

The "make America great again" crowd has been obsessed with theories about Jeffrey Epstein, a New York financier and sex offender who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Many in Donald Trump's orbit fueled the fire of…

Should the county expand the Exhibition Hall and keep major events like the World Dairy Expo, or upgrade the dated Coliseum to attract more shows, and the money they bring?

Madison and Dane County have a long history of pulling off publicly funded projects — eventually.