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College football’s conference shakeup left concerns about two super conferences dominating the playoff field.

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A look into why the Badgers new offensive coordinator fits at Wisconsin, his history on the field, in recruiting and more.

There wasn’t a lot of fanfare to mark the anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor — the “day which will live in infamy” — which plunged the United States into the throes of World War II.

The Walt Disney Co.’s animated film “Moana 2” remained at the top of the box office in its second weekend in theaters as it brought in another record haul.

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his country fragmented in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and…

MILWAUKEE — Miller Brewing Company, known for making the “champagne of beers,” has released its first perfume with fragrance notes of its popular Miller High Life beer.

Once-rare lake trout in Lake Superior are doing so well that state biologists will use the fish to stock the species in lakes around the state, officials have announced.

Across the United States, state prison systems are grappling with chronic understaffing and overcrowding — dual crises that are keeping incarcerated people confined to their cells for far longer periods than in recent decades.

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GOP should reward its change agent, invest in campuses to lift economy

Dane County Judge Jacob Frost has overturned former Gov. Scott Walker's signature Act 10 legislation.

For the first time in nearly 50 years, a U.S. Air Force 1962 T-33 flew in Stoughton Saturday, soaring at a cruising altitude of 10 feet above the ground as Air Force personnel guided the damaged aircraft onto supports via…

With a recession deepening and the 1982 midterm elections approaching, Federal Reserve chair Paul Volcker was summoned to the Oval Office, where Ronald Reagan was sitting with his chief of staff, James Baker. When Baker said Reagan wanted to give…

The mission of bringing toys to every child has an impact on many more people.

The Badgers led No. 1 Michigan State all weekend, but a chance at a season-changing sweep slipped away. Here's how Wisconsin views that chance.

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