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Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:00am
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Spike Lee on the collision of his two passions, the Knicks and cinema, in Cannes

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:00am
CANNES, France — There’s no sufficient way of explaining what it’s like to be around Spike Lee, but his new film, “Highest 2 Lowest” comes pretty close.

NFL teams can keep using the tush push after ban proposal fails at owners meetings

Thu, 05/22/2025 - 12:00am
NFL owners narrowly failed to pass a proposal to prohibit the tush push. The fate of the short-yardage strategy was on the agenda at their spring meetings. The ban on offensive players from pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping or encircling a…

Edward J. Hornung

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 11:00pm
May 21, 1945 - May 14, 2025

Sharon L. Gard

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 11:00pm
October 23, 1947—May 17, 2025

Edward J. Hornung

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 11:00pm
May 21, 1945—May 14, 2025

Terry A. Willkom

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 11:00pm
February 23, 1943—May 16, 2025

Local digest for Thursday, May 22, 2025

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 5:24pm
Gunshots reported on West Side

Trump confronts South African leader with baseless claims of the systematic killing of white farmers

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 4:15pm
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to forcefully confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing the country of failing to address Trump’s baseless claim of the systematic killing of white farmers.

Brewers give up 4 in 11th inning to lose to Orioles at home

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 4:09pm
Adley Rutschman hit a three-run homer, allowing Baltimore to beat Milwaukee and snap the Brewers' three-game winning streak.

Meet Pogie the Yogie, a rock star among Madison children

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 3:55pm
The upbeat Mister Rogers-inspired character bases his popular YouTube series at Madison venues, yet wants to spread Pogie's message nationwide.

WAITING FOR THE SUN

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 3:42pm
Above: Workers set up stages Wednesday for the World’s Largest Brat Fest, a popular three-day music festival this weekend at Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Contending with the day’s rain at left is Intellisound Productions worker David Windus. The National…

Wall Street tumbles under the weight of rising Treasury yields and US debt worries

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 3:28pm
NEW YORK — Wall Street slumped Wednesday under the weight of pressure from the bond market, where Treasury yields climbed on worries about the U.S. government’s spiraling debt and other concerns.

Madison woman gets probation in fentanyl-related death of Illinois man in 2021

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 3:27pm
She, along with Courtney L. Miller, 45, of Madison, had originally been charged with first-degree reckless homicide.

NCAA champion takes over as Wisconsin swimming and diving coach

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 2:37pm
Jack Brown's coaching path has taken him from Missouri to North Carolina to the Badgers, where he'll replace Yuri Suguiyama.

Defense Department accepts Boeing 747 from Qatar for Trump's use (copy)

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 2:09pm
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accepted a luxury Boeing 747 aircraft from Qatar for President Donald Trump to use as Air Force One, the Pentagon said Wednesday, despite ongoing questions about the ethics and legality of taking the $400…

Swiss evacuate livestock by hoof and helicopter because of landslide risk over Alpine village

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 1:46pm
GENEVA — Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved out of a village threatened by a possible landslide from an Alpine mountainside overhead. One puzzled…

Clownfish shrink their bodies to survive ocean heat waves (copy)

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 1:32pm
NEW YORK — To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size.

Liberal justices back Taylor for Wisconsin Supreme Court seat

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 1:30pm
The endorsement amounts to an anointment of Taylor as the liberal candidate to beat more than 10 months from the election.

Illinois village wants to acquire old home of Pope Leo XIV, may use eminent domain (copy)

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 1:15pm
An Illinois community is looking to acquire the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV and work with the Archdiocese of Chicago to ensure it's a place the public can visit.

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