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Brewers rookie Caleb Durbin homers in Wrigley Field 'homecoming' win
Milwaukee's Caleb Durbin was able to thrill — and upset — a group of family and friends at Wrigley Field with one swing of the bat on Thursday.
Hockey rides into offseason with full-on buzz
The 4 Nations Face-Off in February was meant to provide a taste of international competition a year before the Winter Olympics because it had been nearly a decade since the NHL’s top players were able to represent their countries in…
Coastal Carolina is in CWS finals, and retired coach Gary Gilmore is happy to watch from afar
Considering the run Coastal Carolina’s baseball team is on — 26 straight wins on the way to the College World Series finals — it would be understandable if Gary Gilmore had second thoughts about retiring after last season.
NFL widows struggled to care for ex-players with CTE. They say a new study minimizes their pain
Dozens of widows and other caregivers for former NFL players diagnosed with CTE say a published study is insulting and dismissive of their experience living with the degenerative brain disease that has been linked to concussions and other repeated head…
Pro draft will give record-setting Wisconsin player the answer to a lingering question
Casey O'Brien is expected to be picked early in the PWHL draft. Here's how the former Badgers star prepared for the move to the pros.
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Suspects in Madison poisoning plot charged with attempted homicide in Rock County
The two are charged with three counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and aggravated battery, among other charges.
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Madison West goalie cool under pressure, caps Division 1 state semifinal win in penalty kicks
The senior netminder made two pressure-packed saves to send the Regents through to Saturday's state championship game for the first time since 2016.
Brewers hold on late to defeat Cubs in second game of shortened series
Milwaukee gave up consecutive two-run innings in the seventh and eighth frames, respectively, but got past Chicago on Thursday at Wrigley Field.
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State budget in limbo as Senate Republicans walk away from negotiations
Two Senate Republicans, Steve Nass, of Whitewater, and Chris Kapenga, of Delafield, have signaled they won't vote for the budget in its current form.
What to know about alleged Madison poisoning plot
Prosecutors say Paul Van Duyne Jr. and Andrea L. Whitaker conspired to place cyanide in the water bottles of two women Van Duyne briefly dated.
Iranian missiles hit a hospital and wound over 200
BEERSHEBA, Israel — Israel’s defense minister threatened Iran’s supreme leader on Thursday after Iranian missiles crashed into a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv, wounding at least 240 people. As rescuers wheeled patients out…
Colin Barushok wins special election for Dane County District 1 seat
Tuesday's election was also a trial run for Madison's new electronic poll books.
First heat wave of summer to stifle Wisconsin this weekend
A heat dome will bring particularly worrisome heat this weekend across wide stretches of Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa.
Toxic brew bubbles into political violence in Phil Hands' latest cartoon
The killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife have shocked the nation.
Juneteenth celebrations across the US commemorate the end of slavery
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas and attracting participants who said current events strengthened their resolve.






