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UW-Madison recently awarded 58 scholarships for returning adult students, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 each.

Marvel’s “Thunderbolts” and Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” dominated the North American box office charts again this weekend.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid.

"My heart has always been here at the museum and here in Baraboo," Parkinson, a third-generation family official at Circus World, said.

But opponents of the controversial sale pledge, "This is not done yet."

The World Video Game Hall of Fame has four new inductees. The Class of 2025 was enshrined Thursday in recognition of how they challenged players and changed the industry.

If your mother is no longer alive, what were her last words to you?

We all have eyes. Those of us of a certain age, in most cases, have attained a distinct level of knowledge, thus, a modicum of intellectual intelligence.

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When I was in my fecund 20s, if Donald Trump had offered me $5,000 to procreate, I’d probably have scheduled an emergency hysterectomy. Not that I couldn’t have used the dough, but any reader of history might justly recoil from…

Chicago native Robert Prevost has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV will be the first pope from the United States. He appears to be in the model of Pope Francis, something that will excite more progressive…

Tips for your flowers, trees and shrubs.

So this is “the art of the deal.” The author of the book with that title is illustrating the subtleties of dealmaking in negotiations about Ukraine.

Critics suggest libraries are outdated if not obsolete in the digital world.

Democrat-backed state Supreme Court candidate won Wisconsin in April, while President Donald Trump carried the state in November.

A proposal to double the state boys and girls basketball field to 40 teams has strong support from statewide coaches. Here's what it could mean.

Let's tackle a timely topic.

A DeForest High School sophomore and a mom from Waunakee are among the women with local ties trying to compete for the top prize in women's golf.

It was sad to read in the Wisconsin State Journal that Cottage Grove has not had a public library for many decades, relying on a bookmobile since 1969 to serve the community.

As a person driving students around in my Ubermobile, I have to take issue with Adam Guillette's May 1 assessment of higher education, "Universities are too expensive, radical," at least in the Madison area.