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Arizona overcame a two-run, first-inning deficit as Milwaukee finished a 3-3 trip that started in Colorado.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

Special thanks to sports columnist Jim Polzin for his beautifully written April 5 column, "Light in the face of darkness," about former Wisconsin men's basketball player and coach Howard Moore.

It may sound like a pipe dream. But fusion voting used to be commonplace in America and could help 'turn down the temperature' in politics, group says.

A modest pedestrian mall in the lower half of State Street in Madison was a hit last summer. Just imagine how popular it would be if trees, winding paths, sidewalk cafes, music and art were added in a reconstructed space.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified two GOP-held congressional districts that it plans to target in the upcoming 2026 election.

The Badgers top coaches share thoughts on how their team has to create a different mentality to avoid the late-game meltdowns seen in 2024.

There is promising research that shows reduced cholesterol can help out.

Contributors on the rosters of reigning national champions — Tennessee (baseball) and Oklahoma (softball) — are among the players from Wisconsin who are making a statement at the collegiate level.

This is a personal account of my miscarriage. While I have no medical background, I urge women to be informed and make their own choices. Miscarriages affect many women, yet the system is not built for our health — pain…

I am writing on behalf of a group of more than a dozen current and former Madison poll workers who want to express our solidarity with City Clerk Maribeth Witzel-Behl.

Now that the Supreme Court election is over, people are talking about the huge amount of money spent and the political leanings of the candidates.

I have a suggestion that I think most would not be able to argue against.

I disagreed with last Sunday's letter to the editor "Bikes and buses only work for the privileged." It read: “Believing people can bike or bus everywhere is also a shockingly privileged concept.”

Can executive orders replace research for controlling pandemics, pollution and climate change? How will we counter the assault of viruses, toxins, wastes and greenhouse gas emissions without exhaustive research?

I'm thrilled with the recent election of Susan Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but I'm horrified by the obscene amount of money spent on the election.

If President Donald Trump was truly concerned about cutting government waste and fraud as well as the rising costs to American taxpayers, he might consider curtailing some of his golf outings.

I turn 65 this year. Over 11,000 people turn 65 every day in the United States, and in four years we will have more older Americans than children for the first time in our history.

Wisconsin stands as a leader with its state-funded crisis intervention training through the wonderful National Alliance on Mental Illness.

When asked about President Donald Trump's ridiculous tariffs, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Oshkosh, had this to say: "Tariffs are a double-edged sword." He also said, "He’s president, I am not."