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A pair of Wisconsin volleyball commits grew closer by helping power Team USA to gold at an international competition.

Data provided by the Racine Police Department depicts homicides increasing from five in 2020 to 10 in 2022 to 13 in 2023, but there have been just two so far in 2024.

Donald Trump has endured years of hateful speech against him. This is dangerous and inexcusable, and now we've had the attempt on his life.

Phil Hands' political cartoon in last Wednesday's newspaper was shameful and embarrassing. It depicted President Joe Biden being kicked out of the presidential race by a Democratic donkey.

UW-Madison professors Ryan Owens and Alex Tahk called for more intellectual diversity among faculty in a column July 21 in the Wisconsin State Journal.

During his first bid for U.S. Senate in 2012, Eric Hovde said that overweight people should probably pay more for health insurance because they will probably need more medical care. He suggested a lot of being overweight is avoidable.

Willy Adames hit a three-run homer in the sixth and rookie Jackson Chourio added a two-run shot in the eighth as NL Central-leading Milwaukee had a big night offensively.

The only would-be starter who hasn’t been preempted at his position is left tackle Rasheed Walker, who came into camp in Green Bay under perhaps the greatest scrutiny.

Wisconsin football's offensive and defensive coordinators spoke to reporters before the team left for Platteville. See what stood out during their availability.

Wisconsin football players new and established see the 7-6 records of the past two seasons as unacceptable.

The UW Board of Regents will make the final decision on laying off the tenured faculty in late August.

The lawsuit sought to require voters who electronically requested absentee ballots to place a physical copy of the request in the ballot return envelope.

"In 2020, this was an effective option. We had no problems," said City Spokesperson Dylan Brogan.

Officers working a traffic enforcement operation saw two vehicles racing on East Washington Avenue near 2nd Street around 1 a.m. Sunday, Madison police said.

Lauren O'Connor's team ended less than a second behind its competitors.

The incident occurred along the bike path near Carpenter Street shortly before 10:15 a.m. Saturday, Madison police said.

Madison is in for yet another week with storms and rain, according to the National Weather Service.

Summertime is no picnic for meteorologists, as the combination of warm, moist air and atmospheric instability can mean lots of hard-to-predict thunderstorms.

Transfers and freshmen have joined the Badgers since the spring. Here's what stands out about the 2024 Wisconsin football roster.

Officers sent to the 7000 block of Tree Lane around 2:10 a.m. Monday learned the man had coordinated a shoe sale over SnapChat, Madison police said.