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Though partisan politics is brought to bear in the selection of a new administration's Cabinet, the process this time around has been taken to a new unacceptable extreme.

The college football national championship recently concluded with Ohio State (oops, forgot the "The") winning the championship.

E-cigarette manufacturers have designed new "smart" vaping devices equipped with small interactive screens. These new devices combine two addictive processes in youth — nicotine and screen time — and threaten to reverse the impressive declines in youth vaping.

Some big wins, nice pins and a wrestler overcoming a knee injury highlight's this week's 5 stars. Vote for your favorite.

Khris Middleton provided 22 points off the bench as Milwaukee beat Utah 125-110.

The Badgers men's hockey team is in the rankings for the first time since it was 1-3 in October but it still hasn't climbed out of a losing record.

PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts and coach Nick Sirianni are ready for a Super Bowl rematch with Patrick Mahomes and former Eagles coach Andy Reid.

Some high school wrestlers compete in two offseason styles of wrestling -- freestyle and Greco-Roman -- to prepare for folkstyle in their high school bouts in the winter.

Former Badgers center Tessa Towers levied serious accusations about her treatment across two seasons under Moseley. Here's what we know.

July 15, 1933—January 8, 2025

The Justice Department said Monday it fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal prosecutions of President Donald Trump.

Trump was expected to sign a flurry of executive orders Monday, including to reinstate troops booted for refusing vaccines, assess transgender forces and outline rollbacks in diversity programs.

November 1, 1930—January 20, 2025

Gow was fired as chancellor, and later as a faculty member, after Universities of Wisconsin officials discovered he had been making pornographic videos with his wife.

Parents of girl say they "may have misunderstood" volunteer photographer.

NEW YORK — Wall Street’s superstars tumbled Monday as a competitor from China threatens to upend the artificial-intelligence frenzy they’ve been feasting on.

Wisconsin is the only state where governors can partially veto spending bills by striking words, numbers and punctuation to create new meaning or spending amounts.

The construction company said it has introduced an employee stock ownership plan in addition to existing benefits.

Collected materials will be recycled into durable products like plastic decking, railing and benches.

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