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Why you’re not hearing much from the Madison Public Market
The city’s long-awaited hub for local food and artisan goods is lining up long-term sellers ahead of its planned opening early next year.
Tip time announced for Wisconsin men's basketball's Rady Children's Invitational opener
The Badgers will play Providence in the first game of the Rady Children's Invitational. Here's what to know about the game.
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ChatGPT’s 5th version introduced
SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI on Thursday released the fifth generation of the artificial intelligence technology that powers ChatGPT, a product update that’s closely watched as a measure of whether generative AI is advancing rapidly or hitting a plateau.
4 observations from Wisconsin football's 8th training camp practice
A senior linebacker returns and creates TFLs, a young O-lineman asserting his will and more that caught the eye at Badgers football training camp in Platteville.
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1 killed, 1 critically injured in head-on crash in Dodge County
The crash happened about 5:55 a.m. on Highway A, north of Breezy Point Road in the town of Trenton, the Dodge County Sheriff's Office reported.
Victims feeling anxious, exhausted
LOS ANGELES — Women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein feel skeptical and anxious about the Justice Department's handling of records related to the convicted sex offender, with some backing more public disclosures as an overdue measure of…
Ex-Packers WR Randall Cobb to be on ‘Special Forces: World's Toughest Test’ Season 4
The 18 celebrity "recruits" will endure what FOX bills as “some of the harshest, most grueling challenges from the playbook of the actual Special Forces selection process.”
Indiana detention plan gets backlash
Top Trump administration officials boast that a new state partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will be the next so-called “Alligator Alcatraz.”
Madison Black Restaurant Week to spotlight different cuisines, rich stories
Black Restaurant Week runs from Sunday through Aug. 17.
Work resumes on Old Sauk Road apartment project fought by neighbors
The three-story apartment building was opposed last year by West Side residents concerned about aesthetics, noise, traffic and flooding in their largely single-family neighborhood.
Madison cheese raffle is pure Wisconsin
Over the past year, the cocktail lounge on North Sherman Avenue has raised more than $6,500 for local nonprofits with a monthly cheese raffle.
Still plenty of beer but fewer breweries for Saturday’s Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison
The losses won’t be as feared in the wake of steep costs for out-of-state brewers that in the past were not required to obtain a permit that now costs $1,000.
Spectrum Brands’ fiscal Q3 earnings narrowly miss analysts’ expectations
The holding company posted profit of $19.9 million, or 80 cents per share, on revenue of $666.9 million.
Wisconsin inmate sentenced to 5 years for role in guard's death at juvenile prison
The Lincoln Hills-Copper Lakes guard was punched multiple times by a 16-year-old inmate, fell and hit his head on the pavement in June 2024. He died a day later.
14 great ideas for your Madison-area weekend
Learn how to make a junk journal, watch a silent movie with a musical twist or pedal along John Nolen Drive.
Wisconsin highway pavement buckling has nearly tripled compared to 2024 (copy)
A 2022 DOT study indicated that pavement buckling is a bigger issue in Wisconsin than in other states because of weather, materials, road design, and construction and maintenance practices.
Meet our Wisconsin football's All-Badgers Quarter Century Team offense
BadgerExtra football beat reporter Colten Bartholomew breaks down his picks for the Wisconsin football All-Badgers Quarter Century Team, which features almost entirely Wisconsin-born stars from the last 25 years.