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UW-Madison will not have to change its affirmative action policies after the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the use of race in college admissions, officials said.

A visual artist who most recently taught arts education in Scotland has been named the director of the Arts Institute at UW-Madison.

Former UW offensive lineman Al Johnson also joined the Badgers' staff as a graduate assistant this spring.

A June 12 stabbing incident near Richland Center has resulted in charges against one man, with police still investigating the case.

Madison West's Patty Grimmer and Middleton's Grace Douglas make the second team.

Yoshihiro Kawaoka whose controversial work has sought to create more effective flu vaccines will receive a prestigious award from Japan's scientific academy.

Joshua Van Haften was arrested in April 2015 and charged with attempting to provide support to a terrorist group.

Blondies, or blond brownies, are one of those things that tend to get forgotten, ignored at the bottom of your mother’s ’70s-era recipe box (in my case), or in the recesses of pastry cases, in favor of flashier desserts, mostly…

The shoes cost $99 and will be officially released July 15.

A Madison man convicted of dealing heroin has been sentenced to one year, three months in federal prison.

Early risers in western Wisconsin should be able to see and hear the state's war against the gypsy moth.

A key member of the city of Madison's Planning Division has been selected by Mayor Paul Soglin as its new director.

The opening comes after the purchase of Chevy dealerships in Middleton and Stoughton.

I’ve always been a sucker for scallops. They’re sweet, meaty, cylindrical and bite-sized. This particular recipe puts scallops at the center of a skewer’s worth of very tasty kebabs. It requires no more than 15 minutes hands-on time and 40…

A Richland Center man has been arrested for allegedly providing prescription drugs to a person who almost died from an overdose.

A 16-year-old rural Watertown teen died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle crash in Dodge County on Monday.

Hard-shell tacos should need no defense from those who denounce the golden fried vessels classically filled with seasoned ground beef, yellow cheddar cheese, white sour cream, green iceberg lettuce and diced red tomato. Like colors of a flag, together they…

Following in the footsteps of her parents’ two successful pizza restaurants, Sarah Thomas and her husband, Ross Thomas, opened a third location of Sugar River Pizza in March in a newly developing area of Verona.

WASHINGTON — Not long ago, Donald Trump set a $1 billion fundraising goal for his presidential battle against Hillary Clinton.

Europe’s travails run wide and deep. The European Union has careened from one financial crisis to the next.