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BadgerExtra beat reporters Colten Bartholomew and Jake Kocorowski discuss four-star quarterback Carter Smith joining Wisconsin’s 2025 recruiting class, Axe week and more.

The university spent $1.7 billion on research for fiscal year 2023, a 13.7% increase over the prior year.

Try to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday before the hectic Christmas season becomes all-consuming. Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a full night.

The $60 million redevelopment Downtown replaced 102 deteriorating low-income housing units with 130 brightly colored ones.

Arguments about past presidents shape the nation’s understanding of itself, and hence its unfolding future.

The father of Wisconsin football's newest commit discussed the trust, transparency and genuine attitude of the Badgers' staff gave when recruiting the dynamic quarterback.

A congressional investigation found the nation’s three largest Medicare Advantage insurers had increasingly refused to pay for rehabilitative care for seniors in the years after adopting sophisticated technologies to aid in their coverage decisions.

Donald Klawes, 32, was charged in August 2023 with three felony counts of mistreatment of animals causing death.

Whether it was piling up kills, tallying digs, setting a teammate or blocking opposing teams, there were plenty of players deserving of recognition. Here are this year's all-area honorees.

The NC State recruit had a breakout senior season to lead the Crusaders to the Elite Eight.

I didn’t vote for President-elect Donald Trump for many reasons -- a few are a deficit of moral character, lack of integrity and total disregard for the environment. His denial of climate change threatens to undo the progress towards a…

Given the recent election, I would like to call attention to what the impending change in administration means for our planet.

There is a subtle but substantial legal limitation that would prevent President-elect Donald Trump from taking office this coming January.

Four of the first seven picks overall play in the Big Ten.

After a resounding victory over the San Francisco 49ers, the Green Bay Packers have little time to celebrate with a short week a head leading into a Thanksgiving match up with the Miami Dolphins.

The Badgers won their early season tournament, and the tourney's MVP earned a conference honor as well.

MONROE, Mich. — A county official in Michigan took the oath of office for another term, but face-to-face meetings with his constituents are unlikely.

Reginal Wright, 38, of Indianola, Mississippi, also was sentenced to 10 years of supervised release after he gets out of prison.

From his favorite movie to his most unpopular opinion, meet Marshall senior Kenyon Miggins.

Wisconsin's defense is focused on one key element ahead of its rivalry game against the Gophers.