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An independent review of Starbucks' labor relations concluded that Starbucks should better communicate its commitment to workers’ collective bargaining rights and train its employees to respect those rights. Starbucks released the assessment Wednesday. Starbucks’ shareholders voted in March to conduct…

Empty Stocking Club is funded through donations from community members. Last year it gave out nearly 7,000 toys.

The man continued to threaten the woman after being arrested on tentative charges of battery, strangulation, intimidation of a victim, and resisting arrest causing injury, Madison police said.

The Madison Black Chamber of Commerce is hosting its first-ever Holiday Black Bazaar event from 1-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, at the DOXA Events Center, located at 2700 Novation Parkway.

Repeated recalls of eyedrops are drawing new attention to the limited powers U.S. regulators have to oversee medical products made overseas. Unlike prescription drugs, eyedrops and other over-the-counter products don't get preliminary review by the Food and Drug Administration. In…

The United sophomore also competes for the Purgolders girls swim and track and field teams, bringing big experience to the gym. Get to know East's Moira Zoeller.

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to children in families in need in the greater Madison area. You can help again this year. Send your gift online at go.madison.com/stocking or mail it to:

Excessive speed was a factor in the Nov. 10 crash, which remains under investigation, Madison police said.

Café Zupas, which is focused on soup, salad and sandwiches, already has a restaurant in Middleton, which opened in 2017.

"We're still in this treading-water state of what we're going to do," said co-owner Wally Borowski.

The city may use a geothermal system built under Brittingham Park to heat and cool its roughly $300 million remake of low-income housing on "the Triangle" Downtown.

The man died in the fire Friday morning in the 1300 block of North Randall Avenue.

Several open cans and bottles of alcohol were found in the truck, which was later reported stolen, Madison police said.

Officers were sent to the home in the 7100 block of New Washburn Way shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday after the homeowners returned to find their house had been ransacked.

All residents and animals escaped the building safely and the American Red Cross is helping the displaced residents, the statement said.

Strong performances, both from behind the arc and inside the paint, highlighted last week's girls basketball action. Here are some of the area's top efforts.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said his appointee, Bob Spindell, and other fake electors had invoked a “failed legal strategy” and “not a sinister plot to overturn an election.”

The Universities of Wisconsin Regents nixed a deal that would have OK'd about $800 million for the UW system in exchange for changes to universities' diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

If Indigenous Peoples' Day is made a holiday, Dane County employees would have the second Monday of October off work.

Strong performances, both from beyond the 3-point line and inside the lane, highlighted last week's boys basketball action. Here are some of the area's notable efforts.