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'A step back in time': America's Catholic Church sees moves toward the old ways

Across the United States, the Catholic church is undergoing an immense shift among religious conservatives who believe it has been twisted by change, molded by plummeting attendance at Mass, increasingly traditional priests and growing numbers of young parishioners seeking more orthodoxy.

A wood crucifix with a painted figure of Jesus stands outdoors, with the top of a tree in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

A wood crucifix with a painted figure of Jesus stands outdoors, with the top of a tree in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Ben Newman on antisemitism and Gaza protests at UW-Madison

Ben Newman on antisemitism and Gaza protests at UW-Madison

Donald Trump stands at a podium and holds its edge with his left hand and gestures with the index finger of his right hand while speaking into a microphone and facing teleprompter mirrors, with people standing in the background.

Trump compares student protests to Jan. 6 in effort to downplay Capitol attack

Dozens of people stand outside on a parking out and face in the same direction, with trees and buildings in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

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Donald Trump speaks while gesturing with his right hand, which is out-of-focus in the foreground alongside a microphone and the top of a campaign poster.

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Dahlia Saba on Gaza solidarity demonstrations at UW-Madison

Dahlia Saba on Gaza solidarity demonstrations at UW-Madison

Dozens of police officers, with some holding transparent shields with the words State Patrol and Sheriff on their fronts, stand in a group amid a larger group of protestors, some holding signs and wearing kaffiyehs, in a shadowed outdoor area, with a sunlit lawn and masonry building with balustrades in the background.

Police remove Gaza encampment at UW-Madison, make multiple arrests

A clock is mounted to iron filigree decoration on a railing for a gallery seating area in the upper portion of a room with marble masonry and illuminated electric brass wall sconce light fixtures.

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A person stands and writes with a pen on a ballot in the middle of a row a temporary voting booths consisting of metal legs, a plastic table surface and privacy screens with an illustration of the U.S. flag and the word VOTE, in a room with folded round tables leaning against a painted concrete block wall.

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Rick Abrams on federal standards for nursing home staffing

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Ben Newman on antisemitism and Gaza protests at UW-Madison

Ben Newman on antisemitism and Gaza protests at UW-Madison

Donald Trump stands at a podium and holds its edge with his left hand and gestures with the index finger of his right hand while speaking into a microphone and facing teleprompter mirrors, with people standing in the background.

Trump compares student protests to Jan. 6 in effort to downplay Capitol attack

Dozens of people stand outside on a parking out and face in the same direction, with trees and buildings in the background under a partly cloudy sky.

Police killed armed student outside Mount Horeb Middle School as district went on lockdown for hours

Donald Trump speaks while gesturing with his right hand, which is out-of-focus in the foreground alongside a microphone and the top of a campaign poster.

Trump rails against hush money trial at rally in Waukesha

Dahlia Saba on Gaza solidarity demonstrations at UW-Madison

Dahlia Saba on Gaza solidarity demonstrations at UW-Madison

Dozens of police officers, with some holding transparent shields with the words State Patrol and Sheriff on their fronts, stand in a group amid a larger group of protestors, some holding signs and wearing kaffiyehs, in a shadowed outdoor area, with a sunlit lawn and masonry building with balustrades in the background.

Police remove Gaza encampment at UW-Madison, make multiple arrests

A clock is mounted to iron filigree decoration on a railing for a gallery seating area in the upper portion of a room with marble masonry and illuminated electric brass wall sconce light fixtures.

Audit examines emergency response time for Wisconsin Capitol Police

Letters spelling Milwaukee Police and a sign in the shape of a police badge are affixed to the face of a concrete walls of a Brutalist-style building under a cloudy sky.

Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds firing of Milwaukee police officer for racist social media posts

A person stands and writes with a pen on a ballot in the middle of a row a temporary voting booths consisting of metal legs, a plastic table surface and privacy screens with an illustration of the U.S. flag and the word VOTE, in a room with folded round tables leaning against a painted concrete block wall.

Voter enthusiasm, negative partisanship and Wisconsin's swing status in 2024

An enameled urn with a Christian cross with a beaded necklace chain draped on top of it stands on top of a folded bandana on a tabletop, with four pinecones and a Green Bay Packers pin to the side and in front, and with picture frames showing a photograph of an infant and an illustration of a Christian cross with the name Demetrio on it.

Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police

Zac Schultz sits at a desk on the Here & Now set and faces a video monitor showing an image of Rick Abrams.

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Rick Abrams on federal standards for nursing home staffing

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