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Wausau to Send Police Officers to Milwaukee for This Summer's RNC, Council Calls for Meeting on Homelessness
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau's finest will be heading to Milwaukee to help secure the 2024 Republican National Convention. Both the Finance Committee and City Council approved an intergovernmental services agreement with the City of Milwaukee for the event. Chief Matt Barnes says eight to ten members of his force will p...
12h ago
Biden hikes US tariffs on Chinese imports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, computer chips and medical products. Following are reactions to the move. ESWAR PRASAD, CORNE...
18h ago
Lincoln County Man Accused of Abuse for Biting His Child
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- A Lincoln County man is accused of child abuse for biting his child as a form of punishment, according to a police report. Officers arrested Jared Ollhoff at his place of employment last week for one felony count of child abuse causing great bodily harm after a report from a Milwaukee-area hospita...
19h ago
Department of Labor Files Complaint Against NCHC Regarding Denied Overtime Pay
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau-based North Central Health Care has been accused of denying overtime pay for managers in the North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates community treatment program. According to a news release from the US Department of Labor current and former case managers reported off-the-cloc...
21h ago
Senate Minority Leader McConnell Calls For Extra Security Measures For Milwaukee's RNC Convention
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has requested that the U.S. Secret Service add more security measures to their Milwaukee RNC Convention plan. Republican leaders expect intense protests and demonstrations to occur during the convention. According to the New York Post, McConnell expressed hi...
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Wausau to Send Police Officers to Milwaukee for This Summer's RNC, Council Calls for Meeting on Homelessness
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau's finest will be heading to Milwaukee to help secure the 2024 Republican National Convention. Both the Finance Committee and City Council approved an intergovernmental services agreement with the City of Milwaukee for the event. Chief Matt Barnes says eight to ten members of his force will p...
12h ago
Lincoln County Man Accused of Abuse for Biting His Child
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- A Lincoln County man is accused of child abuse for biting his child as a form of punishment, according to a police report. Officers arrested Jared Ollhoff at his place of employment last week for one felony count of child abuse causing great bodily harm after a report from a Milwaukee-area hospita...
19h ago
Department of Labor Files Complaint Against NCHC Regarding Denied Overtime Pay
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau-based North Central Health Care has been accused of denying overtime pay for managers in the North Central Community Services Program and Affiliates community treatment program. According to a news release from the US Department of Labor current and former case managers reported off-the-cloc...
21h ago
Senate Minority Leader McConnell Calls For Extra Security Measures For Milwaukee's RNC Convention
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has requested that the U.S. Secret Service add more security measures to their Milwaukee RNC Convention plan. Republican leaders expect intense protests and demonstrations to occur during the convention. According to the New York Post, McConnell expressed hi...
21h ago
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Wausau Police Data Shows Drop In Crime Rate Since 2023
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A new report shows traffic citations and warnings have continued to drop significantly since 2019. According to Wausau Police Chief Matt Barnes, while the numbers are important, he believes this is more for holding the department accountable to the community, saying, "Every police departme...
22h ago
Sports
Tuesday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Tuesday's scoreboard: Baseball Wausau East 9 Marshfield 1 Medford 8 Wausau West 4 DC Everest 12 Merrill 1 Stevens Point 7 Wisconsin Rapids 3 Mosinee 19 Antigo 2 Bonduel 4 Witt/Birn 0 Pacelli 6 Rosholt 1 Port Edwards 10 Wild Rose 1 Abbotsford/Colby 13 Gilman 3 Stra...
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Brewers Edge Pirates
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers held off the Pittsburgh Pirates in a 4-3 win on Tuesday night at American Family Field. Sal Frelick hit a two-run homer in the 2nd inning. Brice Turang and Christian Yelich had RBIs. Joe Ross picked up the win gicing up two runs on two hits over five innings with 6 Ks and o...
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Update: Fox Sports Host Doug Gottlieb Finalizing Deal To Become UWGB's Next Head Coach
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has found its next men's basketball head coach following the departure of Sundance Wicks. According to CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein, Fox Sports Radio host and NCAA March Madness analyst Doug Gottlieb has emerged as a "series candidate" for UWGB's open ...
20h ago
Packers Decline Eric Stokes' Fifth Year Option Following Injury Filled 2023 Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are allowing a former first-round pick to earn a new deal following the upcoming 2024 NFL season. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Green Bay Packers will not pick up cornerback Eric Stokes' fifth-year option. If Stokes' fifth-year option had been exercised by t...
May 03, 2024
Badgers To Host Alabama Crimson Tide In 2024 For Big Noon Kickoff On Fox
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers will kick off their 2024 season national TV schedule early this year. According to the university, the Badgers will host the Crimson Tide at 11:00 a.m. CT for the Big Noon Kickoff on FOX on September 14th. Wisconsin scheduled a home-and-home series with the Crimson Tide for th...
22h ago
State News
Dem Press Conference Slams Senate Veto Override Session
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- At the Capitol on Tuesday, state Senate Republicans overrode several of Governor Tony Evers vetoes - and then called it a day. They were blasted by Democrats in a post session press conference. Minority Leader Diane Hesselbein wanted the chamber to take up bills passed by the Assembly "Th...
14h ago
Wisconsin Gears Up for Near-Record Memorial Day Travel, Second Highest Since 2019
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsinites will be hitting the road for the unofficial start of summer. AAA forecasts near-record numbers for this year's Memorial Day weekend with more than 816,000 Wisconsin residents traveling 50 miles or more. That's over 30,000 more holiday travelers than last year, and second only to the all-tim...
22h ago
UW-Madison Professor Says Non-Compete Clause Ban from FTC will Strengthen Economy
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A ruling by the Federal Trade Commission that would ban non-compete clauses could mean better wages for workers. UW-Madison management professor Martin Ganco says non-competes allow companies to lock employees in place without offering competitive wages. "We know based on research, that i...
May 14, 2024
SCOWIS Hears Drop Boxes Arguments
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Ballot drop boxes may be back in Wisconsin elections. The 4-3 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court appears willing to overturn a ruling restricting their use. That decision was handed down in 2022, when conservative justices held a 4-3 majority on the court. That ruling allowed for ...
May 13, 2024
Evers Sues Legislature to Release Student Literacy Funding
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers is once again suing the Wisconsin State Legislature. The governor is making the move over what he calls a refusal to release a critical investment aimed at improving K-12 student literacy. According to Evers, The move comes as Republican lawmakers on the Republican-controll...
May 13, 2024
National News
Pink Floyd drummer open to reunion but says no appetite for one
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) - Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason would be open to the idea of a reunion gig but he doesn't see any appetite for one among his feuding, now elderly bandmates, he said on Tuesday. The legendary English rock group...
1h ago
Rap-battling street violinist breaks boundaries in Brazil
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Maria Luiza Kaluzny thought that to become a successful violinist she would need to leave her working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest metropolis, and play classical mus...
1h ago
'Back to Black' brings Amy Winehouse story to big screen
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Sam Taylor-Johnson didn't want her 2024 biographical drama film about the late British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse to be too similar to the 2015 Oscar-winning documentary by A...
2h ago
'Bridgerton' Season 3 dives into friends-to-lovers romance
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton were preparing to film Season 3 of the regency era romance series "Bridgerton," they knew they were going from supporting characters to main characters. And it was sc...
2h ago
Japan starts energy talks to balance supply risks with net zero goal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industry ministry kicked off talks on Wednesday to craft the next basic energy plan, a key long-term strategy for the resource-poor country aimed at balancing energy security and decarbonisation to achieve carbon neutralit...
3h ago
World News
Politicians and election officials offered cyber protection ahead of UK election
LONDON (Reuters) - Politicians, election officials and other high risk individuals in Britain are to be offered support to help protect them from hacks by foreign spies ahead of an election expected later this year, the country's cyber experts said...
1h ago
Israeli PM presses bill on drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into military
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to present a highly contested bill that seeks to conscript ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military to a ministerial committee on Thursday. His office said on Wednesday that ...
1h ago
Blinken says U.S. will give Ukraine another $2 billion in military financing
KYIV (Reuters) - The United States will provide Ukraine an additional $2 billion in foreign military financing, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. He was speaking at a joint press conference in Kyiv alongside Ukrainian Foreign Min...
1h ago
Russian forces take control of three settlements in Ukraine, says defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forces have taken control of two more settlements in Ukraine's north-east Kharkiv region and one in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, the defence ministry said on Wednesday, building on a run of incremental gains that hav...
1h ago
EU's Borrell urges Israel to end Rafah operation
(Reuters) - The European Union urges Israel to end its operation in Rafah immediately as the operation disrupts the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and is leading to more internal displacement, famine and suffering, EU chief diplomat Josep...
1h ago
Business News
ECB says stress in home loans manageable despite high rates, lax checks
By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Stress in the euro zone market for home loans is "manageable" despite higher interest rates stretching borrowers and lax checks by some banks, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday. Record high intere...
1h ago
Pakistan shares hit record high over 75,000 as foreign buyers pile in
By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan's main share index continued its rally to breach the 75,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday on the back of heavy foreign buying while expectations of monetary easing amid falling inflation also...
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Nigeria inflation rises further to 33.69% y/y in April
ABUJA (Reuters) -Nigeria's headline consumer inflation rose to 33.69% year on year in April, up from 33.20% in March, its bureau of statistics said on Wednesday. Inflation is at its highest in almost three decades in Africa's most populous nation, spur...
1h ago
South African retail sales rise 2.3% year on year in March
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African retail sales rose 2.3% year on year in March after decreasing by a revised 0.7% in February, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday. On a month-on-month basis, sales increased 1.4% in March. (Rep...
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Analysis-'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger,' China trolls new US tariffs
By Joe Cash and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's measured response to the U.S. move to hike tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese goods from syringes to batteries suggests relations between the world's two largest economies face more frost rather t...
2h ago
Health News
WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it had prequalified Takeda Pharmaceuticals' dengue vaccine. (Reporting by Christy Santhosh; Editing by Tasim Zahid)
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Imperial Brands CEO: U.S. menthol cigarette ban likely years away
LONDON (Reuters) - The outcome of moves to ban menthol cigarettes in the United States remains uncertain but implementation will likely take years, Imperial Brands Chief Executive Stefan Bomhard said on Wednesday. The Biden administration delayed a...
5h ago
Getinge limits sale of heart devices in the US after FDA warning
(Reuters) - Sweden's Getinge will limit sales of some of its heart products in the U.S., the medical equipment maker said late on Tuesday, after recent advice from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to move away from its devices. "We have ...
6h ago
No shortage of Wegovy weight-loss drug in Denmark, Novo Nordisk says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Novo Nordisk does not expect a shortage of its Wegovy weight-loss drug in Denmark despite an earlier warning by the Danish Medicines Agency of strained supply of two separate doses in the coming weeks, the company said. The D...
7h ago
Novo Nordisk owner buys majority stake in Austrian life science tools company
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) - Novo Holdings, the controlling shareholder of Danish obesity drugmaker Novo Nordisk, said on Wednesday it would buy a controlling stake of about 60% in Single Use Support, an Austria-based life science tools compan...
7h ago
Science News
Blue Origin to resume space tourist flights after near 2-year pause
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Sunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed operations following a 2022 mission failure. The NS-25 mission will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas, with the launc...
19h ago
Boeing Starliner's crew debut delayed again over spacecraft issue
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying humans to space was delayed to May 21 over issues with the spacecraft's propulsion system, Boeing said on Tuesday. Starliner's mission carrying two NASA astronauts to...
20h ago
For elephants, like people, greetings are a complicated affair
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say "hello," "guten tag," "hola," "konnichiwa" or "g'day." They might shake hands, bump fists, make a fist-and-palm gesture or press their hands together with a gen...
May 13, 2024
New breast cancer genes found in women of African ancestry, may improve risk assessment
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Twelve breast cancer genes identified in women of African ancestry in a large study published on Monday may one day help better predict their risk for the disease and highlights potential risk differences from women of Eu...
May 13, 2024
Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship in 3-5 weeks
(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, will probably have its fourth flight in 3-5 weeks, the company's Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform...
May 11, 2024
Technology News
Wallet recovery firms buzz as locked-out crypto investors panic in bitcoin boom
By Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) - The recent surge in bitcoin prices has the phones at crypto wallet recovery firms ringing off the hook, as retail investors locked out of their digital vaults make frantic calls to regain access to...
1h ago
SK Innovation considering sale of battery materials unit SKIET, paper reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Innovation is considering selling its subsidiary SK IE Technology (SKIET) to restructure its battery business, the Maeil Business newspaper reported on Wednesday. The move is aimed at easing financial difficulty f...
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Frank McCourt's Project Liberty forms consortium to bid for TikTok's US operations
(Reuters) - Entrepreneur and former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said on Wednesday his non profit Project Liberty is forming a consortium to buy social media platform TikTok in the United States. A law signed by President Joe Biden on Ap...
2h ago
UK refers AlphaTheta-Serato DJ tech deal to deeper probe
(Reuters) - Britain's competition regulator referred Japan-based DJ equipment maker AlphaTheta's proposed deal to acquire New Zealand's Serato to a lengthier probe on Wednesday. The move to launch a phase 2 investigation comes two weeks after the C...
2h ago
US House committee to vote on bill to restrict BGI, WuXi AppTec
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - U.S. legislation that would restrict business with China's BGI, WuXi AppTec and certain other biotech companies on national security grounds will be voted on by a committee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday....
3h ago
Entertainment News
Gayle King, Kate Upton model for 60th Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Gayle King, plus-sized model Hunter McGrady and returning stars Chrissy Teigen and Kate Upton pose on separate covers unveiled on Tuesday for Sports Illustrated's 60th annual swimsuit issue. First-time Sports Illu...
15h ago
Sony rethinking its bid for Paramount, CNBC reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures is rethinking its bid for Paramount Global, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources, sending the shares of the U.S. media company down more than 7%. Sony and Paramount did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for c...
18h ago
Factbox-Cannes 2024: Who are the jury members presided by Greta Gerwig?
CANNES (Reuters) - Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, is being on the jury that picks the winner. Artists from around the world who have made a name for themselves in their respective field are pi...
May 14, 2024
Cannes festival director laments focus on controversies rather than cinema
CANNES (Reuters) - Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux lamented on Monday an increased focus in recent years on political and social issues in the movie industry, which he said came at the expense of the actual films. "In the past, people...
May 13, 2024
Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere
CANNES (Reuters) - Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festival, has fled Iran after being sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging. In a statement dated Sunday, Rasoulof said he...
May 13, 2024