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Biden's approval rating falls to lowest level in nearly two years-Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating this month fell to its lowest level in almost two years, tying the lowest reading of his presidency in a warning sign for his reelection effort, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. The four-day poll, which closed on Monday, showed just 36% of Ame...
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Brewers Starting Pitcher Joe Ross Placed On 15-Day IL; Tobias Myers Recalled From Triple-A
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers will be without another starting pitcher due to injury, as Joe Ross was officially placed on the injured list. According to a post on X from the team, Ross suffered a lower back strain against the Miami Marlins on Monday night and will be out for the next two weeks, and Tobias Myers h...
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Packers Tight End Tucker Kraft & Right Tackle Zach Tom Out Until August Due To Pectoral Injuries
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers will be without two key players until training camp begins in August due to pectoral injuries. According to Head Coach Matt LaFleur, who spoke after OTAs on Tuesday, it's unknown how tight end Tucker Kraft and tackle Zach Tom suffered the injuries, but he confirmed that neit...
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Wausau Police Announce Significant East Side Drug Bust
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police have announced a significant drug bust on the city's east side. It started with a report of a disturbance at a home. One of the suspects left the scene before police arrived. Officers managed to catch up with them later. As they were taking the suspect into custody officers called for...
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Ehrisman Trial Scheduled for December
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A three-day jury trial has been scheduled for a Wisconsin Rapids man accused of trying to kill a relative by smothering them with a pillow. Court records show Tommy Ehrisman will be tried from December 10th through the 12th for one count of attempted homicide in a domestic abuse setting. ...
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Local News
Wausau Police Announce Significant East Side Drug Bust
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police have announced a significant drug bust on the city's east side. It started with a report of a disturbance at a home. One of the suspects left the scene before police arrived. Officers managed to catch up with them later. As they were taking the suspect into custody officers called for...
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Ehrisman Trial Scheduled for December
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A three-day jury trial has been scheduled for a Wisconsin Rapids man accused of trying to kill a relative by smothering them with a pillow. Court records show Tommy Ehrisman will be tried from December 10th through the 12th for one count of attempted homicide in a domestic abuse setting. ...
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Two People Injured in Portage County Motorcycle Crash, Driver Cited for OWI
TOWN OF GRANT, WI (WSAU) -- Two people were injured in a motorcycle crash on Sunday evening in rural Portage County. Sheriff's officials say a driver and passenger were thrown from the bike on Highway WW in the Town of Grant. Investigators say the driver lost control near the shoulder and went into a field. Both the dr...
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Governor Evers Kicks Off Tourism Week in Biron
BIRON, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Tony Evers kicked off tourism week on Monday with a visit to the Rooted in Red Cranberry Farm in Biron to spotlight the growing ag tourism industry. He says farms like Rooted in Red, which offer tours and hands-on experiences, combine two of the state's biggest industries to create a better...
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Grand Avenue Apartment Complex Moving Forward With Scheduled Summer Of 2026 Opening
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - An apartment building is under construction on Grand Avenue and is moving forward with plans to open in the summer of 2026. According to a news release from the Commonwealth Development Corporation, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) granted $32.5 million in compet...
May 20, 2024
Sports
Packers Begin OTAs As Fans Get First Look At 2024 Team; Kingsley Enagbare Participates Despite Knee Injury
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers have begun their 2024 OTAs, and fans are getting their first look at the teams' rookies on the field with Jordan Love and the rest of the team. According to the Athletics' Matt Schneidman, one of the main surprises of the day has been former Wisconsin Badgers head coach Paul...
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Baseball Regional Pairings Set
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here are the pairings for the high school baseball regional tournaments: D-1 Stevens Point and Hudson get first round byes Tuesday May 28th New Richmond at DC Everest Menominee at Wausau East Wausau West at Eau Claire North Marshfield at River Falls Wisconsin Rapids at Chippewa Falls Superior at Ea...
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Monday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Baseball Wausau East 9 Antigo 2 Marshfield 1 Medford 0 Marathon 9 Pittsville 3 Rib Lake 10 Gilman 0 Witt/Birn 8 Spencer 7 Rapids Assumption 14 Port Edwards 3 Stratford 10 Mosinee 0 Softball Regionals Menominee 10 Wausau West 2 Rapids Assumption ...
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Brewers Let One Get Away
MIAMI, FLA (WSAU) -- The Miami Marlins pushed across runs in the 9th and 10th innings to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday night. With the Brewers leading 2-1 in the bottom of the 9th Nick Gordon singled and stole second. He scored on a bloop single from Otto Lopez to tie the game. The Brewers had runners on sec...
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Brewers Starting Pitcher Joe Ross Placed On 15-Day IL; Tobias Myers Recalled From Triple-A
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers will be without another starting pitcher due to injury, as Joe Ross was officially placed on the injured list. According to a post on X from the team, Ross suffered a lower back strain against the Miami Marlins on Monday night and will be out for the next two weeks, and Tobias Myers h...
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State News
17-Year Cicadas Emerging in Southern Wisconsin
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Cicadas are starting to emerge from their 17-year slumber in southern Wisconsin. The DNR confirmed Brood XIII cicadas activity in Lake Geneva. Cicadas are noisy insects that live underground more than 95% of their lives and emerge for about a month, feeding on plants. This feeding generally does not inju...
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DATCP says Be Aware of Scams Targeting Job Seekers
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Criminals are targeting people looking for a new job, and those on unemployment. Wisconsin consumer protection director Michelle Reinen says a new scam offers to set up a home office for you, using a check the scammers send. "You don't get any goods that you've purchased. The check they s...
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Rep. Stubbs Wants Kaul to Act on Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls Task Force
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A state lawmaker continues to push for creation of a task force on missing and murdered Black women and girls in Wisconsin. Representative Sheila Stubbs joined other lawmakers, family members of victims and advocates at the Capitol last week. The Madison Democrat wants action from Democratic A...
May 20, 2024
DHS Announces New Vaccination Requirements for Kids
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- New vaccination requirements for kids in Wisconsin schools and child care centers. The Wisconsin Department of Health Services announces updates that include a requirement for meningitis vaccination and that chickenpox infection must be documented by a qualified medical professional. There is ...
May 20, 2024
Wisconsin's Click It or Ticket Campaign Returns for Memorial Day Travel Boost
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- As Wisconsin gears up for near-record travel for Memorial Day weekend, a campaign aims to keep roads safe. The annual WisDOT and Wisconsin State Patrol Click It or Ticket campaign will return May 20 through June 2. Law enforcement agencies and departments throughout the state will increase patrols over M...
May 20, 2024
National News
Oil executives to host Trump fundraiser in Houston
(Reuters) - The leaders of three big U.S. oil companies will host a fundraising luncheon in Houston on Wednesday benefiting Donald Trump's presidential campaign, according to a copy of an invitation seen by Reuters. Drillers tend to back Trump's pr...
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US Justice Department sues Oklahoma over immigration enforcement law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department sued the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday over the state's new immigration enforcement law, saying it unlawfully encroaches on the federal government's power to regulate immigration. (Reporting by Ted...
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Swiss parliamentary committee rejects European climate ruling
GENEVA (Reuters) - A Swiss parliamentary committee on Tuesday rejected a ruling by a top European court that said Switzerland had violated the human rights of its citizens by not doing enough to prevent climate change. In April, the European Court ...
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Blinken says he'll work with US Congress to respond to ICC move on Gaza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the Biden administration would be happy to work with Congress to formulate an appropriate response to the International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking to issue arrest ...
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Indigenous Brazil community stays on flooded land in dispute with developer
By Debora Ely PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is resisting government calls to evacuate what they consider sacred ancestral lands that are in disp...
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World News
France's far-right RN splits with Germany's AfD in European Parliament
PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right Rassemblement National, leading the race for EU elections in France, will no longer sit with the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the European Parliament after the AfD's top candidate said members of the Nazi SS...
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Panicked Gaza hospital staff evacuate patients after missile strike, video shows
(Reuters) - Israeli missiles struck the emergency department of a northern Gaza hospital on Tuesday, medics said, prompting panicked medical staff to rush patients on hospital beds and stretchers to the rubble-strewn street outside. Video obtained ...
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Blinken says he'll work with US Congress to respond to ICC move on Gaza
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said the Biden administration would be happy to work with Congress to formulate an appropriate response to the International Criminal Court prosecutor seeking to issue arrest ...
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Israel confiscates AP camera equipment over live feed to Al Jazeera
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli authorities confiscated camera equipment belonging to the Associated Press (AP) on Tuesday, saying the news agency was breaking the law by providing a live broadcast to Al Jazeera television, AP and Israel's Commun...
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Gunmen kill 40 in north-central Nigeria attack
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI (Reuters) - At least 40 people were killed and many others wounded in an attack by gunmen on Zurak village in Nigeria's north-central Plateau state, where clashes between herders and farmers are rife, the police and resid...
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Business News
Argentina's economy seen hitting steepest fall since 2020 in March
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's economic activity index is expected to have shrunk 6.9% year-on-year in March, its deepest drop since 2020 and the fifth monthly contraction in a row, a Reuters poll on Tuesday showed. The index ...
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US airlines seek air traffic control hiring, FAA hits back
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trade group for major U.S. airlines on Tuesday urged the government to act quickly to address a long-standing air traffic controller shortage ahead of the busy summer travel season but the U.S. Federal...
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BoE's Bailey sets out reserves plans as bank unwinds huge bond purchases
By David Milliken and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey set out an outline for how the central bank intends to keep money markets stable as it sells more of the 875 billion pounds ($1.11 trillion) of government ...
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Anthropic hires Airbnb veteran Krishna Rao as first CFO, The Information reports
(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has hired Airbnb veteran Krishna Rao as its first finance chief, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Anthropic and Rao did not immediately respond to a R...
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Microsoft talks up tools for making AI software
By Max A. Cherney SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft talked up new tools on Tuesday aimed at encouraging programmers to build the AI-focused technology into Windows-related software as it races against Alphabet, Amazon.com and Apple to dominate the emer...
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Health News
US CDC asks states to keep flu testing on high this summer
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday advised states to aid in H5N1 bird flu surveillance by increasing testing of influenza A virus samples during the summer season to help detect even rare cases of transmission of the virus ...
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US FDA staff says Guardant's test may fail to detect some pre-cancerous tumors
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's staff reviewers on Tuesday raised concerns that Guardant Health's experimental blood test for a cancer of colon or rectum may fail to detect some types of tumors that can later become cancerous. The re...
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UK announces compensation package for blood scandal victims
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would begin making further interim compensation payments to the victims of the contaminated blood and blood products scandal. "The government will be making further interim payments ahead of the establi...
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Nestle set to sell $5 pizza, sandwiches for Wegovy, Ozempic users
By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK(Reuters) - Nestle will market a new, $5 line of frozen pizzas and protein-enriched pastas in the United States which it says it designed specifically for people taking drugs such as Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss. Th...
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Aktis to collaborate with Eli Lilly on cancer therapies
(Reuters) - Aktis Oncology said on Tuesday it will collaborate with Eli Lilly to develop cancer therapies, making it eligible for milestone payments of up to $1.1 billion and royalties on sales. (Reporting by Christy Santhosh; Editing by Krishna C...
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Science News
Chinese fossil reveals evolution of skin in feathered dinosaurs
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A new fossil of the Cretaceous Period dinosaur Psittacosaurus, a dog-sized herbivore with a parrot-like beak, that was donated to a Chinese university came with a surprise - one revealed only after scientists viewed it un...
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US FDA clears Neuralink's brain chip implant in second patient, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed billionaire Elon Musk's Neuralink to implant its brain chip in a second person after the company offered fixes to a problem that occurred in the first patient, the Wall Street Journal reporte...
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Bezos' Blue Origin to launch first crew to edge of space since 2022 grounding
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space firm Blue Origin is scheduled on Sunday to launch its first crew of humans to the edge of space since the company's suborbital New Shepard rocket was grounded in 2022, resuming its space tourism business. Si...
May 19, 2024
Comet fragment lights up sky over Spain and Portugal 'like a movie'
By Catarina Demony and Ana Cantero LISBON (Reuters) - A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display "f...
May 19, 2024
Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA and Boeing delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them four more days to assess a helium leak before attempting to launch the spacecraft's first two astronauts into space, the spac...
May 18, 2024
Technology News
Meta deleted Facebook account of Slovak PM's shooter after attack
(Reuters) - Meta Platforms' Facebook removed the account of the suspected shooter of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after the attack, the company and a state agency said on Tuesday, as the government continues to probe whether the attacker had h...
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Anthropic hires Airbnb veteran Krishna Rao as first CFO, The Information reports
(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has hired Airbnb veteran Krishna Rao as its first finance chief, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Anthropic and Rao did not immediately respond to a R...
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Apple says US antitrust lawsuit should be dismissed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple said Tuesday it plans to ask a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department and 15 states in March that alleged the iPhone maker monopolized the smartphone market, hurt smaller rivals and drove up pri...
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Explainer-What are AI PCs?
(Reuters) - The PC just got an AI makeover, raising hopes that the buzzy technology would help revive an industry that has been on a steady decline over the last few years. Here's everything we know about AI PCs: WHAT ARE AI PCS? Manufacturers say ...
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Palo Alto slides as billings forecast points to clients deferring payments
(Reuters) - Palo Alto Networks shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday after a largely in-line fourth-quarter billings forecast indicated the near-term impact of the cybersecurity firm's attempts to consolidate its services under a single platform. The company...
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Entertainment News
Cronenberg says ghoulish Cannes entry 'The Shrouds' did not lessen his grief
By Alicia Powell and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - David Cronenberg, who has made a career out of the macabre, found that making his deeply personal new film "The Shrouds" did not lessen the grief he feels over his wife's death. "I don'...
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Comcast prices Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ streaming bundle at $15 a month
(Reuters) - Comcast's new streaming bundle, packaging its Peacock service with Netflix and Apple TV+, will cost $15 per month for all Xfinity internet and TV customers, the media and broadband company said on Tuesday. The new bundle, StreamSaver, i...
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Trump would be surprised by Cannes biopic 'The Apprentice,' says director
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Donald Trump would likely be surprised by "The Apprentice," director Ali Abbasi said on Tuesday of his biopic about Trump's early years as a real estate mogul, adding he was open to meeting with the form...
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Election year Trump biopic 'The Apprentice' premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - "The Apprentice", Iran-born director Ali Abbasi's much-anticipated drama of a young Donald Trump's ascendancy as a New York real estate mogul, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. Part of the pull of the film ...
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Russian director and playwright say they oppose terrorism at start of trial
By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) - A Russian theatre director and playwright told a court on Monday they were not guilty of charges of justifying terrorism on the first day of their trial over the staging of an award-winning play, Mediazona re...
May 20, 2024