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State Senators to Override Governor Evers' Vetoes of Four Bills
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate will vote to override four recent vetoes by Democratic Governor Tony Evers. Senator Mary Felzkowski of Tomahawk and Cory Tomczyk of Mosinee made the announcement at Wausau City Hall on Monday as part of a series of statewide press conferences. Felzkowski says the...
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Wausau Man Found Guilty of His 7th OWI
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man will serve prison time after he was found guilty of his 7th OWI earlier this month. Dennis Campbell was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and another 5.5 years on extended supervision for the August 2022 incident, which started when Campbell crashed his vehicle near the intersection of ...
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Wausau River District Names New Executive Director
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau River District has named a Wausau native as its next Executive Director. Callie Wulk will take over the position after it was vacated by Blake Opal-Wahoske earlier this spring. Wulk previously served as Director of Outreach for the Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation, a posit...
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Bucks Refuse Pistons Request To Interview Jon Horst For President Of Basketball Operations Position
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks have refused a division rival's request to interview their GM Jon Horst. According to NBA Insider Marc Stein, the Bucks denied Detroit's request "this week to grant permission to the Pistons to interview Michigan native Jon Horst in Detroit's search for a new president of...
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Wisconsin Rapids VFW Looking For Volunteers To Help Place Flags At Cemeteries
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) - Volunteers are needed by the Wisconsin Rapids VFW to place flags at over 3,300 cemeteries before Memorial Day. On Saturday, May 18, at 9:45 a.m., volunteers are asked to gather at Forest Hill Mausoleum to place American flags on veterans' headstones in three of the bigger Wisconsin Rapids ...
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Local News
State Senators to Override Governor Evers' Vetoes of Four Bills
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate will vote to override four recent vetoes by Democratic Governor Tony Evers. Senator Mary Felzkowski of Tomahawk and Cory Tomczyk of Mosinee made the announcement at Wausau City Hall on Monday as part of a series of statewide press conferences. Felzkowski says the...
2h ago
Wausau Man Found Guilty of His 7th OWI
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man will serve prison time after he was found guilty of his 7th OWI earlier this month. Dennis Campbell was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison and another 5.5 years on extended supervision for the August 2022 incident, which started when Campbell crashed his vehicle near the intersection of ...
5h ago
Wausau River District Names New Executive Director
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau River District has named a Wausau native as its next Executive Director. Callie Wulk will take over the position after it was vacated by Blake Opal-Wahoske earlier this spring. Wulk previously served as Director of Outreach for the Lincoln County Economic Development Corporation, a posit...
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Wisconsin Rapids VFW Looking For Volunteers To Help Place Flags At Cemeteries
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) - Volunteers are needed by the Wisconsin Rapids VFW to place flags at over 3,300 cemeteries before Memorial Day. On Saturday, May 18, at 9:45 a.m., volunteers are asked to gather at Forest Hill Mausoleum to place American flags on veterans' headstones in three of the bigger Wisconsin Rapids ...
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Mayors Monday: Stevens Point's Mike Wiza
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Count Mayor Mike Wiza among the fans of the new Stevens Point Brewery taproom and gift shop. The $1.1 million remodel of the historic building opened earlier this month. Wiza says he's impressed with the attention to detail the design received, especially considering the age and historic nat...
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Sports
Friday & Saturday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here are the scoreboard from Friday & Saturday: Friday Baseball DC Everest 2 Menominee 1 Merrill 9 Wausau West 6 Port Edwards 6 Nekoosa 5 Edgar 18 Chequamegon 5 Marathon 8 Phillips 0 Stratford 7 Rib Lake 0 Abbotsford/Colby 10 Neillsville/Granton 4 Gilman 14 Greenwood 6 M...
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Brewers Take 3 Of 4 From Cardinals
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- After winning on Thursday and Friday the Milwaukee Brewers split games over the weekend to take the series from the St. Louis Cardinals at American Family Field. Milwaukee won 5-3 on Saturday and lost Sunday 4-3. On Saturday a three-run homer from Rhys Hoskins in the seventh inning gave Milwauke...
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Robert Gasser Earns First Career Major League Win As Brewers Beat Cardinals 11-2
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers continued their winning streak against the St. Louis Cardinals this season after their 11-2 victory on Friday night. Top prospect Robert Gasser was the star of the game, allowing no runs, no walks, and just two hits in six innings pitched. With that performance, Gasser becam...
May 11, 2024
Badgers Receive Commitment From Former Boston College Star Receiver Joseph Griffin Jr.
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers will be receiving much-needed help for the upcoming 2024 season after they landed a key transfer portal commitment on Friday night. According to ESPN's Pete Thamel, transfer wide receiver Joseph Griffin Jr. from the Boston College Golden Eagles has committed to the Wisconsin B...
May 10, 2024
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
State News
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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Pro-Palestinian UW-Milwaukee Students to Meet with UWM Foundation
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Pro-Palestinian protesters at UW Milwaukee expect to meet with the UWM Foundation Tuesday. Student organizers say that meeting is meant to achieve disclosure of UWM investments in, and connections, to Israel. "We're going into this meeting with intentions with full disclosure, and if we...
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Pro-Palestinian Protesters to Clear Encampment after Reaching Agreement with UW-Madison
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Nearly two weeks after demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war began at the University of Wisconsin, a resolution has been reached between campus leaders and protest organizers. On Friday, the university announced details of the agreement that will end the encampment on Library Mall which be...
May 10, 2024
National News
Missouri man pleads guilty to crashing truck into White House security barriers
(Reuters) - A Missouri man pleaded guilty on Monday to crashing a rented truck into metal barriers surrounding the White House in May 2023, admitting that he had been "fueled by the ideology of Nazi Germany" and hoped to overthrow the U.S. governme...
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Gucci takes over London's Tate Modern for cruise line catwalk show
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Gucci turned London's Tate Modern art gallery into a catwalk on Monday, as the Italian luxury label presented its cruise 2025 line in the British city that once inspired its founder. Creative director Sa...
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RFK Jr and super PAC sue Meta, claiming election interference
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr and a super PAC supporting him filed a lawsuit on Monday against Facebook parent Meta Platforms, alleging the tech giant interfered in the election...
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Canadian firefighters battle wildfire sweeping towards B.C. town
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Firefighters in western Canada on Monday battled a large wildfire just outside the largely-evacuated remote town of Fort Nelson in British Columbia, a local official said. Fort Nelson is in the line of one of the season's first m...
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Persistent Brazil floods raise specter of climate migration
By Lisandra Paraguassu MUCUM, Brazil (Reuters) - Devastating and ongoing flooding in southern Brazil is forcing some of the half million displaced residents to consider uprooting their lives from inundated towns to rebuild on higher ground. Two wee...
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World News
Australia's Qantas to suspend flights to Shanghai on low demand
(Reuters) - Qantas Airways will suspend its Sydney-to-Shanghai service from July 28 due to low demand, and will redirect those aircraft to fly other routes across Asia experiencing high demand, Australia's flag carrier said on Tuesday. (Reporting ...
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Biden signs ban on imports of Russian nuclear reactor fuel into law
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed a ban on Russian enriched uranium into law on Monday, the White House said, in the latest effort by Washington to disrupt President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The ban o...
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Tunisian police storm lawyers' headquarters and arrest another lawyer
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police stormed the bar association's headquarters for the second time in two days and arrested a lawyer, witnesses said on Monday, after detaining two journalists as well as another lawyer critical of the president over t...
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UK's Labour pledges 'ironclad' commitment to Ukraine during Kyiv visit
By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party affirmed its "ironclad" commitment to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Monday by the party's foreign and defence chiefs. David Lammy and John Healey met Ukraine's defence min...
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Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve 'total victory' in Gaza
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve "total victory" in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on...
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Business News
Oil prices tick up on tighter supply outlook
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday as the supply-demand balance looked set to tighten on operational disruptions, stronger demand and voluntary output cuts. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 18 cents to $79...
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Japan April wholesale inflation steady as weak yen boosts import costs
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's wholesale prices rose 0.9% in April from a year earlier, steady from the previous month as the yen's decline pushed up import costs, central bank data showed on Tuesday. The rise in the corporate goods price index (CGPI), ...
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Rumble sues Google over digital advertising practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Video sharing platform Rumble said on Monday it has sued Google, arguing the tech giant has engaged in anticompetitive practices across its range of digital advertising products and sought damages in excess of $1 billion. Th...
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Unions, lawmakers protest Boeing firefighter lockout
By David Shepardson ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Union leaders and U.S. lawmakers on Monday criticized Boeing's lockout of its unionized firefighters and urged the planemaker to reach a contract deal. Earlier this month, Boeing locked out about ...
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Mexican airline Grupo Aeroméxico files for US IPO
(Reuters) - Airline company Grupo Aeroméxico SAB de CV has filed for an initial public offering in the United States, it said in a filing with the U.S. securities regulator on Monday. The company is among many foreign firms that have flocked toward...
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Health News
Wegovy weight loss sustained for four years in trial, Novo Nordisk says
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) - Patients taking Novo Nordisk's popular Wegovy obesity treatment maintained an average of 10% weight loss after four years on the treatment, the company said on Tuesday. Novo presented the new long-term data at the ...
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US reclassification could drive fresh research funding into pot sector
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) - The U.S. pot sector could see an influx of medical research funding from healthcare investors amid renewed interest from pharmaceutical firms, should a proposal to reclassify cannabis as a lower-risk substance be approv...
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Denmark faces Wegovy shortage due to rising demand, medicines agency says
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The Danish medicines agency on Monday warned of a supply shortage for two separate doses of Novo Nordisk's hugely popular weight loss drug Wegovy due to increasing demand. Wegovy is given by weekly injection and belong to a class ...
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Edwards Lifesciences hit with Meril's EU antitrust complaint
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. heart valve maker Edwards Lifesciences has been hit with an EU antitrust complaint by Indian rival Meril including for allegedly anti-competitive practices related to patents, a move that could bolster EU r...
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Turkey arrests spider smuggler said to be American Museum of Natural History curator
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police arrested a man suspected of trying to smuggle valuable poisonous spiders and scorpions out of the country, with state media identifying the suspect on Monday as a curator at New York's American Museum of Natural...
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Science News
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...
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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...
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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
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an atmosphere - a trait considered essential for any possibility of harboring life. Well, they finally seem to have located one...
May 08, 2024
SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its communications minister told Reuters on Wednesday. Starlink had obtained a permit to operate as an internet service provider f...
May 08, 2024
Technology News
Rumble sues Google over digital advertising practices
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Video sharing platform Rumble said on Monday it has sued Google, arguing the tech giant has engaged in anticompetitive practices across its range of digital advertising products and sought damages in excess of $1 billion. Th...
1h ago
VC firm Accel raises $650 million to invest in AI, cybersecurity startups
By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Venture capital firm Accel said on Tuesday it has raised a $650 million fund to invest in early-stage companies in Europe and Israel with a focus on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The new fund...
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Games Global Ltd withdraws US IPO plan
(Reuters) - Games Global, the UK-based maker of online casino-styled games, withdrew its plan for an initial public offering in the United States on Monday. (Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)
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Artificial intelligence hitting labour forces like a "tsunami" - IMF Chief
ZURICH (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence is hitting the global labour market "like a tsunami" International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Monday. Artificial intelligence is likely to impact 60% of jobs in advanced e...
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OpenAI to announce ChatGPT product improvements Monday
By Anna Tong (Reuters) - ChatGPT-maker OpenAI plans to announce on Monday updates to its flagship chatbot as its most advanced AI model GPT-4, which "feels like magic," CEO Sam Altman said on X on Friday. The company said on X that it will hold a l...
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Entertainment News
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...
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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...
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'Downton Abbey' to return with a third movie
LONDON (Reuters) - The fictitious Crawley family and their servants running a sprawling English country estate in the early 20th century are returning for a third "Downton Abbey" movie, which will feature old and new faces. The award-winning "Downt...
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Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' guitar up for sale, cigarette burns included
LONDON (Reuters) - For sale, vintage guitar with proven heritage. At least one not-so careful owner. The acoustic guitar that auctioneers say Eric Clapton used to compose his hit ballad "Wonderful Tonight" is going under the hammer next month with ...
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Big movies, strange mood as Cannes Film Festival prepares for opening night
By Hanna Rantala CANNES (Reuters) - The excitement that usually builds to a crescendo ahead of the Cannes Film Festival's opening night has been reined in this year by rumours of potentially explosive #MeToo allegations, and a possible festival wor...
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