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Man who attacked Pelosi's husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
By Joseph Ax (Reuters) - The man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's home in 2022 and assaulted her husband with a hammer was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. In a politically moti...
14h ago
Commencement Weekend at UWSP
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- More than one thousand students will join the rank of alumni this weekend at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. According to the University 1,200 students will earn their associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees in two separate ceremonies. One begins at 9:30 AM, the othe...
15h ago
US arrests two Chinese nationals in $73 million crypto scam
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from defrauded victims, the Justice Department said on Friday. U.S. officials arrested Yicheng Zhang in Los Angeles on Thursday,...
16h ago
Lambeau Field Rated Top U.S. Sports Stadium; American Family Field Ranked 10th
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin has two of the top ten sporting stadiums in the U.S., according to a new analysis. According to a press release, the analysis was done by Gambling.com which took a deep dive into venues across the country, and all stadiums were scored out of five on Google, Tripadvisor, and Facebook and...
18h ago
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Stevens Point Area School District looks for donations to pay off lunch debt
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - $25,000 dollars is a lot of money, and that's the amount of lunch debt students in Stevens Point are facing. The school district has been running a program called Money for Meals for the last two years to try to bring that number down. An area business called Express Employment Professi...
May 16, 2024
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Local News
Commencement Weekend at UWSP
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- More than one thousand students will join the rank of alumni this weekend at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. According to the University 1,200 students will earn their associate, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degrees in two separate ceremonies. One begins at 9:30 AM, the othe...
15h ago
Stevens Point Area School District looks for donations to pay off lunch debt
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - $25,000 dollars is a lot of money, and that's the amount of lunch debt students in Stevens Point are facing. The school district has been running a program called Money for Meals for the last two years to try to bring that number down. An area business called Express Employment Professi...
May 16, 2024
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Bowen Released on Bond Following Court Hearing
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -- Riverside Fire Department Chief Robert Bowen has posted a $15,000 cash bond and is now free while he awaits formal charges for child enticement. WAOW TV reports that Bowen appeared in front of Judge Rick Cveykus on Thursday for a probable cause hearing. Details of the criminal complaint have a...
May 16, 2024
Northwoods Man Accused of Stealing Public Funds Will go to Trial
ANTIGO, WI (WSAU) -- A Langlade County man accused of stealing more than $300,000 from a township and rural fire department will go to trial after the court entered a not guilty plea on his behalf Thursday. Gary Kieper of Antigo is accused of taking the funds and depositing them in his personal bank accounts over sever...
May 16, 2024
State of Affairs Ep. 16 Waukesha County Republican Party Chair Terry Dittrich Talks State RNC Campaign
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - State of Affairs episode sixteen is now available, featuring Waukesha County Republican County Chair Terry Dittrich joining the program to discuss his campaign to be the next National Committeeman for Wisconsin and what he thinks needs to change for the party to end their string of close defeats. Wh...
May 16, 2024
Sports
Thursday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Thursday's scoreboard: Baseball Wausau East 3 Marshfield 1 Merrill 6 DC Everest 5 Stevens Point 7 Wisconsin Rapids 3 Laona/Wabeno 9 Prentice 2 Auburndale 9 Athens 1 Marshfield Columbus 11 Loyal 1 Mauston 15 Adams-Friendship 5 Lakeland 4 Northland Pines 1 Amherst 10 ...
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Report: Bucks Head Coach Doc Rivers Will Heavily Pursue Former Bucks Guard Sam Cassell To Join Staff
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - As Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers looks to rebuild his coaching staff, a former Bucks player has become one of his top targets. According to NBA Insider Marc Stein, Rivers "plans to make an aggressive push" to sign Sam Cassell as an assistant coach. Cassell is in his first season...
May 16, 2024
Lambeau Field Rated Top U.S. Sports Stadium; American Family Field Ranked 10th
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin has two of the top ten sporting stadiums in the U.S., according to a new analysis. According to a press release, the analysis was done by Gambling.com which took a deep dive into venues across the country, and all stadiums were scored out of five on Google, Tripadvisor, and Facebook and...
18h ago
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Badgers Land 2025 Four-Star Receiver Cameron Miller
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -The Wisconsin Badgers announced on Wednesday night that they received a commitment from one of their top 2025 offensive targets. According to a post on X, four-star athlete Cameron Miller will play as a wide receiver for the Badgers next season, despite other programs viewing him as more of a corner...
May 16, 2024
Wednesday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Wednesday's scoreboard: Baseball Marshfield Columbus 11 Loyal 1 Softball Wausau West 10 Merrill 3
May 16, 2024
State News
Legalize Marijuana in Wisconsin; Says Milwaukee Mayor Johnson
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Biden Administration has reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I drug, the most dangerous classification, to a Schedule III drug. Now, Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson would like to see Wisconsin allow legal sales. "Those are dollars that could be taxed, that could be then going to...
13h ago
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Talks with Secret Service About Protesting Zone for Milwaukee GOP Convention
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Concerns from the nation's capital about protesting at Milwaukee's Republican National Convention. Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson discussed those with the head of the Secret Service Tuesday. Johnson says demonstrations for this July's convention will differ from when Milwaukee was slated...
May 15, 2024
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...
May 14, 2024
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...
May 14, 2024
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
National News
Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
KABUL (Reuters) - At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaem, the head of the information department for the central Ghor province, told...
2h ago
Donald Trump falsely tells supporters he won Minnesota in 2020
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Donald Trump falsely claimed on Friday that he won the 2020 presidential election in Minnesota and he said he would win this year in the state that has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate in over 50 years....
4h ago
Actor Dabney Coleman, villainous boss in '9 to 5,' dies at 92
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Dabney Coleman, a character actor who brought a glorious touch of smarm to the screen in playing comedic villains, mean-spirited bosses and outright jerks in films such as "9 to 5" and "Tootsie," has died at age 92. Colema...
8h ago
Brazil sees aid measures from floods hitting its budget by at least $2.6 billion
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil estimates aid measures taken by authorities after deadly floods in its southernmost state will cost at least 13.4 billion reais ($2.6 billion) from its budget, according to finance ministry data compile...
10h ago
Richard Gere drew on father's death for role in Cannes entry 'Oh, Canada'
By Hanna Rantala CANNES, France (Reuters) - Richard Gere, once a Hollywood leading man, said he drew on his feelings following his father's death to bring emotional depth to his role in "Oh, Canada," for which he returned, after decades, to the Can...
10h ago
World News
Libya's eastern government investigating disappearance of lawmaker
(Reuters) - Libya's eastern-based authorities are investigating the disappearance of a member of parliament, the region's interior ministry said, and it did not believe he had been killed. The House of Representatives (HoR) member for Benghazi, Ibr...
8m ago
China probes agriculture minister for suspected disciplinary violations
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's agriculture minister is being investigated for suspected violations of law and discipline, the country's anti-graft watchdog said on Saturday. Tang Renjian, 61, is under investigation for "serious violations of disciplin...
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Putin ally says EU is hypocritical for ban on Russian media
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The speaker of Russia's parliament scolded the European Union on Saturday for banning the distribution of four Russian media outlets and said it showed how the West refused to accept any alternative point of view and was destroyi...
1h ago
Munich airport faces delays after climate activists breach runway
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Munich's airport was briefly closed early on Saturday after climate activists breached the grounds and glued themselves to a runway, a spokesperson said. One of two runways is now open but there will be delays, the spokesperso...
3h ago
Singapore to resume flying F-16 jets after crash this month
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will resume flying its F-16 fleet after suspending training when one of the jets crashed earlier this month, the defence ministry on Saturday. The defence ministry said the May 8 crash was due to the p...
3h ago
Business News
Sony and Apollo move ahead with Paramount bid process but reticent about earlier plan, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have signed nondisclosure agreements that will allow them to look at Paramount's books ahead of a potential bid for the movie studio's assets, the New York Times reported on Frida...
6h ago
Crypto lender Genesis to return $3 billion to customers in bankruptcy wind-down
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 billion in cash and cryptocurrency to its customers in a bankruptcy liquidation, leaving its owner, Digital Currency Group, wi...
8h ago
Nippon key negotiator to meet U.S. Steel staff in Pittsburgh, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Steel's vice chairman and key negotiator for the U.S. Steel deal, Takahiro Mori, will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania next week to meet with local staff and elected officials, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing ...
9h ago
Analysis-UAW's stinging loss in Alabama won't kill national organizing effort
By Nora Eckert VANCE, Alabama (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers failed in its effort to organize a Mercedes-Benz plant in Alabama, but the loss on Friday was a good result for a first effort in a historically anti-union state, labor professors an...
9h ago
Stock market's record-setting rebound may have further to go
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rebound that has taken the U.S. stock market to record highs this week may have further to run, if history is any guide. Fresh signs of a cooling economy calmed inflation worries in May, helping all three m...
11h ago
Health News
Pfizer wins $107.5 million from AstraZeneca in US cancer drug patent trial
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - AstraZeneca owes Pfizer $107.5 million in damages, a Delaware federal jury said on Friday after finding that AstraZeneca's blockbuster lung cancer drug Tagrisso violated its Wyeth unit's patent rights. The jury agreed ...
11h ago
J&J-backed startup Rapport files for US IPO
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Rapport Therapeutics, backed by the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, filed for an initial public offering in the United States on Friday. Rapport, which develops small molecule medicines for patients s...
11h ago
Ontario reports first death from measles in over a decade
TORONTO, (Reuters) - An Ontario child under the age of five has died of measles making it the first such case in more than a decade, according to the provincial health agency. The child required hospitalization and was not vaccinated against the hi...
16h ago
Moderna wins case in patent dispute with Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID shot
(Reuters) -Moderna has won a case at the European Patent Office in its dispute with Pfizer and BioNTech over its COVID-19 vaccine, the company said on Friday. "We are pleased to announce that the European Patent Office decided to maintain the validity ...
17h ago
EU regulator scraps approval for pregnancy drug over cancer risk
(Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Friday recommended scrapping approval for a drug used to prolong gestation, citing a "possible but unconfirmed" risk of cancer. The EU health regulator's Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee...
21h ago
Science News
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...
6h ago
A fox on stilts? Argentine long-legged maned wolf returned to the wild
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned wolf, to the wild around Buenos Aires, with its long black legs and red-fur making the creature look like a fox on stilts o...
22h ago
Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to protect their beaks while foraging. And a Galapa...
May 16, 2024
Study reveals history and oceanic voyages of remarkable baobab tree
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. When its contorted branches are leafless during the dry season, they resemble jumbled roots emanating from a thick trunk, making it appear as if someone had yanked ...
May 15, 2024
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...
May 14, 2024
Technology News
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedule to consider the legal challenges to a new law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest TikTok's U.S. assets by Jan. 1...
12h ago
Apple set to release slimmer iPhone in 2025, the Information reports
(Reuters) - Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the project. The potential thinner version is likely to be priced highe...
14h ago
US arrests two Chinese nationals in $73 million crypto scam
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from defrauded victims, the Justice Department said on Friday. U.S. officials arrested Yicheng Zhang in Los Angeles on Thursday,...
16h ago
DXC Technology tumbles as investors fret over latest restructuring plan
(Reuters) - Shares of DXC Technology slumped 18% on Friday, after the IT services provider unveiled a new revamp and forecast fiscal 2025 revenue and profit below estimates. The latest attempt comes as a sale bid failed last year and exits of top e...
18h ago
US labor board will suspend case against SpaceX pending company's legal challenge
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board told a Texas federal judge that it will suspend an administrative case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Musk while the rocket maker pursues a lawsui...
19h ago
Entertainment News
TV companies flaunt ad tech and AI to persuade advertisers to spend
By Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television "upfront" advertiser presentations this week in New York City were hardly about TV at all. The annual week-long affair where media executives have traditionally pre-sold TV advertising featured ma...
23h ago
Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin bid to avoid 'Rust' trial
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin in the 2021 shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of the Western movi...
23h ago
After decades, Francis Ford Coppola's opus 'Megalopolis' finally debuts at Cannes
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola closed a decades-in-the-making chapter of his long career on Thursday as his passion project "Megalopolis," a 138-minute epic science-fiction tale drawn from Roman history...
May 16, 2024
Concord terminates $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) -Apollo-backed Concord terminated its proposed $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund on Thursday, according to Alchemy Copyrights, which indirectly controls Concord. Nashville-based independent music company Concord's revised offer was...
May 16, 2024
Dystopia and glamour collide as new 'Mad Max' saga premieres at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Marvel royalty Chris Hemsworth walked the Cannes Film Festival's red carpet alongside star-of-the-show Anya Taylor-Joy for the first time on Wednesday night to mark the world premiere of director George Miller's much-awai...
May 15, 2024