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Woodchucks Top Wisconsin Rapids, Remain Unbeaten
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Woodchucks defeated Wisconsin Rapids 4-3 on Friday, extending their season-opening win streak to five games. The game was a pitcher's duel across the first 2 innings. Clayton Burke (Central Methodist University) went 3.1 innings pitched, striking out 2 and allowing just 1 earne...
8h ago
Brewers Run Away From White Sox
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Christian Yelich had a monster day at the plate as Milwaukee plated eight runs after the 6th inning in a 12-5 thumping of the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Yelich recorded five hits and five RBI. That included a two-RBI single in the 4th that gave Milwaukee a 4-3 lead. He also smashed a two-RBI d...
9h ago
Jose Ibarra Pleads Not Guilty To The Murder Of Georgia College Student Laken Riley
ATLANTA, GA (WSAU) - Jose Ibarra, who is accused of the murder of Georgia college student Laken Riley, entered a plea of not guilty on Friday morning during his first appearance since his arrest earlier this year. According to the New York Post, Ibarra, 26, who has been in the United States illegally since crossing the...
May 31, 2024
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Wausau Woman Reaches Plea Deal for 4th OWI
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Marathon County woman facing her 4th OWI has reached a plea deal for the charges. Marissa Rose Atkinson was in a Wausau courtroom on Friday where lawyers for both sides announced that they had reached a plea deal for one felony OWI and a misdemeanor charge for driving with a revoked license. A pl...
May 31, 2024
Xiong to Step Down as Executive Director of Hmong American Center
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- There will be a change in leadership at Wausau's Hmong American Center by the end of this year. The Center's Board of Directors has announced that Yee Leng Xiong will step down as Executive Director by December 31st. He will maintain a smaller role in the organization, focusing on coordinating the ...
May 31, 2024
Local News
Wausau Woman Reaches Plea Deal for 4th OWI
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Marathon County woman facing her 4th OWI has reached a plea deal for the charges. Marissa Rose Atkinson was in a Wausau courtroom on Friday where lawyers for both sides announced that they had reached a plea deal for one felony OWI and a misdemeanor charge for driving with a revoked license. A pl...
May 31, 2024
Xiong to Step Down as Executive Director of Hmong American Center
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- There will be a change in leadership at Wausau's Hmong American Center by the end of this year. The Center's Board of Directors has announced that Yee Leng Xiong will step down as Executive Director by December 31st. He will maintain a smaller role in the organization, focusing on coordinating the ...
May 31, 2024
Wausau Will Consider Hiring Consulting Firm For Future Riverfront Projects
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Wausau is looking into plans to further develop its riverfront north of Bridge Street. City Council approved a resolution Tuesday by a 7-4 vote to start the process of hiring a consulting firm that would help the city make plans for what could be developed on city-owned lots. The area they're l...
May 31, 2024
Surveillance video of WOW break-in released; Crimestoppers looks for tips from the public
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Investigators have released the surveillance video of the recent break-in at Wausau On Water Family Entertainment in Wausau. Two burglars gained entry to the building by breaking a window. Once inside they stole several items and concealed them in a black bag they brought, said Brad Tatro, Mar...
May 30, 2024
Bowen Appears in Court for Child Enticement Charges
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Chief of the Riverside Fire Department appeared in a Marathon County courtroom on Thursday, facing charges related to child enticement and 4th-degree child sexual assault. Robert Bowen is accused of making inappropriate contact with a child who was under the age of 18. During Thursday's hearing...
May 30, 2024
Sports
Woodchucks Top Wisconsin Rapids, Remain Unbeaten
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Woodchucks defeated Wisconsin Rapids 4-3 on Friday, extending their season-opening win streak to five games. The game was a pitcher's duel across the first 2 innings. Clayton Burke (Central Methodist University) went 3.1 innings pitched, striking out 2 and allowing just 1 earne...
8h ago
Brewers Run Away From White Sox
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Christian Yelich had a monster day at the plate as Milwaukee plated eight runs after the 6th inning in a 12-5 thumping of the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Yelich recorded five hits and five RBI. That included a two-RBI single in the 4th that gave Milwaukee a 4-3 lead. He also smashed a two-RBI d...
9h ago
Jaire Alexander Says Receiver Jayden Reed Reminds Him Of Former Teammate Randall Cobb
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Packers star cornerback Jaire Alexander says that one of the Packers' young rising stars reminds him of a former teammate and fan-favorite player. According to the Packers Wire, while Alexander was talking to reporters after practice, he praised second-year receiver Jayden Reed, saying, "He ...
May 31, 2024
Sanchez's 8th Inning Home Run Powers Brewers Past Cubs 6-4
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers used their red-hot offense again to take another game from the Cubs on Thursday afternoon, winning 6-4. Willy Adames led the way for the Crew, getting two hits and scoring once against Cubs starter Jameson Taillon, while catcher Gary Sanchez hit a key two-run home run in the...
May 30, 2024
Two Badger Football Games Move to Friday
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- College football's longest-running rivalry will get a post-Thanksgiving showcase as one of two Friday night Wisconsin football games this year. Wisconsin and Minnesota will meet in the battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe on Friday, November 29th. Kickoff time is scheduled for 11 AM CT with the game to be...
May 30, 2024
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State News
Evers Appoints 3 UW Regents, Including UWGB Alum, UWO Student
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh student and a UW-Green Bay alumnus are among three Universities of Wisconsin regents appointed Friday by Gov. Tony Evers. Tim Nixon Tim Nixon is a graduate of UWGB and UWGB, Manitowoc Campus, as well as earning a master's degree and a law degree at UW-Madison...
May 31, 2024
Wisconsin Adjutant General, Major General Paul W. Knapp Resigns
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers announces the resignation of Wisconsin Adjutant General, Major General Paul W. Knapp. Knapp was appointed Adjutant General of the Wisconsin National Guard by Governor Tony Evers in 2020. The position has a five year term and a promotion to Major General. Knapp took the comm...
May 30, 2024
First Lady Jill Biden Coming to Milwaukee
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- First Lady Jill Biden is coming to Wisconsin Friday. According to the White House, she will arrive in Milwaukee after 5 p.m. She will then deliver remarks at Festa Italiana, an Italian community center in Milwaukee. Afterwards, she will fly out to Erie, Pennsylvania to deliver a commencement speech at Er...
May 30, 2024
New Investment Fund is Largest in State History
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A new, $100 million public-private investment fund for Wisconsin aims to kick start companies and entrepreneurs. Missy Hughes is Secretary of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation; she says they want to support entrepreneurs who want to start here, to grow here, and to stay here. &quo...
May 29, 2024
DNR Seeks Sponsors for this Year's Hunters with Disabilities Deer Hunt
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Department of Natural Resources is looking for hosts for this year's disabled hunter deer hunt. That hunt runs from October 5 - 13, and is open to hunters with disabilities. The DNR says properties need to be at least 60 acres in size and have to be able to host three hunters. Around 400 p...
May 29, 2024
National News
India says Delhi's record 52.9 Celsius temperature last week was wrong by 3 C
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A record temperature registered this week for the capital New Delhi of 52.9 degree Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) was too high by 3 C, the Indian government said on Saturday, blaming a weather sensor error. The Indian Meteorolog...
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Indonesia's Mount Ibu erupts as disaster agency warns of possible floods, cold lava flow
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A volcano in Indonesia's eastern island of Halmahera erupted on Saturday spewing a five-km (3-mile) high ash cloud, the country's volcanology agency (PVMBG) said, while its disaster agency warned of potential flash floods and co...
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Florida deputy who shot Black airman is fired, sheriff says
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A Florida sheriff's office on Friday fired a deputy who had shot and killed a Black airman with the U.S. Air Force, saying the use of deadly force was not reasonable. That was the conclusion of an internal affairs investi...
17h ago
Jennifer Lopez cancels 'This Is Me...Live' tour to be with family
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jennifer Lopez said on Friday that her "This Is Me... Live" Summer concert tour has been canceled so she can take time to be with her family. Representatives of Live Nation also announced ...
20h ago
Biden vetoes congressional disapproval of SEC accounting bulletin on crypto assets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday vetoed a congressional disapproval of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's accounting bulletin on crypto assets. "By virtue of invoking the Congressional Review Act, this Republican...
20h ago
World News
Russian missile injures 13 near Ukraine's Kharkiv, prosecutors say
(Reuters) - A Russian missile hit residences in Balakliia in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region on Saturday, injuring 13 people including eight children, prosecutors said. Pictures posted online showed homes in the town southeast of Kharkiv redu...
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European NGO worker accused of inciting revolt in Central African Republic
BANGUI (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Central African Republic say they have detained a European employee of a U.S.-based non-governmental organisation on suspicion of being a threat to state security and seeking to incite revolt against security force...
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Ambrey and UKMTO report incident west of Yemen's Hodeidah
CAIRO (Reuters) - British security firm Ambrey and the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an incident in the Red Sea on Saturday, west of Yemen's Hodeidah. The Houthi militia, which controls the most populous parts of Yemen a...
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Kuwait's Emir makes Sabah Khalid al-Sabah crown prince -state news agency
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait's emir has appointed Sheikh Sabah Khalid al-Sabah as crown prince, the state news agency KUNA said on Saturday. (Reporting by Enas Alashray; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
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Factbox-India general election 2024: Promises of Modi's party
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Here are some of the main promises made by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in its election manifesto and at campaign rallies. Modi is expected to win a third straight term a...
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Business News
Peru inflation eases in May for second straight month
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's monthly inflation rate slowed for the second month in a row May to 0.09%, bringing annual inflation down to its lowest level in three years, according to data published on Saturday by national statistics agency INEI. On a ye...
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Boeing's woes a 'burden' for entire sector, Airbus executive says
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Safety and quality problems exposed at Boeing following a door plug blowout earlier this year risk shaking travellers' confidence in flying, a top executive at rival Airbus said. Christian Scherer, CEO of Airbus' Commercial Ai...
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Delta Air Lines committed to Boeing MAX 10, doesn't expect delivery soon
By Lisa Barrington DUBAI (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines is still committed to the Boeing 737 MAX 10 model that it has on order for deliveries beginning next year, even though it does not anticipate receiving the aircraft for some time, CEO Ed Bastian ...
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Explainer-What S&P's ratings downgrade means for France
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's (S&P) decision to downgrade its rating on France's sovereign debt should in the short term deliver more political sting than pain in financial markets. Days ahead of a June 9 EU parliamentary elec...
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Russia eases forex sales requirements for contracts in roubles
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian government has softened requirements for mandatory sales of foreign currency for exporters if more than half of the value of their contracts is paid in roubles, according to changes to a government decree. President V...
12h ago
Health News
US lawmakers ask FBI for briefing on GenScript Biotech's links to China
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives committee on China has asked the FBI and the intelligence community for a briefing on GenScript Biotechnology Co and three subsidiaries to determine if the Chinese Communist Party has ...
May 31, 2024
US FDA approves Moderna's RSV vaccine, its second marketed product
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, the company announced on Friday, giving it a shot at much-needed new revenue from a second product. Moderna's v...
May 31, 2024
Texas top court won't guarantee right to abortion in complicated pregnancies
(Reuters) - Texas' highest court on Friday refused to ensure that doctors are not prosecuted for abortions they believe are necessary in medically complicated pregnancies, rejecting a lawsuit by 22 patients and physicians. The Texas Supreme Court's...
May 31, 2024
Centene CEO says Medicaid redetermination shifted member profile-conference
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer Centene's Chief Executive Sarah London said on Friday that turnover in people enrolled in Medicaid plans had led to a shift in its membership health profile, to patients who were sicker, but stood...
May 31, 2024
US FDA staff flags concerns on MDMA-assisted PTSD treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. health regulator's staff reviewers on Friday raised concerns related to interpretation of results from trials for Lykos Therapeutics psychedelic drug MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. The FDA staff, in the briefing docum...
May 31, 2024
Science News
Boeing's Starliner capsule set for launch of first crewed space flight
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule is poised for launch on Saturday in a much-delayed first crewed test flight, a milestone in the beleaguered aerospace giant's aim to comp...
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Japanese billionaire Maezawa 'dearMoon' mission cancels moon flyby
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa cancelled his "dearMoon" mission, which the project said was to have been the first private flight around the moon, the mission announced on Saturday. The team had originally aimed to make the c...
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Earliest-known galaxy, spotted by Webb telescope, is a beacon to cosmic dawn
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it formed during the universe's infancy - at only 2% its current age. Webb, which by ...
22h ago
Humble fern from New Caledonia boasts world's largest genome
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - You thought the living organism with ;/"he largest genome might be the blue whale, an African elephant or perhaps a giant redwood tree? Not even close. A human being? Wrong again. That honor instead goes to a little fern ...
May 31, 2024
South Korea plans Mars landing in 2045 as it launches first space agency
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to make a Mars landing by 2045 and spend 100 trillion won ($72.6 billion) until then on space exploration, President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday at the launch of the country's first space agency. T...
May 30, 2024
Technology News
Microsoft to pay off cloud industry group to end EU antitrust complaint, Politico reports
(Reuters) -Microsoft is close to reaching a multimillion-euro deal with an Amazon-backed cloud lobby to get it to drop an antitrust complaint with the European Commission, Politico reported on Saturday. The deal, which hasn't been accepted yet by membe...
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Autodesk names board member as interim CFO, posts prelim revenue above estimates
(Reuters) - Autodesk appointed board member Elizabeth Rafael as its interim chief financial officer on Friday and reported preliminary first-quarter revenue above analysts' expectations, sending its shares up 8% in extended trading. Deborah Cliffor...
22h ago
Online comics platform Webtoon reveals revenue growth, profitability in US IPO filing
(Reuters) - Online comics platform Webtoon Entertainment swung to a profit in the first quarter while growing its revenue by 5%, it disclosed on Friday in its filing for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States. The company, owned by S...
22h ago
Spanish police investigate whether hackers stole millions of drivers' data
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police said on Friday there were investigating whether the private information of millions of vehicle drivers had been offered up for sale online after the traffic authority detected an attempted data breach earlier this ...
May 31, 2024
Nvidia set to overtake Apple as world's second-most valuable company
By Medha Singh (Reuters) - Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world's second-most valuable company, as the kingmaker behind the AI revolution takes on the iPhone maker that has ruled Wall Street for decades. The reliance of virtually all...
May 31, 2024
Entertainment News
ABBA members reunite to receive top Swedish honour
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The four members of iconic Swedish pop group ABBA reunited on Friday to receive one of the country's top honours, "the Royal Vasa Order", during a ceremony in the royal palace in Stockholm. Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Ben...
May 31, 2024
'Rick and Morty' team lands Netflix adult animated series 'The Undervale'
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix said on Thursday it has ordered the adult animated series "The Undervale," with "Rick and Morty" veterans Matt Roller and Dan Harmon set to lead the project. Roller is the creator and showrunner,...
May 30, 2024
Police monitor Taylor Swift gig decibels as Madrid locals fume at noise
By Charlie Devereux and Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - Police measured the decibel count of Taylor Swift's concert in Real Madrid's Bernabeu stadium after locals have complained of unbearable noise since the venue began hosting musical events last...
May 30, 2024
Curtain falls on Paris puppet theatre to make way for Olympics
By Ardee Napolitano May 30 (Reuters) - Blue and pink lights lit the stage as the curtain rose at the Champs de Mars puppet theatre in Paris, with audience members welcomed to the show by a Guignol marionette against a background of cheerful carnival mu...
May 30, 2024
K-pop agency HYBE asks US court to help unmask X account in defamation case
By Hyunsu Yim and Peter Henderson SEOUL (Reuters) - Entertainment group HYBE, home to K-pop group BTS, has asked a U.S. court to compel social media platform X to reveal the identity of a user it accuses of defamation and harassment, according to a...
May 30, 2024