MADISON, WI (WSAU) A very close primary for governor is too close to call. With more than 98% of the vote counted, Milwaukee County executive David Crowley leads Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has sent out a press release congratulating Crowley as the winner. Hong sent supports ...

SAN DIEGO, CA (WSAU) - The Padres routed the Brewers, 11-2, on Tuesday night. Milwaukee's lead in the NL Central against the Cubs is down to 4 games. The Cubs beat the Nationals on Tuesday, 8-6. Former Brewers Luis Rengifo hit a grand-slam in the 2nd inning against his old team He had been released by Milwaukee last mo...

By Kanishka Singh Aug 11 (Reuters) - Powerful storms moved through the U.S. Midwest on Tuesday, leaving ​at least two people ‌dead and nearly a million without power, officials said. Here are some details: • A 4-year-old child died after a ‌tree ​fell ...

NEW YORK, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Wisconsin ​Democrats ‌on Tuesday voted for Rebecca ‌Cooke, ​a ⁠former small ⁠business owner and waitress, to ​challenge Republican ⁠U.S. ⁠Representative Derrick ​Van Orden ​in the state's ‌third congressional district, ⁠con...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Michael Alfonso took a big step towards filling his father-in-law's former job, outlasting four contenders in a five-person Republican primary for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District seat. Several outlets called the race by 9:30 PM, with Alfonso holding 48% of the vote. Kevin Hermening had 29% o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Michael Alfonso took a big step towards filling his father-in-law's former job, outlasting four contenders in a five-person Republican primary for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District seat. Several outlets called the race by 9:30 PM, with Alfonso holding 48% of the vote. Kevin Hermening had 29% o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- It took about 25 minutes after the polls closed at 8:00 PM for the call, but Tom Tiffany has officially been declared the winner of the GOP primary for Governor. The 7th Congressional District Representative jumped out to an early 92-point lead with about 10 percent of the vote in, prompting major ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The Stevens Point man facing hit-and-run and OWI charges has died. According to an obituary published earlier this week, Samuel Milkey died on August 8th, "[losing] his lifelong battle with mental illness," according to his family. The 30-year-old had been accused of striking a ped...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A new Professor position at UWSP will be dedicated to research, education, and public outreach focused on black bear management and conservation in Central Wisconsin. The Boone and Crockett Club has given the school a $1 million gift that will be held in an endowment within the school's foun...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Wisconsin Rapids Planning Commission voted 6-0 Monday night to explore a 12-month moratorium on data centers in the city. The vote came during a major public hearing on the proposed hyperscale data center at the old paper mill site. The meeting was originally scheduled for last we...

SAN DIEGO, CA (WSAU) - The Padres routed the Brewers, 11-2, on Tuesday night. Milwaukee's lead in the NL Central against the Cubs is down to 4 games. The Cubs beat the Nationals on Tuesday, 8-6. Former Brewers Luis Rengifo hit a grand-slam in the 2nd inning against his old team He had been released by Milwaukee last mo...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are without their starting running back this week as he continues to rehab an injury. According to Packers head coach Matt LaFleur, who spoke to team reporter Wes Hodkiewicz on Tuesday morning before practice, Josh Jacobs is rehabbing from a groin injury that will keep him o...

SAN DIEGO, CA (WSAU) The Brewers opened their second west coast road trip this month with a 3-2 loss to the Padres. Trailing by a run in the 7th, San Diego's Jackson Merrill hit a two-run homer to center to put the Padres up for good. The Padres have won 13 of their last 17 games, and are 1 game out of the final wildc...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Badgers unleashed the 2026-'27 men's hockey schedule on Monday. The season begins Friday, October 2nd, with a two-game series against Robert Morris University (PA). The first road games of the season come one week later when Coach Mike Hastings takes the team back to where it all sta...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are adding another receiver to their preseason roster. According to NFL reporter Aaron Wilson, the Washington Commanders claimed rookie receiver Chris Hilton Jr. off waivers while also waiving cornerback Marlon Jones and defensive back Johnathan Baldwin. Hilton joined the Wa...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) A very close primary for governor is too close to call. With more than 98% of the vote counted, Milwaukee County executive David Crowley leads Francesca Hong by about 3,000 votes. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has sent out a press release congratulating Crowley as the winner. Hong sent supports ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - A new report details what the Wisconsin Democratic Party plans to do after Tuesday's primary elections. According to POLITICO, the party is planning a statewide unity tour that will include a first stop in Middleton on Wednesday for a breakfast featuring guests such as U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, R...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is giving his opinion on where he feels the state Democratic Party stands, as Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong continues to rise in the polls. In a newly released interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Gov. Evers, who has endorsed Milwaukee County Executive Davi...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) Madison police cleared the Corey Ruiz Autonomous Zone on Tuesday morning. City police, with the assistance of other city workers and the State Patrol moved into the intersection of Baldwin and Williamson streets around 5am. An officer with a bullhorn told those in the encampment to gather their belo...

July 30 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court found Enbridge liable for trespass for running a pipeline under land belonging to a northern Wisconsin tribe, but gave the Canadian energy company more time to reroute the pipeline and ​ordered a recalculation o...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - Wisconsin Democrats ​on ‌Wednesday chose Milwaukee County Executive ‌David ​Crowley ⁠as ⁠their nominee for state governor, ​U.S. media ⁠outlets ⁠have reported. He ​will face ​off against ‌Republican U.S. Representative Tom ⁠Tiffany i...

By Johann M Cherian Aug 12 (Reuters) - Wildfires and heatwaves pose a growing medium- and long-term fiscal risk for Greece and the wider region, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Kyriakos ​Mitsotakis said, as the government boosts investment to shore ...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Andy Burnham will chair a meeting of the government's emergency response committee on Wednesday to discuss ​measures to tackle extreme heat, wildfires and ‌drought, his office said, as Britain faces its fifth h...

MADRID/REYKJAVIK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Millions of people across Spain and Iceland geared up to witness a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, packing their protective glasses and travelling to areas where the rare astronomical event can be observed in full...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - The European Union will provide €2 million ($2.3 ​million) in ‌aid for communities in Colombia hit by this week's ‌earthquake, ​said European ⁠Commission President ⁠Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday. • "As search and rescue ​operatio...

By Olga Popova MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Two of Russia's biggest grain terminals at the southern port of Novorossiysk have suspended operations as a result of overnight Ukrainian drone strikes, four industry ​sources told Reuters on Wednesday. Russia ...

HARARE, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Fifteen bodies have been recovered from a lake ​in Zimbabwe where ‌a passenger ferry capsized on Tuesday, and at least 27 people including young ‌children ​are still ⁠missing, a local ⁠official told state-owned The Herald new...

MOSCOW, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence ​Ministry ‌said on Wednesday it had ‌intercepted ​and ⁠destroyed 502 ⁠Ukrainian drones over various regions overnight ​and had ⁠hit ⁠a fuel ​depot in ​the port of ‌Odesa, which it said ⁠was used to supply the...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine has paused drone strikes on oil tankers using Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiysk after a request from U.S. Vice ​President JD Vance, the Financial Times said on ‌Wednesday, citing Ukrainian officials. The paper said last...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister ​Anwar Ibrahim ‌was expected to be discharged from hospital ‌on ​Wednesday, his ⁠wife said, ⁠according to a report by state news agency ​Bernama. Anwar, 79, has been ⁠under ⁠medical observation ...

DUBAI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Iran will soon join the New Development Bank, the development lender established by the BRICS group of nations, central bank ​governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said in a state media ‌report published on Wednesday ahead of a BRICS fi...

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Global oil supply will fall by 4.3 million ​barrels per day, or ‌around 4%, this year, the International Energy Agency said in its monthly oil market ‌report ​on Wednesday, as ⁠renewed hostilities in ⁠the Middle East since Ju...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - Flight-tracking company FlightAware withdrew its lawsuit against Kalshi on Tuesday, a day after it filed the suit that ​accuses the prediction markets giant of ‌using its data and name without its knowledge to host gambling markets o...

Aug 12 (Reuters) - European shares were largely subdued on Wednesday as investors assessed corporate earnings and fresh geopolitical tensions ahead of crucial U.S. inflation data. The pan-European STOXX 600 was ​little changed at 661.26 points, as of 0...

TAIPEI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported on Wednesday a 35% rise in second-quarter profit, ​beating analyst forecasts, on continued strong ‌demand for AI, which it predicted would drive growt...

By Ashwin Manikandan MUMBAI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - India is weighing wide-ranging reforms of health insurance, from benchmarked treatment rates to a nationwide claims exchange, as it looks to boost transparency in a struggle to hold down some of the highe...

NAIROBI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - ​The ‌number of ‌confirmed ​Ebola ⁠cases in ⁠the Democratic Republic ​of ⁠Congo ⁠has ​increased to ​4,449, including ‌2,061 deaths, ⁠government data showed ⁠late ‌on ⁠Tuesday. (Reporting ​by ‌Vincent ​Mumo Nzilani; ⁠Editing...

By Jonathan Stempel Aug 11 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a formula used by healthcare providers, insurers and the government that is designed to shield patients from staggeringly high "surprise" medical bills. • In an unsig...

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for fewer routine childhood vaccinations and directing the Justice Department to challenge state vaccine laws, a move physicians and v...

MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Mexico's health ministry ​said on Tuesday ‌that tests carried out at over a dozen hotels ‌in ​the ⁠Riviera Maya, a ⁠Caribbean tourist hub, came in negative for the ​cyclospora parasite. British health authorities had ⁠re...

MADRID/REYKJAVIK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Millions of people across Spain and Iceland geared up to witness a total solar eclipse on Wednesday, packing their protective glasses and travelling to areas where the rare astronomical event can be observed in full...

BERLIN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A peek inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, researchers at the University of ​Vienna have found, providing what they said ‌was the first ever evidence of such an ability. ...

By Michele Kambas and Renee Maltezou LIMASSOL, Cyprus/ATHENS Aug 11 (Reuters) - Pepis, the bearded skipper of a small fishing boat, deftly picks up two lionfish caught in experimental traps off the coast of Cyprus, cuts off their venomous spines, guts ...

HANOI, Aug 11 (Reuters) - VinSpace, a unit of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, has signed a launch ​contract with SpaceX for ‌its satellite missions, the company said on Tuesday. • VinSpace's satellites will launch on a SpaceX Transporter rideshare ‌m...

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Rocket Lab forecast third-quarter margins below Wall Street expectations on Monday, as rapid expansion into satellite manufacturing boosts sales but weighs on profitability. As sales of lower-margin ​satellite platforms rise, they ar...

LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Hedge funds upped short bets on AI-related stocks in July, according to a Wednesday report from data platform Hazeltree, part of a broad ​shift in the month that saw chipmaker shares ‌tumble around the world Here are some det...

TAIPEI, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported on Wednesday a 35% rise in second-quarter profit, ​beating analyst forecasts, on continued strong ‌demand for AI, which it predicted would drive growt...

LAGOS, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria approved tax waivers for nearly 4,000 electric vehicles in the first half of this year, government data showed, as authorities push to accelerate nascent EV adoption despite chronic electricity shortages. The approvals...

SEOUL, Aug 12 (Reuters) - South Korea unveiled on Wednesday an ambitious technology strategy centred on seven projects ​ranging from nuclear energy and ‌quantum computing to space and biotechnology, as the country seeks to secure new growth engines bey...

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Ryanair said on Wednesday it would deploy Google's Gemini AI tools and DeepMind models across its operations under a ​new five-year cloud partnership, using the technology to ‌help manage crew scheduling and ...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (Reuters) - The culturally diverse girl group KATSEYE, now temporarily down two members, is eager to show a more raw and authentic side through its upcoming EP and tour, as well as the concert film "KATSEYE: ​WI...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Two-time Oscar nominee Maite Alberdi wanted to go beyond the headlines with her true crime documentary "A Child of My Own" and examine societal expectations ​on women. Four years in the making, the film follo...

By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Green Day, the punk rock band that rose to global fame, are turning to filmmaking with "Nimrods," a coming-of-age comedy inspired in part by their early years as musicians. Written and...

By Danielle Kaye and Joyce Zhou NEW YORK/HONG KONG, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Taylor Swift's wedding dress remains under wraps. But wedding chain David's Bridal is already betting brides will want one just like it. Fans are eagerly awaiting the reveal of the ...

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Disney+ and Hulu said on Monday they had struck a video podcasting deal with ​iHeartMedia for six podcast titles, ‌starting with "Hey Jonas!," as they expand their libraries to draw more users in a competitive market. The agreement e...