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Trial Scheduled for Wausau Man Accused of Armed Burglary
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Marathon County judge has scheduled a three-day jury trial for a Wausau man accused of breaking into an east-side home in June of 2023 and beating the occupants. T'Eliq Whitelow is accused of breaking into the home through a basement window and then threatening a man with a gun. Officers say he a...
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Milwaukee Brewers Set Date To Induct Former MVP Ryan Braun Into Walk Of Fame
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that one of their all-time great players will be inducted into the franchise Walk of Fame. According to a post on X, on Sunday, July 28th, when the Brewers host the Miami Marlins, former MVP and Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun will receive the honor, making him ...
5h ago
Former President Trump Criticizes President Biden Over Pro-Hamas Protests At College Campuses
WASHINGTON D.C. (WSAU) - Former President Trump has taken aim at President Biden over protests occurring at college campuses across the Northeast. According to the Post Millennial, Trump told the media outlets covering his trial in New York City that the president's tone on the Isreal-Hamas conflict has caused protests...
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High-Speed Chase in Nekoosa Injures Six Teens
NEKOOSA, WI (WSAU) -- A high-speed chase in Nekoosa ended with a crash that injured six occupants in the vehicle. The incident began Sunday at 1:45 AM when officers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed. The driver ignored the officers and continued from Nekoosa into the Tow...
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Greenheck Expands To Knoxville, TN
SCHOFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- A Central Wisconsin HVAC company is adding a manufacturing and distribution campus in Knoxville, Tennessee. Greenheck Group announced the plans in a press release on Tuesday. Construction on the new campus is expected to be completed in stages, with the $300 million facility coming online during...
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Local News
Trial Scheduled for Wausau Man Accused of Armed Burglary
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Marathon County judge has scheduled a three-day jury trial for a Wausau man accused of breaking into an east-side home in June of 2023 and beating the occupants. T'Eliq Whitelow is accused of breaking into the home through a basement window and then threatening a man with a gun. Officers say he a...
2h ago
High-Speed Chase in Nekoosa Injures Six Teens
NEKOOSA, WI (WSAU) -- A high-speed chase in Nekoosa ended with a crash that injured six occupants in the vehicle. The incident began Sunday at 1:45 AM when officers attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle that ran a stop sign at a high rate of speed. The driver ignored the officers and continued from Nekoosa into the Tow...
6h ago
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Greenheck Expands To Knoxville, TN
SCHOFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- A Central Wisconsin HVAC company is adding a manufacturing and distribution campus in Knoxville, Tennessee. Greenheck Group announced the plans in a press release on Tuesday. Construction on the new campus is expected to be completed in stages, with the $300 million facility coming online during...
8h ago
Sanchez Pleads Not Guilty for Schulz-Juedes Homicide
FOND Du LAC, WI (WSAU) -- The woman accused of killing Cindy Schulz-Juedes in the cell they shared at the Taycheedah Correctional Facility has pled not guilty to one count of intentional homicide. Taylor Sanchez entered the plea on Tuesday in a Fond Du Lac courtroom. She's accused of beating Schulz-Juedes, causing nume...
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Elijah Vue's Mother Files Motion For New Bond
MANITOWOC, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The mother of missing boy Elijah Vue is seeking to get out of Manitowoc County Jail. Katrina Baur faces felony charges of persistent child neglect. She was arrested in February and is being held on a $15,000 cash bond. According to records obtained by our Green Bay affiliate, Baur's attorney...
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Sports
Monday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Baseball Wausau East 12 Adams-Friendship 0 Rosholt 15 Tri-Cpunty 0 Pacelli 25 Wild Rose 1 Edgar 4 Prentice 2 Medford 14 Chequamegon 0 Antigo 7 Rhinelander 5 Merrill 8 Mosinee 6 Rib Lake 6 Marshfield Columbus 1 Stratford 19 Loyal 3 Pittsville ...
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Bucks-Pacers Game 2 Tonight
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks will try and make it two in a row in their playoff series with the Indiana Pacers tonight at Fiserv Forum. The Bucks took game one on Sunday 109-94 with a stellar defensive effort and a monster game from Damian Lillard. The Bucks forced 13 turnovers and held the Pacers to jus...
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Pirates Beat Brewers
PITTSBURGH, PA (WSAU) -- A three run sixth inning led to a 4-2 win for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday night. Jared Jones got 25 swinging strikes and seven K's for the Pirates. ONeill Cruz had 2 RBIs and Andrew McCutcheon had a home run. Rhys Hoskins had both Brewer RBIs including his fifth ...
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Milwaukee Brewers Set Date To Induct Former MVP Ryan Braun Into Walk Of Fame
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that one of their all-time great players will be inducted into the franchise Walk of Fame. According to a post on X, on Sunday, July 28th, when the Brewers host the Miami Marlins, former MVP and Rookie of the Year Ryan Braun will receive the honor, making him ...
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Packers Host South Carolina Receiver Xavier Legette For Official Visit
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers have hosted their second top wide receiver for this draft cycle. According to Justin Melo of The Draft Network, the Green Bay Packers hosted South Carolina wide receiver Xavier Legette for a top 30 visit ahead of this week's 2024 NFL draft. Legette who played in 53 games and...
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State News
Maxwell Anderson Pleads Not Guilty in Sade Robinson Case
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- In Milwaukee County Court on Monday, 33-year-old Maxwell Anderson pleads not guilty for the murder of Sade Robinson. Court Commissioner Barry Phillips granted Anderson's request to waive his preliminary hearing and proceed to trial. Monday's court appearance was Anderson's first since body p...
Apr 23, 2024
Evers on State's Trillion Trees Pledge
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- 100 million trees planted by 2030. That's the ambitious goal announced on Earth Day by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Governor Tony Evers. "The stuff that the trees do is right on right on target, they take heart carbon dioxide in and release oxygen to the air and seque...
Apr 23, 2024
Evers Discusses Security for WEC Administrator Meagan Wolfe
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers isn't ruling out stepped up security for Wisconsin's Elections Administrator. At an Earth Day event near Madison, Evers was asked about that, as Donald Trump has spread falsehoods about Meagan Wolfe "f it gets bad enough, certainly we must," said Evers. "I me...
Apr 23, 2024
VP Harris Announces new Federal Rules for Nursing Homes During Stop in La Crosse
LA CROSSE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Biden administration announces new minimum staffing levels for federally funded nursing homes. Vice President Kamala Harris in La Crosse on Monday said: "75% of those nursing homes are understaffed," said Vice President Kamala Harris. "That means that there may be no one ...
Apr 22, 2024
House Advances Aid Bills for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTAQ-WRN) -- On Capitol Hill, foreign aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan advance to likely House votes on Saturday. "Ukrainians are fighting for democracy, theirs and ours," said Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern. "And they have been set back as a result of Republican extremis...
Apr 19, 2024
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National News
Tennessee lawmakers pass bill allowing teachers to carry guns in schools
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Tennessee lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would allow the state's teachers to carry concealed handguns at school, as protesters yelled their opposition from the gallery. The bill was approved in a 68-28 vote in th...
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Factbox-Biden administration races to safeguard environmental rules from congressional axe
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is racing to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations to help safeguard them from potential reversal should former President Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential election. Agency rules completed and ...
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Pro-Palestinian seders planned in New York, other cities as college campuses simmer
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian demonstrators plan to risk mass arrest on Tuesday by closing down the Brooklyn street where U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer resides, a coalition of Jewish groups opposing Israel's actions in G...
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Explainer-What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities?
(Reuters) - Student protests in the U.S. over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a number of encampments now in place at colleges including Columbia, Yale, and New York University. Police have been called in to s...
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John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction
By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The auction...
5h ago
World News
Venezuela's Maduro says he is open to receiving UN rights envoy
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he is willing to receive an envoy from the United Nations' human rights office, after his government asked staff to leave the South American country earlier this year. "I recei...
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Haiti police bolster security around palace ahead of transition
By Steven Aristil and Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police deployed tear gas to move people back from a security perimeter around the National Palace while soldiers gripping rifles patrolled the international airport's diplomatic ...
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Trump meets with Japan's former prime minister Aso
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso, a senior figure in the country's ruling party, met with Donald Trump on Tuesday, becoming the latest U.S. ally seeking to establish ties with the Republican presidential candidate...
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North Korea officials visit Iran in a rare public trip
SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a rare public report of an exchange between the two countries believed to have secret ...
1h ago
Mexico president eyes fresh pension fund ahead of election
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he hopes to present a new fund aimed at boosting the lower pensions in the system on May 1, a month ahead of presidential elections. The creation of the fund, whi...
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Business News
Japan's corporate service inflation perks up in March
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's annual business-to-business service inflation accelerated for the second month to hit 2.3% in March, data showed on Wednesday, suggesting firms continued to pass on rising labour costs thanks to prospects for sustained wag...
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Tesla prices Model 3 performance version at $46,364 in China, to deliver from Q3
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tesla Inc has priced its latest Model 3 performance version vehicle at 335,900 yuan ($46,364.29) in China. The automaker will start delivery of the vehicle from the third quarter this year, according to a notice. ($1 = 7.2448 Ch...
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Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of next year, Musk says
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Tesla's humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet potentia...
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UK pay settlements edge lower in first quarter, industry survey shows
LONDON (Reuters) - British employers reached slightly lower pay settlements with staff in the three months to the end of March, although early figures for April suggest they picked up again, an industry survey showed on Wednesday. Median basic pay ...
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Australia's Lynas Rare Earths' Q3 sales revenue falls 58%
(Reuters) - Australia's Lynas Rare Earths posted a 58.3% drop in its third-quarter sales revenue on Wednesday, hurt by subdued prices for rare earths and increased output in China, a dominant producer, further weighing on demand. The world's larges...
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Health News
US FDA says commercial milk safe despite bird flu virus presence
By Manas Mishra and Jasper Ward (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday that it had found bird flu virus particles in some samples of pasteurized milk, but said commercial milk supply remains safe. The FDA said that because the...
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Italy passes contested plan to 'support motherhood' in abortion clinics
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Senate gave final approval on Tuesday to a contested government plan to allow groups who "support motherhood" into abortion clinics to try to deter women terminating pregnancies. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of ...
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US CDC warns of harmful reactions to fake Botox injections
(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday alerted clinicians about risks of counterfeit versions of AbbVie's Botox that were given to consumers for cosmetic purposes in multiple states. A total of 22 people from 11...
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Quest Diagnostics raises 2024 profit and revenue forecast on strong demand
(Reuters) - Laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics raised its 2024 profit and revenue forecast on Tuesday after beating first-quarter estimates on robust demand for its diagnostic tests. Demand for routine diagnostic health checkups has grown over t...
10h ago
Pfizer vs Moderna battle over COVID vaccine patents begins in UK
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer and BioNTech asked a London court to revoke rival Moderna's patents over technology key to the development of vaccines for COVID-19, as the latest leg of a global legal battle began on Tuesday. Pfizer and its ...
10h ago
Science News
US, Russia set for a showdown at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols and Joey Roulette UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are set to face off over nuclear weapons in space on Wednesday at the United Nations Security Council, which is due to vote on a U.S.-drafted r...
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Three Russians parachute from stratosphere to North Pole
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to the North Pole last week in a mission that also served as a test of a new prototype communications system for use in the Arctic, an organiser of t...
Apr 19, 2024
Fossils of colossal snake Vasuki unearthed in India mine
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a lignite mine are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at up to 49 feet (15 meters) in length - longer than a T. rex - that prowled the sw...
Apr 18, 2024
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to a gigantic marine reptile dating to 202 million years ago that appears to have been among the largest animals ever on Eart...
Apr 17, 2024
Head of Russian space agency says work under way on modernised Angara rocket
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is working on a modernised Angara-A5M rocket capable of launching manned spacecraft, and plans to launch it in 2027, the head of its Roscosmos state space agency said on Wednesday. "Already now, by order of Roscosmos, a mo...
Apr 17, 2024
Technology News
Tesla could start selling Optimus robots by the end of next year, Musk says
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) - Tesla's humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet potentia...
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LG Energy Solution to license out battery patents to block tech infringement, exec says
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Energy Solution said on Wednesday it would launch a new business model of licensing out its battery technologies next month, as infringements of the South Korean company's patents surge with competition to supp...
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Musk's X Corp appeals dismissal of lawsuit against anti-hate group
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's X appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit against the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, which faulted him for letting hate speech spread on the social media platform once known as Twitter. X filed a notice of appea...
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US is reviewing risks of China's use of RISC-V chip technology
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Commerce is reviewing the national security implications of China's work in open-source RISC-V chip technology, according to a letter sent to U.S. lawmakers. RISC-V, pronounced "risk five," compe...
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Seagate forecasts higher Q4 profit on boost from cloud customers
(Reuters) - Seagate Technology on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter profit above Wall Street estimates after beating earnings estimates for the most recent quarter, driven by higher demand for its memory chips from cloud customers. Dublin, Ireland-ba...
3h ago
Entertainment News
John Lennon's lost 1960s acoustic guitar to go up for auction
By Lisa Keddie and Will Russell LONDON (Reuters) - A previously lost 12-string acoustic guitar that belonged to the late John Lennon will go up for sale at an auction in May after it was recently found in the attic of a home in Britain. The auction...
5h ago
Germany's RTL acquires Nickelodeon rights for children's TV network
BERLIN (Reuters) - Super RTL, a children's television network belonging to Bertelsmann's RTL Group, has struck a deal to acquire Nickelodeon series in Germany, the group said in a statement on Tuesday. Under the agreement, Super RTL will acquire a ...
10h ago
Brazilian DJ Alok infuses his dance music with indigenous songs
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Brazilian DJ and producer Alok is setting aside his traditional modern electronic dance music to focus on something even more traditional - indigenous songs from his country. His new album "The Future is Ancest...
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Silicon Valley and Hollywood worlds collide as David Ellison bids for Paramount
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - David Ellison, 41, would not be the first rich guy to arrive in Hollywood with a fat bank account and dreams of making movies, though the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison boasts the rarest of attribute...
13h ago
Ryan Gosling's 'The Fall Guy' is a love letter to stunt performers
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - After serving "Kenergy" with "Barbie", actor Ryan Gosling turns the spotlight on the movie-makers whose job is to shine on screen while remaining invisible in "The Fall Guy". The film is inspired by the popular 1...
Apr 22, 2024