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Turner Scheduled for Hearing Thursday, Ahead of Mid-April Trial
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A motion hearing will be held on Thursday for a Wausau man accused of killing an acquaintance in the spring of 2022. Michael Turner will appear in court at 10:30 AM on Thursday, three weeks before he is scheduled to stand trial for one count of intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon. Off...
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Remains of two people recovered following Baltimore bridge collapse, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - The remains of two people have been recovered from the Patapsco River near where a Baltimore bridge collapsed, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. (Reporting by Dan Whitcomb, editing by David Ljunggren)
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Aspirus Merrill Hospital to Undergo $40 Million Facelift
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- Aspirus Health has announced a $40 million expansion of their hospital in Merrill. Aspirus SVP & Central Region President Jeff Wicklander says they are seeing growth in the Merrill area, so it's time for the hospital to follow suit. The expansion will double the hospital's capacity from 10 pat...
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Baldwin Stops in Downtown Wausau on Her "Tammy's Dairyland" Tour
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- US Senator Tammy Baldwin continued the "Tammy's Dairyland" tour on Wednesday with a downtown business tour in Wausau. The Senator, who is up for re-election this November, visited businesses including The Pinery Coffee Company, The Chocolate Cafe, and Object Homewares. Baldwin talked with...
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US supply chain task force to discuss Baltimore bridge collapse
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal supply chain task force will meet on Wednesday to assess the Baltimore bridge collapse and port closure, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, adding that the Biden administration did not want financing co...
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Local News
Turner Scheduled for Hearing Thursday, Ahead of Mid-April Trial
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A motion hearing will be held on Thursday for a Wausau man accused of killing an acquaintance in the spring of 2022. Michael Turner will appear in court at 10:30 AM on Thursday, three weeks before he is scheduled to stand trial for one count of intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon. Off...
11h ago
Aspirus Merrill Hospital to Undergo $40 Million Facelift
MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- Aspirus Health has announced a $40 million expansion of their hospital in Merrill. Aspirus SVP & Central Region President Jeff Wicklander says they are seeing growth in the Merrill area, so it's time for the hospital to follow suit. The expansion will double the hospital's capacity from 10 pat...
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Baldwin Stops in Downtown Wausau on Her "Tammy's Dairyland" Tour
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- US Senator Tammy Baldwin continued the "Tammy's Dairyland" tour on Wednesday with a downtown business tour in Wausau. The Senator, who is up for re-election this November, visited businesses including The Pinery Coffee Company, The Chocolate Cafe, and Object Homewares. Baldwin talked with...
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Jackson Pleads Not Guilty in Stevens Point Stabbing Incident
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Stevens Point man accused of stabbing another man at the Portage County Library has pled not guilty to charges of attempted homicide and aggravated battery. Frank Jackson is accused of stabbing a 71-year-old man, who had just loaned him money earlier in the day. Investigators say Jackson r...
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Wisconsin State Democrat Party Announces Six-Figure Ad Buy For Wausau Mayor Katie Rosenberg
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The Wausau mayor's election has entered its final week, and candidates on both sides hope to make a final impression on voters before they head to the polls. According to Adimpact, the state Democratic Party has recently spent a total of $191,000 for ads this week alone that will run on local TV and...
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Sports
Opening Day Postponed: Brewers, Mets to Open Season Friday
NEW YORK, NY (WSAU) -- The New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers will not open Major League Baseball's regular season as planned. Thursday's game has been postponed due to anticipated rain. The NYC area is expected to receive significant rainfall tonight and throughout the day Thursday. Some areas of the city could get m...
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Report: Packers To Explore Drafting Quarterback To Compete With Sean Clifford In 2024
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - As the Packers continue to work on a long-term extension for franchise quarterback Jordan Love, the franchise may be looking at starting a competition to see who will back him up this upcoming season. According to Head Coach Matt LaFleur, the team is "excited" about what they have in Cl...
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Bucks give up 19 point lead in 4th quarter, fall in 2OTs to Lakers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU-MetroSource) - With LeBron James out due to an ankle issue, the Lakers still beat the Bucks 128-124 in two overtimes in Milwaukee. The Lakers won despite trailing by as much as 19 points in the fourth quarter. Anthony Davis had 34 points and 23 rebounds and Austin Reaves had a triple-double with 29 ...
Mar 27, 2024
Badgers Star A.J. Storr Declares For NBA Draft; Will Maintain Eligibility To Return College
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers are set to look much different this upcoming season as another top player has declared his intention to leave the program this year. According to On3 Sports' Joe Tipton, the star guard will test out the NBA team's interest in him during this spring's draft combine while also m...
Mar 26, 2024
Packers Finalist To Face Philadelphia Eagles In Brazil For Week 1 Matchup
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) -Packers fans hoping to catch the team's Week 1 matchup may have to begin looking into getting their passports renewed this spring as the team may be heading abroad. According to Matt Schneidman of The Athletic, Green Bay Packers president, Mark Murphy stated on Tuesday that the NFL is still debati...
Mar 26, 2024
State News
New Report Shows Wisconsin's Homeless Population Increased Post-Pandemic
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Wisconsin's homelessness rate is trending upwards according to a new report. The Wisconsin Policy Forum says the number of homeless Wisconsinites is up after years of decline. WPF says pressures from the pandemic pushed many people out of their homes as they lost their jobs, and the sudden ris...
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Biden Slightly Leads Trump in Wisconsin in New Poll
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A new poll shows President Biden slightly ahead of Donald Trump in Wisconsin. For the first time in six waves of surveys by Bloomberg News, President Biden now leads Donald Trump in Wisconsin, albeit every so slightly; 46 to 45 percent. Biden had trailed Trump by 4 points last month. Biden and...
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Kennedy Passes on Rodgers for Running Mate
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- You can forget about Vice-President Aaron Rodgers. It was always going to be a Hail Mary - independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had Rodgers near the top of his short list of potential running mates. But on Tuesday, Kennedy announced his pick of attorney and philanthropist N...
Mar 26, 2024
WI Supreme Court Rules Against Amazon over Unemployment Claims
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Wisconsin Supreme court has ruled that a group of Amazon delivery drivers are employees, not independent contractors. Amazon had appealed a lower court ruling that drivers in its Amazon Flex program are employees and eligible for unemployment benefits when fired. The justices rejected the ...
Mar 26, 2024
A Boost For Broadband Access In Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Wisconsin's blueprint for digital equity has been accepted by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Wisconsin state AARP director Martha Cranley calls it a game changer for older adults. "It allows them to navigate services, to participate in telehealth to meet t...
Mar 25, 2024
National News
Biden administration cracks down on so-called junk insurance
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday will finalize a rule aimed at cracking down on short-term health insurance plans and surprise medical bills, the latest steps in its effort to lower consumer costs across a broad r...
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48 HOURS: Creative and cozy Copenhagen with Ricoh's Carsten Bruhn
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - As an executive for an information management and digital services company who has been posted everywhere from Great Britain to Japan to the U.S., Carsten Bruhn enjoys globe-trotter status. But his favorite spot...
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Exclusive-China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators
By Michael Martina, Michael Erman and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec had transferred U.S. intellectual property t...
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Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law license for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election on behalf of Donald Trump. Eastman, a ...
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US Republican Chris Christie says no to No Labels presidential run
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, has decided against running as the No Labels candidate for president, delivering the latest blow to the centrist, third party's bid for the White House. The two...
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World News
Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Thursday at a fundraiser in New York slated to raise more than $25 million and add some oomph to Biden's 2024 re...
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Ukraine foreign minister visits India to build support for peace blueprint
(Reuters) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he had arrived in New Delhi on Thursday to advance Kyiv's vision of the path to peace in Ukraine and to strengthen ties with India. "Building on the dialogue between (Ukrainian President Vol...
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Poland says breakthrough on Ukrainian grain unlikely in Warsaw talks
WARSAW (Reuters) - The governments of Poland and Ukraine meet in Warsaw on Thursday for talks they hope will help defuse a row over grain imports that has caused mass protests by farmers, but a top Polish official said a breakthrough was unlikely. ...
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Russian rights group warns jailed leader's health is deteriorating
(Reuters) - Leading Russian human rights group Memorial has warned that the health of its jailed 70-year-old head, Oleg Orlov, is deteriorating, accusing prison authorities of subjecting him to inhumane treatment. Orlov, a leader of Memorial which ...
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32,552 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, health ministry says
DUBAI (Reuters) - At least 32,552 Palestinians have been killed and 74,980 injured in Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Thursday. There have been 62 Palestinians killed and...
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Business News
Futures range-bound ahead of long weekend break
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were lackluster on Thursday as investors awaited more data to gauge the state of the economy and the Federal Reserve's policy path, though activity is expected to be muted heading into a long weekend break. All ...
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Analysis-Chinese firms' fundraisings in limbo as IPOs scrutinised at home and abroad
By Samuel Shen and Kane Wu SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese companies are staring at the prospects of a drought of new equity capital as tougher domestic IPO rules and challenges in listing overseas severely curb their fundraisings, putting a...
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Hungary central bank says credible fiscal planning needed to cut risks
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's central bank expects the 2024 budget deficit to be between 4.5% to 5% of gross domestic product, possibly exceeding the government's recently increased 4.5% target, it said in its quarterly inflation report on Thursda...
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Tesla deliveries face hit from China slowdown, soft demand
By Akash Sriram and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) - Tesla is expected to report sluggish first-quarter deliveries next week as the boost from its price cuts wanes and the U.S. automaker grapples with strong competition for buyers in a slowing electric-vehi...
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South Africa producer inflation slows to 4.5% y/y in February
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's producer inflation slowed to 4.5% year on year in February from 4.7% in January, statistics agency data showed on Thursday. On a month-on-month basis the Producer Price Index was at 0.5% in February versus 0....
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Health News
European regulators close in on Big Tobacco's new tea sticks
By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) - European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' new zero-tobacco heat sticks, moving to close the loopholes they were designed to exploit just months after their launch. Big...
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U.S. FDA approves Akebia's anemia drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Akebia Therapeutics' drug to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney disease in dialysis patients, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. (Reporting by Pratik Jain, Vaibhav Sadhamta and Mrinmay De...
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UnitedHealth Group has paid over $3.3 billion to care providers hit by cyberattacks
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday that it had advanced more than $3.3 billion so far to care providers impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattacks. (Reporting by Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)
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J&J gets new opportunity to contest evidence linking talc to cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will get a new chance to contest the scientific evidence linking talc products to ovarian cancer, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, potentially disrupting a federal court case that consolidates 53,000 lawsui...
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Moderna secures $750 million from Blackstone Life Sciences to develop flu shots
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with private equity firm Blackstone's life science investment platform for a funding of $750 million to develop its mRNA flu vaccines. The biotech firm has been developing multiple v...
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Science News
Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova
By Ari Rabinovitch REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded and sent elements representing the building blocks of life racing through space. About a year ago, by chance, as the light...
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Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magnetic field twisted in a spiral pattern around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing previously unknown qualitie...
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Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped from animals to people. The virus that causes AIDS, for example, crossed over from chimpanzees. And many experts believe th...
Mar 26, 2024
Send robots into space rather than people, says Britain's Astronomer Royal
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Astronomer Royal Martin Rees said sending people into space when robots could do the job just as effectively was a waste of public money, and space exploration should be left to billionaires and those willing to pay for...
Mar 26, 2024
Where did Homo sapiens go after leaving Africa? New study has an answer
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species emerged in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with a migration out of the continent 60,000 to 70,000 years ago heralding the start of the global spread of Homo sapiens. But where did these pioneers...
Mar 25, 2024
Technology News
US requiring new AI safeguards for government use, transparency
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - The White House said Thursday it is requiring federal agencies using artificial intelligence to adopt "concrete safeguards" by Dec. 1 to protect Americans' rights and ensure safety as the government expands AI use in...
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Keysight agrees to buy Britain's Spirent for $1.5 billion
(Reuters) - U.S.-based Keysight Technologies will buy Spirent Communications in an all-cash deal, valuing the British telecommunications testing firm at 1.16 billion pounds ($1.46 billion), both companies said in a joint statement on Thursday. Spir...
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Exclusive-China's WuXi AppTec shared US client's data with Beijing, US intelligence officials told senators
By Michael Martina, Michael Erman and Karen Freifeld (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials in late February told senators working on a biotech security bill that Chinese pharmaceutical firm WuXi AppTec had transferred U.S. intellectual property t...
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Take-Two Interactive to acquire Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment from Embracer
(Reuters) - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software said late on Wednesday it has come to an agreement to acquire U.S. game developer Gearbox Entertainment from Sweden's Embracer, with the transaction valued at $460 million. (Reporting ...
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Xiaomi set for plunge into EVs at a tricky time for China autos
By Sarah Wu and Yelin Mo BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi will launch its highly anticipated electric vehicle (EV) on Thursday when it will reveal its pricing and start taking orders, marking the electronics company's entry into the world of aut...
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Entertainment News
'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The Batman" from a writer who created a story about the caped crusader three decades earlier, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled on W...
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Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more details about her personal life which she hopes will help survivors of domestic abuse. The British singer and television person...
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says rapper subject to 'witch hunt'
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said Tuesday the rapper was being targeted by a "witch hunt" after civil lawsuits accused him of sexual misconduct and federal authorities raided two of his proper...
Mar 27, 2024
'Civil War' movie set in near-future US poses questions about politics and journalism
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Filmmaker Alex Garland wants "Civil War", a tense thriller about a group of journalists documenting societal collapse as they chase a scoop in a conflict-torn United States, to be a conversation starter. Set in t...
Mar 26, 2024
Jane Goodall's 90th birthday wish? More time to get out the conservation message
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - British primatologist-turned-conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall will mark her 90th birthday next month with a series of talks. Her greatest wish is for people to start thinking more about the environment, she sai...
Mar 26, 2024