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Bucks Guard Patrick Beverley (Wrist) Could Miss Remainder Of Season
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks may be without one of their defensive leaders for the remainder of the season. Recently acquired guard Patrick Beverley said on The Pat Bev Pod that he will need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist, which would sideline him for three to four months. In his 19 ...
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Pope, looking healthy, begins busy four days leading to Easter
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis looked well as he began four intense days of events leading to Easter on Thursday, and renewed his own ordination vow on the day the Roman Catholic Church marks Jesus's founding of the priest...
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State Of Affairs Ep. 9 Republican Sauk County Chair Jerry Helmer
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - State of Affairs episode eight is now available, featuring Republican Sauk County Chair and 40th Assembly District candidate Jerry Helmer joining the program to discuss his campaign and issues facing the state. While discussing his top platform issues, Helmer says focusing on getting the humanitaria...
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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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Local News
State Of Affairs Ep. 9 Republican Sauk County Chair Jerry Helmer
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - State of Affairs episode eight is now available, featuring Republican Sauk County Chair and 40th Assembly District candidate Jerry Helmer joining the program to discuss his campaign and issues facing the state. While discussing his top platform issues, Helmer says focusing on getting the humanitaria...
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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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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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Sports
Former Packers Tight End Josiah Deguara To Sign One-Year Deal With Jaguars
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - One of the Packers' most versatile players on offense has signed elsewhere for the 2024 NFL season. According to Jordan Schultz of Bleacher Report, former Green Bay Packers tight end Josiah Deguara is inking a one-year contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Packers selected Deguara in the th...
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Bucks Guard Patrick Beverley (Wrist) Could Miss Remainder Of Season
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks may be without one of their defensive leaders for the remainder of the season. Recently acquired guard Patrick Beverley said on The Pat Bev Pod that he will need surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist, which would sideline him for three to four months. In his 19 ...
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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
State News
Wisconsin Wins First Federal Approval for Summer Food Benefits for Low-Income Families
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin is the first state to receive federal approval to provide summer food benefits for low-income families. Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service approved Wisconsin's plan for the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) p...
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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...
Mar 27, 2024
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
National News
Valentino appoints Alessandro Michele as new creative director - Vogue
MILAN (Reuters) - Gucci's former designer Alessandro Michele has been appointed as creative director at Italian fashion house Valentino, which last week announced the departure of Pierpaolo Piccioli, Vogue Business reported, citing an official stat...
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Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specimens of a once-common plant that has been collected - and nibbled - almost to extinction. Cotoneaster Cambricus, Welsh Coton...
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White House issues new federal standards to collect data on race
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday announced new standards for collecting federal data on race and ethnicity, a decision that will touch organizations that receive federal funding, determine how congressional distric...
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EnCap Investments seeks sale of Utah oil producer XCL Resources, sources say
By Shariq Khan and David French (Reuters) - EnCap Investments is seeking to sell XCL Resources, four people familiar with the matter said, two years after the private equity firm's plan to combine the oil and gas producer with a local rival was thw...
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Ship insurer Britannia says it's helping Baltimore bridge collapse probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Britannia, the insurer of container ship the Dali, is working with the vessel's owner and U.S. authorities on the investigation into the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, Britannia said on Thursday. The bridge col...
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World News
Kuwait hands $2 million to UNRWA for 2024, state news agency says
CAIRO (Reuters) - Kuwait has handed its annual $2 million contribution to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), the Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA reported on Thursday. UNWRA said on Tuesday it had sufficient funds to r...
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Dozens of stalled Israeli visas seen hindering Gaza aid efforts
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Difficulties getting Israeli permission for foreign staff to work in Israel and the Palestinian territories are hampering efforts to get aid into war-shattered Gaza where civilians are facing imminent famine, accord...
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Palestinian PM Mustafa forms new cabinet, to serve as foreign minister too
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa formed a new cabinet on Thursday in which he will also serve as foreign minister, replacing Riyad al-Maliki, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas...
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Two suspects in Moscow concert hall attack appeal pre-trial detention, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Aminchon Islomov and his father Isroil Islomov, two of eight suspects detained over suspected involvement in the Moscow concert hall attack last week, have appealed their pre-trial detention, Russian state news agency RIA reporte...
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Britain to slow rise of minimum wage from 2025, government says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government has ended its push to use increases in the minimum wage to narrow the gap between the lowest earners and those on higher pay, offering some relief to employers after this year's nearly 10% jump. Britain's min...
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Business News
Factbox-Companies sell their businesses in Russia
(Reuters) - Some Western companies have sold their Russian assets or handed them over to local managers to comply with sanctions over the war in Ukraine and respond to threats from the Kremlin that it may seize foreign-owned assets. The moves, part...
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U.S. pending home sales increase moderately, NAR says
By Amina Niasse (Reuters) - Pending home sales in the U.S. rose 1.6% in February, spurred by modest inventory increases and job gains, a report on Thursday said. The National Association of Realtors (NAR) Pending Home Sales index rose 1.6% to 75.6 ...
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Ford says it will make new SUV in Valencia
MADRID, (Reuters) - Ford is planning to produce a new sports-utility vehicle (SUV) at its plant in Valencia in Spain, the company said on Thursday. "We are closely monitoring the evolution of the European markets for opportunities to enhance our...
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US consumer sentiment tops estimates in March to hit nearly 3-yr high, UMich says
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly in March to the highest in nearly three years thanks in part to growing confidence that inflation will keep softening. The University of Michigan's benchmark Consumer Sentiment Index rose to a f...
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ECB rate cut in June looking more certain, what follows less so- Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will cut interest rates in June, according to an overwhelming number of economists in a Reuters poll, but only a tiny majority now expect cumulative cuts of 100 basis points or more ...
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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...
Mar 27, 2024
Science News
Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specimens of a once-common plant that has been collected - and nibbled - almost to extinction. Cotoneaster Cambricus, Welsh Coton...
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A million solar eclipse enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls
By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to hotel rooms listed at $1,600 a night, businesses in and around majestic Niagara Falls are preparing to cash in on the April...
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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...
Mar 27, 2024
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
Technology News
Xiaomi's first EV to go on sale at starting price of 215,900 yuan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Xiaomi's highly anticipated electric vehicle (EV) will go on sale at a starting price of 215,900 yuan ($29,869.54), the Chinese smartphone company said as it announced the launch of its first car in the world's largest auto mark...
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Exclusive-China commerce minister to head to Europe to make EV case
PARIS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's commerce minister will travel to Europe in April for discussions about the European Commission's investigation into whether China's electric vehicle industry has benefited from unfair subsidies, four people briefe...
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Dutch government to launch plan to keep ASML in Netherlands
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government is expected to lay out initial plans on Thursday to keep the country's largest company ASML, from moving operations outside the Netherlands over concerns ranging from anti-immigration poli...
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Italy's Azimut to create fintech bank through spin-off, Ipo
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian asset manager Azimut Holding plans to spin-off part of its network of financial advisors and merge it into a new digital bank to be listed within 6-9 months, it said on Thursday. The financial advisors of the new, independ...
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Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire cryptocurrency wunderkind, is set to be sentenced on Thursday over his conviction for stealing $8 billion from customers of the now-bankrupt FTX exchange he founded. Bankma...
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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...
Mar 27, 2024
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