WAUPACA, WI (WSAU-WKOW) - A former Madison priest was convicted Tuesday of three felony counts related to child sex crimes. Court records show Andrew Showers, 38, pleaded no contest and was convicted of attempted child enticement-exposing intimate parts, attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child, and possession...

VATICAN CITY, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Pope Leo had a lower lobe ​of his right ‌lung removed during surgery on Tuesday and was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, a ‌common ​form of ⁠lung cancer, the ⁠Vatican said in a medical bulletin. Leo, 71, was admitted...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Portage County Sheriff Mike Lucas has announced new safety measures at the Courthouse, including single-access entry and exit points beginning November 9th. Guests will enter the Courthouse through the east side, along Church Street. Before entering, all guests will pass through a security s...

By Pritam Biswas and Prakhar Srivastava Oct 13 (Reuters) - Major US banks reported solid loan and deposit growth in the third quarter, but lenders are paying a premium to retain customer funds in a fiercely competitive, high-interest-rate environment. ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Ignite have announced that Head Coach Jasmin Estrada will return for a third season in 2027. Estrada guided the team to a second-place finish in 2026 and a spot in the league championship series, where Wausau fell to Madison two games to none. The St. Cloud, Minnesota, native is the only...

WAUPACA, WI (WSAU-WKOW) - A former Madison priest was convicted Tuesday of three felony counts related to child sex crimes. Court records show Andrew Showers, 38, pleaded no contest and was convicted of attempted child enticement-exposing intimate parts, attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child, and possession...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Portage County Sheriff Mike Lucas has announced new safety measures at the Courthouse, including single-access entry and exit points beginning November 9th. Guests will enter the Courthouse through the east side, along Church Street. Before entering, all guests will pass through a security s...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Bond has been set for the Stevens Point man accused of setting fire to a downtown apartment unit. Jacob Turner is being held on a $50,000 cash bond after investigators say he lit his apartment on fire last Friday. He now faces a single count of felony arson. The 23-year-old reportedly told i...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Whitewater man accused of Voyeurism in Stevens Point will have a plea and sentencing hearing later this month. Keith Larson is accused of photographing people through the windows of their homes back in March. He was arrested on disorderly conduct charges, and investigators later found mult...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A week-long trial is underway for a Stevens Point man accused of child abuse in 2021. David Schmies is facing one count of repeated physical abuse of a child, causing great bodily harm. Investigators say he caused serious injuries to a three-month-old child, who showed a swollen head and poo...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Ignite have announced that Head Coach Jasmin Estrada will return for a third season in 2027. Estrada guided the team to a second-place finish in 2026 and a spot in the league championship series, where Wausau fell to Madison two games to none. The St. Cloud, Minnesota, native is the only...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - William Contreras went 3-for-4 with a game-tying home run and a go-ahead RBI hit. The Brewers beat the Dodgers in game 2 of the National League Championship Series, 7-4. The Brewers bullpen continues to shine. Four relievers retired the final 15 Dodger batters. Milwaukee's relievers have not been...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Badger football team has played their way into primetime, with NBC selecting the October 24th showdown against USC for national broadcast. Kickoff from Camp Randall is 6:30 PM. Pregame coverage on WSAU will begin at 4:30 PM. Both teams are in contention for the Big Ten title game. Wisconsin is...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Milwaukee's bullpen was outstanding again in a 2-1 win over the Dodgers. Starter Jacob Misiorowski was out of the game in the 5th inning with a high pitch count. The relievers that followed allowed no runs and only two hits. DL Hall was credited with the win. Trailing 1-0 Brice Turang tied the ga...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) The Packers beat the Bears, 31-7, at Lambeau Field. Jordan Love completed 25-of-31 passes for 367 yards, including two long touchdown throws to Chrstian Watson. Bears started Caleb Wilso was out with a hamstring injury. Tyson Baget threw two interceptions. He was pulled in the second half for Case ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Another big-time concert is coming to the UW Madison campus as Metallica brings the M72 World Tour to Camp Randall on Saturday, June 12th. Tickets will go on sale next week, with presales beginning Monday, September 21st. General on sale is Friday, September 25th. The announcement was part of a No...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Josh Jacobs, the star starting running back of the Green Bay Packers, appeared in Brown County court on Thursday morning to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery and property damage charges stemming from a May domestic altercation with his now-ex-girlfriend. According to ESPN's Rob Demovsky, th...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is explaining why his campaign declined to participate in this cycle's Wisconsin Broadcasters Association debate. In an interview with "The Dan O'Donnell Show" on Tuesday, Tiffany said, "I think one debate will be sufficient to cover the ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association gubernatorial debate will no longer take place after one of the candidates failed to accept the invitation. According to a press release from the WBA, "Two invitations were sent, and both had to be accepted to have a debate. That did not happen." The...

FOND du LAC, WI (WSAU) Additional charges have been filed against Benjamin Larson after several human skulls and bones were found inside his home. He was initially charged last month with felony stalking. Investigators said he repeatedly changed his story about the human remains that were discovered. It's now believed...

TRIPOLI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Torrential downpours flooded the Libyan capital of Tripoli on ​Tuesday, killing two people, ‌according to a statement by authorities and a local TV channel. • Jumhouria Bank said an employee died ‌due ​to an ⁠electrical shoc...

By Ann Saphir Oct 13 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer questioned the objectivity of a White House probe into allegations she committed mortgage fraud, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday, challenging President ​Donal...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Cornell University will ban parties and social events at fraternity houses until the end of the academic year, its president said on Tuesday, responding to the outcry over an alleged gang rape on campus i...

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow the pretrial release of an anti-ICE activist whose arrest for an allegedly threatening social media post during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was ...

By Jaspreet Singh Oct 13 (Reuters) - US federal agents arrested a Saudi national employed as an OpenAI engineer and charged him with installing a hidden audio recording device in an executive conference room at the AI company, the Justice Department sa...

BHUBANESWAR, India Oct 14 (Reuters) - A boat capsized in ​India's eastern ‌state of Bihar to drown 13 people, most of ‌them ​children, police ⁠said, while ⁠six aboard were rescued. The boat overturned on Tuesday in ​the state's central district of ⁠Vai...

By Parisa Hafezi, Jonathan Saul and Phil Stewart DUBAI/LONDON/WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Iran is deploying new tactics to target ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz as it seeks to keep oil prices high and influence the US midterm elections, ...

By Miranda Murray HAMBURG, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian ex-military officer goes on trial in Germany on Wednesday, accused of organising the secret operation that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, severing western Europe from t...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian forces attacked Kyiv on Tuesday with ballistic missiles, targeting energy sites, and Western ​allies had not warned Ukraine as ‌they typically do. A strike on a high-rise apartment building ...

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet British Prime Minister Andy Burnham in London on Wednesday as Britain looks ​to reaffirm its support for Ukraine, including ‌with the promise of a new package of surface-to-ai...

By Andrea Shalal BANGKOK, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged advanced economies and others to take urgent action to reduce government spending, cut deficits and reduce debt levels, warning that delays would only make ...

By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Asian shares inched higher on Wednesday as those related to artificial intelligence found respite after a selloff, while any gain was tempered by elevated oil prices and caution ahead of U.S. inflation data l...

BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) - China's producer prices rose at their fastest pace in more than four years in September while consumer inflation edged up, as higher ​oil and commodities lifted factory-gate costs even as ‌weak domestic demand kept broader p...

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Oil prices climbed on Wednesday as traders weighed supply risk from fighting between Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis and Saudi Arabia against the prospect of increased ​diesel from Russia. Brent crude futures rose...

By Rocky Swift TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The dollar languished on Wednesday as traders awaited fresh signals on the timing for interest rate hikes to contend with persistent inflation. The greenback weakened from an 18-month high in the previous ​sessi...

By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Swiss skincare conglomerate Galderma has agreed to buy medical-grade skincare company ZO Skin Health ​for around $1.5 billion, according to two ‌people familiar with the matter. A deal could be announ...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Zealand Pharma and Generate Biomedicines said ​on Tuesday they ‌have partnered to develop protein-based treatments for obesity and other ‌metabolic ​diseases using ⁠AI, in a ⁠deal worth up to nearly $1.2 billion. Shares of Somerville...

BISSAU, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau's transitional government said Tuesday it has not approved a proposed clinical trial of a hepatitis B vaccine in newborns, denying ​reports that the study had been authorized. The denial followed ‌news reports t...

By Nate Raymond Oct 13 (Reuters) - CVS Health has agreed to pay $315 million to resolve allegations that the pharmacy chain operator unlawfully filled medically unnecessary ​prescriptions for addictive opioid painkillers, the US ‌Justice Department sai...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - The US CDC said on Tuesday it would deploy additional support to Pennsylvania ​to help investigate the ongoing ‌measles outbreak, as the state formally requested federal assistance through the agency's Epi-Aid emergency response prog...

By Will Dunham Oct 13 (Reuters) - The partial skull of a tiger-sized predator that prowled what is now the Isle of Wight off England's southern coast about 120 million years ago is giving scientists a better understanding of an enigmatic group of meat-...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Czech arms maker CSG said ​on Tuesday ‌it had acquired a 9.5% stake in Canada's MDA ‌Space, ​becoming ⁠the satellite ⁠and space technology company's largest shareholder. CSG said the investment ​was its first venture ⁠into ⁠the space...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - While no person has ever set foot on Mars, humankind has managed to conduct extensive explorations of the surface of Earth's planetary neighbor using robotic rovers. One of them, NASA's six-wheeled Persever...

By Cassell Bryan-Low and John Irish PARIS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The shadowing of a Western satellite supporting Ukraine by a cluster of Russian military satellites earlier this year demonstrates capabilities that could threaten commercial constellations s...

By Kate Abnett and Sudarshan Varadhan BRUSSELS/SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The decision was expected to take minutes. But after nearly three years of debate, members of the world's leading authority on climate change still can't agree on a timeline to...

SEOUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) - SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has agreed the sale of a 1.34% stake in holding company SK Inc to an investment fund linked to Dell Technologies founder Michael Dell ​for 544 billion won ($406 million), a regulatory filing show...

By Scott Murdoch and Roshan Thomas SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Matt Comyn said on Wednesday Australia must ensure more of the economic benefits created by AI remain in the country while regulation should work to build ...

By Anton Bridge TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - SoftBank's promise to pay its highest-ever yields in a record $11 billion junk-bond offering highlights the pressure on CEO Masayoshi Son to secure returns on his all-in bet on AI amid concerns about possible o...

Oct 13 (Reuters) - Britain plans to make online marketplaces including Amazon, eBay and Temu responsible for collecting tax owed by retailers selling on ​their platforms, The Times reported on Tuesday. Finance Minister ‌John Healey is expected to annou...

By Stephen Nellis NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Apple on Tuesday unveiled a smart-home hub that taps iPhone user data to make Siri more personal, but promised privacy safeguards designed to keep that information out of the company's hands. The HomeView ...

By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Hollywood star Pedro Pascal said learning to play the cello convincingly for Tony Gilroy's "Behemoth!" was the most challenging task of his career, joking ​he would rather relive one of his most brutal ...

By David Latona Oct 13 (Reuters) - Netflix said on Tuesday it had secured the rights to broadcast the 2030 World Cup in Spain, which is ​co-hosting the tournament, and Andorra. It would be ‌Netflix's first broadcast of a major men's international tourn...

By Jack Queen and Steve Gorman LAS VEGAS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, capping the prosecuti...

By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - British actor Paul Bettany said Marvel has transformed his career and personal life after an unlikely twist of fate over a decade ago saw him offered the role of ​Vision moments after being told his Hol...

By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Actor RJ Mitte, whose personal experience living with cerebral palsy informed his role as Walter White Jr, the physically disabled son of a methamphetamine kingpin in the landmark television series "Break...