By Jarrett Renshaw and Ernest Scheyder WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will convene executives from some of the world's largest mining companies at the State Department on Friday as his administration intensifies efforts to ​s...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Schofield woman accused of providing the drugs that led to a fatal overdose in June 2025 may have a plea deal with prosecutors. Marisa Arne is accused of selling drugs to the man in the parking lot of the Wausau library. He was found dead at his home later that same day, with toxicology reports s...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Gary Sanchez and Jackson Chourio homered, and Chad Patrick nailed down his 5th save of the season as Milwaukee defeated Pittsburgh 5-2 on Thursday. Sanchez paced the offense, going 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored, both coming off a 5th-inning home run. He also recorded a single. Garrett Mitchel...

OTTAWA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Canadian officials had a "constructive and detailed ​meeting" with ‌U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Washington on Thursday, said Dominic ‌LeBlanc, ​the Canadian ⁠government minister in ⁠charge of trade relations wi...

Aug 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump plans to sign two executive orders on Thursday aimed at denying citizenship to children born in the United States ​because of commercial "birth tourism", Axios reported. Trump is also ‌seeking to deny birth...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Schofield woman accused of providing the drugs that led to a fatal overdose in June 2025 may have a plea deal with prosecutors. Marisa Arne is accused of selling drugs to the man in the parking lot of the Wausau library. He was found dead at his home later that same day, with toxicology reports s...

TOMAHAWK, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Tomahawk manufacturing plant is closing, taking with it 76 jobs. Samuel Pressure Vessel Group announced the closure of its facility at 1119A Bridge Street in a letter to city and state officials. The plant started shutting down on Aug. 4, with all employee separations completed by Dec. 31. ...

SCHOFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- The Greenheck Group's annual golf outing will help send six Veterans to Washington, DC as part of an upcoming Never Forgotten Honor Flight. According to a press release, 99 golfers took part in the event. Members of the company's Special Events Team delivered the $3,400 check to Honor Flight lea...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- Court officials say a "resolution" has been scheduled in the homicide and sexual assault case against Carson Peters-Berger. Multiple reports from the Eau Claire area indicate that court officials have shifted an August 26th court date from a pretrial hearing to a "resolution....

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a weekend shooting incident. According to a press release, officers were called to a Wausau-area hospital for a report of a patient with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. They told investigators that they had been shot in a parking lot on...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Gary Sanchez and Jackson Chourio homered, and Chad Patrick nailed down his 5th save of the season as Milwaukee defeated Pittsburgh 5-2 on Thursday. Sanchez paced the offense, going 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored, both coming off a 5th-inning home run. He also recorded a single. Garrett Mitchel...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers will be offering another way to watch Friday night's annual Family Night practice. According to a team post on X, "Family Night" will be shown on the Packers TV Network and livestreamed online on the team's website for the third consecutive year. The fan favorite e...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) Kyle Harrison outpitched Paul Skenes in a 4-2 Brewers win over the Pirates. Harrison, who left the game due to cramping after pitching 6-innings, struck out the final 8 batters he faced. He allowed no runs and 1-hit, improving his record to 9-2. Abner Uribe worked a perfect 8th inning before Tervo...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - One of the suspects who attempted to impersonate NFL players to obtain millions of dollars in fraudulent loans has been sentenced to prison. According to ESPN, 29-year-old CJ Evins was sentenced by a federal judge on Tuesday to six years in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Jackson Churio went 3-for-4 to lead the Brewes past the Pirates, 4-2. Logan Henderson, back from the injured list, allowed 2-runs over 6 innings for the win. Churio and Andrew Vaugh hit home runs. The Brewers kept their lead at 5 1/2 games in the NL Central. The second place Cubs kept pace with a...

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...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - One of the top candidates for the Democratic nomination for Wisconsin governor has announced an end to his campaign. Despite finishing second to Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong in recent polls, former Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes has ended his campaign, according to a video uploaded to his socia...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Marquette University has released its latest political poll, and it shows that the race to be the Democratic candidate for Wisconsin governor isn't currently close. According to the poll, which was released on Wednesday morning with a margin of error of 6.6%, Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong l...

BEIJING, Aug 7 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of ​4.9 shook China's ‌southwestern province of Sichuan on Friday, killing one person and slightly injuring ‌six ​more, ⁠state broadcaster CCTV ⁠reported. The quake hit the province's Gao County...

BUDAPEST, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Water levels on the Danube river are expected to temporarily rise thanks to rains in Austria, but the situation at the Paks nuclear plant remains "difficult", Hungarian Prime ​Minister Peter Magyar said in a Facebook video o...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - U.S. health authorities are currently investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Javiana infections linked to fresh jalapeno peppers. The investigation is being carried out jointly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

By Liz Lee and Shubing Wang DALIAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of holidaymakers flocked to the sea in northeast China to cool down, only to find it was even hotter than back home as ​a heatwave bakes the region. Along the pebble beach of Fujiazhuang P...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Lisa ​Murkowski ‌of Alaska said on Friday that she ‌will ​oppose ⁠U.S. President ⁠Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, Todd ​Blanche. "I have had ⁠numerous ⁠constructive meetings ​with Mr. ​Blanche and ...

MADRID, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Spanish police have dismantled what they described as one of the largest people-smuggling networks operating in the Mediterranean, believed to have brought more than 2,000 migrants into the country, ​authorities said on Friday...

MADRID/ROME, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Spain threatened on Friday to impose reciprocal measures on travellers from Italy unless Rome lifts by Sunday the border controls it imposed last ​week following a mass influx of migrants into the ‌Spanish enclave of Ceut...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Lawyers for social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate urged a U.S. judge on Friday to release the brothers from a Miami jail as they fight the British government's efforts to extradite them ​to face charges of rape, assault and...

MOSCOW, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Russia's state nuclear giant Rosatom, operator of the Northern Sea Route via ​the Arctic, said on Friday ‌it had issued permits for seven Chinese transit vessels to sail to Europe via the NSR. Chinese container company Sea Leg...

LIMA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Peru and Mexico have agreed to restore ​diplomatic relations, the ‌two countries said in a joint statement on Friday. Both governments also announced that ‌Lima ​had granted ⁠former Prime Minister ⁠Betssy Chavez, who had been gi...

HONG KONG, Aug 7 (Reuters) - China's capital ​Beijing has ‌further relaxed homebuying curbs, cutting social security ‌tax ​payment ⁠requirements for ⁠non-Beijing families to buy homes across the ​city to one year, ⁠from ⁠two years, ​Beijing's municipal...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the ​Nasdaq opened higher ‌on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy unexpectedly ‌shed ​jobs ⁠last month, raising ⁠doubts about a September interest-rate hike by the ​Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial ⁠Aver...

NEW YORK, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed jobs in July and nonfarm payrolls for the prior month were revised sharply lower, potentially raising questions about whether the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates next month. No...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Mexico's annual inflation slowed in July to its lowest level in more than six years, data from statistics agency INEGI showed on Friday, ​a day after the central bank held interest rates ‌steady even as it expects price pressures to c...

LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The yen jumped suddenly against the dollar again on Friday after a surprisingly weak U.S. employment report, with traders alert to the prospect of intervention just ​a few days after Japanese and U.S. authorities jointly stepp...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Congolese health authorities said on Friday that seven passengers travelling on a river boat intercepted near Kinshasa had tested negative for Ebola, ​easing concerns the virus may have spread on board ‌after the death of a passenger ...

By Nancy Lapid Aug 7 (Reuters) - We also feature a small study that should reassure women about the safety of becoming pregnant after undergoing CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune diseases. GUT BACTERIA TREATMENT MAY EASE SEVERE PEANUT ALLERGIES Fecal t...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Shares of Sweetgreen slumped 15% in premarket trading on Friday, a day after the salad chain slashed its annual same-store-sales projections as consumers grew wary of fresh produce amid a wide ​outbreak of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. U...

Aug 7 (Reuters)Durham, NC - Britain's Oxford Biomedica fell more than 24% on Friday after the cell and gene therapy ​manufacturer cut its 2026 revenue forecast, ‌citing operational delays at a U.S. site and deferred client orders. Here are some more de...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic ​of ‌Congo's confirmed Ebola cases rose ‌above ​4,000 ⁠for the ⁠first time in its current ​outbreak, government ⁠data ⁠showed. The ​latest update ​from Congo's public ‌health institute put ⁠confirmed cases at 4,053...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Astronomers have taken the rare opportunity to observe the explosive death of an enormous star from start to finish, gaining a new understanding of how this kind of violent event can transpire in more ways t...

By Marta Serafinko Aug 7 (Reuters) - Anyone who has tried to keep a cork underwater knows it takes effort. Yet sperm whales can rest suspended beneath the ocean surface despite having massive heads filled with oil, wax and air that would seem to send t...

By Mireia Merino Aug 7 (Reuters) - Spanish defence company Indra said on Friday its majority-owned ​satellite operator Hispasat was ‌named prime contractor for antennas, control systems and ground links in the European Union's IRIS2 secure satellite ‌n...

BRUSSELS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday ​it signed an ‌agreement with the space consortium SpaceRISE to expand the IRIS2 satellite ‌constellation ​it is ⁠currently developing. • ⁠The agreement adds 66 satellites into low Eart...

SOFIA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Exceptionally low water levels on the Danube have exposed parts of the foundations of the ancient Constantine ​Bridge, giving Bulgarian archaeologists a rare opportunity ‌to document what they describe as one of the Roman Empir...

By Anshuman Tripathy Aug 7 (Reuters) - Airbnb shares rose 9% in premarket trading on Friday as the vacation-rental firm's raised annual revenue forecast eased worries over the fallout on global travel demand from ​the conflict in the Middle East. As t...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive maintained its annual bookings forecast on Friday, but reiterated the November 19 launch date for its highly anticipated title "Grand Theft Auto VI", bringing the blockbuster release one ​step closer to fans. Shar...

By Mike Scarcella and Sara Merken Aug 7 (Reuters) - Major artificial intelligence developers have reported cases of their autonomous AI models breaching other companies' cyber infrastructure, raising questions about who may be held legally responsible ...

By Mireia Merino Aug 7 (Reuters) - Spanish defence company Indra said on Friday its majority-owned ​satellite operator Hispasat was ‌named prime contractor for antennas, control systems and ground links in the European Union's IRIS2 secure satellite ‌n...

Aug 7 (Reuters) - Chinese startup Moonshot's flagship AI model, Kimi K3, escaped a cybersecurity testing environment developed by the ​UK AI Safety Institute, research ‌firm Frontier Security said on Thursday, raising concerns over the cybersecurity ri...

By Jaspreet Singh Aug 6 (Reuters) - Fox Corp beat Wall Street estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, as the FIFA World Cup boosted advertising sales during a busy news ​cycle, sending its shares more than 5% higher. The company he...

By Harshita Mary Varghese Aug 6 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery missed second-quarter revenue expectations on Thursday, hurt by lackluster box-office performance and soft advertising sales due to the absence of NBA games. Studio revenue slumped 39%, ...

LONDON, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Former British pop star Paul Gadd, better known by his stage name Gary Glitter, appeared in a London court on Wednesday accused of historic ​sex offences against a young girl. The 82-year-old, who ‌rose to fame in the 1970s as...

By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Disney said the success of "Toy Story 5" extended beyond the box office in the June quarter, as the hit film fueled sales of merchandise, boosted engagement on the Disney+ streaming service and attrac...

By Harshita Mary Varghese and Anhata Rooprai Aug 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. box office saw its biggest opening weekend in history thanks to the one-two punch of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and "The Odyssey." But the industry's rebound is increasingly being...