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Minnesota Man Pleads Not Guilty to Child Sexual Assault
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Minneapolis man has pled not guilty to one felony count of child sexual assault. Chue Yang was in a Marathon County courtroom on Tuesday where Judge Michael Moran also bound him over for trial. The 47-year-old is accused of forcing himself onto a child on multiple occasions. The accusations date ...
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New Poll: Tammy Baldwin Leads Eric Hovde As Former President Trump Continues To Hold Wisconsin Lead
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race and presidential race in the state are still close as election day approaches the six-month mark. According to the latest Emerson/The Hill poll, Baldwin leads Eric Hovde by three points, which is within the poll's 2.9% margin of error, and former President Trump leads Bi...
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Bondioli Trial Rescheduled for July
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A new trial date has been scheduled for a former Wisconsin Rapids High School Counselor accused of inappropriate sexual contact with a teen. Christopher Bondioli will face trial for two counts of child enticement and two counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff from July 16th...
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Update: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Calf) Will Warm Up Before Game 5 And Attempt To Play vs Pacers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks injury woes are continuing this week as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard are continuing to rehab from recent injuries. Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported on Tuesday that there was "doubt" about Antetokounmpo's ability to recover from his calf...
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O'so Brewery 5K Hopes To Raise $20,000 For May Never Forgotten Honor Flight
PLOVER, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - O'so Brewery is doing its annual 5k again this year to benefit the Never Forgotten Honor Flight, and they are currently working toward their financial goals. Mark Buttera, President of O'so Brewery, believes they can raise $20,000 for the Haydock Brewery Museum and O'so Brewery's Never Forgotte...
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Local News
Minnesota Man Pleads Not Guilty to Child Sexual Assault
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Minneapolis man has pled not guilty to one felony count of child sexual assault. Chue Yang was in a Marathon County courtroom on Tuesday where Judge Michael Moran also bound him over for trial. The 47-year-old is accused of forcing himself onto a child on multiple occasions. The accusations date ...
15h ago
New Poll: Tammy Baldwin Leads Eric Hovde As Former President Trump Continues To Hold Wisconsin Lead
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin's U.S. Senate race and presidential race in the state are still close as election day approaches the six-month mark. According to the latest Emerson/The Hill poll, Baldwin leads Eric Hovde by three points, which is within the poll's 2.9% margin of error, and former President Trump leads Bi...
16h ago
Bondioli Trial Rescheduled for July
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A new trial date has been scheduled for a former Wisconsin Rapids High School Counselor accused of inappropriate sexual contact with a teen. Christopher Bondioli will face trial for two counts of child enticement and two counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff from July 16th...
16h ago
O'so Brewery 5K Hopes To Raise $20,000 For May Never Forgotten Honor Flight
PLOVER, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - O'so Brewery is doing its annual 5k again this year to benefit the Never Forgotten Honor Flight, and they are currently working toward their financial goals. Mark Buttera, President of O'so Brewery, believes they can raise $20,000 for the Haydock Brewery Museum and O'so Brewery's Never Forgotte...
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Natural Gas Proposal Voted Forward in Ringle
RINGLE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Town of Ringle's Planning and Zoning Commission has given preliminary approval to a proposal to bring a natural gas capture facility to the Marathon County Landfill. Representatives from Viridi Energy answered several questions about the project as dozens filled the Ringle Municipal Center ...
Apr 30, 2024
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Sports
Monday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Baseball Edgar 7 Neillsville/Gratnon 5 Abbotsford/Colby 14 Spencer 0 Softball DC Everest 14 Wausau East 2 Wausau West 11 Marshfield 7 Lakeland 5 Tomahawk 0 Pittsville 12 Tri-County 3 Almond-Bancroft 18 Port Edwards 3 Mosinee 12 Medford 3 Girls So...
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Rays Shut Down Brewers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Tampa Bay Rays pulled off a 1-0 win on Monday night at American Family Field. Ryan Pepiot and three relievers shut down the high powered Brewer offense but for the second day in a row, an umpire's call affected the outcome. The Brewers had runners on second and third with one out in the 9th ...
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Brewers Expected To Call Up Top Prospect Tyler Black As Team Looks For Offensive Boost
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers are set to call up one of their top prospects as the team looks to add some offense after recent struggles at the plate. The Brewers are anticipated to activate infield prospect Tyler Black on Tuesday, according to MLB.com's Jon Morosi, since starting pitcher Wade Miley is e...
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Update: Giannis Antetokounmpo (Calf) Will Warm Up Before Game 5 And Attempt To Play vs Pacers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks injury woes are continuing this week as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard are continuing to rehab from recent injuries. Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported on Tuesday that there was "doubt" about Antetokounmpo's ability to recover from his calf...
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Badgers Land Former Four Star Northern Illinois Forward Xavier Amos
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Badgers rebuild is officially underway, as head coach Greg Gard has landed his second top transfer target this week in former Northern Illinois guard Xavier Amos. According to BadgerBlitz, only a matter of hours after receiving the news that former Central Arkansas guard Camren Hunter...
Apr 29, 2024
State News
Man Charged After Threat to Hovde Campaign Office
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A Dane County man is charged with sending a threatening message to the campaign office of Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde. Authorities say the message from 72 year old Joseph Quade indicated the campaign office "might blow up". Quade admitted to police he sometimes gets "...
Apr 29, 2024
Pocan Concerned that Gaza is Hurting Biden with Wisconsin Voters
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- There's concern that Israel's actions in Gaza are hurting Joe Biden in Wisconsin. "And the reason is we're not just a purple state. I mean we're about as purple as you can get when whoever wins the White House by like 20,000 votes out of the entire state. That's razor thin margins," ...
Apr 25, 2024
No NIL Money for High School Students
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- No outside money for Wisconsin high school athletes. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted on Wednesday to reject a plan that would have allowed students to get endorsements based on their name, image or likeness; similar NIL programs have been allowed in other states and at...
Apr 25, 2024
Donald Trump Returns To Wisconsin
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former President Donald Trump is returning to Wisconsin next week. In a news release Wednesday, officials said Trump will deliver remarks May 1 at the Waukesha County Expo Center at 2 p.m. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Trump will reportedly "contrast the peace, prosperity, and security of ...
Apr 24, 2024
Ukraine Can't Win - Johnson on his No Vote for $95 Billion War Aid Package
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- President Joe Biden has signed a $95 billion war aid measure that includes billions for Ukraine to battle Russia. Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson opposed that money, saying Ukraine can't win. "It's going to be a negotiated settlement. I'm not going to like the settlement. The Ukrainian...
Apr 24, 2024
National News
For Turkish performer, drag is a political act
By Dilara Senkaya and Burcu Karakas ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Ilker Yazici - stage name Miss Putka - was in secondary school when he discovered he was gay. There he met LGBT advocacy groups and joined street protests in Turkey's capital Ankara to defend...
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Paul Auster, US author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77
(Reuters) - U.S. novelist and screenwriter Paul Auster died of complications from lung cancer at his home in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening aged 77, the New York Times reported, citing friend and author Jacki Lyden. The New Jersey-born writer was know...
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Evacuation continues following Indonesia's Ruang volcano eruption
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Hundreds residents of Indonesia's Tagulandang island were waiting at the island's port to be evacuated on Wednesday, footage from National Search and Rescue Agency showed, while grey smoke continued to erupt from Ruang volcano. ...
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El Nino, water management issues blamed for snarling Panama Canal
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The El Nino climate phenomenon, not climate change, drove lower rainfall last year that reduced the Panama Canal's water levels and contributed to shipping restrictions that disrupted global trade, a study relea...
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Australia grants feasibility licences for offshore wind farms
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday gave the go-ahead for six projects to study the feasibility of building wind farms in waters off its southern coast as it looks to ramp up renewable energy to meet its net zero emission target by 2050. Six ...
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World News
Dozens of schools in India's capital region evacuated after email bomb threat hoax
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Dozens of schools in India's national capital region were evacuated on Wednesday after they received a bomb threat by email, police said, adding that "nothing objectionable" was found during searches of the schools. More than ...
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French foreign minister heads to Cairo as truce talks intensify
By John Irish TEL AVIV (Reuters) - France's foreign minister will travel to Cairo on Wednesday in an unscheduled stop during a Middle East tour as efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza reach a critical point, a French diplomati...
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United Airlines says flights to Tel Aviv are cancelled up to May 9
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - United Airlines on Wednesday extended the cancellation of its daily flight from Newark, New Jersey to Tel Aviv in Israel up to May 9, saying it was completing a safety assessment. "We continue to closely monitor the situation ...
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Turkey detains 41 people over suspected Islamic State ties, minister says
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained 41 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across 12 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X on Wednesday. (Reporting b...
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In Israel, Blinken set to push Netanyahu for sustained aid into Gaza
By Humeyra Pamuk TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday kicked off a series of meetings with Israeli leaders discussing how to get more humanitarian aid into Gaza while at the same time repeatedly urged Palestinia...
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Business News
Dollar nears year high after pre-Fed data shock, yen slips
By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar inched towards its highest level since November on Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision later in the day, after data on Tuesday showed more signs of inflationary pressure in t...
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Saudi Arabia's Q1 GDP shrinks by estimated 1.8% y/y as oil sector weighs
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased 1.8% year-on-year in the first quarter, flash estimates by the government's statistical authority showed on Wednesday, as a decline in oil activities continued to hurt ov...
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Bitcoin slides below $58,000, rattled by tougher Fed rate outlook
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell for a third day on Wednesday, having posted its worst monthly performance in April since late 2022, ahead of an interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve later and key U.S. labour market data. The value of the wo...
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Haleon's first-quarter revenue misses expectations
(Reuters) - Consumer healthcare company Haleon's first-quarter revenue missed market estimates on Wednesday, due to retailer destocking in the U.S., and a cool down in demand for cold and flu medication after a surge last year. Revenues stood at 2....
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Britain's Next keeps profit guidance after first-quarter sales rise
LONDON (Reuters) - British clothing retailer Next on Wednesday kept its forecast for annual profit after reporting a 5.7% rise in first-quarter full-price sales that was slightly ahead of its guidance. The group's results, which are often considere...
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Health News
UK's Smith+Nephew retains annual forecasts despite Q1 revenue miss
(Reuters) - British medical equipment maker Smith+Nephew retained its annual revenue and profit forecasts on Wednesday, despite marginally missing market expectations for first-quarter revenue due to a softness in its advanced wound management segm...
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Haleon's first-quarter revenue misses expectations
(Reuters) - Consumer healthcare company Haleon's first-quarter revenue missed market estimates on Wednesday, due to retailer destocking in the U.S., and a cool down in demand for cold and flu medication after a surge last year. Revenues stood at 2....
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GSK raises full-year profit forecast, says first-half will see stronger sales
(Reuters) -GSK raised its full-year profit forecast on Wednesday and said its sales would be higher in the first six months of the year than the second half on the back of strong demand for its common respiratory virus and shingles vaccines. The London...
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Stryker lifts 2024 profit forecast on strong demand for medical devices, implants
(Adds media packaging code) (Reuters) - Stryker Corp lifted its full-year profit forecast on Tuesday, owing to resilient demand for the company's medical devices and implants. The joint-implant maker now sees its annual profit per share to be betwe...
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Neurocrine Biosciences' Huntington's disease drug gets FDA approval
By Sruthi Narasimha Chari (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the granule formulation of Neurocrine Biosciences' Ingrezza drug to treat movement disorders associated with Huntington's disease (HD), the company said on Tu...
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Science News
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on its fossils is a tricky proposition, with so many uncertainties involved. Assessing a dinosaur's intelligence, considering...
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What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone for humankind - a revolution in diet and lifestyle that moved beyond the way hunter-gatherers had existed since Homo sapiens...
Apr 29, 2024
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, which was a fast runner and lived about 90 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period in present da...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, in a regular rotation of Chinese astronauts onboard the "Tiangong" orbiting high above the Earth's atmosphere. The spacecra...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulators granted it a licence to provide safety services, paving the way for its first launch later this year. The Civil Aviatio...
Apr 25, 2024
Technology News
Bitcoin slides below $58,000, rattled by tougher Fed rate outlook
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin fell for a third day on Wednesday, having posted its worst monthly performance in April since late 2022, ahead of an interest rate decision by the Federal Reserve later and key U.S. labour market data. The value of the wo...
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Novo Nordisk owner to invest $200 million in quantum computing startups
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Novo Holdings, the controlling shareholder of Danish obesity drugmaker Novo Nordisk, said on Wednesday it plans to invest around $200 million in quantum computing startups. The company, the investment arm of the...
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Microsoft to power data centers with Brookfield renewables deal, FT says
(Reuters) - Canada's Brookfield Asset Management is set to develop new wind and solar farms with backing from tech giant Microsoft in an attempt to bring 10.5 gigawatts of generating capacity online, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. Micro...
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Huawei's high-profile consumer boss Richard Yu shifts role
(Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies has named the high-profile chief of its consumer business, Yu Chengdong, to a new role chairing the unit, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The move was announced within Huawei last week, the person...
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Microsoft to open first regional data centre in Thailand
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Microsoft will open its first regional data centre in Thailand, the tech giant said on Wednesday, as it looks to widen availability of cloud services. Areas that would also benefit were enterprise-grade reliability, performance,...
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Entertainment News
Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will take place in Sweden in the second week of May with 37 participating countries. Roughly 100,000 visitors from 89 countries are exp...
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'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' tie for most 2024 Tony nominations
(Reuters) - Alicia Keys' musical "Hell's Kitchen" and 1970's rock inspired "Stereophonic" led the nominations for the 2024 Tony awards, American theater's highest honors, followed by "The Outsiders," "Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club" and "Appropriate."...
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French actor Gerard Depardieu questioned over alleged sexual assaults
PARIS (Reuters) - French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was detained for questioning on Monday in connection with alleged sexual assaults against two women on separate film sets, police sources said. Depardieu, one of France's top movie stars, has ...
Apr 29, 2024
Start me up: The Stones kick off North America tour in Houston
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones kicked off their North America tour at a packed venue in Houston on Sunday, with people traveling from various cities to watch one of the world's most enduring rock bands amid worries that...
Apr 29, 2024
Blackstone outbids Concord in $1.6 billion takeover battle for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) - Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.57 billion, after the private equity giant outbid rival suitor Concord in the takeover battle for the music owner of artists such as Shakira and Red Hot Chili Peppers. B...
Apr 29, 2024