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Kyle Harrison bests Cristopher Sanchez as Brewers blank Phillies
(Reuters) June 14 - Light-hitting Blake Perkins had a three-run homer, and Kyle Harrison bounced back from his worst career start to toss six innings of three-hit ball to pace the Milwaukee Brewers over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Sunday in the deciding game of the three-game series. Perkins, who...
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US, Iran reach deal to end war, signing set for Friday
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - U.S. and Iranian officials said on Sunday they have agreed on a peace framework for a deal to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, possibly leading to lower energy prices once oil shipments resume through the critical waterway. "The...
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Report: Bucks Are "Largely Ok" With Heat's Giannis Trade Offer, Looking To Get Third Team Involved
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks may be nearing a deal to send two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to South Beach. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jim Owczarski, the Bucks are "largely ok" with Miami's offer for Giannis but could be looking for 3rd team to take Heat guard and Wisconsin ...
9h ago

Jackson Chourio's Two Home Run's Aren't Enough As Brewers Fall To Phillies 9-8
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers' bats were on fire on Saturday night, but the bullpen couldn't keep the Phillies offense at bay, and the Brewers lost 9-8 in the second game of their home stand. Milwaukee saw a good effort from starting pitcher Shane Drohan, who has quietly been one of the Brewers' most con...
10h ago

Danzeisen's Go-Ahead Home Run Powers Woodchucks To Fifth Straight Win
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The Woodchucks started their longest road trip of the 2026 season by pulling through late to beat the Lakeshore Chinooks in Mequon on Saturday night, 9-7. With the game tied in the ninth inning, Caleb Danzeisen had a go-ahead two-run home run that ended up being the pivotal swing of the game. It was...
11h ago
Local News

Strawberry Harvest Underway
MOSINEE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Strawberry season is underway across Wisconsin, but local growers say getting to harvest time has not been easy due to late spring frosts to recent rainfall. At Stroik's Lake Dubay Berry Farm near Mosinee, owner Tim Stroik said this year's growing season started with several consecutive days o...
Jun 12, 2026

Department of Revenue Seizes Minocqua Brewing Company Beers Amid Tax, Permit Investigation
MINOCQUA, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Wisconsin Department of Revenue agents seized about $25,000 worth of canned beer from Minocqua Brewing Company taprooms in Minocqua and Madison. The Lakeland Times first reported that much of the canned beer from the Minocqua taproom was confiscated by DOR agents and Minocqua police. Owner Ki...
Jun 12, 2026

Plover Man Arrested for Burglary, Theft of Women's Underwear
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Plover man has been arrested for theft and burglary after a 21-year-old Stevens Point woman reported her underwear missing. John P Stalker is accused of breaking into the woman's home and stealing all of her underwear from her dresser. The woman noted that nothing else was missing from her...
Jun 11, 2026

Skunk Escapes From Marshfield Zoo
MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU) -- Employees at Marshfield's Wildwood Zoo are asking for the public's help to locate a striped skunk after she escaped from her habitat this week. Employees believe a combination of heavy snow and rain may have washed out some of Violet's habitat, creating an opening for her to escape. Violet has ...
Jun 11, 2026

Man sentenced in dead-cats case
MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Merrill man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to animal mistreatment charges following the discovery of 16 dead cats in his home. Matthew Krautkramer, 35, was charged in January after authorities found the abandoned animals. He pleaded guilty this week to four counts of mistreatment o...
Jun 11, 2026
Sports

Kyle Harrison bests Cristopher Sanchez as Brewers blank Phillies
(Reuters) June 14 - Light-hitting Blake Perkins had a three-run homer, and Kyle Harrison bounced back from his worst career start to toss six innings of three-hit ball to pace the Milwaukee Brewers over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies 4-0 on Sunday in the deciding game of the three-game series. Perkins, who...
21m ago

Report: Bucks Are "Largely Ok" With Heat's Giannis Trade Offer, Looking To Get Third Team Involved
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks may be nearing a deal to send two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to South Beach. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Jim Owczarski, the Bucks are "largely ok" with Miami's offer for Giannis but could be looking for 3rd team to take Heat guard and Wisconsin ...
9h ago

Jackson Chourio's Two Home Run's Aren't Enough As Brewers Fall To Phillies 9-8
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers' bats were on fire on Saturday night, but the bullpen couldn't keep the Phillies offense at bay, and the Brewers lost 9-8 in the second game of their home stand. Milwaukee saw a good effort from starting pitcher Shane Drohan, who has quietly been one of the Brewers' most con...
10h ago

Danzeisen's Go-Ahead Home Run Powers Woodchucks To Fifth Straight Win
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The Woodchucks started their longest road trip of the 2026 season by pulling through late to beat the Lakeshore Chinooks in Mequon on Saturday night, 9-7. With the game tied in the ninth inning, Caleb Danzeisen had a go-ahead two-run home run that ended up being the pivotal swing of the game. It was...
11h ago

Ignite Fall to Expansion Grand Forks Spitfires
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Ignite fall to 0-3 on the season with a 9-7 loss to the newest team in softball, the Grand Forks Spitfires, despite a late rally from the home side. Brooke Stienhorst (Loyola) would get her first start as an Ignite and went three up, three down in the first inning. A good outing from the...
Jun 13, 2026
State News

Wisconsin Senate Republicans Open To A New Vote On The $1.8 Billion Surplus Package
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - Wisconsin Senate Republicans are leaving the door open for another try to approve the proposed surplus relief package, which failed by a slim margin last month. According to a press release from Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, "Fifteen of 18 Senate Republicans supported the plan to prov...
Jun 04, 2026

Spending bill dies in state senate
MADISON, WI (WSAU) A bill that would have spent-down about two-thirds of the state surplus on a combination of tax rebates and school funding failed in the state senate, 15-18 last night. The compromise proposal between Governor Tony Evers and GOP leaders in the legislature is dead. Several candidates for governor wer...
May 14, 2026

Governor Evers, Legislative Republicans Announce Surplus Plan
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- A deal has been reached to disburse Wisconsin's budget surplus, including a plan to boost Special Education payments to school districts and provide direct payments to those who filed a Wisconsin tax return in 2024. According to a news release from the Governor, the deal includes education funding...
May 11, 2026

Evers Signs Sports Betting Bill, Challenges Tribes to Create Equitable Split of Revenue
MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Governor Tony Evers has signed Assembly Bill 601, opening the door for sports betting apps to operate in Wisconsin. The bill allows users to place wagers on games through mobile apps, as long as the bet runs through servers operated on tribal land. Evers says this brings an opportunity for increas...
Apr 09, 2026

Evers signs anti-grooming bill
MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Governor Tony Evers took action on a bill Friday that addresses the crime of grooming a child for sexual activity. Evers signed Assembly Bill 677, now known as the 2025 Wisconsin Act 88, into law. The bill, introduced in November 2025, received bipartisan support. The new law establishes the ...
Mar 08, 2026
National News
Trump hosts White House cage fights amid war and political scrutiny
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump hosts a card of seven mixed martial arts fights to be held on Sunday inside a specially built arena on the White House's South Lawn on his 80th birthday, a spectacle spot...
14h ago
NBA-Knicks defeat Spurs to snap 53-year NBA title drought
By Nicole Fernandes June 13 (Reuters) - The New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 on Saturday to claim their first NBA championship since 1973, putting the long-suffering franchise back on top and unleashing mass celebrations across the ...
21h ago
Soccer-Beating the heat no problem for World Cup fans in sweltering Houston
By Michael Kahn and Nick Said HOUSTON, June 13 (Reuters) - Soaring temperatures failed to dampen the spirits of World Cup supporters who used portable fans, umbrellas and lots of cold liquids to beat the blazing Texas heat on Saturday as they packed t...
Jun 13, 2026
Trump names James McDonald as US attorney for Manhattan
WASHINGTON, June 13 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Saturday said he will appoint James McDonald, who previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney and CFTC enforcement chief, to replace Jay as the U.S. attorney for the Southern...
Jun 13, 2026
Motels, marshland and luxury rates: Welcome to the World Cup in New Jersey
By Maria Tsvetkova EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, June 13 (Reuters) - Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches...
Jun 13, 2026
World News
In Tijuana, Iran's tiny diaspora agrees on little - except Team Melli
By Emily Green and Herbert Villarraga TIJUANA, Mexico, June 14 (Reuters) - Some 25 miles (40 km) south of the U.S.-Mexico border, nestled between taquerias in the suburbs of Tijuana, hangs a flag in the Mexican colors of green, white and red. But its d...
13h ago
Israel says military attacks Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs
JERUSALEM/BEIRUT June 14 (Reuters) - Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday after the Lebanese armed group fired into Israeli territory. The Israeli military said earlier that Hezbollah had launched...
14h ago
Trump hosts White House cage fights amid war and political scrutiny
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, June 14 (Reuters) - Donald Trump hosts a card of seven mixed martial arts fights to be held on Sunday inside a specially built arena on the White House's South Lawn on his 80th birthday, a spectacle spot...
14h ago
USA-Un bus de la Coupe du monde incendié après le sacre des Knicks en NBA
par Maria Tsvetkova et Ed Ou NEW YORK, 14 juin (Reuters) - Un bus de la Coupe du monde de football a été incendié et un adolescent a été blessé par balle dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche après des débordements survenus dans le centre de Manhattan &agrav...
15h ago
Indian sailor dies from medical complications aboard tanker in Oman
NEW DELHI, June 14 (Reuters) - An Indian national died from medical complications aboard the vessel MT Celestial while it was docked at Duqm Port in Oman, the Indian embassy in Muscat said late Saturday. "Necessary arrangements are being made for the...
17h ago
Business News
Japan to send delegation to Greenland to evaluate rare earth extraction, Nikkei says
TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Japan is preparing to send a delegation to Greenland this summer to evaluate possible rare earth extraction, the Nikkei newswire reported on Sunday. The visit would include officials from the Ministry of Economy, Trade a...
23h ago
Amazon voiced concerns about Anthropic AI models before US government's crackdown, source says
By Stephen Nellis June 13 (Reuters) - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic's most advanced AI models, a person familiar with the matter tol...
Jun 13, 2026
Exclusive-Tata's iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body alleges
By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU, June 13 (Reuters) - An Indian pollution regulator has alleged wastewater discharged from a Tata components factory for Apple's iPhone has contaminated the groundwater for nearby farms and warned of a forc...
Jun 13, 2026
Gold fever sends some vintage luxury watches to the melting furnace
By Alessandro Parodi and Ben Makori LONDON, June 13 (Reuters) - Omega's Constellation watch has been flashed in campaigns, movies and at the Met Gala by stars like George Clooney and Nicole Kidman, turning it into a symbol of luxury and glamour. But wi...
Jun 13, 2026
China 'strongly dissatisfied' with Pentagon move against top Chinese tech firms
(Removes erroneous word 'later' in paragraph 3) BEIJING, June 13 (Reuters) - China is "strongly dissatisfied" with a U.S. move to add several large Chinese companies to the Pentagon's list of firms it says are aiding China's military, the commerce mi...
Jun 13, 2026
Health News
Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 710
KINSHASA, June 13 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 710, including 149 deaths, government data showed on Saturday. The number represented the total number of confirmed cases as ...
Jun 14, 2026
FDA approves expanded use of Sanofi's type 1 diabetes drug
June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has approved the expanded use of Sanofi's type 1 diabetes injection in children aged 8 to 17 years who were recently diagnosed with stage 3 of the condition. The FDA had firs...
Jun 12, 2026
CMS proposes rule for Medicare drug price negotiations from 2029
June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has proposed a rule to establish a permanent framework for its Medicare drug price negotiation program starting in 2029, aiming to lower costs for million of patients w...
Jun 12, 2026
FDA clears first over-the-counter glucose monitor for children
June 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has expanded the use of Dexcom's Stelo Glucose Biosensor System to children with diabetes, making it the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor for pediatric use. ...
Jun 12, 2026
Cigna's Express Scripts sues to block pharmacy ownership law in Tennessee
By Amina Niasse and Sriparna Roy June 12 (Reuters) - Cigna's pharmacy benefits services unit Express Scripts requested on Friday that a federal court strike down a Tennessee state law that it says would restrict access to prescription medications and...
Jun 12, 2026
Science News
Retail investors build big dreams on small slices of SpaceX
By Suzanne McGee, Akash Sriram and Manya Saini NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Individual investors eager for a piece of SpaceX's mega IPO on Friday scrutinized their e-mail inboxes and brokerage accounts to see just how big a slice of the pie they recei...
Jun 13, 2026
Space stocks slump as blistering rally cools after SpaceX market debut
June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. space stocks tumbled on Friday as investors rushed to lock in gains on the day of SpaceX's market debut, snapping a months-long rally fueled by anticipation over the blockbuster IPO. The Elon Musk-led company jumped 28%, clinc...
Jun 12, 2026
Scientists decipher ancient origins of the Euphrates River
By Will Dunham June 12 (Reuters) - Uruk, the world's first metropolis and the birthplace of written language, was nourished by the Euphrates River, as was Babylon, ancient Mesopotamia's grandest city. The fertile plain between the Euphrates and its com...
Jun 12, 2026
Analysis-SpaceX playbook set to fuel China's IPO ambitions but tech gap persists
By Eduardo Baptista and Samuel Shen BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 12 (Reuters) - SpaceX's record $75 billion IPO is poised to supercharge Chinese space startups racing to fund the same technologies that have made Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire - reu...
Jun 12, 2026
Scientists unlock the secret behind the Venus flytrap's snap
By Will Dunham June 11 (Reuters) - Pity the poor fly that lands on a Venus flytrap. When the insect touches hair-like structures on this remarkable carnivorous plant, its trap snaps shut, dooming the victim to be digested over several days in secreted ...
Jun 11, 2026
Technology News
Iran says limited cyberattack disrupts services at four banks, state media says
DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - A cyberattack disrupted services at four major Iranian banks, though no customer data was compromised, the country's banking coordination council said on Sunday, according to state media. The council said the attack tar...
17h ago
Amazon voiced concerns about Anthropic AI models before US government's crackdown, source says
By Stephen Nellis June 13 (Reuters) - Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was among tech leaders who raised concerns to senior Trump administration officials this week about security risks in Anthropic's most advanced AI models, a person familiar with the matter tol...
Jun 13, 2026
China issues guidelines on financial services data amid broader cybersecurity push
BEIJING, June 13 - China's cybersecurity administrators on Saturday moved to tighten the grading and classification of data in the financial information services sector in what it said would strengthen data security management and regulate industry ...
Jun 13, 2026
Two phones and an app: How Russians skirt Putin's digital iron curtain
By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, June 13 (Reuters) - In a quiet cafe popular for its free Wi-Fi and good coffee, a Russian interior designer logs onto a virtual private network so she can chat with friends abroad using the U.S. messaging service WhatsApp, whic...
Jun 13, 2026
Exclusive-Tata's iPhone parts factory contaminated farmland water, India pollution body alleges
By Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU, June 13 (Reuters) - An Indian pollution regulator has alleged wastewater discharged from a Tata components factory for Apple's iPhone has contaminated the groundwater for nearby farms and warned of a forc...
Jun 13, 2026
Entertainment News
Mustachioed movie critic Gene Shalit dies at age 100, NBC News reports
By Bill Trott (Reuters) - Pun-spouting movie critic Gene Shalit, a fixture on NBC's "Today" show for 40 years in his bow ties and extravagantly bushy hair and mustache, died on Friday at the age of 100, NBC News reported, citing a family statement sha...
Jun 13, 2026
Justice Department says Paramount's Warner deal wouldn't harm competition
June 12 (Reuters) - The United States Justice Department said on Friday its antitrust division had completed a review of Paramount's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros and determined it was not likely to result in harm to competition or A...
Jun 12, 2026
Blake Lively can recover legal fees from Justin Baldoni, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, June 12 (Reuters) - Blake Lively won a partial victory in her contentious litigation against fellow actor Justin Baldoni, as a federal judge on Friday awarded her legal fees but denied additional damages in defending again...
Jun 12, 2026
'British art has lost a giant': reactions to the death of David Hockney
June 12 (Reuters) - The British painter, who died on Thursday, was celebrated as an "endlessly inventive artist" with "a unique vision of the world". KING CHARLES "My wife and I were greatly saddened to learn of the death of David Hockney O.M., a giant...
Jun 12, 2026
Jane Fonda to host First Amendment celebration opposite Trump's UFC Freedom 250 event
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, June 12 (Reuters) - As mixed martial arts fighters gather on Sunday on the South Lawn of the White House in a cage match to celebrate President Donald Trump's 80th birthday - a spectacle kicking off a series of events c...
Jun 12, 2026


