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US has been holding up several weapons shipments to Israel for 2 weeks, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up several shipment of weapons to Israel for at least two weeks, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Politico, which broke the news, cited a U.S. offic...
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Warrant Issued for Wausau Man Facing Child Enticement Charges After He Fails to Show for Court Hearing
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man accused of trying to lure a teen for drugs and sex failed to show up for a pre-trial motion hearing on Tuesday, resulting in a warrant for his arrest. Jason Olerich didn't show for Tuesday's appearance, leading Judge Scott Corbett to cancel his $7,500 signature bond and issue a bench w...
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Antigo Teacher Advances Into Quarter Finals In Race For America's Favorite Teacher
ANTIGO, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Kelly Kohler, a special education teacher at Antigo High School, has advanced to the quarterfinals of America's Favorite Teacher, where she will have the opportunity to appear in Reader's Digest, win a trip to Hawaii, and earn $25,000. As a former student of Antigo High School, Kohler has becom...
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U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Talks Regulations While Touring Athens Miltrim Farm
ATHENS, WI (WSAU) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde made a campaign stop in central Wisconsin on Monday afternoon to tour Athens Miltrim Farm. Hovde spent time with the business owners discussing the farms' history and the impacts of regulations, foreign trade, and how the cutback of 2% on whole milk produc...
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Israeli military take control of vital Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt
By Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO - The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night of air strikes and as prosp...
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Local News
Warrant Issued for Wausau Man Facing Child Enticement Charges After He Fails to Show for Court Hearing
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man accused of trying to lure a teen for drugs and sex failed to show up for a pre-trial motion hearing on Tuesday, resulting in a warrant for his arrest. Jason Olerich didn't show for Tuesday's appearance, leading Judge Scott Corbett to cancel his $7,500 signature bond and issue a bench w...
2h ago
Antigo Teacher Advances Into Quarter Finals In Race For America's Favorite Teacher
ANTIGO, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Kelly Kohler, a special education teacher at Antigo High School, has advanced to the quarterfinals of America's Favorite Teacher, where she will have the opportunity to appear in Reader's Digest, win a trip to Hawaii, and earn $25,000. As a former student of Antigo High School, Kohler has becom...
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U.S. Senate Candidate Eric Hovde Talks Regulations While Touring Athens Miltrim Farm
ATHENS, WI (WSAU) - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde made a campaign stop in central Wisconsin on Monday afternoon to tour Athens Miltrim Farm. Hovde spent time with the business owners discussing the farms' history and the impacts of regulations, foreign trade, and how the cutback of 2% on whole milk produc...
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Kronenwetter Administrator to Resign
KRONENWETTER, WI (WSAU) -- Kronenwetter Administrator Leonard Ludi has submitted his resignation, effective later this month. In a statement to WSAU News, Village Board President Chris Voll said Ludi submitted a letter of resignation to the Village. His last day will be May 17th. "He mentioned to me that it was ti...
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No announcement after botanical gardens board meeting
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The issues between the newly renamed Wausau Botanic Gardens and the Monk family continue. For the first time, members of the Monk family are speaking out. This comes after the gardens announced its new name, changed to Wausau Botanical Gardens, on Facebook. Since then, there's been pushback fro...
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Sports
Milwaukee Bucks Top 2024 NBA Draft Fits As Franchise Looks To Get Younger
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - As the Milwaukee Bucks clean out their lockers and move into their off-season workout programs, the franchise owns two top 35 picks in the upcoming 2024 NBA draft, and they will have the opportunity to rebuild around Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo for years to come. According to recent ...
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Monday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Monday's scoreboard: Medford 1 Waunakee 0 Wausau East 2 Abbotsford/Colby 0 Marathon 3 Neillsville/Granton 0 Merrill 3 Rhinelander 2 DC Everest-Wisconsin Rapids no score reported Amherst 13 Iola-Scandanavia 1 Pittsville 17 Pacelli 7 Rosholt 12 Wild Rose 3 Rib Lake 5 P...
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Royals Rally Over Brewers
KANSAS CITY, MO (WSAU) -- The Kansas City Royals scored three runs in the 7th inning and beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 on Monday night at Kaufman Stadium. Gary Sanchez hit a two-run homer in the 4th but that was all the offense the Brewers could muster on this night. Brewer starter Bryse Wilson held the Royals scorele...
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Packers Decline Eric Stokes' Fifth Year Option Following Injury Filled 2023 Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are allowing a former first-round pick to earn a new deal following the upcoming 2024 NFL season. According to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, the Green Bay Packers will not pick up cornerback Eric Stokes' fifth-year option. If Stokes' fifth-year option had been exercised by t...
May 03, 2024
Packers 2024 Draft Class Completes First Week Of Minicamp; Jordan Morgan Will Get Chance To Win LT Job
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - It was a big week for the Green Bay Packers 2024 draft class, hoping to make a great first impression and land a starting job come September. When speaking to the media after practice on Friday, first-round pick Jordan Morgan said he wants to show coaches that he can take over the left tackle pos...
May 06, 2024
State News
Evers Again Requests Joint Finance Committee Special session
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers is again calling a special meeting of the legislature's Joint Finance Committee, to approve funding to address hospital closures and PFAS contamination. The Democratic governor can call a special meeting of the Republican controlled budget panel but he can't force the commi...
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Non-Protesting UW Students Issue Requests
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Non-protesting UW Madison students meet with campus officials. The Daily Cardinal first reported that students on the Madison campus met with Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin and other members of the administration on Monday. In the meeting, students shared personal experiences of intimidation, har...
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Rothman Response to UW Encampments
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Pro-Palestinian protesters say their UW campus encampments will remain until their demands are met. Among those demands, getting police off campus. On WISN's "UpFront" on Sunday, UW System President Jay Rothman was dismissive of that. "Getting cops off of campus? No, I mean, tha...
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President Biden Coming to Racine
RACINE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - President Joe Biden will be in Wisconsin this week. The president will be in Racine on Wednesday to deliver remarks on his Investing in America agenda and participate in a campaign event. The details of where and what time are yet to be announced. Afterwards President Biden will go to Chicago f...
May 03, 2024
Mount Horeb Classes Resume Monday; Student Shooter Named
MOUNT HOREB, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Classes in the Mount Horeb School District are expected to resume on Monday. On Wednesday, police shot and killed a 14-year-old student outside the middle school in the Dane County community. No one else was physically injured but counseling is being made available to students and staff. T...
May 03, 2024
National News
Brazil floods disrupt rail, road access to major grains ports
By Roberto Samora and Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Road and rail links to a major grains port in southern Brazil have been disrupted by the impact of heavy floods, Anec, an association representing global grain exporters including Cargill and Bun...
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Biden to condemn antisemitism, praise free speech at Holocaust remembrance
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to honor 6 million Jews killed eight decades ago, his message will be as much about the present as the past. Biden wi...
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Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least one person, injure five
(Reuters) - A swarm of tornadoes touched down overnight in Oklahoma, according to local media reports, killing at least one person and injuring at least five as they flattened homes and ripped down trees in the northeast corner of the state. As the...
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Payments in focus as prosecutors make their case in Trump hush money trial
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected to call more witnesses on Tuesday as they build out their argument that he was responsible for illegally covering up a hush mo...
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As climate shifts, a leafhopper bug plagues Argentina's corn fields
By Maximilian Heath and Matias Baglietto CORDOBA PROVINCE, Argentina (Reuters) - Global warming has brought Argentina's corn farmers a dangerous new enemy: a yellow insect just four millimeters (0.16 inch) long that thrives in hotter temperatures a...
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World News
Hamas official warns of no ceasefire deal if Israeli aggression on Gaza continues
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned on Tuesday that if Israel's military aggression continues in Rafah, there will be no ceasefire deal. Hamdan's comments were made during a press conference in Beirut as a delegation from Hamas, t...
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US has been holding up several weapons shipments to Israel for 2 weeks, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up several shipment of weapons to Israel for at least two weeks, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Politico, which broke the news, cited a U.S. offic...
1h ago
Colombia prosecutors weigh immunity for ex-officials in government corruption case
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two former officials of Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) have requested immunity in exchange for their cooperation with prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal, the attorne...
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US seeks labor dispute panel over Atento facility in Mexico, USTR says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has called for United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement panel to review a labor dispute at a facility operated by Atento Servicios in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico, it said in a st...
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Brazil floods death toll rises to 90, dozens still stranded
By Amanda Perobelli and Leonardo Benansatto ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (Reuters) - Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday, with 90 reported dead and despera...
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Business News
Amazon unveils first electric seaport trucks amid push to slash tailpipe emissions
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com on Tuesday will unveil the first of a dozen Volvo electric big rigs it plans to deploy this year to pick up cargo from the nation's busiest container seaport in southern California. The e-commerc...
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US utility Sempra's profit falls 17% in first quarter
(Reuters) - U.S. power and gas utility Sempra posted a 17% drop in its first-quarter profit on Tuesday, impacted by lower earnings at two of its units. Sempra, which caters to nearly 40 million customers in areas including California, Texas and Mex...
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Banned Chinese cotton found in 19% of US retailers' merchandise, study shows
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Traces of banned Chinese cotton were found in 19% of a sample of merchandise selling at U.S. retailers in the past year, a study showed, highlighting the challenges of complying with the U.S. law aimed at bl...
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Fed's Kashkari cites high risk inflation is "settling"
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The strength of the U.S. housing market and potentially stalled progress on inflation means monetary policy may not be as tight as Federal Reserve officials think it is, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Preside...
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Fed may need to hold rates steady all year, Kashkari says
(Reuters) - Stalled inflation buoyed in part by housing market strength means the Federal Reserve will need to hold borrowing costs steady for an "extended period," and possibly all year, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said on ...
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Health News
Florida sues Biden administration over new transgender healthcare rule
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Florida's top prosecutor and a Catholic medical group on Tuesday sued the Biden administration in an effort to block a rule that they say will force doctors to provide gender transition care against their judgment or ...
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US FDA panel to discuss Eli Lilly Alzheimer's drug on June 10
(Reuters) - Eli Lilly said on Tuesday a panel of independent U.S. FDA advisers will discuss whether the agency should approveits Alzheimer's disease drug, donanemab, on June 10. A possible approval for donanemab would pit it against a similar thera...
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Tylenol maker Kenvue beats quarterly profit estimates, to cut 4% jobs
(Reuters) - Kenvue beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, and said it would cut 4% of its global workforce amid the Tylenol and Band-Aid maker's efforts to expand its key brands. Since its spinoff from Johnson & Johnson in ...
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Fresenius Medical beats earnings expectations, keeps outlook; shares sink
By Bartosz Dabrowski (Reuters) - Fresenius Medical Care beat first-quarter operating earnings expectations on Tuesday amid higher pricing and cost-cut savings, but the German company still maintained its profit outlook for 2024, sending its shares ...
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US Social Security, Medicare finances get slight boost from stronger economy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trust funds supporting Social Security and Medicare benefits for U.S. seniors are showing some improvement due to stronger-than-forecast economic growth, productivity and immigration that is boosting revenue collections, acco...
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Science News
Timeline: Boeing's new Starliner set for first crewed flight to space station
(Reuters) - Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner astronaut capsule is set for its first crewed test flight on Monday night, following numerous delays. Boeing's Crew Space Tran...
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Boeing's new Starliner capsule set for first crewed flight to space station
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Boeing Co's new Starliner astronaut capsule was poised for a Monday night launch of its long-delayed inaugural crewed test flight to the International Space Station, two years af...
May 06, 2024
German company launches candle wax-powered rocket on test flight into space
BERLIN (Reuters) - German company HyImpulse successfully launched on Friday a candle wax-powered rocket capable of carrying commercial satellites on a test suborbital flight into space for the first time. "We're signalling Germany's prowess as a sp...
May 03, 2024
Factbox-China's missions to the moon - past, present and future
By Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday launched a mission to collect samples from the moon's "hidden" side, a first in space exploration history, and marked a new phase in China's 20-year-old Chang'e lunar programme, named ...
May 03, 2024
Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in Ecuador's Galapagos
QUITO (Reuters) - A team of researchers has discovered a potential breeding ground for smooth hammerhead sharks off an island in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, in what would be a "very rare" sighting, the national park said in a statement on Thur...
May 02, 2024
Technology News
Microsoft's Xbox shuts multiple studios, consolidates teams in cost-cutting move
(Reuters) - Microsoft's Xbox is shutting down a number of gaming studios including Arkane Austin, making it the latest publisher to shut down studios amid signs of a gaming slowdown. Studios such as "Hi-Fi Rush" maker Tango Gameworks, headquartered...
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Motional puts robotaxi deployment on back burner, to focus on technology development
(Reuters) - Self-driving technology company Motional said on Tuesday it would focus on developing its core technology and delay commercial robotaxi deployments, while it lays off staff as part of its restructuring process. The development comes ahe...
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TikTok, ByteDance sue to block US law seeking sale or ban of app
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance sued in U.S. federal court on Tuesday seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the divestiture of the short video app used by 170 mil...
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AI lacks judgement to set interest rates, Singapore central bank head says
LONDON (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence lacks the human judgement skills needed to set interest rates, the head of the Monetary Authority of Singapore said on Monday. But AI could make it easier for criminals to launch cyber attacks, said Chia D...
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Cyber startup Wiz raises $1 billion in private funds, valued at $12 billion
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S.-Israeli cloud cyber security startup Wiz said on Tuesday it raised $1 billion in a private funding round that values the four-year old company at $12 billion. Wiz, which has raised $1.9 billion since its founding in 2020,...
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Entertainment News
Security guard wounded in shooting at rapper Drake's Toronto mansion, CBC reports
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Toronto police are investigating a shooting at Canadian rapper Drake's mansion that left a security guard badly injured, CBC News reported on Tuesday, citing a source. The shooting happened around 2:10 a.m. (0610 GMT), and early ...
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Kevin Spacey overturns UK ruling in sex assault case over lawyers' mistake
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning U.S. actor Kevin Spacey on Tuesday overturned a London court ruling which effectively found him liable for an alleged sexual assault on a British man, after his lawyers mistakenly failed to serve a defe...
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Disney posts surprise profit in streaming, raises earnings forecast
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's streaming entertainment unit posted its first profit on Tuesday, two quarters ahead of schedule, and the media company raised its annual earnings per share outlook as it said turnaround efforts...
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Zendaya in blue, sparkling J Lo arrive at garden-themed Met Gala
By Ben Kellerman NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zendaya posed wearing a blue gown adorned with clusters of grapes on the green and white carpeted entrance to the lavish annual Met Gala on Monday, which this year has a garden theme. Stars were told to dress i...
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Israel's Eurovision contestant Eden Golan hopes to 'unite by music'
By Ilze Filks and Tom Little MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Eden Golan, Israel's contender in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, hopes to unite people through her music when she performs this week in Malmo, Sweden, she said in an interview. The 68th vers...
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