STATE COLLEGE, PA (WSAU) -- Wisconsin men's hockey built a 4-0 lead en route to a 5-2 win over Penn State to close the regular season on Friday. Quinn Finley, Gavin Morrissey, and Blake Montgomery also found the back of the net for the Badgers. Oliver Tulk scored twice, including the final tally of the game early in th...

BAKU, March 7 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan said it had prevented several acts of "terrorist" sabotage planned by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including a plot ​to attack a major oil pipeline running through ‌the South Caucasus to Turkey. ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Trial dates have been scheduled for the Portage County man accused of having sexual contact with a girl last fall. Jordan Coyle will face a four-day trial from May 12th to the 15th for one count of first-degree child sexual assault and another count of interfering with child custody. Investi...

TOWN OF HEWITT, WI (WSAU) -- A 59-year-old Hewitt man was injured in an explosion at a syrup shack on Thursday. First responders were called to an area of County Line Road in the Town of Hewitt at about 4 PM to find a man suffering from burn injuries due to an explosion. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. ...

March 6 (Reuters) - Russia is providing Iran with targeting information that includes locations of U.S. warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing ​three officials familiar with the intelligence. The extent...

STATE COLLEGE, PA (WSAU) -- Wisconsin men's hockey built a 4-0 lead en route to a 5-2 win over Penn State to close the regular season on Friday. Quinn Finley, Gavin Morrissey, and Blake Montgomery also found the back of the net for the Badgers. Oliver Tulk scored twice, including the final tally of the game early in th...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Trial dates have been scheduled for the Portage County man accused of having sexual contact with a girl last fall. Jordan Coyle will face a four-day trial from May 12th to the 15th for one count of first-degree child sexual assault and another count of interfering with child custody. Investi...

TOWN OF HEWITT, WI (WSAU) -- A 59-year-old Hewitt man was injured in an explosion at a syrup shack on Thursday. First responders were called to an area of County Line Road in the Town of Hewitt at about 4 PM to find a man suffering from burn injuries due to an explosion. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment. ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Valley Fair has announced the 2026 grandstand entertainment lineup. The Fair opens on Tuesday, August 4th, with the first of two Country stars, Chris Janson, performing on the main stage. The next day, it's 80s and 90s country stars Shenandoah playing. Rockers will get their night on...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) -- Former Green Bay Packers President and CEO Bob Harlan passed away Thursday, March 5, following a brief illness. Harlan was 89. "The Packers family was saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Harlan," said Packers President and CEO Ed Policy. "Bob was a visionary leader whose impac...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 10-8 on Thursday afternoon in Scottsdale. Garrett Mitchell went 2-3 with a homer, a walk and four RBIs. Jake Bauers also went deep and drove in two runs. Sal Frelick also drove in two while Luis Rengifo and Brock Wilken added solo RBIs. Robert Gas...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The #1 ranked Wisconsin womens hockey team beat Minnesota State-Mankato 7-2 Thursday in St. Paul to advance to the Championship game of the WCHA Final Faceoff. Kelly Gorbatenko and Kirsten Simms had two goals each for the Badgers. Also scoring were Caroline Harvey, Adela Sapovalivova and Maggie Sc...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Thursday's scoreboard & today's schedule: State Hockey Tournament Boys D-2 Amery 3 Waunakee 1 Northland Pines 3 Somerset/St. Croix Falls 2 Girls Bay Area 5 Cap City Cougars 1 St. Croix Valley 7 Superior Spartans 4 Girls Basketball Sectionals Stevens Point 67 De Pere 49 P...

MARYVALE, AZ- (WSAU) -- The Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-1 on Wednesday in spring training action at Maryvale. Christian Yelich made his Cactus League debut with a homer, a single and a walk in three at-bats. Shane Drohan threw three scoreless innings. The Brewers will take on the Colorado Rockies today.

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin mens basketball team rolled over Maryland 78-45 on Wednesday night at the Kohl Center. Braeden Carrington had 18 points to lead the Badgers. John Blackwell had 14 and Nick Boyd added 13. Nolan Winter left the game with an injury. He will be evaluated today. Wisconsin improves to 21-9...

WASHINGTON DC (WSAU-WAOW) - The Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act, introduced by Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, has advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources with a narrow 20-17 vote. This legislation aims to designate the Apostle Islands as Wisconsin's first National Park. "The Apostl...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee County judge convicted of obstructing ICE agents last month, has resigned. In a letter to Governor Tony Evers, she wrote: "As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Hannah Dugan's felony conviction on Thursday disqualifies her from serving as a Milwaukee County judge, unless it is overturned on appeal. Dugan was convicted of obstructing ICE agents who arrived at the Milwaukee County courthouse to arrest an illegal immigrant who was appearing in her courtroom...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) A federal jury in Milwaukee deliberated for six hours before finding judge Hannah Dugan of obstructing ICE agents. Dugan helped an illegal immigrant leave her courtroom through a private hallway to avoid arrest. She was aquitted on a misdemeanor concealment charge. The conviction is a felony, puni...

MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) A $4.25 million multistate settlement has been reached with Menards, over allegations of deceptive marketing practices. The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and Attorney General Josh Kaul announced the settlement, which resolves claims related to Menards' mercha...

By Nandita Bose, Sarah Morland and David Brunnstrom March 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will host Latin American leaders in Florida on Saturday as his administration seeks to counter China's growing influence in the region, a diplomatic show jus...

By Helen Coster and Tim Reid WASHINGTON, March 7 (Reuters) - The White House video begins with a scene from "Call of Duty," the action-packed, first-person shooter game. It then quickly cuts to images of fighter jets launching from an aircraft carrier,...

March 7 (Reuters) - Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office last year, he and his allies have derided federal judges who ruled against his policies as "rogue," "crooked," "lunatic" and more, casting their actions not only as incorrect but ...

By Thomas Mukoya and Monica Mwangi NAIROBI, March 7 (Reuters) - Aid workers pulled bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi on Saturday after overnight ​flash floods killed at least 10 people, ‌swept away dozens of cars and disrupted flights at East Afri...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - Tornadoes and strong storms killed at least four people and injured more than a dozen in southern Michigan on Friday, destroying ​multiple homes and leaving hundreds of residents without power, ‌local au...

SHANGHAI, March 7 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday ​the military ‌must be loyal to the Communist Party and root out corruption, according to ‌a ​report by ⁠the official ⁠Xinhua news agency. "There is no place for corruption to ...

March 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran would ​be "hit very hard" ‌on Saturday and that he was considering widening the areas and groups ‌of ​people being, ⁠targeted, without providing ⁠details. "Today Iran will be hit very hard! Unde...

By Nandita Bose, Sarah Morland and David Brunnstrom March 7 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will host Latin American leaders in Florida on Saturday as his administration seeks to counter China's growing influence in the region, a diplomatic show jus...

March 7 (Reuters) - At least 45 "bandits" were killed in a clash ​with Nigerian troops in ‌the Danmusa area of Katsina state in northern Nigeria, according to a statement ‌from ​the Katsina ⁠State Government on ⁠Saturday. The violence followed an attac...

DUBAI, March 7 (Reuters) - Two influential and hardline Iranian clerics have called for the swift selection of a new supreme leader to help guide the nation ​amid a new wave of U.S. and Israeli strikes, ‌Iranian media reported on Saturday. The calls by...

By Timour Azhari and Marwa Rashad March 7 (Reuters) - The war with Iran could leave consumers and businesses worldwide facing weeks or months of higher fuel prices even if the week-old conflict ends quickly, as suppliers grapple with damaged facilities...

By Suzanne McGee, Nathan Crooks, Libby George and Karin Strohecker PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND/HOUSTON, March 7 (Reuters) - Dozens of U.S. and other investors ranging from hedge fund managers to energy investors plan to travel to Venezuela in the coming ...

BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - China can keep employment ​stable and sustain ‌positive momentum over the next five years, its human ‌resources ​minister ⁠said on Saturday, ⁠even as rising labour market uncertainties and the ​rapid development of artifici...

By Nicole Jao, Jayla Whitfield-Anderson and Rich McKay MARIETTA/NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline and diesel prices are soaring as the U.S.-Israel war with Iran constrains oil and fuel exports, which could be a political test for Presi...

March 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has drawn up strict rules for civilian artificial-intelligence contracts requiring companies to allow "any lawful" use of their models amid a stand-off ​between the Pentagon and Anthropic, the Financial Time...

ZURICH, March 7 (Reuters) - Roche expects its agreement with the U.S. government will keep its medicines exempt from the current round of import ​tariffs, but its diagnostics division remains exposed and ‌could face renewed duties after an initial 150-...

March 6 (Reuters) - Wegovy maker Novo Nordisk plans to sell its weight-loss drugs on Hims & Hers Health ​platform, bringing an end to a ‌dispute between the two companies that escalated into a legal battle last month, Bloomberg News reported on Friday....

By Kamal Choudhury and Michael Erman March 6 (Reuters) - The controversial head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's vaccines and biologics unit, Dr. Vinay Prasad, will leave the agency at the end of April. FDA commissioner Dr. Marty Makary poste...

By Puyaan Singh and Sahil Pandey March 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new formulation of Lantheus Holdings' prostate cancer imaging agent, aimed at improving ​scanning access through increased production capac...

March 6 (Reuters) - Measles cases in South Carolina rose to 991 on Friday, state health data showed, an increase of ​one case since Tuesday as the ‌nation's largest outbreak in decades shows signs of slowing. (Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; E...

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - If the idea of lunar hummus seems far-fetched, think again. Scientists working to cultivate the field of extraterrestrial agriculture have grown chickpeas in dirt made mostly of simulated lunar soil, a step toward enabli...

March 5 (Reuters) - Sierra Space said on Thursday it has raised $550 million in a Series C funding round that values it at $8 billion, as investor appetite for national ​security assets grows amid geopolitical tensions and strong interest ‌in commercia...

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos small rocket self-destructed 69 seconds after lift-off on Thursday, failing to achieve the country's first entirely commercial satellite launch for the third attempt in a r...

March 4 (Reuters) - NASA plans to select United Launch Alliance to supply a critical component for future missions of its ​moon rocket, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, ‌citing people familiar with the matter. The move could replace planned Boeing...

(Clarifies timeframe in third bullet point) By Giselda Vagnoni ROME, March 4 (Reuters) - A marble bust that has stood for centuries in one of Rome's basilicas has been re-attributed to Michelangelo after nearly 200 years in obscurity, following a docum...

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - China could see brain-computer interface (BCI) technology move into practical public use within three to five years as products mature, a leading BCI expert said, as Beijing races to catch up with U.S. startu...

BEIJING, March 7 (Reuters) - Government officials from China's eastern economic powerhouse Jiangsu highlighted plans to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure and upgrade manufacturing on Saturday, after President Xi Jinping urged the province ​...

March 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has drawn up strict rules for civilian artificial-intelligence contracts requiring companies to allow "any lawful" use of their models amid a stand-off ​between the Pentagon and Anthropic, the Financial Time...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday dismissed a civil lawsuit seeking to hold Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and founder Changpeng Zhao liable for ​transactions that allegedly helped terror...

March 6 (Reuters) - U.S. investigators believe hackers affiliated with ​the Chinese government ‌are responsible for a cyber intrusion on an internal Federal ‌Bureau ​of ⁠Investigation computer network ⁠that holds information related to some domestic su...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 6 (Reuters) - American journalist Don Lemon warned about rising authoritarianism and called for stronger LGBTQ protections at the annual media awards ceremony ​organized by LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD. On the red ...

By Helen Reid PARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - Victoria Beckham presented sculptural gowns in sheer fabrics, tightly cut suits and voluminous coats in ​Paris on Friday for a fall/winter ‌2026 collection that played with shape and texture. Dresses in dark blu...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 5 (Reuters) - For Piper Curda, who voices animal-loving college student Mabel Tanaka in "Hoppers," from Walt Disney's Pixar, caring about the planet ​doesn't necessarily make the character an activist. "I think ‌...

By Alicia Powell and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 5 (Reuters) - Blues legend Buddy Guy is gaining a wave of new fans - some from surprising places - thanks to his role in the Oscar-nominated film "Sinners." "After the movie came ​out, I went to...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 5 (Reuters) - Singer Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Ventura County, California, on suspicion of driving under the influence, the ​California Highway Patrol has confirmed to Reuters. The CHP's Vent...