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Report: NY Prosecutor In Trump "Hush Money" Trial Was Paid By DNC In 2018 For "Political Consulting"
NEW YORK, NY - (WSAU) - As former President Trump continues to be tried in the state of New York for paying former porn star Stormy Daniels "hush money" payments due to their alleged early 2000s affair possibly affecting his 2016 campaign, a new financial document shows one of the main prosecutors in the case...
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Lo to be Sentenced This Afternoon
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man found guilty of killing Mai Rue Vang during an argument in 2021 will be sentenced this afternoon to life in prison. Umberto Lo will return to a Marathon County courtroom at 1:15 PM, four months after he was found guilty at trial. Judge LaMont Jacobson will hand down the life sentence b...
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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...
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Fewer low-income Americans took out mortgages in 2023, study says
(Reuters) - Fewer low-income Americans took out mortgage loans last year than 2020, real estate broker Redfin said in a report on Monday, as steep interest rates make homebuying less affordable. As aggressive rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve ...
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Mayors Monday: Wausau's Doug Diny
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Mayor Doug Diny knows the clock is ticking on a groundbreaking for the Foundry on 3rd project at the former Wausau Center Mall site, but so far he's not worried about the developers missing that June 1st deadline. "We're very optimistic," said Diny. "We've been in touch with a...
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Local News
Lo to be Sentenced This Afternoon
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man found guilty of killing Mai Rue Vang during an argument in 2021 will be sentenced this afternoon to life in prison. Umberto Lo will return to a Marathon County courtroom at 1:15 PM, four months after he was found guilty at trial. Judge LaMont Jacobson will hand down the life sentence b...
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Mayors Monday: Wausau's Doug Diny
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Mayor Doug Diny knows the clock is ticking on a groundbreaking for the Foundry on 3rd project at the former Wausau Center Mall site, but so far he's not worried about the developers missing that June 1st deadline. "We're very optimistic," said Diny. "We've been in touch with a...
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Forest County Humane Society Holds National Adoption Event
FOREST COUNTY, Wis. -- (WAOW-WSAU) If you're looking to add a four-legged friend to your family, then you're going to want to check this out. The Forest County Humane Society is participating in a national adoption event called "Empty the Shelters". The adoption of spayed or neutered pets, who are vaccinate...
May 05, 2024
Burglary at W.O.W. in Wausau
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The Wausau Police Department is investigating a burglary that happened early Saturday morning. The robbery took place at the restaurant Wausau on the Water, popularly known as W.O.W, located in Wausau's River District. According to police, the suspect entered the building by breaking a window aroun...
May 05, 2024
Wausau Fire Department, DCI to Conduct Live Burn Exercise
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Fire Department and Wisconsin Department of Justice- Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct live fire training on a home near Bridge Street this week. According to a news release from the city they'll conduct firefighting and investigative training on a home located at 1514 Nort...
May 05, 2024
Sports
Friday & Saturday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here are the scoreboards from Friday & Saturday: Friday Baseball Witt/Birn 8 Iola-Scandanavia 1 Witt/Birn 8 Crandon 1 Iola-Scandanavia 13 Merion 3 Merrill 4 Wausau East 2 Hudson 10 DC Everest 4 Stevens Point 11 La Crosse Central 0 Stevens Point 9 La Crosse Central 0 Medford...
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Cubs Take Series With 2 Weekend Wins
CHICAGO, ILL (WSAU) -- After the Brewers won on Friday, the Cubs answered with wins on Saturday and Sunday to take the three game series at Wrigley Field. On Saturday the Brewers fell behind before two late rallies got them to within one before the Cubs closed out a 6-5 victory. Blake Perkins had a two-run homer and Ol...
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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...
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Three-Run Eighth Helps Brewers Sink Cubs
CHICAGO, IL (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers continued their comeback ways by erasing a 1-0 deficit with a three-run eighth to complete a 3-1 win over the Cubs on Friday afternoon at Wrigley. William Contreras, Willy Adames, and Jake Bauers each singled to bring home a run in the inning. Brice Turang finished 2-4 with t...
May 04, 2024
State News
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
Police and Protesters Clash at UW Madison
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A chaotic confrontation between protesters and police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednesday morning. After repeated warnings that the tents were there illegally, UW Madison police and other law enforcement agencies, including the State Patrol, moved onto the Library Mall and forcibl...
May 01, 2024
Mt Horeb School Shooting Under Investigation
MT HOREB, WI (WTAQ-WRN) - The investigation is underway into Wednesday morning's school shooter incident in Dane County. Mount Horeb Police used deadly force when they responded to a report of a person with a weapon outside the middle school. "The subject in this case never gained entry to the school building duri...
May 01, 2024
Trump Promises Mass Deportations at Waukesha Rally
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- On a break from his porn star hush money trial in New York, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump held a rally in Waukesha on Wednesday. Trump promises to get tough on the southern border, and said America will "have the largest deportation in the history of our country." &...
May 01, 2024
National News
Massachusetts top court to hear challenges to gig worker ballot measures
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The top Massachusetts court on Monday is set to consider whether the state's voters will get to decide two ballot proposals in November that would redefine the relationship between app-based companies like Uber Te...
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New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women by claiming that they can ...
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Pentagon sees no change in Russia's strategic nuclear force posture
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has not seen a change to Russia's disposition of its strategic nuclear forces, it said on Monday, despite what it called "irresponsible rhetoric" from Moscow detailing plans for exercises involving the deploymen...
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Chicago museum acquires new specimen of famed Archaeopteryx
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - An exquisitely preserved fossil of the earliest-known bird Archaeopteryx, a pigeon-sized specimen revealing new anatomical details of a creature whose 19th century discovery lent support to Charles Darwin's ideas about ev...
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U.S. hospital network Steward files for bankruptcy, aims for new loan
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steward Health, which operates 30 hospitals in nine U.S. states, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas on Monday, aiming to secure a new loan from its landlord Medical Properties Trust. The privately-owned...
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World News
Hamas agreed to latest Israeli proposal, says official briefed on talks
DOHA (Reuters) - Hamas agreed to the latest proposal that Israel had made on April 27 and there were no major changes since then, an official briefed on the ceasefire talks said, adding the Qatari mediators had spoken to Hamas about this on Sunday ...
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EU eyes shipping, violations in new sanctions package, according to text
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union would ban trans-shipment of Russian LNG, the use of EU ports by vessels transporting goods contributing to Russia's war effort and make EU operators more accountable for any sanctions vio...
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Macron, von der Leyen urge China to press Russia over Ukraine
By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - France and the European Commission on Monday told China's President Xi Jingping that they wanted him to use his influence on Russia to end its war in Ukraine, while underscoring that the European...
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UAE and New Zealand to launch talks for a free trade deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates will begin negotiations over a free trade agreement, the Pacific nation's trade minister said on Tuesday. Trade Minister Todd McClay met his UAE counterpart in Dubai to announce the start ...
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Netanyahu agrees to reopen Gaza crossing for humanitarian aid, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday that he would ensure the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza is open for humanitarian aid, the White House said. Biden also reiterate...
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Business News
Citadel's Griffin says Fed's first rate cut may come in December
By Carolina Mandl Beverly Hills (Reuters) - Ken Griffin, Citadel's founder and chief executive, said on Monday that he is unsure when the Federal Reserve may be able to cut interest rates this year, but it may come in December. Speaking at the Milk...
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Massachusetts top court to hear challenges to gig worker ballot measures
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The top Massachusetts court on Monday is set to consider whether the state's voters will get to decide two ballot proposals in November that would redefine the relationship between app-based companies like Uber Te...
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Fed's Williams says next Fed move likely to be lower rates
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said Monday that at some undefined point the U.S. central bank will lower its interest rate target. "Eventually we'll have rate cuts" but for now monetary poli...
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Investors pull $9.9 billion from hedge funds in March - Nasdaq eVestment
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) - Investors withdrew an estimated net $9.9 billion from hedge funds in March, up from $780 million in February and the 22nd consecutive month where industry outflows totalled more than inflows, a report from Nasda...
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Nio on track to unveil its first mass-market car in May, executive says
By Gilles Guillaume PARIS (Reuters) - China's premium electric vehicle maker Nio is on track to unveil a new model under a mass-market brand by the end of this month and a second smaller EV to be sold in Europe next year for less than $30,000, a se...
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Health News
New York state sues group over abortion pill reversal claims
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - New York state's top prosecutor on Monday sued Heartbeat International, an anti-abortion group, and 11 crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of misleading and potentially endangering women by claiming that they can ...
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People with two copies of a risk gene have genetic form of Alzheimer's, scientists say
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - People who carry two copies of the APOE4 gene are virtually guaranteed to develop Alzheimer's and face symptoms at an earlier age, researchers reported on Monday in a study that could redefine such carriers...
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Novavax's top shareholder Shah Capital ramps up efforts for board shakeup
(Reuters) - Hedge fund Shah Capital on Monday urged Novavax shareholders to vote against the re-election of three directors and proposals related to executive compensation, ramping up its efforts for a board shakeup at the COVID-19 vaccine maker. S...
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Gossamer Bio and Chiesi Group to collaborate for blood pressure treatment
(Reuters) - Gossamer Bio said on Monday it will collaborate with Chiesi Group to develop and commercialize its drug seralutinib in multiple indications related to blood pressure conditions. Gossamer is to receive $160 million development reimbursem...
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China should boost number of ICU beds, state agencies say
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China should increase the number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds over the next few years as part of its public health measures, several state agencies recommended in a joint statement published on Monday. The...
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Science News
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...
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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
Orangutan's use of medicinal plant to treat wound intrigues scientists
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - In June 2022, a male Sumatran orangutan named Rakus sustained a facial wound below the right eye, apparently during a fight with another male orangutan at the Suaq Balimbing research site, a protected rainforest area in I...
May 02, 2024
Technology News
Video streaming services see downloads, active users drop in April, BofA report shows
(Reuters) - Video streaming services saw a drop in downloads and active users during April, a research note by Bank of America showed on Monday, citing data from Sensor Tower, likely pressured by heated competition in the segment and an uncertain e...
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Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI, The Information reports
(Reuters) - Microsoft is training a new, in-house AI language model large enough to compete with those from Alphabet's Google and OpenAI, the Information reported on Monday. The new model, internally referred to as MAI-1, is being overseen by recen...
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Synopsys to sell software unit to Clearlake, Francisco in $2.1 billion deal
(Reuters) -Synopsys will sell its software integrity (SIG) unit to a private equity consortium led by Clearlake Capital and Francisco Partners in a deal valued at $2.1 billion, the chip designer said on Monday. Reuters reported last week that the priva...
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Robinhood Crypto gets Wells notice from US SEC
(Reuters) - Retail trading platform Robinhood Markets said on Monday its cryptocurrency trading arm received a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 4. Robinhood's shares fell 2.5% before the bell. A Wells notic...
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Trump Media dismisses auditor BF Borgers amid SEC fraud charges
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump's media and technology company said it had replaced its auditor, BF Borgers, after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged the accounting firm with "massive fraud" on Friday. Trump Me...
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Entertainment News
Exclusive-Disney and Comcast seek advisor to resolve Hulu valuation, sources say
By Anirban Sen and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walt Disney and Comcast are seeking to hire a financial adviser to resolve a dispute over how to value the 33% stake in streaming platform Hulu that the former will acquire from the latter, a...
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A Minute With: producer Mike Gunton on working with naturalist David Attenborough
(Reuters) - Veteran British naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough turns 98 on May 8, but according to his longtime collaborator Mike Gunton, he has no plans to retire. Gunton, who is Creative Director of the Natural History Unit at the BBC,...
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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes Taiwan - EMSC
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Taiwan, on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru, Editing by Louise...
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Thousands of Madonna fans gather on Copacabana beach for free concert
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Thousands gathered on Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana beach on Saturday ahead of a free open-air concert by pop star Madonna that was expected to attract some 1.5 million people. The Brazilian show marks the end of Mad...
May 04, 2024
Europapa or Baby Lasagna? Contestants to look out for at Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest, a music kitsch-fest watched by some 200 million people, kicks off in Malmö, Sweden on Sunday with its "turquoise carpet" gala, in what fans say is a wide-open year with hal...
May 04, 2024