STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza is asking residents to stay home for the rest of the day due to damage from Thursday's ice storm. Wiza says while the surface of the roads or sidewalks may be fine, many of them are blocked by downed trees or power lines. Public Works crews and WPS workers are o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police are warning residents about an uptick in scams of all kinds. In a Facebook post, officers noted that "fraud is now the #1 case type investigated by Wausau detectives." The post adds that cases of fraud have doubled in the first three months of the year, with victims losing t...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Stevens Point man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 15 years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to sexual assault and child pornography charges. Stephen Decker was sentenced on April 1 by Portage County Circuit Court Judge Louis Molepske after pleading guilty to multip...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would soon sign an emergency order to pay all employees at the Department of Homeland Security who have ​worked without pay since mid-February as Congre...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have owned the late innings in their 5-1 start to the new season. A 6-run rally in the 8th powered the Crew past the Tampa Rays, 8-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Christian Yelich sparked the rally with a go-ahead two run single. Garrett Mitchell tacked on a two-run double. David Hamilton a...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza is asking residents to stay home for the rest of the day due to damage from Thursday's ice storm. Wiza says while the surface of the roads or sidewalks may be fine, many of them are blocked by downed trees or power lines. Public Works crews and WPS workers are o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police are warning residents about an uptick in scams of all kinds. In a Facebook post, officers noted that "fraud is now the #1 case type investigated by Wausau detectives." The post adds that cases of fraud have doubled in the first three months of the year, with victims losing t...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Stevens Point man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 15 years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to sexual assault and child pornography charges. Stephen Decker was sentenced on April 1 by Portage County Circuit Court Judge Louis Molepske after pleading guilty to multip...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A 37-year-old Antigo man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash that killed two people last September in the Town of Wausau. Adam H. Borchardt was taken into custody on Tuesday, according to WAOW TV, and is being held in the Marathon County Jail on two counts of homicide by intoxica...

MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- A 59-year-old man has been arrested after officers found multiple pieces of child pornography in his possession on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, officers received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force about the potential acti...

HOUSTON, TX (WSAU) - The Bucks were bested on the road. Milwaukee lost 119-113 to the Houston Rockets. Ousmane Dieng led the Bucks with 36 points in the setback. Cormac Ryan added 25 points off the bench, while Pete Nance finished with 23 points. The Bucks will return home Friday to face off with the Boston Celtics.

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have owned the late innings in their 5-1 start to the new season. A 6-run rally in the 8th powered the Crew past the Tampa Rays, 8-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Christian Yelich sparked the rally with a go-ahead two run single. Garrett Mitchell tacked on a two-run double. David Hamilton a...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Bucks ended their four-game losing streak. Milwaukee beat the Dallas Mavericks 123-99 at home. Ryan Rollins posted 24 points, seven rebounds and nine assists in the win and Kyle Kuzma added 20 points of his own. The Bucks will be on the road to play the Houston Rockets tonight at 6:30pm on WS...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - One night after their first loss of the season, the Brewers bounced back with a 6-2 win on Tuesday. Trailing 2-0, the Brewers got two RBI from Brice Turang and home runs from Gary Sanches and Jake Bauers. Rays starter Shane McClanahan was making his first major league start since 2023. He lasted ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have lost for the first time this season, falling 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Rays. Nick Fortes doubled in the winning run in the 9th off Trevor Meginn to bring in the winning run. The Brewers had a baserunner in the bottom of the 9th, but failed to get a game-tying hit. William Contrares ga...

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 ...

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...

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump adjusted his national security tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports on Thursday to cut duty rates on derivative products made with the metals, ​simplify compliance and avoid under-rep...

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to unveil a $1.5 trillion defense budget request for the next fiscal ​year on Friday, by far the largest ‌year-over-year increase in defense spending in the post-World War...

By Jonathan Stempel April 2 (Reuters) - The Trump administration sued Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois on Thursday, to stop what it called their unlawful efforts to regulate prediction markets because they may violate state gambling laws. Attempts by ...

By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuters) - Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the ​value of labora...

April 2 (Reuters) - President ​Donald ‌Trump on Thursday ‌confirmed ​U.S. ⁠Attorney General ⁠Pam Bondi was ​removed ⁠from ⁠her post ​and ​said she was ‌being replaced ⁠by deputy Attorney ⁠General ‌Todd ⁠Blanche ​in ‌an acting ​capacity. (Reporting ⁠by ...

By Christian Martinez LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Vice ​President JD ‌Vance will visit Hungary and hold bilateral meetings with ‌Prime ​Minister ⁠Viktor Orban from ⁠April 7-8, the White House announced Thursday. Reuters was the ​first to repo...

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, April 2 (Reuters) - Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday as part of a special ritual before Easter and said the ​action, emulating a gesture of humility by Jesus on ‌the night before he died, should inspire...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ahmed Shalaby CAIRO, April 2 (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas has told mediators it will not discuss giving up arms without guarantees that Israel will fully quit Gaza as laid out in a disarmament plan from U.S. Pre...

BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - China on Thursday repeated calls for a ceasefire in the Middle East and safe passage through the Strait of ​Hormuz in conversations with Western counterparts, widening its ‌diplomatic effort to end the war that has disrupte...

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - While many Americans are following the U.S. Supreme Court case involving President Donald Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship, Norman Wong is doing so with a little bit of extra motivation. For him, it is abo...

WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump adjusted his national security tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper imports on Thursday to cut duty rates on derivative products made with the metals, ​simplify compliance and avoid under-rep...

April 2 (Reuters) - Oil prices could spike to $120-$130 per barrel in the near term, with a risk ​of surging above $150 if supply ‌flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted into mid-May, J.P. Morgan said in a note on Thursday. J.P. Morgan's b...

April 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI, jostling with Anthropic for enterprise customers, has bought TBPN, an online tech talk show that has built a loyal Silicon ​Valley following through interviews with industry CEOs. Entrepreneurs John ‌Coogan and Jordi Hays, w...

By Jonathan Stempel April 2 (Reuters) - The Trump administration sued Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois on Thursday, to stop what it called their unlawful efforts to regulate prediction markets because they may violate state gambling laws. Attempts by ...

By Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO, April 2 (Reuters) - Rising petrochemical prices have buoyed the long-term prospects for Brazil's Braskem, even as the company is racing against the clock to deal with looming ​interest payments on its debt. The petrochem...

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Thursday it will impose 100% tariffs on branded pharmaceuticals imported into the United States unless manufacturers agree to government ​drug pricing deals or commit ...

April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump secured agreements with 16 major pharmaceutical companies to bring U.S. prescription drug prices in line with those paid in other developed nations in exchange for three-year exemptions from tariffs on dr...

April 2 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Regeneron said on Thursday it expects to be excluded from ​a list of pharmaceutical ‌companies that could face new tariffs from the U.S. government. Late on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump ‌administration...

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced that they will monitor the impact of microplastics and pharmaceuticals on drinking water, th...

April 2 (Reuters) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday issued a health advisory warning of rising reports from U.S. jurisdictions detecting ​veterinary sedative medetomidine in the illegal drug ‌supply. The CDC and the White Hou...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions of years earlier than previously known, with an array of forms including ancient ...

By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuters) - Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the ​value of labora...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on the moon's South Pole in 2028, as a space race betwee...

April 1 (Reuters) - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a 10-day trip around the moon that would be the farthest humans have ever traveled and a major step toward returning people to ​the lunar surface th...

April 1 (Reuters) - All three NASA astronauts on the Artemis II lunar mission are veterans of Earth-orbit science expeditions to the International Space Station, while the lone Canadian joining them on ​a voyage around the moon and back is a spacefligh...

April 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI, jostling with Anthropic for enterprise customers, has bought TBPN, an online tech talk show that has built a loyal Silicon ​Valley following through interviews with industry CEOs. Entrepreneurs John ‌Coogan and Jordi Hays, w...

By Akash Sriram and Echo Wang NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has had discussions with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund about PIF potentially taking an ​anchor stake of around $5 billion in the space company's ‌IPO, ac...

April 2 (Reuters) - Coinbase Global has received conditional approval from banking regulators for a national trust company charter, ​Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, in ‌a move that could boost the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange's appeal amon...

April 2 - Artificial intelligence powered animation studio Toonstar on Thursday unveiled a multi-year partnership with News Corp-owned HarperCollins ​to produce a slate of ‌original animated series based on select titles from the book publisher. The pa...

GENEVA, April 2 (Reuters) - A group of states has agreed not to impose e-commerce customs ​duties among themselves after ‌World Trade Organization members failed to agree on an extension to a long-running moratorium, a document ‌showed ​on Thursday. Da...

(Corrects paragraph 19 to show Sony Pictures Animation produced KPop Demon Hunters) By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - After losing its bid for Warner Bros Discovery's rich trove of characters and stories, Netflix is...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Reuters) - American rapper and songwriter Megan Thee Stallion shared an update with fans on Instagram on Wednesday after being hospitalized the night before, saying she fell ​ill during her performance in the ...

By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 31 (Reuters) - Icelandic-Chinese jazz singer-songwriter Laufey says her mission is simple: get young people to fall in love with jazz. "It's literally all I care ​about as an artist - having people...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 31 (Reuters) - American actor Jon Hamm said Season 2 of the Apple TV+ dark comedy "Your Friends and Neighbors" will focus on the consequences ​facing his character after beginning a life of ‌crime in Season 1. "S...

PARIS, March 30 (Reuters) - Canadian singer Celine Dion announced on Monday, her birthday, that she will return to the stage this fall with 10 concerts scheduled in Paris, ​spread out over September and October. The much‑anticipated announcement follow...