By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States and Iran were beginning direct talks on Tehran's nuclear program, a surprise announcement after Iranian officials had appeared to rebuff U.S. calls for ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are hosting their second projected 1st-round pick wide receiver for an official visit on Monday. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Packers are formally inviting former Ohio State star receiver Emeka Egbuka for a top 30 visit after he spent the weekend meeting with the D...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will tell the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday that nearly 50 countries have approached him to discuss new sweeping tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. "Several of these coun...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A former Central Wisconsin man will spend time in a county jail for killing his former girlfriend's cat, then hiding the body and pretending to help her look for it. Andrew Gehr was sentenced to 18 months of probation with several conditions, including 60 days in jail, a full no-contact order with ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will impose an additional 50% tariff on China if Beijing does not withdraw its retaliatory tariffs on the United States. "Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A former Central Wisconsin man will spend time in a county jail for killing his former girlfriend's cat, then hiding the body and pretending to help her look for it. Andrew Gehr was sentenced to 18 months of probation with several conditions, including 60 days in jail, a full no-contact order with ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers have announced a Celebration of Life for longtime radio voice Bob Uecker. The team will hold a special ceremony on Sunday, August 24th, before their game with the Francisco Giants. A special pre-game ceremony will feature special guests, including Uecker's former broadcast ...

PLOVER, WI (WSAU) -- The Village of Plover is the latest community to dive headfirst into the pickleball craze. Administrator Steve Kunst says the community has partnered with the Heart of Wisconsin Pickleball Association for 12 new courts dedicated to the sport, the first development of its kind in the community. &quo...

Wausau, WI (WSAU)-- On Saturday April 5th, 53-year-old Daniel Shane Sero was arrested and charged with his 7th OWI offense. The arrest came after Wisconsin State Patrol troopers responded to an incident on U.S Highway 51 near mile marker 195, in Marathon County. One of the troopers identified a 2010 Chevy Impala loc...

LAC du FLAMBEAU, WI (WSAU) -- A statewide alert has now been issued for a missing Lac du Flambeau woman. Melissa Beson was last seen in the late afternoon of Monday, March 17, according to a notice from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians Tribal Police Department. She was last seen walking on Ind...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are getting a closer look at one of the draft's top defensive linemen prospects. According to Sports Illustrated's Bill Huber, South Carolina defensive tackle and projected 2nd-round pick T.J. Sanders visited the Packers over the weekend for an official Top 30 visit, adding ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - As injuries continue to plague the Brewers' pitching rotation, Milwaukee has made a trade to try to help boost its rotation. According to a post on X from the team, the Brewers are acquiring pitcher Quinn Priester from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for their 7th overall prospect, Yophery Rodrigu...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers won the series with the Cincinnati Reds, taking three out of four games at American Family Field. After winning on Thursday and Friday, the Brewers dropped a Saturday matchup 11-7 before bouncing back for an 8-2 win on Sunday. Saturday saw Elvin Rodriguez get knocked aroun...

NEW ORLEANS, LA (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks won a pair of road games over the weekend, beating the Miami Heat 121-115 in overtime on Saturday before knocking off the New Orleans Pelicans in a makeup game 111-107 on Sunday. Saturday saw Giannis go off with a triple-double of 36 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists. Kev...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers are hosting their second projected 1st-round pick wide receiver for an official visit on Monday. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Packers are formally inviting former Ohio State star receiver Emeka Egbuka for a top 30 visit after he spent the weekend meeting with the D...

SARPY COUNTY, Neb. (WTAQ-WLUK) - Gary Day, the man who was traveling with a pregnant Beaver Dam girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert, pleaded not guilty to two charges Friday and is expected back in court later today. Day, 40, was arrested this week at a truck stop near Omaha with Sophia Franklin, who was reporte...

DODGE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A pregnant teenager from Beaver Dam has been located safe after being missing for nearly two months. Sophia Franklin was found at a truck stop near Omaha, Nebraska late Wednesday night in the company of the alleged father of her unborn child, 40-year-old Gary Day. It happened to be Frank...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin whirls into action for Severe Weather Week with statewide tornado drills. To encourage preparation for tornadoes, thunderstorms and flooding, Wisconsin has declared April 7-11 as Severe Weather Awareness Week, along with holding statewide tornado drills on Thursday, April 10. "It is essent...

(WTAQ) -- Jill Underly has secured another term as Wisconsin's State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She defeated opponent Brittany Kinser, who was supported by the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Underly ran with support from the Wisconsin Democratic Party and teachers' unions. Underly faced criticism from her o...

(WTAQ) -- In the most expensive state supreme court race in U.S. history, liberal Dane County judge Susan Crawford has defeated conservative candidate Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel. $90 million was spent in total on the race; with about $40 million going to Crawford's campaign and $50 million to Schimel's campaign...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate to require congressional approval for new tariffs has no future, the chamber's top Republican John Thune told reporters on Monday. The measure was introduced last week by Democrat Maria Cantwel...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House Office of Management and Budget said on Monday it is ordering federal agencies to name chief AI officers as it looks to expand the government's use of artificial intelligence. One of the orders titled "Acceler...

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House economic adviser Stephen Miran on Monday encouraged countries hoping to escape high reciprocal U.S. tariff rates to make offers to President Donald Trump, saying the president would welcome moves ...

By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Lili Bayer WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, who holds a senior position in NATO, has been fired as part of what appears to be an expanding national security purge of top officials by the Trum...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -The state of Maine on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to freeze federal funding for education programs in the state over its refusal to ban transgender women from sports. The l...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would like the war in Gaza to stop, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. Trump said work was ongoing to free hostages held by Hamas, but said...

By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japan is sending a team to negotiate on trade, U.S. President Donald Trump said, adding that he spoke earlier on Monday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who separately said he t...

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rican officials awarded kickbacks to a top government ally using funds from the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), prosecutors alleged on Monday, filing charges against the president and a top minister. Th...

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States and Iran were beginning direct talks on Tehran's nuclear program, a surprise announcement after Iranian officials had appeared to rebuff U.S. calls for ...

By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is ending most if not all of remaining U.S. aid for Afghanistan and Yemen, according to nine sources, including six U.S. officials familiar with...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's mines and energy minister asked Petrobras Chief Executive to have the state-run oil firm consider a new cut in the average price of diesel sold to distributors in Brazil, a source with knowledge of the matter tol...

(Reuters) - Levi Strauss beat first-quarter revenue estimates on Monday and maintained its full-year forecast, betting on steady demand for its denims and a diverse supply chain to navigate an escalating trade war that has hit footwear and apparel ...

By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors are trying to game out how much tolerance U.S. President Donald Trump has for stock market losses after his latest tariff policies ignited a more than 10% wipeout on Wall Street, with some still holding...

(Reuters) -Broadcom said on Monday it was launching a new share buyback program of up to $10 billion, set to run through the end of the year. Shares of the chipmaker rose nearly 3% in extended trading. During buybacks, firms buy their own shares on the...

(Reuters) - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies said on Monday it would buy Marvell Technology's automotive ethernet business for about $2.5 billion in cash, to expand its microcontroller segment. The automotive ethernet business, which will bec...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday announced a 5.06% increase in the government's final reimbursement rates for 2026 Medicare Advantage health plans run by private insurers, compared with a decline of 0.2% last year....

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's health security agency said on Monday another case of the mpox variant clade lb had been detected in England in a person who had no reported travel history or link with previously confirmed cases in the country. The case was...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk, the producer of Ozempic and other medications, announced on Monday a 6.4 billion reais ($1.09 billion) investment in Brazil to boost production. The investment aims to increase the manufacturing capacity at Novo Nordi...

(Reuters) -British healthcare REIT Assura on Monday said that Britain's Takeover Panel has extended the deadline for its potential deal with Primary Health Properties to May 5. The PUSU deadline, known as the "put up or shut up" date, requires a potent...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will invest up to 600 million pounds ($767 million) into new health data research, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday, as the government seeks to cut the time it takes to carry out clinical trials. ($1 = 0.7822 pounds)...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear destined to die in an extraordinarily violent quadruple detonation. The two stars, gravitati...

By Marisa Taylor and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX and United Launch Alliance are expected to each win a U.S. Space Force rocket launch contract on Friday worth billions of dollars to send some of the Pentagon's most sensitive ...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday, after roughly four days orbiting Earth in a novel polar trajectory, capping the Elon Musk-led company's sixth fully private space mission. S...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable to China or the United States. But it has not always ...

(Reuters) - U.S. liquefied natural gas developer Venture Global exported 29 cargoes from its Plaquemines facility in Louisiana during the first quarter of 2025, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Venture Global realized an average...

(Reuters) -Broadcom said on Monday it was launching a new share buyback program of up to $10 billion, set to run through the end of the year. Shares of the chipmaker rose nearly 3% in extended trading. During buybacks, firms buy their own shares on the...

(Reuters) - German chipmaker Infineon Technologies said on Monday it would buy Marvell Technology's automotive ethernet business for about $2.5 billion in cash, to expand its microcontroller segment. The automotive ethernet business, which will bec...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre said on Monday it plans to invest 34 billion reais ($5.8 billion) this year in its top market, Brazil, representing a 47.8% increase in spending from a year earlier. The amount, which al...

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court has adjourned a tax evasion case against Binance to April 30 to allow the local tax authority to respond to a request by the cryptocurrency exchange to annul an order for court documents to be ser...

(Reuters) - Singapore's DBS Group said on Monday its data vendor, Toppan Next Tech (TNT), had suffered a ransomware attack, potentially compromising customer statements of around 8,200 DBS customers. (Reporting by Adwitiya Srivastava in Bengaluru)

By William James, Catarina Demony and Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) -TV drama "Adolescence" has shocked and captivated audiences around the world, providing what campaigners say is a rare opportunity to tackle the largely hidden world of online misogyny...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hundreds of Hollywood crew members, producers and actors on Sunday urged California legislators to increase tax incentives and enact other measures to encourage more film and TV production in and around Los Angel...

By Edward Baran LONDON (Reuters) -"Giant" starring John Lithgow as author Roald Dahl and a musical reimagining of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" were among the many winners at Britain's Olivier theatre awards on Sunday, picking up three prizes e...

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Grammy-nominated Malian musician Amadou Bagayoko, who won global fame by moulding traditional West African sounds with Western rock and pop influences as one half of the blind duo Amadou & Mariam, has died aged 70, the Malian governme...

By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -A half-century ago, in June 1975, "Jaws" swam into theaters, gave audiences a good scare and rewrote movie history. The shark thriller became the first summer blockbuster with a playbook that Hollywo...