WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A Marshfield man accused of killing a woman in Wood County and dumping her body in Price County has pled not guilty to the charges. Deyvin Castro Gutierrez entered the plea on Thursday. Officials say he killed his roommate, 28-year-old Blanca Jesenia Hernandez Portocarrero, in early Novem...

The Seattle Mariners claimed left-handed pitcher Tyler Jay off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday. Jay, 30, broke into the major leagues in 2024 with the New York Mets and Brewers, nine years after he was selected No. 6 overall in the MLB ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (WSAU) - As wildfires continue to burn around the city of Los Angeles, several celebrities and thousands of everyday residents have lost their homes and will be looking to either rebuild or relocate when possible. According to TMZ, celebrities such as Packers superfan and "The Princess Bride" ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- A Chippewa County judge has officially unsealed the identity of the 16-year-old boy suspected of killing Lily Peters. Judge Steven Gibbs unsealed the complaint against Carson Peters-Berger on Thursday. He was 14 when investigators say he killed Peters while escorting her home after a visit ...

ELROY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man wanted in a Juneau County triple homicide is in custody. The Juneau County Sheriff's Office confirmed Virgil Thew, 47, of New Lisbon, was apprehended Thursday in Elroy after being on the run for more than a week. Authorities have been looking for Thew since Dec. 29 when they learned he wa...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI (WSAU) -- A Marshfield man accused of killing a woman in Wood County and dumping her body in Price County has pled not guilty to the charges. Deyvin Castro Gutierrez entered the plea on Thursday. Officials say he killed his roommate, 28-year-old Blanca Jesenia Hernandez Portocarrero, in early Novem...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI (WSAU) -- A Chippewa County judge has officially unsealed the identity of the 16-year-old boy suspected of killing Lily Peters. Judge Steven Gibbs unsealed the complaint against Carson Peters-Berger on Thursday. He was 14 when investigators say he killed Peters while escorting her home after a visit ...

TOWN OF BEVENT, WI (WSAU) -- The Marathon County Sheriff's Office is asking for help locating a stolen 2012 Ford Mustang with a unique paint scheme. The Mustang Boss Laguna Seca 302 was taken from a storage unit on County Road Y in the Town of Bevent. The owner says it is valued at about $40,000. According to the owner...

MARSHFIELD, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The city of Marshfield will begin removing ash trees in Braem Park this month. The city states that this will be the fourth year of removals, as part of a five year strategy to remove a majority of the ash trees in the park. This year's tree removal area is roughly four acres in size. It is...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau School Board has unanimously approved a plan to close four elementary schools. Hewitt-Texas, Hawthorn Hills, Lincoln, and Grant will all close after the current academic year, narrowing the district's elementary footprint from 13 schools to nine. Board members said the move is needed for...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - A former Wisconsin Badgers quarterback has decided where he will play football in 2025. According to a post on his X account, Tyler Van Dyke has committed to Southern Methodist University (SMU) after spending just one season in Madison and playing just two games with the Badgers before tearing his ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Packers' rookie linebacker Edgerrin Cooper is being honored by the league once again as he continues to impress coaches and players around the league. According to a statement by the league, Cooper has been named the NFC's Defensive Rookie of the Month for December after he recorded 35 tackles (2...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks knocked off the San Antonio Spurs 121-105 on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum. Giannis outdueled Spurs star Victor Wembanyama in the victory. Giannis finished with 25 points, 16 rebounds and eight assists, all while guarding Wembanyama for most of the night. "Wemby" ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers may be facing a dilemma at quarterback this week as both Jordan Love and Malik Willis are dealing with injuries that kept them limited in practice on Wednesday. According to head coach Matt LaFleur, Love is still experiencing soreness in his right elbow but was able to do s...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - A former Wisconsin Badgers quarterback has decided to take his talents to the NFL in 2025. According to a post on his X account, Graham Mertz, who has spent the last two seasons at the University of Florida, has declared for the 2025 NFL Draft after going 2-3 with the Gators in 2024 before he suffe...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Police are still investigating why a 15-year-old student opened fire at a school in Madison last month, the the chief said in a video released Thursday. "I wish I could stand here today with all the answers to your questions, but that's not where we are at this point in the investigation...

ELROY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man wanted in a Juneau County triple homicide is in custody. The Juneau County Sheriff's Office confirmed Virgil Thew, 47, of New Lisbon, was apprehended Thursday in Elroy after being on the run for more than a week. Authorities have been looking for Thew since Dec. 29 when they learned he wa...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Gov. Tony Evers has declared an energy emergency in Wisconsin to address heating fuel supply chain issues. Evers says the delivery delays are a result of the winter storm that dumped several inches of snow across the southern Midwest and East Coast. "From coast to coast in the U.S., (the...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- As respiratory viruses spread across Wisconsin, health officials say it's not too late to get vaccinated. Flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) activity levels are increasing significantly across Wisconsin and nationwide. Emergency department visits due to respiratory viruses have also inc...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- It was a busy Friday in Washington D.C. as a new congress was sworn into office. "Serving the people of Wisconsin is truly an honor and a responsibility I do not take lightly," said Senator Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, just before being sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris. Baldwin started h...

(Reuters) - Southern California Edison said on Thursday it had received notices from insurance companies to preserve evidence related to the Eaton Fire that is still burning in Los Angeles, but said no fire agencies have pointed the utility's conne...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China emitted 13 billion metric tons of climate-warming greenhouse gases in 2021, up 4.3% from a year earlier, it said in its latest official submission to the United Nations, published by state media on Friday. The figure is ...

By Joe Brock ALTADENA, California (Reuters) - In the close-knit Los Angeles suburb of Altadena, where rows of neat bungalows once nestled in the shadow of the San Gabriel mountains, smoldering ruins and the skeletal frames of burnt out cars now lie...

LONDON (Reuters) - Wind power provided 20% of the electricity consumed in Europe last year, but the capacity built during the year was less than half of what is needed to meet the European Union's 2030 energy and climate targets, industry group Win...

By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump's sentencing in his New York criminal case on Friday closes out a series of prosecutions that he largely beat by retaking the U.S. presidency, though he is still fighting to avoid paying hundreds of millions o...

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's air force said on Friday Russia attacked it with 72 drones overnight though it downed 33 of them while 34 others disappeared from radar without reaching their targets. Five drones struck various buildings in the northern ...

By Daren Butler, Ece Toksabay and Umit Ozdal ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation of Kurdish forces in Syria and uncertainty about Ankara'...

CAIRO/GENEVA (Reuters) - Medical aid agency MSF said on Friday it has been forced to suspend its activities at one of the few remaining hospitals in southern Khartoum due to repeated attacks, cutting off yet another lifeline for those who remain in...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China emitted 13 billion metric tons of climate-warming greenhouse gases in 2021, up 4.3% from a year earlier, it said in its latest official submission to the United Nations, published by state media on Friday. The figure is ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A supermarket in the Russian-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine has been struck by the Ukrainian army wounding at least two people, Russia's TASS state news agency said on Friday. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine ...

By Rene Wagner BERLIN (Reuters) - The German trade surplus with the United States is heading towards a record level just before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump arrives at the White House, an analysis of statistics office data showed. While the Ge...

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) - The pound is once again taking the heat as UK financial markets wobble - often a sign of stress in a country highly dependent on foreign financing, but also potentially a safety valve to help resolve the problem. Th...

(Reuters) - Investors piled into global money market funds in the week through Jan. 8, spurred by concerns over potential tariff increases with the upcoming change in the U.S. administration and caution ahead of a critical jobs report that could re...

By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan only expects a small impact from any tariffs imposed by the incoming government of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on semiconductor exports given their technological superiority, Economy Minister Kuo Jyh-h...

(Reuters) - Global markets face a choppy ride ahead of U.S. inauguration day on Jan. 20, with Britain and the U.S. releasing key inflation data, China publishing growth numbers while earnings on Wall Street and IPOs in Europe get underway. A sellof...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday that it had maintained close communication with the World Health Organization on respiratory diseases, when asked about cases of the human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China. The Chinese ...

By Jasper Ward (Reuters) - The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against several local ordinances in the state that aim to restrict distribution of the abortion pill. In a unanimous opinion, the court said the ordinances invade the legisla...

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Multiple massive wildfires are raging in Los Angeles, blanketing the surrounding regions under a pungent haze caused by smoke carrying noxious gases and particulate matter that pose serious health risks. Here is what you ...

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - Kroger has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Kentucky alleging the supermarket chain's pharmacies helped fuel a deadly opioid epidemic by flooding its communities with hundreds of millions o...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday that while the rate of influenza virus in the country has shown signs of slowing, the overall cases of acute respiratory infectious diseases continued to r...

By Tim Hepher and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - The head of the European Space Agency dismissed concerns on Thursday that cooperation in Europe is dwindling as Italy charts its own course on rocket operations and weighs a potential agreement ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freshwater environments cover about 1% of Earth's surface while accounting for more than 10% of known species. Like many marine and terrestrial ecosystems, however, they are in distress. A new study looking at ...

(Reuters) - India's space agency ISRO postponed a highly anticipated space docking mission for the second time late Wednesday. The agency cited an issue arising from excess drift between the satellites, without disclosing a new date for the docking...

(Reuters) - India appointed rocket scientist V. Narayanan as the new head of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the government said on Tuesday, a key role as India works to become a space superpower. Narayanan takes over from S. Somanat...

BENGALURU (Reuters) - India postponed by a couple of days on Monday a highly-anticipated space docking experiment that would see it become the fourth country in the world to achieve a feat essential for expanding future deep space exploratory missi...

By Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan only expects a small impact from any tariffs imposed by the incoming government of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on semiconductor exports given their technological superiority, Economy Minister Kuo Jyh-h...

(Reuters) - Nvidia on Thursday criticized a reported plan by the Joe Biden administration to impose new restrictions on AI chip exports, saying that the outgoing U.S. leader should not "preempt incoming President Trump" by enacting a last-minute po...

By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) - What a difference a year makes. Rewind the clock to early January 2024, and the asset-management industry was anxiously watching to see if the much-anticipated debut of U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds could live...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, on Friday reported fourth-quarter revenue of T$868.42 billion ($26.36 billion), according to Reuters calculations, easily beating a market forecast, as the company reaps the benefit f...

(Reuters) - A lawyer for billionaire Elon Musk has asked attorney generals in the states of California and Delaware to push OpenAI to auction a major stake in its business to decide fair value of its charitable asset during its corporate restructur...

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin on Thursday sued New Mexico prosecutors, sheriff's office officials and others who took him to trial for the 2021 "Rust" shooting alleging malicious prosecution and civil rights violations. The lawsuit filed i...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Friday said it wanted to clamp down on resellers who profit by snapping up tickets for big events and selling them on at huge mark-ups to desperate fans, announcing proposals to cap resale prices and hold reselling web...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Actor Jamie Lee Curtis, one of many Hollywood celebrities who lived in the California neighborhoods ravaged by wildfires this week, said on Thursday her family would donate $1 million to relief efforts. The Oscar...

(Reuters) - U.S. satellite TV provider DirecTV on Thursday challenged a dismissal of FuboTV's lawsuit against Venu Sports, the streaming service planned by Walt Disney, Fox and Warner Bros Discovery, saying it does not resolve antitrust issues arou...

(Reuters) - Billy Crystal lost the Pacific Palisades house where he had lived since 1979. Paris Hilton watched her Malibu beach mansion burn down on live TV. Jamie Lee Curtis, James Woods, Mandy Moore, Mark Hamill and Maria Shriver were among the o...