Local News
Social worker accused of stealing patients' identities
WISCONSIN RAPIDS (WSAU-WAOW) - A former Norwood Health Center social worker has pleaded guilty to accessing residents' money via credit cards and loans. Dalton Connor, 32, of Stevens Point, faced 20 charges, including 12 counts of identity theft, three counts of theft in a business setting and three counts of money lau...
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Clean It Up, Wausau This Weekend
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The City of Wausau will provide residents another chance to clean out the junk from their garage and basement. Clean It Up, Wausau will run Friday and Saturday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Yard Waste Site located on Chellis Street. Acceptable items include furniture, appliances, paint, yard equip...
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Inaugural Ginseng Celebration Scheduled for This Weekend
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Visit Wausau will honor Central Wisconsin's ginseng production with the first-ever Ginseng Celebration in the 400 Block on Saturday from 10 AM to 3 PM. It'll be an immersive cultural experience with local chefs crafting ginseng recipes for sampling. Farm tours, traditional Chinese music and dance, ...
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Stevens Point City Council Approves Creation of Tax Increment District 14
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The Stevens Point City Council has voted to create a new Tax Increment Finance District, which could include a significant future development. Alders approved District 14 on a unanimous roll call vote during a special meeting on Thursday. The district will include land south of Old Highway 1...
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Wisconsin Teen Shoots & Kills Black Bear During Hunting Trip After It Attacks His Father
SIREN, WI (WSAU) - In a recent incident in the woods near their hunting lodge in northeastern Wisconsin, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed a wounded black bear that was attacking his father. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune, Ryan Beierman, 43, was attacked and pinned beneath the over 200-pound bear when his son ...
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State News
Evers Comments on UW Systems Viewpoint Neutral Policy
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Tony Evers thinks the UW System's new "viewpoint neutral" policy is confusing. At UW Madison, the governor was asked about the policy requiring leaders to maintain viewpoint neutrality whenever referencing any political or social controversy. Evers said the policy "would have a ...
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Wisconsin Teamsters Joint Council 39 endorses Vice President Harris
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Wisconsin Teamsters endorse Vice President Kamala Harris. The 1.3 million member International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse either Harris or Donald Trump, but Teamsters Joint Council 39 in Wisconsin is backing Harris. "We heard that there was not going to be an endorsement...
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New Sickle Cell Treatment for Kids at Children's Wisconsin
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Children ages 12 and older with sickle cell are eligible for a new treatment at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. The newly FDA-approved treatment is called Casgevy, and works by adding a gene that makes fetal hemoglobin, which reduces the clinical effects of sickle cell disease. Before this n...
Sep 18, 2024
Teen Formally Charged in Death of Lincoln Hills Staffer
LINCOLN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Formal charges against one of two teens accused of the death of a staff member at the Lincoln Hills youth prison. 17-year-old Ryan Nyblom is charged in Lincoln County Court for party to felony murder and party to battery in connection with the death of Corey Proulx. Nyblom waived a prel...
Sep 17, 2024
Vance Makes another Visit to Battleground Wisconsin, Campaigning in Eau Claire
EAU CLAIRE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance returns to Wisconsin Tuesday as he makes his second trip to Eau Claire in six weeks. Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, is scheduled to speak at the Eau Claire Event Center at 4:30 p.m. He was last in Eau Claire on August 7 -- the same day that V...
Sep 17, 2024
National News
China, Japan reached agreement in August on Fukushima water discharge
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday. The two sides agreed on Japan establishing a long-term international m...
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Criminal inquiry underway after body found in car that hit Energy Transfer pipe in Houston - media
(Reuters) - Human remains were found in a burned-out car that struck an Energy Transfer natural gas liquids pipeline earlier this week in Houston, sparking a criminal investigation, local media reported on Thursday citing officials. Energy Transfer...
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Donald Trump says Jews will be partly to blame if he loses election
By Gram Slattery and Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday that Jewish-American voters would be partly to blame if he loses the Nov. 5 election to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democrati...
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Scant green premium stalls over 450 low-carbon projects, analysis shows
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - High-emitting industries are struggling to finance more than 450 large-scale low-carbon projects, with demand for green products still too weak to justify investment, according to data from the Industrial Transition Accelerato...
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Trump says Fed's rate cut was 'political move'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by half of a percentage point was "a political move." "It really is a political move. Most people thoug...
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World News
Lavrov vows Russia to defend its Arctic interests
(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov vowed in an interview published on Friday that Moscow would defend its interests in the Arctic both in diplomatic and military terms. Russian news agencies quoted Lavrov as saying in a series of do...
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Taiwan questions head of pager firm linked to Hezbollah blasts
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The president and founder of a Taiwanese pager company linked to the detonation of thousands of pagers targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon was questioned by prosecutors late into the night on Thursday, then released. Taiwan-based Gold...
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Components for pagers used in Lebanon blasts are not from Taiwan, minister says
By Ben Blanchard and Faith Hung TAIPEI (Reuters) -Components used in thousands of pagers that detonated on Tuesday in Lebanon in a deadly blow to Hezbollah were not made in Taiwan, Taiwan's economy minister said on Friday. Taiwan-based Gold Apollo said...
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US arm sales to Taiwan violate "One China Principle," China says
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan have seriously violated China's "One China Principle" and provisions of joint communiques between China and the U.S., Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for China's defence ministry said on Friday. China ha...
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Striking Indian doctors set to resume essential services
By Subrata Nag Choudhury KOLKATA (Reuters) - Striking junior doctors in India's West Bengal state agreed to resume essential services, in a partial resumption of medical facilities, but they will continue their strike over the rape and murder of a ...
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Local Sports
Diamondbacks Knock Off Brewers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers couldnt do much with Arizona starter Brandon Pfaadt as they fell 5-1 on Thursday night at American Family Field. Pfaadt gave up one run on 2 hits over 7 innings while striking out 12. He struck out seven straight batters at one point in the game. Garrett Mitchell hit a solo...
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Packers Quarterback Jordan Love Practices For Second Straight Day On Thursday
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Packers quarterback Jordan Love's odds of playing on Sunday against the Titans continue to increase as he practiced for the second straight day on Thursday. According to Packers.com reporter Wes Hodkiewicz, Love wore pads with the rest of the team as well as a sleeve and brace on his left knee th...
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Brewers Walk-Off Phillies
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- On a night when they already knew the Central Division title was in the bag, the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in a thriller at American Family Field, Jake Bauers drove in Jackson Chourio in the bottom of the ninth inning for the walk-off win. Rhys Hoskins had a solo homer...
Sep 19, 2024
Milwaukee Brewers Clinch NL Central Division Title Following Cubs 5-3 Loss To Oakland A's
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers are NL Central Division champions for the third time in the last four years following the Chicago Cubs 5-3 loss to the Oakland A's on Wednesday afternoon. The Brewers, who have now won the division title in 2021, 2022, and 2024 are the first NL Central team to win the divisi...
Sep 18, 2024
Packers Quarterback Jordan Love Returns To Practice Opening Door For Return vs Titans
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Packers got good news on the injury front on Wednesday as quarterback Jordan Love returned to practice for the first time since spraining his MCL against Philadelphia. According to ESPN's Rob Demovsky, Love is wearing a sleeve to protect his leg as he went through stretch drills and could be ...
Sep 18, 2024
National Sports
Yankees star Juan Soto (knee) to undergo precautionary X-rays
New York Yankees star Juan Soto is slated to undergo X-rays on his left knee after slamming it into a wall in foul territory during Thursday's 3-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners. Soto crashed into the wall down the right field line while pursuing a foul...
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WNBA playoffs begin with four games on Sunday
The Atlanta Dream claimed the WNBA's final playoff spot on Thursday night to complete the league's postseason field. Eighth-seeded Atlanta will face the top-seeded New York Liberty in the best-of-three first-round series, which begins Sunday in New Yo...
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MLB roundup: Shohei Ohtani makes history as Dodgers clinch playoffs
Shohei Ohtani became the first player in MLB history to reach 50 home runs and 50 steals in the same season as his Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a playoff berth with a 20-4 beatdown of the host Miami Marlins on Thursday afternoon. Ohtani went 6-for-6 w...
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Japan cheers as national hero Ohtani becomes the majors first 50-50 man
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan erupted in cheers on Friday morning after national hero Shohei Ohtani blasted his way into Major League Baseball history as the first player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season. "Ohtani-san" was the top trendi...
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Dream's Tina Charles breaks WNBA's all-time rebounds record
Tina Charles of the Atlanta Dream became the WNBA's all-time leading rebounder on Thursday night. The 13-year WNBA veteran grabbed three rebounds during the first quarter of the regular-season finale against one of her former teams, the host New York ...
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Business News
Morning Bid: Taking stock after Fed glow, Japan/China hold
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan After a roaring Thursday that saw Wall Street stocks lap up deep Federal Reserve easing into a still-healthy economy, there's a modest step back today and an eye on other central banks...
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China's August youth jobless rate rises to nine-month high
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's August youth jobless rate climbed to the highest level since last December, the statistics bureau said on Friday, as new graduates started to hunt for offers on the job market, adding to the pressure on policymakers to t...
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Climate finance from multilateral banks up to $125 billion in 2023
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) - Global climate finance from multilateral development banks grew by 25% in 2023 to a record $125 billion, according to a report on Friday, with the fastest growth coming in richer countries. According to the rep...
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Analysis-Brazil's online gambling craze may be hitting consumer spending
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - Soccer-mad Brazilians have fallen hard for online sports betting, yielding a boom of interest from foreign gambling companies that may boost state coffers but also threatens to divert f...
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Analysis-Tech giants push to dilute Europe's AI Act
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest technology companies have embarked on a final push to persuade the European Union to take a light-touch approach to regulating artificial intelligence as they seek to fend off the risk of bil...
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Health News
Sanofi says tolebrutinib drug delayed progressive MS by 31%
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Sanofi said on Friday that its multiple sclerosis drug candidate was shown to delay worsening of a progressive form of the disease by 31%, as the French drugmaker eyes a request for approval later this year. The company said e...
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EU regulator backs use of Novo's Wegovy for obesity-related heart condition
(Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency backed the use of Novo Nordisk's Wegovy in patients with an obesity-related heart condition, the Danish drugmaker said on Thursday. The company expects the EU label update for expanded use of Wegovy will be...
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UN to add nutrients to second round of Gaza polio vaccinations
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The second round of a vaccination campaign to protect 640,000 children in Gaza against polio will also deliver micronutrients - essential vitamins and minerals - and conduct nutritional screening, a se...
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US FDA approves Elanco's skin disease treatment for dogs
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Elanco Animal Health's skin disease treatment for dogs, the health regulator's website showed on Thursday. The oral drug, Zenrelia, is to control pruritus, or itching, associated with allerg...
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Bavarian says mpox vaccine approved by EU regulator for adolescents
LONDON (Reuters) -Bavarian Nordic said on Thursday its mpox vaccine was approved by the EU's drug regulator for use in adolescents, bolstering the case for using the shot in the 12 to 17 age group to contain an outbreak in parts of Africa. Mpox has bee...
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Science News
SpaceX 'forcefully rejects' FAA allegation it violated launch requirements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX said Thursday it "forcefully rejects" the Federal Aviation Administration's contention it failed to follow license requirements and did not get approval for changes before two launches in 2023. The FAA this week propos...
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Faraway black hole unleashes record-setting energetic jets
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two mighty beams of energy have been detected shooting in opposite directions from a supermassive black hole inside a distant galaxy - the largest such jets ever spotted, extending about 140 times the diameter ...
Sep 18, 2024
Japan's Mitsubishi to provide H3 rockets for France's Eutelsat from 2027
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has agreed to provide multiple H3 rocket launches for French satellite company Eutelsat Group from 2027, it said on Wednesday. The deal is a major overseas win for Japan...
Sep 18, 2024
Intuitive Machines clinches $4.8 billion navigation services contract from NASA
(Reuters) -Intuitive Machines said on Tuesday it has bagged a navigation and communication services contract of up to $4.82 billion from NASA for missions in the near space region. Shares of the space exploration company rose about 40% to $7.53 in afte...
Sep 18, 2024
AI experts ready 'Humanity's Last Exam' to stump powerful tech
By Jeffrey Dastin and Katie Paul (Reuters) - A team of technology experts issued a global call on Monday seeking the toughest questions to pose to artificial intelligence systems, which increasingly have handled popular benchmark tests like child's...
Sep 16, 2024
Technology News
Analysis-Tech giants push to dilute Europe's AI Act
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - The world's biggest technology companies have embarked on a final push to persuade the European Union to take a light-touch approach to regulating artificial intelligence as they seek to fend off the risk of bil...
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Cellnex explores sale of French data centre unit, sources say
By Andres Gonzalez and Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's Cellnex is exploring a sale of its data centre unit in France, in a deal that could value the business at a few hundred million euros, two people familiar with the matter said on Frid...
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Viavi considers reviving rival bid for Spirent, say sources
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. IT communications specialist Viavi Solutions is considering whether it could make another bid for telecoms testing group Spirent Communications if a takeover by its rival Keysight Technologies fails, source...
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UAE's AI firm G42 and Nvidia to team up on climate tech
By Federico Maccioni DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates-based artificial intelligence company G42 has teamed up with U.S. chipmaker Nvidia to work on climate tech, G42 said on Friday, ahead of the first-ever visit to the White House by a presi...
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Exclusive-Hacker uses Telegram chatbots to leak data of top Indian insurer Star Health
By Christopher Bing and Munsif Vengattil WASHINGTON/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Stolen customer data including medical reports from India's biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram's ...
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Entertainment News
AMC, Regal and other US chains plan $2.2 billion in theater upgrades
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The largest theater chains including AMC Entertainment, Regal Cinemas and Cinemark will invest more than $2.2 billion over the next three years to upgrade theaters in the U.S. and Canada, an industry group announced on Thurs...
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Prada offers topless hats, huge sunglasses and lots of metallics at Milan show
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian fashion house Prada played with distortion for its womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 collection at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, presenting skirts suspended from belts, glasses with hugely oversized lenses and topless hats....
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Oktoberfest introduces metal detectors for Saturday start
MUNICH (Reuters) - Hand-held metal detectors are being introduced at the world's largest beer festival this year after last month's fatal knife attack at a festival in the German city of Solingen. "We want to detect knives with this," Oktoberfest o...
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Colin Farrell's transformation into 'The Penguin' stuns co-stars
By Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Colin Farrell looked in the mirror after donning prosthetic makeup for his role as the title character in the Max series "The Penguin," he could no longer recognize himself. "I looked...
Sep 18, 2024
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to criminal sexual act
By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to a criminal sexual act on Wednesday, nearly five months after the disgraced Hollywood movie mogul's sex crimes conviction in New York was overturned. Weinstein, 72, who is rec...
Sep 18, 2024