PHILLIPS, WI (WSAU) -- A part-time officer in the Phillips Police Department is accused of meeting a known drug user for sex while working. Officers say Connor R. Newman had repeated encounters with the woman at her home, then made false entries into his logbook to cover it up. Court documents claim Newman made multipl...

SHAWANO, WI (WSAU) -- The Shawano County Sheriff's Office is asking for help to identify a suspect in a possible identity theft. Officers say a woman withdrew a "large amount of money using the name of a person currently [who is currently hospitalized,]" according to a Facebook post. If you recognize this ind...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Wausau Fire Department was battling an apartment fire on the city's west side Tuesday night. The apartment building, located at 1025 S 3rd Ave, had heavy smoke rising from the roof around 8:30pm. Traffic on S 3rd Ave was blocked off heading south from Rosecrans Street to Thomas Street. An o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Economic Development Committee took nearly 30 minutes of public comment regarding future plans for 1300 Celveland Avenue, making it clear that they don't want to see the property become an industrial site. The reasons varied, with one resident saying the area is too loud as it is with in...

Wausau, WI (WSAU) -- Scam calls have been going around the city of Wausau. Said Scam callers have been pretending to be the "Attorney's Office of Michael Rivers," and requesting money. The scammer would claim that a relative of the victim has been involved in a crash, taken into custody, and requests payment ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - Charges have been brought against the mother of six-year-old Ruby Lehmann, who was the subject of a multi-day AMBER Alert last week. Chelsie Lehmann is accused of encouraging Jordan Coyle to have contact with Ruby, to the point of moving in with him at his home in Almond. Coyle, 34, wasn't al...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- As cold and flu season approaches, Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order aiming to ensure access to vaccines in Wisconsin. The order directs the state Department of Health Services to monitor medical evidence and guidance on the COVID-19 vaccines. If needed, the order instructs DHS to issue stand...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- A second arrest was made in connection with an Amber Alert case in Portage County. Portage County District Attorney reports to WSAW the biological mother of 6-year-old Ruby Lehmann is facing charges. Chelsie Lehmann, 31, was booked into the Portage County Jail on charges of aiding a felon and obstructing...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Another prominent Wisconsin Democrat joins the race for governor. Madison State Senator Kelda Roys announced her candidacy via a video on social media on Monday morning. Roys was first elected to the state assembly in 2009 and has served in the state senate since 2021. She was among a crowded ...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- At the Capitol, assembly republican's plan for the fall session includes several education focused bills. Sturgeon Bay Representative Joel Kitchens says his would overhaul the state's math curriculum. A bill will be introduced soon using screeners to catch struggling students early and put the...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group representing major U.S. airlines said it is imperative the Federal Aviation Administration accomplish some "quick wins" in the $12.5 billion overhaul of the aging air traffic control system, according t...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Democratic bill to fund the U.S. government and end a shutdown was falling short of the votes needed for passage in the Senate on Wednesday, as voting continued. (Reporting by Nolan McCaskill, Katharine Jackson)

By David Shepardson BALTIMORE (Reuters) -Major U.S. airlines are bracing for a third straight day of delays on Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration faces higher-than-normal staffing issues for air traffic controllers as the stalemate o...

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union should ease its CO2 reduction targets for cars, vans and trucks, with longer compliance periods and a greater role for hybrid vehicles and alternative fuels, the bloc's auto association said o...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joan Bennett Kennedy, the first wife of a U.S. senator, the mother of a congressman and the sister-in-law of a slain president, has died at the age of 89, the Boston Globe reported on Wednesday. A daughter of privilege who could t...

(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tajikistan in Central Asia on Wednesday to attend meetings with leaders of other ex-Soviet republics likely to focus on regional development and their relations with Moscow. A Kremlin announcement ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund is working closely with the United States, the World Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank in hammering out an aid package for Argentina, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reut...

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica will nominate former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan for United Nations secretary-general, President Rodrigo Chaves said on Wednesday. Calls have been growing for a woman to assume the role for the first time in the U.N.'s...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -An Argentine court on Wednesday sentenced two people to prison for attempting to assassinate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in 2022, when she was serving as vice president. Fernando Sabag Montiel, a Brazilian national living in ...

PARIS (Reuters) -French caretaker Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Wednesday that President Emmanuel Macron could be in a position to nominate a new Prime minister in the next 48 hours, adding that the prospect of snap parliamentary elections w...

ROSEMONT, IL (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin men's basketball team is picked 7th in the unofficial Big Ten Preseason Media poll. Coach Greg Gard's club received 328 ballot points, putting them just behind Michigan State and Oregon. Guard John Blackwell was also named preseason all-conference second team. Purdue received 25 fir...

CHICAGO, Ill (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers can clinch a berth in the National League Championship Series today at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Brewers lead the Cubs 2-0 in the NL Division series. Quinn Priester is scheduled to pitch for Milwaukee against Jameson Taillon. Priester went 13-3 with a 3.32 ERA during the...

MIAMI, FLA (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Miami Heat 103-93 in exhibition play on Monday night in South Florida. Giannis Antetokounmpo did not play in the game as he shakes off the effects of Covid-19. The Bucks were led by Pete Nance who finished with 15 points. Gary Trent Jr had 11 while Kevin Porter Jr and R...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers ranked 22nd in the majors with 166 home runs during the regular season. They didn't homer in their game one victory in this NL Division Series. But Monday night was a different story. Milwaukee got three -run homers from Andrew Vaughn and Jackson Chourio and a solo shot fro...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers will continue their playoff series with the Chicago Cubs tonight at American Family Field. Milwaukee leads the series 1-0. Aaron Ashby will start for Milwaukee against Shota Imanaga. Ashby made just one start during the regular season but had a nice year out of the bullpen wit...

TA'QALI, Malta (Reuters) -Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong criticised plans to play a LaLiga match between his Spanish club and Villarreal in Miami later this year, saying he understood the commercial reasons but did not like the idea. Villarreal's...

Forward Cam Atkinson will sign a one-day contract that will allow him to retire as a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the team announced Wednesday. Atkinson, 36, will sign his contract on Oct. 16 and be honored later that night before the Blue Jac...

Minnesota Lynx forwards Alanna Smith and Napheesa Collier anchor the WNBA's 2025 All-Defensive first team announced on Wednesday. Joining the duo is Seattle Storm guard Gabby Williams and two players currently competing in the WNBA Finals, Las Vegas A...

New York Giants running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. had no injury designation on Wednesday's injury report, lining him up for a return in Thursday's home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Tracy, 25, has not played since Week 3 because of a shoulder inju...

The Tiger Woods-hosted Hero World Challenge features several big names ranging from two-time defending champion Scottie Scheffler to Xander Schauffele to Justin Thomas. Six of the top 10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are booked to partici...

By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor is pausing production next week at the Dearborn, Michigan plant that makes its F-150 Lightning electric pickup, a change a union official at the plant says is related to a disastrous fire at a supplier's New...

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said he had "a meeting of minds" with U.S. President Donald Trump on the future of the steel and aluminum sectors as well as on energy sector cooperation. "(This) is why our teams are n...

By Leila Miller and Lucinda Elliott BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -China's largest carmaker BYD on Wednesday launched sales of its EVs in Argentina, taking advantage of the lifting of import tariffs for electric and hybrid vehicles and boosting its fast-grow...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's unwarranted attacks on the integrity of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics were undermining trust in economic data and had accelerated retirements of key personnel at the agency, former ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Chevron CEO Mike Wirth told employees on Wednesday that he believes the company will outperform publicly-stated financial targets given to investors following the acquisition of smaller oil producer Hess. Upon closing the $55-billion...

(Reuters) -The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases since the World Health Organization's last update on October 1, the UN health agency said on Wednesday. As of Octo...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reschedule a vaccine panel meeting that was planned for later this month, according to the health agency's website. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meeting was previou...

By Sneha S K (Reuters) -Telehealth company HealthTap said on Wednesday it is joining Eli Lilly's digital healthcare platform, LillyDirect, to offer virtual diabetes management services. Diabetic patients across the U.S. would have access to HealthTap'...

(This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays.) By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -Genetic factors contribute more to depression risk in females than in males, according to a large Austral...

By Karl Plume CHICAGO (Reuters) -For years, sugar beets were a lifeline for American farmers. More than half of domestically produced sugar comes from the white-fleshed root crops, and robust demand from the world's top sugar-consuming nation has shiel...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two decades of observations by a pair of orbiting spacecraft have enabled scientists to track the whirlwinds called "dust devils" that regularly pirouette across the surface of Mars, providing a deeper understanding...

ATACAMA, Chile (Reuters) -In Chile's arid Atacama, the driest desert in the world, scientists are studying a small, resilient flower that could hold genetic clues to help crops withstand worsening drought conditions driven by climate change. The Cistan...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for the development of metal-organic frameworks", the award-giving body said on Wednesday. The more than a century-old prize is awarde...

MILAN (Reuters) -Italy's space agency and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Italian aerospace group Leonardo and France's Thales, will begin operations at one of Europe's largest satellite manufacturing centres by the end of this year. The s...

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit", the award-giving body sai...

(Reuters) -Stoke Space Technologies said on Wednesday it has raised $510 million in a funding round led by Thomas Tull's US Innovative Technology Fund, to speed up development of the startup's Nova reusable launch vehicles. The round also drew backing ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. tech giant Google announced on Wednesday plans to invest 5 billion euros ($5.80 billion) in Belgium, which the compay said would create a further 300 jobs in the country. Google added the investment would focus on the AI sector...

(Reuters) -Salesforce said on Wednesday it would spend $1 billion in Mexico over the next five years, as the cloud software provider looks to expand its operations and drive artificial intelligence adoption. The company, which began operating in Mexico...

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Elon Musk and X Corp have reached a settlement in a lawsuit by four former top executives at Twitter, including former CEO Parag Agrawal, who claim they were not paid $128 million in promised severance pay after Musk acqui...

By Sneha S K (Reuters) -Telehealth company HealthTap said on Wednesday it is joining Eli Lilly's digital healthcare platform, LillyDirect, to offer virtual diabetes management services. Diabetic patients across the U.S. would have access to HealthTap'...

MUMBAI (Reuters) -Three new Bollywood films will be made in Britain from next year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced during a trip to India on Wednesday. Yash Raj, India's leading film production and distribution company, will bring major producti...

By Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Hollywood and Bollywood groups are lobbying an Indian panel for stricter copyright protection that will prevent artificial intelligence firms from using their intellectual property to train AI ...

(Reuters) -Disney said on Tuesday it has secured theatrical film and ancillary rights to British writer Katherine Rundell's fantasy book series, "Impossible Creatures," with plans to adapt the first two books for the big screen. The series is set in th...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) -Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay goes behind the camera for a new series, "Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars", that shines the spotlight on restaurants working to attain the coveted culinary accolade. The mul...

PARIS (Reuters) -Chanel creative director Matthieu Blazy kicked off his design reboot of the century-old French fashion house on Monday with an evening runway show featuring dropped waists and long, button-up shirts, capping months of mounting suspense...