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 ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Wausau Ethics Board has officially scheduled a hearing on the complaint against Mayor Doug Diny for Friday morning. According to an agenda posted on the city's website, proceedings will begin at 10 AM. Ten witnesses will testify, including Police Chief Matthew Barnes, Public Works Director Eric...

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 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...

By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -The U.S. government shutdown hasn't significantly disrupted domestic commercial flights nor has it stopped the recruitment of new air traffic controllers, Willie Walsh, director general of airline lobby group IATA ...

By Brendan O'Brien, Andy Sullivan and Susan Heavey CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military...

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must abandon its "separatist agenda", a day after the group's leader and Syria's government announced a ceasefire. At a press c...

By Marianna Parraga GEORGETOWN (Reuters) -Guyanese businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar Mohamed would be extradited to the United States to face charges of fraud and money laundering related to gold exports, once U.S. authorities formally make the re...

(Reuters) -French-German national Lennart Monterlos has been released from detention in Iran and is back in France, outgoing French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Wednesday. Iran had been holding the 18-year-old cyclist after arresting him i...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban foreign minister left for New Delhi on Wednesday, his ministry said, in what would be the first visit to India by a Taliban leader since the group seized power in 2021. The trip highli...

LONDON (Reuters) -Two men plotted an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in northwest England with the aim of "killing hundreds of innocent people", British prosecutors said on Wednesday at the start of their trial. Walid Saadaoui, 38...

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...

(Reuters) -Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first footballer to reach billionaire status, according to the latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which has valued the Portugal great's net worth at an estimated $1.4 billion. The 40-year-old striker's fina...

(Reuters) -Players caught up in anti-doping and corruption investigations will receive a helping hand from the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), which launched a trial programme on Wednesday offering financial assistance and free legal supp...

Jesper Boqvist batted in the go-ahead goal with 10:20 left in the third period as the Florida Panthers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams in Sunrise, Fla. Sergei Bobrovsky made 17 saves to earn the...

DETROIT -- J.P. Crawford, Eugenio Suarez and Cal Raleigh each belted a home run, sending the Seattle Mariners to an 8-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday and a 2-1 lead in the American League Division Series. The Mariners can clinch the best-...

NEW YORK -- Aaron Judge hit a tying three-run homer in the fourth inning, Jazz Chisholm Jr. socked a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth and the New York Yankees avoided elimination in the American League Division Series with a 9-6 victory over the Toront...

By Mike Colias (Reuters) -General Motors is scrapping a program aimed at allowing its dealers to continue offering for several months a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles following the Sept. 30 expiration of the federal subsidy, the company said W...

LONDON (Reuters) -Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Wednesday that central bankers needed to make a "clear and credible" commitment to controlling inflation, including responding firmly if inflation gets out of hand. Pill - who voted aga...

By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) -Major Boeing customer Ryanair said on Wednesday it was confident the U.S. planemaker would get permission to boost the monthly production rate of its flagship 737 model to 42 in October and then 48 by March or April nex...

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...

LONDON (Reuters) -The global refined copper market is expected to swing to a deficit of 150,000 metric tons in 2026 from the previously expected surplus of 209,000 tons due to slower production growth, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said. ...

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 Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -Amazon said on Wednesday its pharmacy business in December will begin filling some prescriptions for common medications at electronic kiosks in its One Medical primary care locations, which the company says will redu...

(Reuters) -Zenas BioPharma said on Wednesday it has secured global rights to develop and commercialize an experimental drug from China-based InnoCare Pharma for multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune conditions under a licensing deal potentially worth...

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...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The fossil of a small reptile that inhabited Scotland during the age of dinosaurs 167 million years ago has scientists puzzled. It mixed snake-like traits and lizard-like traits. So was it an early ancestor of snake...

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'...

By Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) -Tesla's lower-priced versions of its staple Model Y SUV and Model 3 sedan face an uphill battle in the region where Elon Musk's company arguably needs help the most: Europe. Unveiled on Tuesday, the $39,990 Model Y Stand...

By Gianluca Lo Nostro (Reuters) -Most European small and mid-sized enterprises are prioritizing artificial intelligence systems over basic digital tools across their businesses, losing ground to bigger firms investing in core digital systems, a study p...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota and Sumitomo Metal Mining said on Wednesday they have made advances in the development of cathode materials for all-solid-state batteries for electric cars, and have agreed to work together to mass produce those materials. Solid...

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 ...

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...