Local News
Drug Bust Reported in Marathon County
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The Marathon County Sheriff's Office announced a pair of recent drug busts have taken more than 5.5 pounds of methamphetamine off the streets. The Central Wisconsin Narcotics Task Force conducted two raids last week near Marshfield, netting 5.75 pounds of the drug along with one kilogram of cocaine...
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U.S. Navy Set To Fly During Wings Over Wausau
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - According to Wausau Events, the United States Navy will join the Army's Golden Knights parachute team and other aviation performers for the third annual Wings Over Wausau air display this summer. The Navy will be featured in the air show on June 21 and 22 at Wausau Downtown Airport, with MH-53E...
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School Threats Reported in Wausau, Merrill
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A pair of school threats were deemed not credible on Thursday. According to the Wausau School District, numerous parents expressed concerns about an unspecified threat at Horace Mann Middle School. Communications Coordinator Diana White said the information was "immediately investigated, with ...
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Sen. Baldwin Calls for Action to Contain Avian Flu Outbreak in Dairy Cattle
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WSAU) -- A Wisconsin Senator is calling on the US Department of Agriculture to take further action to contain the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), commonly known as bird flu, in dairy cattle. "Wisconsin's dairy industry supports thousands of good paying jobs, drives our rural e...
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Trump Announces Rally in Waukesha Next Week
WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU) -- Former President and current Presidental candidate Donald Trump will hold a rally in Wisconsin next week. Trump will give remarks at the Waukesha County Expo Center on Wednesday, May 1st. The event will start at 2:00 PM, doors will open at 11:00 AM. Tickets for the event are free but must be rese...
Apr 25, 2024
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National News
Bad blood with China? Blinken buys Taylor Swift album in Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken snapped up a Taylor Swift album along with one by classic Chinese rocker Dou Wei during an unexpected detour to a Beijing record store on Friday after talks in China meant to ease superp...
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Biden appears in live interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden appeared on a live radio broadcast with interviewer Howard Stern on Friday, telling family stories and saying his stutter prepared him for the hard knocks of life. Biden said the stutter that he has had sinc...
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Biden says he plans to debate Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Republican opponent in November's election. "I don't know when," Biden said in an interview with broadcaster Howard Stern in h...
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Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode the Federal Reserve's independence if he wins, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matt...
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US FDA says about 1 in 5 commercial milk samples tested positive for bird flu traces
(Reuters) -About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. There is no ev...
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World News
Two expatriate workers killed by drone attack on Iraq's Khor Mor, an advisor to Iraqi Kurdish PM says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least two expatriate workers were killed and two other people wounded after a drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, an advisor to the Iraqi Kurdish Prime Minister and a senior Kurd...
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Factbox-Key issues discussed by Blinken in talks with Chinese leaders
BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday in the latest high-level contacts between the superpowers aimed at keeping tense relations under contr...
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Kyiv evacuates two hospitals after Belarus KGB chief sparks airstrike fears
KYIV (Reuters) - The Ukrainian capital Kyiv evacuated two civilian hospitals on Friday after the head of the Belarusian KGB security service said they were housing soldiers, sparking fears of an airstrike. The Kyiv city administration said a video ...
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UN gives update on 19 staff accused by Israel of Oct. 7 involvement
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. investigators examining Israeli accusations that 12 staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA took part in the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks have closed one case due to a lack of evidence from I...
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Scottish First Minister Yousaf vows to win no-confidence vote
LONDON (Reuters) -Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Friday he intended to fight a vote of no confidence called by political opponents following his decision to withdraw from a coalition agreement and try to run a minority government. "I'm ...
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Local Sports
Former Badgers Guard Chucky Hepburn Commits To Louisville
MADISON, WI (WSAU) - A former Badgers star will be wearing red and white next season as Chucky Hepburn has committed to the Louisville Cardinals after entering the transfer portal last week. Hepburn started all 103 games he played for the Badgers, averaging 9.8 points and 3.0 assists per game over his career. As a juni...
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Giannis Antetokounmpo (Calf) Out For Friday's Game 3 vs Indiana Pacers
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Bucks will be without Giannis Antetokounmpo for Friday's Game 3 against the Indiana Pacers as he continues to rehab from a calf injury he suffered during the regular season. Antetokounmpo has now missed the team's last six games, despite head coach Doc Rivers saying that Giannis was...
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Packers GM Brian Gutekunst Says Friday Will Be A "Big Day For Our Franchise" As Green Bay Holds Four Picks On Day 2
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers 2024 NFL draft is far from over after selecting former Arizona and First-Team All PAC-12 offensive lineman Jordan Morgan on Thursday night, as the team holds four picks today with a lot of big names left on the board. According to GM Brian Gutekunst, the Packers front office...
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Thursday High School Scoreboard
WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Thursday's scoreboard: Baseball Wausau East 1 Wisconsin Rapids 0 DC Everest 9 Wausau West 6 Shiocton 3 Witt/Birn 2 Shiocton 5 Witt/Birn 0 Amherst 9 Weyauwega-Fremont 5 Marion 12 Bowler 0 Gresham 5 Tigerton 1 Medford 12 Rhinelander 1 Northland Lutheran 20 White Lake...
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Packers Select Arizona Offensive Tackle Jordan Morgan 25th Overall
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers solidified their offensive line on Thursday night when they selected Arizona offensive tackle Jordan Morgan 25th overall in the 2024 NFL Draft. According to NFL Draft Buzz, Jordan Morgan was a strong offensive tackle at Marana High School and was initially rated a 3-star pro...
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National Sports
Athletics-American Coleman believes Bolt's 100m record could fall soon
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -American sprinter Christian Coleman believes that Usain Bolt's 100-metres record of 9.58 seconds that has stood for 15 years is within reach and said there are several athletes fast enough to break it. "It seems like the times being...
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Tennis-Nadal wishes he could play long enough for his son to remember him on court
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he would love to keep playing long enough for his son to remember him on court, though the 22-time Grand Slam champion concedes time is not on his side. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after t...
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Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
By Layli Foroudi VILLEPINTE, France (Reuters) - A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its capacit...
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MLB roundup: Bryce Harper back, homers in Phillies' win
Bryce Harper returned from a three-day paternity leave and belted a two-run homer to lead the visiting Philadelphia Phillies past the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on Thursday. Starter Zack Wheeler (2-3) allowed one hit over six shutout innings to record the wi...
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NBA roundup: Sixers trip Knicks behind Joel Embiid's 50
Joel Embiid set a playoff career high with 50 points to lift host Philadelphia past the New York Knicks 125-114 on Thursday, cutting the 76ers' deficit in the Eastern Conference first-round playoff series to 2-1. Embiid shot 13 of 19 from the field an...
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Business News
Foreign automakers eager for Chinese partners at Beijing auto show
By Daniel Leussink and Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - Global automakers including Volkswagen and Toyota came to this year's Beijing auto show looking to catch up to surging China EV makers that are dominating the world's largest auto market. The show...
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Warren Buffett's real estate brokerage reaches $250 million antitrust settlement
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A real estate brokerage owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said on Friday it reached a $250 million settlement of nationwide antitrust litigation that is expected to change how real estate agents are paid. ...
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Earnings for Big Oil backpaddle as natgas prices tumble
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. and European oil companies reported weaker first quarter results on Friday due to a sharp drop in natural gas prices compared with a year ago. In the U.S., Exxon Mobil missed Wall Street earnings targets o...
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'End of oil not in sight', OPEC Secretary General says in MEES article
LONDON (Reuters) - The end of oil is not in sight, OPEC's top official said, as the pace of energy demand growth means that alternatives cannot replace it at the needed scale, and the focus should be on cutting emissions not oil use. In an op-ed ar...
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Two senators want US to order Tesla to restrict Autopilot use
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Friday urged regulators to bar Tesla from allowing the use of driver assistance system Autopilot on roads where it is not intended. Democratic Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal said the National H...
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Health News
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
(Reuters) -The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said on Friday, but urged countries to stay alert for cases of animal-to-human transmission. The UN-agency said countries should im...
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Bayer CEO wins first AGM shareholder vote
(Reuters) - Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on Friday won a vote of confidence at his first annual general meeting (AGM) at the helm of the embattled healthcare and agriculture group, defying a challenge from one German fund managing house. Bayer said inv...
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PE firm Advent to invest $297 million in India's Apollo Hospitals unit
BENGALURU (Reuters) -PE firm Advent International will invest 24.75 billion rupees (nearly $297 million) in Apollo Hospitals' unit Apollo HealthCo and will merge its online pharmacy vertical 'Apollo 24/7' with pharmacy distributor Keimed, the hospital ...
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US FDA says about 1 in 5 commercial milk samples tested positive for bird flu traces
(Reuters) -About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said. There is no ev...
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AbbVie raises annual profit forecast on strong Skyrizi sales
By Leroy Leo and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) - AbbVie raised its annual profit forecast on Friday after strong sales of its immunology drug Skyrizi and cancer drug Imbruvica helped the company beat Wall Street estimates for the first quarter. The c...
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Science News
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized herbivorous dinosaur, which was a fast runner and lived about 90 million years ago in the Late Cretaceous period in present da...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, in a regular rotation of Chinese astronauts onboard the "Tiangong" orbiting high above the Earth's atmosphere. The spacecra...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulators granted it a licence to provide safety services, paving the way for its first launch later this year. The Civil Aviatio...
Apr 25, 2024
Russia, US clash at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on countries to prevent an arms race in outer space, a move that prompted the United States to question if Mo...
Apr 24, 2024
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic fields. Once in a while, they produce enormous erupt...
Apr 24, 2024
Technology News
Televisa to merge Sky, cable 'as soon as possible'
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican broadcaster Televisa plans to merge its satellite TV unit Sky with its cable TV and internet service Izzi as soon as possible, the head of the new unit, Francisco Valim, said on Friday. Televisa is aiming to trim its...
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EU's Vestager meets French tech firm Mistral AI amid competition concerns
By Sudip Kar-Gupta BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, who has been looking into Big Tech's partnerships with AI start-ups, met on Friday fast-growing French start-up company Mistral AI and said the sector needs ...
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Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says
ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis will attend this year's Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss the challenges posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The meeting is being held in the southern It...
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Renault talks to China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on tech collaboration
PARIS (Reuters) - Renault held talks this week with China's Li Auto and Xiaomi on electric and intelligent vehicle technologies, the French carmaker said on Friday, opening the door to potential collaboration on technology with the two companies. K...
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India's HCLTech misses Q4 revenue estimates on weak services vertical
BENGALURU (Reuters) -HCLTech, India's No.3 IT services player, reported a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue on Friday amid decelerating tech spending among clients due to macro-overhang. The company posted a 7.1% rise in revenue to 284.99 bi...
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Entertainment News
K-pop giant HYBE shares take another hit as dispute with NewJeans label drags on
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied allegations that she was trying to break her label away from HYBE, home to global sensation BTS, sending the K-pop giant's sha...
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Streaming device maker Roku beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Roku beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and forecast second-quarter sales above estimates on Thursday, buoyed by strong ad sales and the ongoing shift to streaming from cable TV . Shares of the company were flitting between gai...
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Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada
(Reuters) - National Hockey League (NHL) and its digital broadcast rights owner Rogers Communications on Thursday signed a deal to stream the hockey tournament's next two seasons exclusively on Amazon.com's Prime Video for Canadian audiences. Amazo...
Apr 25, 2024
K-Pop group ITZY showcases individuality on second world tour
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the K-pop supergroup ITZY are looking to show a new side of themselves as the band takes its "Born to Be" tour to fans around the world. The tour, which sees the girl band perform in 18 countries across Asia, Austral...
Apr 25, 2024
Pet Shop Boys say new album Nonetheless 'one of our most melodic'
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British electro-pop duo Pet Shop Boys say their new album "Nonetheless" is one of their most melodic from their four-decade-long career, featuring songs about solitude, freedom and looking for a new bohe...
Apr 25, 2024