WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Leaders in the Wausau School District have released a statement following the failure of Tuesday's $8 million operating referendum. The question failed with just 49% support during Tuesday's spring election, with 350 votes separating the options. Leaders turned to a referendum to close a looming bu...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The former Town of Bergen Clerk has pled not guilty to stealing more than $100,000 in taxpayer money from the town checkbook. Gloriann Doyle entered the plea in a Marathon County courtroom on Wednesday. Town leaders say she was forging checks to herself, then using the money to pay personal bills i...

MOSINEE, WI (WSAU) -- A 26-year-old woman who was found guilty and sentenced to prison time in a deadly child neglect case is now accused of leading police on a high-speed chase through Kronenwetter. Amber Boyd is accused of failing to pull over as police tried to initiate a traffic stop near Nelson Road on Saturday. B...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - The race to be Wisconsin's next Supreme Court justice has been called for liberal Dane County judge Susan Crawford, who has defeated former conservative state Attorney General Brad Schimel. According to Decision Desk HQ, Crawford soundly defeated Schimel by over 150,000 votes in a hotly contested ra...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here are the local results for the April 1st, 2025 spring election. *All results are unofficial until canvassed: Last updated 12:05 a.m. Wisconsin Supreme Court Susan Crawford: 55% Brad Schimel: 45% 99% reporting Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Jill Underly (I): 52.9% Brittany Kinser...

(Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled sweeping global tariffs of at least 10% on goods imported from most U.S. trading partners. For details of the announcement see: For details of his order ending de minimis exemptions for China...

(Reuters) -The Federal Trade Commission put on hold a lawsuit against pharmacy-benefit manager (PBM) units of UnitedHealth, Cigna and CVS Health over insulin prices after the Trump administration fired two of the agency's commissioners. The two Democra...

By Rachael Levy (Reuters) -Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician and epidemiologist who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of some childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant to new FDA chi...

By Lisandra Paraguassu (Reuters) -Brazil on Wednesday announced the nomination of auto industry executive Dan Ioschpe, who represented Brazil in business meetings at the G20 summit last year, as its "climate champion" for the 2025 United Nations climat...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Animated television sitcoms "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," and "Bob's Burgers" have been renewed for four more seasons on Fox, Fox Entertainment said on Wednesday. "American Dad" will return to Fox, where...

(Reuters) - Eleven more Ukrainian children have been brought home from parts of Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine where they had been taken without permission, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on Wednesday. "Today we have one m...

(Reuters) - Russian forces unleashed an hour-long barrage of drones on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, late on Wednesday, triggering a number of fires but causing no casualties in the second such attack in the course of the day, the regional govern...

(Reuters) - The Swiss government on Wednesday underlined the importance of respecting international law after U.S. President Donald Trump put higher tariffs on the export-oriented Alpine country than the European Union in a major trade policy annou...

By Lisandra Paraguassu (Reuters) -Brazil on Wednesday announced the nomination of auto industry executive Dan Ioschpe, who represented Brazil in business meetings at the G20 summit last year, as its "climate champion" for the 2025 United Nations climat...

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Wednesday unveiled global reciprocal tariffs during an event at the White House. Following are highlights of Trump's remarks: * "In many cases, the friend is worse than the foe in terms of trade," Trump said. * "We ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers went to extra innings and laid down a game-winning squeeze bunt to defeat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 and win their second straight game after starting the season 0-4. Brewers ace Freddy Peralta was the star of the game, pitching eight innings and allowing just one earned run...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Brewers ended their four-game losing streak and beat the Kansas City Royals 5-0 on Tuesday night at American Family Field. Emergency starter Chad Patrick pitched 4 2/3 innings of shutout ball. The bullpen was stellar on this night. Jared Koenig, Abner Uribe, Joel Payamps and Trevor...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- The Milwaukee Bucks got back in the win column, taking down the Phoenix Suns 133-123 on Tuesday night at Fiserv Forum. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points, 11 rebounds and five assists to lead the Bucks. Ryan Rollins had 23 and Brook Lopez added 22. The Bucks, now 41-34, remain 6th in the East p...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Several high school hockey players from Central Wisconsin have earned All-State honors for the past season. For the girls, Gabi Heuser & Ava Rode of the Central Wisconsin Storm and Jenna Jones of the Wisconsin Valley Union were named to the First Team. Jaden Yirkovsky of the Storm was named to ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Kansas City Royals on Monday afternoon, 11-1, to become the first Brewers team since 2015 to begin the season 0-4. The Brewers' offense struggled to get going as Jackson Chourio was the only Brewer to record an RBI on Monday, as he went 1-4 with three more strike...

Jenson Brooksby held off three straight match points during the third-set tiebreaker while recovering for a 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over Alejandro Tabilo of Chile in the second round of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston. The American...

The Arizona Diamondbacks and star second baseman Ketel Marte have agreed to a six-year, $116.5 million contract extension, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. The deal restructures a five-year, $76 million agreement that runs through 2027 with...

Former MVP Joel Embiid will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his troublesome left knee next week, the Philadelphia 76ers announced Wednesday. The decision comes as Embiid and the team search for longer-term solutions to address the injury, which limite...

College basketball continues to be the go-to sport for name, image and likeness deals, according to a new report from sponsorship data company SponsorUnited. North Carolina's RJ Davis and USC's JuJu Watkins led all male and female athletes, respective...

Oklahoma freshman Jeremiah Fears will forgo his remaining NCAA eligibility and enter this year's NBA draft, he announced Wednesday on ESPN. "I was lucky to walk into a great situation at Oklahoma with a lot of opportunity," Fears said on ESPN's "The P...

SYDNEY, April 3 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank warned on Thursday that U.S. trade policies could pose significant headwinds for the global economy, causing a sharp rise in risk aversion in markets and lifting financing costs for firms. The warnin...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average slumped more than 4% on Thursday, plunging to an eight-month low, after U.S. President Donald Trump revealed a broad set of reciprocal tariffs, including a 24% levy on Japanese goods. The Nikkei slumpe...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's service industry stagnated in March while broader private sector activity contracted at the fastest pace in more than two years, a business survey showed on Wednesday. The service sector's slowdown is of particular concern...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump smashed a more than 75-year-old global trading system with a new baseline 10% U.S. tariff on goods from all countries and higher reciprocal tariff rates for countries that his administration says h...

By Aftab Ahmed, Manoj Kumar and Shubham Batra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The U.S. slapped a 26% reciprocal tariff on India in a setback to the South Asian country's expectation of getting relief from President Donald Trump's global trade policy that ha...

(Reuters) -The Federal Trade Commission put on hold a lawsuit against pharmacy-benefit manager (PBM) units of UnitedHealth, Cigna and CVS Health over insulin prices after the Trump administration fired two of the agency's commissioners. The two Democra...

By Rachael Levy (Reuters) -Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician and epidemiologist who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of some childhood vaccines, was named a special assistant to new FDA chi...

By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Scientific researchers on Wednesday sued to secure reinstatement of National Institutes of Health grants that funded research on topics like LGBTQ health, COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy canceled by Republican President...

(Reuters) -Primary care company knownwell said on Wednesday it will provide health and weight-management services on Eli Lilly's direct-to-consumer online healthcare platform, LillyDirect. Patients on LillyDirect will have access to physicians from kno...

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Roche said on Wednesday that a trial testing higher doses of its multiple sclerosis drug Ocrevus did not show an efficacy benefit over the standard dose, a setback in a bid to further boost usage of the best-selling therapy. The la...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) -It is the site of a dramatic moment in Scottish history. The Isle of Skye's rocky shoreline is where Charles Edward Stuart - known as Bonnie Prince Charlie - arrived by boat disguised as a maid to hide from the English in 1746...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to the company's plan to deploy a massive constellation ...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are readjusting to Earth life with dog walks and family time, while resuming work with Boeing to test the capsule that stranded them on t...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday was set to launch a crew of four private astronauts led by a crypto entrepreneur on a mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole, a novel trajectory in which no humans have traveled befo...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said on Monday it is targeting "late spring" for the second launch of its giant New Glenn rocket, as the U.S. FAA closed an investigation into the rocket's landing failure that followed an ...

(Reuters) - A former employee of HR software company Rippling has confessed to spying for Deel Inc under the directive of the rival firm's CEO, an affidavit made public in an Irish court showed on Wednesday. Rippling last month filed a lawsuit agai...

(Reuters) - Oracle has told customers that a hacker broke into a computer system and stole old client log-in credential, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. It is the second cybersecurity breach that th...

(Reuters) -Meta Platforms is lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump and White House officials to agree to a settlement that would prevent the social media company from facing an antitrust trial later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednes...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to the company's plan to deploy a massive constellation ...

(Reuters) - Alphabet's Google is replacing Sissie Hsiao, who led the development of the artificial intelligence chatbot Bard, now known as Gemini, the company told staff in its AI division on Wednesday. Hsiao will step down immediately, a company s...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Animated television sitcoms "The Simpsons," "Family Guy," and "Bob's Burgers" have been renewed for four more seasons on Fox, Fox Entertainment said on Wednesday. "American Dad" will return to Fox, where...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - British rock bank Muse said on Wednesday it postponed a planned show in Istanbul later this year so that it would no longer involve a Turkish concert promoter whose head criticised recent anti-government protests. "After carefu...

(Reuters) -Netflix on Wednesday rolled out enhanced language options for television viewers, allowing users to select from the full list of available subtitles and dubbing languages for any title. The update aims to make Netflix's global catalog more a...

(Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Wednesday said it completed the sale of its Australian cable-TV business Foxtel to British-owned sports network DAZN in a A$3.4 billion ($2.14 billion) deal. ($1 = 1.5883 Australian dollars) (Reporting by ...

(Reuters) - Actor Val Kilmer, best-known for his roles in "Batman Forever" and "The Doors," died in Los Angeles at the age of 65, the New York Times reported late on Tuesday. (Reporting by Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)