STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza is asking residents to stay home for the rest of the day due to damage from Thursday's ice storm. Wiza says while the surface of the roads or sidewalks may be fine, many of them are blocked by downed trees or power lines. Public Works crews and WPS workers are o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police are warning residents about an uptick in scams of all kinds. In a Facebook post, officers noted that "fraud is now the #1 case type investigated by Wausau detectives." The post adds that cases of fraud have doubled in the first three months of the year, with victims losing t...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Stevens Point man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 15 years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to sexual assault and child pornography charges. Stephen Decker was sentenced on April 1 by Portage County Circuit Court Judge Louis Molepske after pleading guilty to multip...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers have owned the late innings in their 5-1 start to the new season. A 6-run rally in the 8th powered the Crew past the Tampa Rays, 8-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Christian Yelich sparked the rally with a go-ahead two run single. Garrett Mitchell tacked on a two-run double. David Hamilton a...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A 37-year-old Antigo man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash that killed two people last September in the Town of Wausau. Adam H. Borchardt was taken into custody on Tuesday, according to WAOW TV, and is being held in the Marathon County Jail on two counts of homicide by intoxica...

INDIANAPOLIS -- North Carolina needs a head coach and Arizona's Tommy Lloyd continues to come up as a candidate. As the Wildcats readied to hit the court at Lucas Oil Stadium ahead of ​the Final Four, Lloyd is facing questions about his commitment ‌to...

Top-seeded Jessica Pegula continues to live dangerously in her title defense on the clay courts at the Charleston Open. One day after prevailing in a three-set marathon over ​Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva, Pegula was again pushed to the limit ‌on Thur...

In a hectic day where all seeded players lost, No. 2 Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands fell at the hands of 21-year-old Frenchman Luca Van Assche 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in Thursday's round of ​16 action of the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Morocco. It ...

The Minnesota Twins acquired right-handed pitcher Garrett Acton from the Miami Marlins ​on Thursday in ‌exchange for minor league right-hander Logan Whitaker. Acton, 27, was recently designated for assignment by Miami to ‌make ​room on ⁠the roster for...

San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama has been ruled out of Thursday night's road game against the Los Angeles Clippers ​due to a right ankle injury. Wembanyama is ‌sidelined one night after producing 41 points, 18 rebounds and three blocked...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- Stevens Point Mayor Mike Wiza is asking residents to stay home for the rest of the day due to damage from Thursday's ice storm. Wiza says while the surface of the roads or sidewalks may be fine, many of them are blocked by downed trees or power lines. Public Works crews and WPS workers are o...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Wausau Police are warning residents about an uptick in scams of all kinds. In a Facebook post, officers noted that "fraud is now the #1 case type investigated by Wausau detectives." The post adds that cases of fraud have doubled in the first three months of the year, with victims losing t...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A Stevens Point man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 15 years of extended supervision after pleading guilty to sexual assault and child pornography charges. Stephen Decker was sentenced on April 1 by Portage County Circuit Court Judge Louis Molepske after pleading guilty to multip...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - A 37-year-old Antigo man has been arrested in connection with a fatal crash that killed two people last September in the Town of Wausau. Adam H. Borchardt was taken into custody on Tuesday, according to WAOW TV, and is being held in the Marathon County Jail on two counts of homicide by intoxica...

MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- A 59-year-old man has been arrested after officers found multiple pieces of child pornography in his possession on Wednesday. According to a press release from the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, officers received a tip from the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force about the potential acti...

MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Governor Tony Evers took action on a bill Friday that addresses the crime of grooming a child for sexual activity. Evers signed Assembly Bill 677, now known as the 2025 Wisconsin Act 88, into law. The bill, introduced in November 2025, received bipartisan support. The new law establishes the ...

WASHINGTON DC (WSAU-WAOW) - The Apostle Islands National Park and Preserve Act, introduced by Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin, has advanced out of the House Committee on Natural Resources with a narrow 20-17 vote. This legislation aims to designate the Apostle Islands as Wisconsin's first National Park. "The Apostl...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Hannah Dugan, the Milwaukee County judge convicted of obstructing ICE agents last month, has resigned. In a letter to Governor Tony Evers, she wrote: "As you know, I am the subject of unprecedented federal legal proceedings, which are far from concluded but which present immense and complex ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Hannah Dugan's felony conviction on Thursday disqualifies her from serving as a Milwaukee County judge, unless it is overturned on appeal. Dugan was convicted of obstructing ICE agents who arrived at the Milwaukee County courthouse to arrest an illegal immigrant who was appearing in her courtroom...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) A federal jury in Milwaukee deliberated for six hours before finding judge Hannah Dugan of obstructing ICE agents. Dugan helped an illegal immigrant leave her courtroom through a private hallway to avoid arrest. She was aquitted on a misdemeanor concealment charge. The conviction is a felony, puni...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely rebounded in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks to the labor market are mounting from the dragging war in the Middle East...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest U.S. migrant detention camp, located in El ​Paso, Texas, which has faced criticism from ‌immigration advocates opposed to Presiden...

April 2 (Reuters) - There are discussions about ​FBI Director ‌Kash Patel, Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll ‌and ​Labor ⁠Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer ⁠leaving the Trump administration, the Atlantic reported ​on Thursday, citing ⁠people ⁠familiar with ​W...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - HBO Max will air the third and final season premiere of "Euphoria" on Sunday, April 12, at the Coachella ​Valley Music and Arts Festival, the first time ‌a television series has screened at the icon...

By David Lawder and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered 100% tariffs on certain branded pharmaceutical imports and overhauled steel, aluminum and copper duties on Thursday as his administration sought to...

By Kanishka Singh and Enas Alashray WASHINGTON/CAIRO, , April 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said the U.S. "hasn't even started destroying what's left in Iran", reiterating vows to increase the ferocity of attacks on its infrastructure, as dozens...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump warned late on Thursday about striking and destroying bridges and electric power plants in Iran in his latest threat to ​hit the country's infrastructure. The U.S. military "...

By David Brunnstrom and John Irish April 2 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council is to vote on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Friday, but veto-wielding China made clear its opp...

BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. handed over a Chinese fugitive suspected of drug-related crimes to China for the first time in recent years, state ​news agency Xinhua reported on Friday, citing Chinese ‌police. The individual, surnamed Han, was s...

By Heejin Kim and Gabriel Stargardter SEOUL, April 3 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron are set to upgrade relations between the countries to a "global strategic partnership," Korea's Blue House said i...

April 3 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' non-oil private sector activity expanded at its weakest pace in nearly four years in March as the ​Middle East conflict hit demand and disrupted ‌supply chains, a business survey showed on Friday. The seaso...

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, April 3 (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely rebounded in March as a strike by healthcare workers ended and temperatures warmed up, but downside risks to the labor market are mounting from the dragging war in the Middle East...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates while keeping a close eye on ​how the Middle East conflict affects the ‌economy and underlying inflation, a senior central bank official said on Friday. ...

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Microsoft on Friday said it will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan between ​2026 and 2029 to expand ‌artificial intelligence infrastructure and strengthen cybersecurity cooperation with the government. The invest...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Rocky Swift TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama on Friday put currency traders on notice, saying the government stands ready to act against speculative moves in foreign exchange markets as volati...

By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, India, April 3 (Reuters) - Soon-to-be brides and grooms seeking shortcuts to shed pounds before the big day have become the latest consumer target for weight-loss drugs in India. New Delhi wellness clinic Klarity Skin Clinic...

By David Lawder and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump ordered 100% tariffs on certain branded pharmaceutical imports and overhauled steel, aluminum and copper duties on Thursday as his administration sought to...

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday imposing 100% tariffs on branded pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. unless manufacturers agree to government drug pricing deals or comm...

April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump secured agreements with 16 major pharmaceutical companies to bring U.S. prescription drug prices in line with those paid in other developed nations in exchange for three-year exemptions from tariffs on dr...

April 2 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Regeneron said on Thursday it expects to be excluded from ​a list of pharmaceutical ‌companies that could face new tariffs from the U.S. government. Late on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported that the Trump ‌administration...

By Joey Roulette ORLANDO, Florida, April 2 (Reuters) - The Orion capsule carrying four astronauts in NASA's Artemis II mission executed a key thruster firing on Thursday that will kick the crew out of Earth's orbit and on a path toward the moon, commit...

By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, April 2 (Reuters) - Scientists and designers unveiled on Thursday a handbag made with collagen derived from Tyrannosaurus rex fossils from the U.S. in a unique creation intended to demonstrate the ​value of labora...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions of years earlier than previously known, with an array of forms including ancient ...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on the moon's South Pole in 2028, as a space race betwee...

April 1 (Reuters) - Four astronauts blasted off from Florida on Wednesday on NASA's Artemis II mission, a 10-day trip around the moon that would be the farthest humans have ever traveled and a major step toward returning people to ​the lunar surface th...

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Microsoft on Friday said it will invest 1.6 trillion yen ($10 billion) in Japan between ​2026 and 2029 to expand ‌artificial intelligence infrastructure and strengthen cybersecurity cooperation with the government. The invest...

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, April 3 (Reuters) - Since Australia banned children from using social media in December, lawmakers from Spain to Malaysia have expressed interest in following suit, while U.S. courts have found tech firms negligent toward young us...

April 2 (Reuters) - U.S. chip designer Broadcom on Thursday named Alphabet executive Amie Thuener as its next finance chief, effective ​June 12, when incumbent Kirsten Spears ‌retires. Thuener is currently Alphabet's vice president, corporate controlle...

By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, April 2 (Reuters) - Amazon must negotiate with a labor union representing some 5,000 workers at a company warehouse on Staten Island, the ​National Labor Relations Board ruled on Wednesday. The ruling ‌means Amazon is r...

April 2 (Reuters) - OpenAI, jostling with Anthropic for enterprise customers, has bought TBPN, an online tech talk show that has built a loyal Silicon ​Valley following through interviews with industry CEOs. Entrepreneurs John ‌Coogan and Jordi Hays, w...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - HBO Max will air the third and final season premiere of "Euphoria" on Sunday, April 12, at the Coachella ​Valley Music and Arts Festival, the first time ‌a television series has screened at the icon...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - Lin-Manuel Miranda, director of the 11‑time Tony Award-winning musical "Hamilton," will direct a musical film adaptation ​of Dave Malloy's chamber choir musical "Octet" as ‌his next feature project,...

By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Thursday dismissed actor Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims in her lawsuit against actor and director Justin Baldoni, significantly narrowing her case over the film...

By Jasper Ward April 2 (Reuters) - American rapper Pooh Shiesty and seven others were arrested on charges of robbery and armed kidnapping of music ​industry figures, the U.S. Justice Department said ‌on Thursday. The DOJ listed the initials R.D. as one...

(Corrects paragraph 19 to show Sony Pictures Animation produced KPop Demon Hunters) By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, April 2 (Reuters) - After losing its bid for Warner Bros Discovery's rich trove of characters and stories, Netflix is...