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...

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...

Former NFL Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore formally announced his retirement on Thursday. The five-time Pro Bowl ​cornerback over 13 NFL seasons ‌didn't play in 2025. "I have had an incredible 13 years in the League, and I cannot wait to...

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 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 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,...

BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - ​The ‌United States repatriated ‌a ​Chinese ⁠fugitive ⁠suspected of drug-related ​crimes ⁠to ⁠China, Chinese ​state ​news agency Xinhua ‌reported ⁠on Friday, citing Chinese ⁠police. (Reporting ‌by ⁠Ethan ​Wang ‌and ​Ryan W...

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...

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, April 2 (Reuters) - Cuba on Thursday said it would free more than 2,000 prisoners from the island's jails, according to ​state-run media, the second time this year its ‌communist-run government has announced a prisoner amnesty ...

April 3 (Reuters) - Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing faces a parliamentary vote on Friday on his bid to become the country's president, as he seeks to formalise his grip on political power five years after his coup against an elected government. His...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, April 2 (Reuters) - Dozens of international law experts in the U.S. have signed an open letter saying that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes, after President Donald Trump reiterated ​his threats this week t...

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 volatility has risen "significantly." T...

By Liangping Gao and Ryan Woo BEIJING, April 3 (Reuters) - Growth in China's services activity slowed in March from February's 33-month high, as softer demand and a decline in overseas ​orders weighed on momentum, a private-sector survey showed on Frid...

TOKYO, April 3 (Reuters) - Japan's services sector grew at its weakest pace in three months in March, a private survey showed on Friday, as rising uncertainty over ​the Middle East war crushed business confidence to its ‌lowest level since the pandemic...

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...

By David French, Shariq Khan and Andres Gonzalez LONDON/NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - European energy majors TotalEnergies and Shell are among companies eyeing a majority stake in one of the U.S. Gulf's most promising sites, three sources with knowledg...

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 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 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 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...

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 Akash Sriram and Echo Wang NEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX has had discussions with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund about PIF potentially taking an ​anchor stake of around $5 billion in the space company's ‌IPO, ac...

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...