GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - A Green Bay man has been named the first person this election cycle to win $1 million after signing America PAC's petition opposing what they refer to as activist judges. According to a post on X from the PAC, Scott Ainsworth was presented with a check from the group as the PAC continues to encou...

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he had a productive call on Friday with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and that the two leaders would meet after Canada's election, which is scheduled for next month amid increased tensions between the neighboring allies. "It was an extremely p...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The 2025 Wisconsin Valley Fair concert lineup features a make-good for one of 2024's rained-out shows. Night Ranger will return to the stage in Marathon Park on Thursday, July 31st. Fair organizers have also announced that all reserved seat tickets for the 2024 performance will be honored for this ...

RIB MOUNTAIN, WI (WSAU) -- First responders from the Marathon County Sheriff's Office and Wausau PD performed a water rescue Thursday morning. Officers were called to an area near Pintail Lane, where a man was pulled from the Wisconsin River. He was then taken to a local hospital for evaluation, according to the Wausau...

NEW YORK CITY, NY (WSAU) - The Milwaukee Brewers are starting the 2025 season on a rough note after falling to the New York Yankees 4-2. Rising star outfielder Jackson Chourio struggled to get going on Thursday afternoon, going 0-5 with five strikeouts, while fellow outfielder Christian Yelich also failed to record a h...

By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU (Reuters) - The class-action lawsuit filed against tennis' governing bodies by the Professional Tennis Players' Association (PTPA) is a call for serious and formal negotiations and none of the parties may prefer a tr...

Former Tulane wing Kam Williams announced Friday he is transferring to Kentucky. The 6-foot-8 freshman averaged 9.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 33 games (28 starts) for the Green Wave this season. "Not many people get opportunities like this, so I wan...

K.H. Lee withdrew prior to his second round at the Houston Open on Friday due to a back injury. The 33-year-old South Korea native carded a 5-over 75 in Thursday's first round at Memorial Park Golf Course. Lee's eventful opening round included four b...

The Memphis Grizzlies fired head coach Taylor Jenkins on Friday despite the club's 44-29 record. The Grizzlies entered the day tied with the Los Angeles Lakers for the fifth-best record in the Western Conference. Jenkins, 40, has compiled a 250-214 r...

PARIS (Reuters) - The Euroleague is ready to enter talks with the National Basketball Association after the NBA announced it was exploring the possibility of launching a new league on the continent, Euroleague supremo Paulius Motiejunas said on Fri...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - A Green Bay man has been named the first person this election cycle to win $1 million after signing America PAC's petition opposing what they refer to as activist judges. According to a post on X from the PAC, Scott Ainsworth was presented with a check from the group as the PAC continues to encou...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The 2025 Wisconsin Valley Fair concert lineup features a make-good for one of 2024's rained-out shows. Night Ranger will return to the stage in Marathon Park on Thursday, July 31st. Fair organizers have also announced that all reserved seat tickets for the 2024 performance will be honored for this ...

RIB MOUNTAIN, WI (WSAU) -- First responders from the Marathon County Sheriff's Office and Wausau PD performed a water rescue Thursday morning. Officers were called to an area near Pintail Lane, where a man was pulled from the Wisconsin River. He was then taken to a local hospital for evaluation, according to the Wausau...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - President Donald Trump will speak to Wisconsin voters during former Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel's tele-townhall on Thursday night. According to a post on X from Schimel's campaign, Trump will be rallying supporters over the phone starting at 6 p.m., with the topic of his speech being &qu...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A Powerball ticket sold at a Stevens Point convenience store is worth $50,000. The Wisconsin Lottery says a ticket sold at West Side Mobil on Clark Street matched four of five white balls and the Powerball, claiming the game's third prize on Wednesday. Winning numbers for last night's drawin...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- As expected, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed a bill dealing with testing standards in Wisconsin's K-12 schools. The Republican authored legislation would have reset state report card standards to levels set in the 2019-20 school year, align grades 3-8 with national standards, and restore high s...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Even before President Donald Trump put pen to paper, word of his plans to slash the Department of Education has sparked debate in Wisconsin. Now that it's official, state leaders are weighing in on the move. Thursday's executive order comes after the agency initiated a nearly 50% cut to its ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- American citizens pay into it every paycheck and every year, it pays out billions of dollars in retirement benefits and disability insurance to millions: social security. But many say it's not an easy system to navigate. "Social security, disability claims process is already bewilderin...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Assembly's Government Operations, Accountability and Transparency Committee, or GOAT for short, is beginning its work in Madison. "We're learning. We don't always know what the next rock, what's under the next rock and what we're going to find," said committee member S...

(WTAQ-WLUK) - Cuts to a program which helps pay for new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations could be coming. District 8 Rep. Tony Wied wants to repeal the 'National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure' (NEVI) federal program. He's supporting legislation called the 'Unplug EV Charging Stations Program Act.' Wied said to...

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - British band Bastille say they want to take fans on a joyous celebration of their 15 years together when they head off on their first UK arena tour in three years in November. The foursome, made up of Da...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The State Department notified the U.S. Congress on Friday of its intent to reorganize the U.S. Agency for International Development and discontinue remaining functions that do not align with administration priorities, Secretary of...

(Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it was making it easier for airplane owners to keep information private like their name and address after Congress approved legislation over privacy concerns. The FAA said that starting on...

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal appeals court has paused a lower court order blocking President Donald Trump's ban on transgender people serving in the military, but has signaled that it may quickly reconsider that decision if the military...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - WilmerHale, a prominent Washington law firm, sued on Friday to block President Donald Trump's executive order restricting the firm's access to the federal government over its ties to a special prosecutor who investigated Trum...

By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) - The sole British soldier charged with murder over the 1972 'Bloody Sunday' killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland will face trial in September, a court heard on Friday. Blood...

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Jens-Frederik Nielsen, a 33-year-old former minister of industry and minerals, was sworn in as the youngest prime minister of Greenland on Friday to face the challenges posed by U.S. President Donal...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that a peace agreement in South Sudan was in a shambles, telling the country's leaders to put down the weapons and put all the people of...

By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's would-be Chancellor Friedrich Merz identified on Friday migration, economic competitiveness and spending cuts as major areas needing agreement with intended coalition partners to form a government. Exp...

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government tightened its citizenship laws on Friday, preventing people from delving deep back into their family history to try to claim a much sought-after Italian passport. Under existing rules, anyone who...

(Reuters) - UBS Global Wealth Management cut the S&P 500's 2025 target to below the 6,500 mark, widely mirroring actions from other Wall Street firms including Barclays and Goldman Sachs, due to the economic impact of U.S. tariffs. The wealth manag...

By Christina Amann and Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) - European carmakers are trying to work out how much their prices might have to rise in response to looming U.S. import tariffs, industry sources said, fearing any first-movers could risk a...

LONDON (Reuters) -Jared Kushner's investment company Affinity Partners saw assets under management jump 60% last year to $4.8 billion, according to a regulatory filing, after it received a cash injection from Middle East investors including Qatar's sov...

By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund confirmed on Friday that the program it is discussing with Argentina was requested to be for $20 billion, as announced on Thursday by the Argentine government, and that it would be a...

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Another U.S. bank regulator has announced that banks do not need to receive advance permission to engage in some crypto-related activities. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Friday that banks ca...

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered a Johnson & Johnson unit on Friday to pay the U.S. government $1.64 billion after a jury found it liable in a whistleblower lawsuit for illegally promoting the HIV drugs Prezista and Intelence. U.S...

(Reuters) -The New Mexico health department reported 44 measles cases in the state on Friday, an increase from 43 cases from its previous count on March 25. Most of the cases were reported in Lea County, which is located adjacent to Gaines county in Te...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted authorization to market the first test that can be performed entirely at home for detecting three sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The home test, developed by privately held comp...

By Greta Rosen Fondahn and Maggie Fick GDANSK/LONDON (Reuters) - Bank of America analysts on Friday said Novo Nordisk may miss first-quarter expectations, as sales of its blockbuster Wegovy and Ozempic drugs lag, which could prompt the Danish drugm...

By Maria Paula Laguna and Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A growing number of Latin American women are choosing not to give birth in a radical departure from the traditional family roles that have long dominated in the region. Latin America a...

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in Egypt's history. The discove...

(Reuters) - NASA said on Thursday it was moving toward certifying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for crewed flights later this year or by early 2026 after its inaugural mission to the International Space Station was marred by a system fault, forcing an...

(Reuters) - ​The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said on Thursday it had awarded contracts to Rocket Lab USA and Stoke Space to expand its portfolio of launch systems for critical space capability. Shares of Rocket Lab USA rose 9.7% in ext...

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at risk of extinction from threats like deforestation and agricultural expansion, the latest 'Red List' of threatened species sh...

By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) - Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's international cooperation envoy said on Thursday. The envoy,...

By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Another U.S. bank regulator has announced that banks do not need to receive advance permission to engage in some crypto-related activities. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Friday that banks ca...

(Reuters) - PayPal shares fell 4% on Friday after comments from a European Union lawmaker raised concerns that payments firms could get swept up in escalating U.S.-Europe trade tensions and potential tariffs. Uncertainty over tariffs and mounting t...

(Reuters) - Wolfspeed's shares slumped about 48% on Friday, hitting their lowest since 1998, a day after the chipmaker appointed a new CEO amid its struggles to improve its financial position. The company on Thursday named chip industry veteran Rob...

(Reuters) - CoreWeave's shares were set to open up to 25% above their offer price in the company's debut on the Nasdaq on Friday. The Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure firm's stock was indicated to trade at $50, compared with the IPO price of $40. At...

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing to provide promised discounts and charged for clicks on ads outside the geographic areas t...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at the 36th GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles on Thursday, which is awarded to an LGBTQ+ media professional who has raised visibility and...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime in "MobLand", his latest television series that features a stellar ensemble cast including Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Hel...

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Yolanda Saldivar, the convicted murderer of Latin pop star Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known as the queen of Tejano music, was denied parole on Thursday, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles announced, just days before the...

(Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival announced on Thursday it is moving location from Park City, Utah, to the university town of Boulder, Colorado, starting with its 2027 edition. The film festival, which was co-founded by Hollywood star Robert R...

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dua Lipa won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit in Manhattan accusing the British pop star of copying her 2021 megahit "Levitating" from a 1979 disco song. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla said ...