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Packers Draft USC Running Back MarShawn Lloyd 88th Overall & Missouri Linebacker Ty'Ron Hopper 91st Overall
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers selected former USC running back MarShawn Lloyd 88th overall and Missouri linebacker Ty'Ron Hopper 91st overall during the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday night. Lloyd transferred to USC from South Carolina and played 11 games as a junior. He rushed for 816 yards on 115 tries for a...
1h ago
Packers Select Georgia Safety Javon Bullard 58th Overall
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers continued to add to their defense after selecting Texas A&M linebacker Edgerrin Cooper 45th overall and Georgia safety Javon Bullard 58th overall. Bullard was named to the 2023 AP All-SEC Second Team and the 2022 Defensive MVP of the Peach Bowl and CFP National Champions...
3h ago
Packers Select Texas A&M Linebacker Edgerrian Cooper 45th Overall After Trading Back
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers selected Edgerrin Cooper with the 45th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft after trading out of the 41st overall pick. The Packers invited Cooper to Green Bay for an official visit earlier this month, and Cooper was believed to be a strong target for the Packers coming into t...
4h ago
TikTok general counsel to move to new role focused on fighting US sale
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, will step down from that role in June to focus on fighting efforts to force a sale of the video app in the U.S., the company said...
6h ago
Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The administration is expected to announce its decision as soon as F...
9h ago
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 ...
Apr 25, 2024
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...
Apr 25, 2024
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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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Sports
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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Gary Sanchez's 8th Inning Home Run Lifts Brewers Past Pirates 7-5
PITTSBURGH, PA (WSAU) - Gary Sánchez hit a pinch-hit, two-run home run in the eighth inning that lifted the Brewers past the Pirates for their second straight win. Milwaukee's offense got going early, with William Contreras hitting a leadoff home run to left center, continuing his streak as one of the hottest h...
Apr 25, 2024
Packers Draft USC Running Back MarShawn Lloyd 88th Overall & Missouri Linebacker Ty'Ron Hopper 91st Overall
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers selected former USC running back MarShawn Lloyd 88th overall and Missouri linebacker Ty'Ron Hopper 91st overall during the 2024 NFL Draft on Friday night. Lloyd transferred to USC from South Carolina and played 11 games as a junior. He rushed for 816 yards on 115 tries for a...
1h ago
Packers Select Georgia Safety Javon Bullard 58th Overall
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers continued to add to their defense after selecting Texas A&M linebacker Edgerrin Cooper 45th overall and Georgia safety Javon Bullard 58th overall. Bullard was named to the 2023 AP All-SEC Second Team and the 2022 Defensive MVP of the Peach Bowl and CFP National Champions...
3h ago
Packers Select Texas A&M Linebacker Edgerrian Cooper 45th Overall After Trading Back
GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - The Green Bay Packers selected Edgerrin Cooper with the 45th overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft after trading out of the 41st overall pick. The Packers invited Cooper to Green Bay for an official visit earlier this month, and Cooper was believed to be a strong target for the Packers coming into t...
4h ago
State News
Pocan Concerned that Gaza is Hurting Biden with Wisconsin Voters
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- There's concern that Israel's actions in Gaza are hurting Joe Biden in Wisconsin. "And the reason is we're not just a purple state. I mean we're about as purple as you can get when whoever wins the White House by like 20,000 votes out of the entire state. That's razor thin margins," ...
Apr 25, 2024
No NIL Money for High School Students
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- No outside money for Wisconsin high school athletes. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association voted on Wednesday to reject a plan that would have allowed students to get endorsements based on their name, image or likeness; similar NIL programs have been allowed in other states and at...
Apr 25, 2024
Donald Trump Returns To Wisconsin
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Former President Donald Trump is returning to Wisconsin next week. In a news release Wednesday, officials said Trump will deliver remarks May 1 at the Waukesha County Expo Center at 2 p.m. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Trump will reportedly "contrast the peace, prosperity, and security of ...
Apr 24, 2024
Ukraine Can't Win - Johnson on his No Vote for $95 Billion War Aid Package
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- President Joe Biden has signed a $95 billion war aid measure that includes billions for Ukraine to battle Russia. Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson opposed that money, saying Ukraine can't win. "It's going to be a negotiated settlement. I'm not going to like the settlement. The Ukrainian...
Apr 24, 2024
Kewaskum Officer Charged with Sexual Misconduct now Faces Bestiality Charges
KEWASKUM, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A school resource officer charged with sexual misconduct with a student now faces multiple charges for molesting animals. Former Kewaskum school resources officer Steven Rosales is now facing three counts of bestiality in Fond du Lac County. The Fond du Lac County District Attorney's office c...
Apr 24, 2024
National News
Canada's First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission
By Wa Lone (Reuters) - Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmful chemicals from INEOS Styrolution's plastic manufacturing plant, the Indigenous group said. The Frankfurt-based company wa...
3h ago
Ex-McKinsey partner sues firm, claims he was made opioids 'scapegoat'
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A former McKinsey & Co partner sued the global consulting firm on Friday and accused it of defaming him and making him a "scapegoat" to distract attention from its work advising OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and other ma...
3h ago
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewi...
5h ago
US Air Force awards $13 billion Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada
(Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a successor to the E-4B, known as the Doomsday plane due to its ability to survive a nuclear war. The Survivable Airborne Operation...
5h ago
Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate, defended herself on Friday against Democratic attacks over her account of shooting a dog on her family farm. Noem, the go...
5h ago
World News
Hamas says it received Israel's response to its ceasefire proposal
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas said it had received on Saturday Israel's official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group's deputy Gaza chief said in a statement. "Hamas has r...
3h ago
Yemen's Houthis say their missile hit Andromeda Star oil ship in Red Sea
By Ahmed Tolba and Lisa Baertlein CAIRO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis said on Saturday their missiles hit the Andromeda Star oil tanker in the Red Sea, as they continue attacking commercial ships in the area in a show of support for Pales...
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Canada's British Columbia scraps program to allow drug use in public spaces
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it would ...
5h ago
Lawyers for Russia's deputy defence minister appeal his pre-trial detention, TASS reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lawyers for Russian Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov have filed an appeal against a court decision to remand him in pre-trial detention, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported on Friday. A Russian court on Wednesday re...
5h ago
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewi...
5h ago
Business News
China's first-quarter industrial profits rise at slower pace
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial profits posted smaller gains for the first quarter compared to the first two months, official data showed on Saturday, adding to evidence of an uneven recovery for the world's second-biggest economy. Profits a...
1h ago
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public...
3h ago
Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup's generative AI technology to power some new features being introduced in the iPhone later this year, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The companies have begun discussin...
3h ago
Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia
(Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google said on Friday it would invest $3 billion to set up a data center campus in Indiana and expand sites in Virginia. A boom in artificial intelligence applications has increased the demand for cloud computing, promptin...
5h ago
US regulators seize troubled lender Republic First Bancorp
(Reuters) -U.S. regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to another lender, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Friday. The FDIC has been appointed as receiver and has entered into an agreement with Fulton Bank, Nation...
5h ago
Health News
CVS Omnicare staff in Las Vegas vote to join new union
(Reuters) - Staff at CVS Health's unit Omnicare in Las Vegas voted to join the Pharmacy Guild, becoming the first location at the national pharmacy chain to join the union. About 87% of workers at CVS Omnicare, a provider of pharmacy services to lo...
8h ago
Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The administration is expected to announce its decision as soon as F...
9h ago
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...
9h ago
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...
10h ago
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 ...
13h ago
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
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back China's economy or technological development, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during an interview with National Public...
3h ago
L3Harris cuts 5% workforce in cost-saving measure
(Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor L3Harris cut 5% of its workforce earlier this month in a bid to streamline its business and save costs, CEO Chris Kubasik said in a post-earnings conference call on Friday. The announcement confirms a Reuters rep...
5h ago
X tells Brazil court 'operational faults' allowed blocked users to remain active
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court on Friday that "operational faults" have allowed users who were ordered blocked to stay active on the social media platform. Supreme Court Justice Alexand...
6h ago
TikTok general counsel to move to new role focused on fighting US sale
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Erich Andersen, general counsel for TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance, will step down from that role in June to focus on fighting efforts to force a sale of the video app in the U.S., the company said...
6h ago
Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak may fund Intel's Ireland facility, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -Apollo Global Management, KKR & Co and Stonepeak may invest billions in a joint venture to help fund Intel's semiconductor fabrication facility in Ireland, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The chipmaker, Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak did not i...
7h ago
Entertainment News
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in the mid-1970s. U.S. District Judge Lewi...
5h ago
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...
23h ago
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...
Apr 25, 2024
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