MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - An 8th grader from John Muir Middle School in Wausau, Ellie Mason, had the honor of speaking and lighting "The Learning Tree" at the Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony at the State Capitol in Madison this week. She shared her vision of the tree as a symbol of support and growth, saying, ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- A Wausau man accused of starting a fire in his garage earlier this year will go to trial in early 2026, though both sides will continue to work out a plea deal. Investigators say David Oldenburg Jr. is accused of starting the fire in mid-February despite previous warnings about burning in the build...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU-WAOW) -- A Marshfield man accused of sexually assaulting an underage employee at the Plover Pizza Hut will go to trial next spring. WAOW TV reports that Kyle Elkins will face a jury from May 12th to the 15th for multiple counts of sexual assault, along with child enticement and strangulation. Ac...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Reports indicate Milwaukee Bucks F Giannis Antetokounmpo will be out for two to four weeks after suffering a calf strain in the team's 113-109 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. The non-contact injury occurred in the first quarter of Wednesday's game and came hours after it was reported ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- If you have a special connection to a barstool or booth from the Great Dane Brewpub in Wausau, now's your chance to bring that fixture home. The closed establishment is auctioning off items, including light fixtures, tables, booths, coat hooks, and high chairs. Commercial kitchen items like mixing ...

WAUKESHA, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Slenderman stabber, Morgan Geyser, is back in Wisconsin. Last weekend she cut off her monitoring device and fled from a group home in Madison. She and a 42-year-old took a bus to Illinois, and were caught at a truck stop near Chicago. Geyser, now 23, is being held in the Waukesha County ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court will appoint two three-judge panels to determine if the state's congressional districts must be redrawn. The pending lawsuits claim the current maps are unconstitutional, and unfairly favor Republicans. 6 of Wisconsin's 8 seats in the House of Representatives are held by...

MADISON, WI (WTAQ) -- One of the women convicted in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing in Waukesha, Morgan Geyser, has been found in Illinois after absconding from a Madison area group home. Madison police say Geyser cut off her GPS monitoring bracelet on Saturday night. Posen, Illinois Police confirmed to Madison's 12 News...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - Charges have been brought against the mother of six-year-old Ruby Lehmann, who was the subject of a multi-day AMBER Alert last week. Chelsie Lehmann is accused of encouraging Jordan Coyle to have contact with Ruby, to the point of moving in with him at his home in Almond. Coyle, 34, wasn't al...

(WTAQ-WLUK) -- As cold and flu season approaches, Gov. Tony Evers has signed an executive order aiming to ensure access to vaccines in Wisconsin. The order directs the state Department of Health Services to monitor medical evidence and guidance on the COVID-19 vaccines. If needed, the order instructs DHS to issue stand...

LOS ANGELES, Dec 7 (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be undermined, doctors and di...

By Ajeng Ulfiana and Yudhistira ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of resid...

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Saturday temporarily barred prosecutors from using evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, as the ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to establish food supply chain security task forces in the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to address risks from price fixing and anti-com...

SYDNEY, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Australia on Sunday activated disaster relief for residents impacted by wildfires that have burnt properties, infrastructure and thousands of hectares of bushland in the country's most populous state. More than 60 wildfires we...

JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the U.S. president's Gaza plan was close. The meeting will discuss possible opport...

KAMPALA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Uganda's opposition candidate Bobi Wine said he was beaten alongside his aides and supporters by security forces while campaigning in the country's north, in an escalation of violence ahead of the country's presidential elect...

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Bucharest could become the first European Union capital led by a hard-right mayor in Sunday's local election, a contest which threatens Romania's fragile pro-European coalition government. The influential post...

MOSCOW, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Russian forces took control of the villages of Kucherivka in Ukraine's northern Kharkiv region and Rivne in the eastern Donetsk region, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday. Moscow carried out group strikes on Ukrainian transpo...

DUBAI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Fifty-five Iranians deported from the United States will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday, in the second such deportation under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdo...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- A big night from the Philadelphia bench helped the Sixers defeat the Bucks 116-101 on Friday. Bobby Portis Jr scored 22 to lead Milwaukee, while Kevin Porter Jr added 20 and Myles Turner dropped 19. Quinten Grimes, Adem Bona, and Jabari Walker combined for 50 points off the bench for Philadelphi...

WASHINGTON, DC (WSAU) -- Preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup hit a major milestone Friday with the tournament draw, setting the roadmap towards crowning soccer's world champion next July. The draw began with FIFA awarding US President Donald Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize. FIFA representatives cited the Pres...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- Here is Thursday's scoreboard and today's schedule: Boys Basketball Northland Lutheran 62 Gresham 50 New London 60 Wausau East 46 Merrill 56 Crandon 34 Gilman 72 Lak Holcombe 60 Owen-Withee 75 Abbotsford 39 Spencer 72 Thorp 53 Pittsville 65 Rosholt 56 Almond-Bancroft 36 Tri-C...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) -- Reports indicate Milwaukee Bucks F Giannis Antetokounmpo will be out for two to four weeks after suffering a calf strain in the team's 113-109 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday. The non-contact injury occurred in the first quarter of Wednesday's game and came hours after it was reported ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) -- Quarterback Jordan Love has been named the Green Bay Packers' nominee for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. "We are pleased to name Jordan Love as our club winner for the prestigious Walter Payton Man of the Year Award," said Packers President and CEO Ed Policy. "It's b...

ABU DHABI, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Formula One's three title contenders shook hands before saluting their fans ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand prix on Sunday. Red Bull's reigning four-times champion Max Verstappen starts on pole position with McLa...

Texas businessman and philanthropist Tom Hicks, who simultaneously owned NHL, Major League Baseball and English Premier League soccer clubs, died Saturday. He was 79. Hicks formerly owned the Dallas Stars from 1995-2011 and the Texas Rangers from 1998...

Fernando Mendoza passed for 222 yards and a touchdown and the Indiana defense came up with two late stands as the No. 2 Hoosiers defeated No. 1 Ohio State 13-10 in the Big Ten championship game on Saturday. The Hoosiers (13-0) won their first conferen...

Milan Momcilovic scored 13 of his 20 points after halftime as No. 10 Iowa State poured it on in the second half, running away with an 81-58 win over No. 1 Purdue on Saturday afternoon in West Lafayette, Ind. Momcilovic recorded his third straight 20-p...

Nathan MacKinnon, who leads the NHL with 24 goals this season, scored his second goal of the game on a backhander with 2:14 left in overtime as the visiting Colorado Avalanche beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Saturday afternoon after losing a late lead...

PARIS, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Unless there is a sharp reversal in the final three months of the year, the French economy is likely to grow by at least 0.8% in 2025, outpacing the 0.7% that the government had anticipated, Finance Minister Roland Lescure said...

VIENNA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - UBS may cut an additional 10,000 jobs by 2027, Swiss paper SonntagsBlick reported on Sunday, without citing where it obtained the information. Responding to the report, UBS did not confirm this number, but said it would "keep ...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk on Saturday dismissed media reports that SpaceX is raising funds at an $800 billion valuation, calling them inaccurate. "SpaceX has been cash flow positive for many years and does periodic stock buybacks twice a year to prov...

SIMI VALLEY, California, Dec 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to take government equity stakes in strategic industries doesn't apply to major defense firms, the head of Boeing's defense unit said on Saturday, in contrast to previous com...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration said Saturday it will waive an $11 million fine imposed on Southwest Airlines as part of a $140 million settlement over the carrier's meltdown in December 2022 during a busy hol...

LOS ANGELES, Dec 7 (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers' decision to scrap longstanding guidance on hepatitis B shots will expose more children to the harmful virus and may signal how other evidence-based vaccine policies can be undermined, doctors and di...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Regeneron said on Saturday its experimental cancer combination therapy was effective and showed disappearance of the disease in previously untreated patients with a type of blood cancer in the first part of a late-stage trial. The tri...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Vertex Pharmaceuticals said on Saturday its gene therapy helped children aged between 5 and 11 years with sickle cell disease to be free of painful events and allowed those with another blood disorder that requires frequent blood tran...

KIGALI, Dec 6 (Reuters) - The United States and Rwanda have signed a deal for the provision of $228 million for the health sector in the East African nation, the State Department said, the second such pact under the Trump administration's new approach ...

Dec 6 (Reuters) - Indian biopharmaceutical company Biocon said on Saturday it would fully integrate its biosimilar unit Biocon Biologics as a wholly owned subsidiary. Biocon said in a statement it will acquire the remaining stakes in Biocon Biologics f...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Paleontologists for decades debated whether meat-eating dinosaur Nanotyrannus was actually just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus. But within a span of five weeks, the matter seems to have been definitively resolved ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications including broadband access in rural and remote areas worldwide. It also has caused a s...

By Joey Roulette and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead NASA and an ally of Elon Musk, will face his second confirmation hearing on Wednesday before a Se...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - LandSpace has become China's most advanced private rocket company and the country's closest equivalent to Elon Musk's SpaceX, following U.S. rivals in betting its future on rockets that can fly more than o...

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 3 (Reuters) - China's Zhuque-3 reusable rocket, developed by private firm LandSpace, failed to make a successful landing on Wednesday, but its debut launch has thrust the global race for reusable rockets into the spotli...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Meta is delaying the release of its Phoenix mixed-reality glasses until 2027, aiming to get the details right, Business Insider reported on Friday, citing an internal memo. The delay from an initially planned release in the second hal...

By Juby Babu, Jaspreet Singh and Kritika Lamba Dec 5 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to sell its iconic studio and streaming assets to Netflix for $72 billion, in a move that will reshape Hollywood by creating a vertically integrated media...

By Daniel Trotta Dec 5 (Reuters) - Hollywood unions and theater owners on Friday sounded the alarm over Netflix's proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie rel...

Dec 5 (Reuters) - The House Committee on Homeland Security has asked Google and Apple to detail what steps they are taking to remove mobile applications that allow users to track federal immigration officers. In letters sent on Friday to Google CEO Sun...

By Echo Wang Dec 5 (Reuters) - Meta has acquired AI-wearables startup Limitless, maker of a pendant-style device that records and transcribes real-world conversations, as the social media giant doubles down on efforts to build AI-enabled consumer hardw...

By Dawn Chmielewski and Milana Vinn LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Dec 5 (Reuters) - What started as a fact-finding mission for Netflix culminated in one of the biggest media deals in the last decade and one that stands to reshape the global entertainment busin...

By Juby Babu, Jaspreet Singh and Kritika Lamba Dec 5 (Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery has agreed to sell its iconic studio and streaming assets to Netflix for $72 billion, in a move that will reshape Hollywood by creating a vertically integrated media...

By Daniel Trotta Dec 5 (Reuters) - Hollywood unions and theater owners on Friday sounded the alarm over Netflix's proposed $72 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, warning the deal would cut jobs, concentrate power and reduce theatrical movie rel...

By Olivia Le Poidevin, Johnny Cotton and Cecile Mantovani GENEVA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - The Eurovision Song Contest was facing a potential budget squeeze after Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia said they would withdraw from next year's competiti...

VIENNA, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Four countries' boycott of the Eurovision Song Contest over Israel's participation could reduce the budget for next year's edition in Vienna but the show will be no worse for it, Austrian host broadcaster ORF said on Friday. A...