MERRILL, WI (WSAU) - An Antigo man has been arrested after law enforcement officers say he stole multiple vehicles and led deputies on high-speed chases across several counties on Thursday. Joshua D. Micke, 44, was taken into custody in Merrill following a multi-county crime spree. According to the Lincoln County Sheri...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- The man accused of stealing women's underwear from a Stevens Point home was not sentenced today as scheduled. The attorney for John Stalker asked for the delay, saying he couldn't properly review the cases against his client. The 42-year-old is accused of breaking into the woman's home and ...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Tiffany said law enforcement across the state wants respect from the governor's office. "The undertone that I'm hearing across the state from law enforcements is having respect for them. They've not seen that from the governor's office here over the last 8 years. They really want to know t...

WAUTOMA, WI (WSAU) -- A man accused of killing his grandmother in Waushara County has been scheduled for trial in early 2027. Randy Jenks has been scheduled for a one-week jury trial from February 1st through the 5th as he faces one count of intentional homicide. Investigators say he killed Patricia Glenn at her home i...

RHINELANDER, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - Oneida County is ending its partnership with Flock cameras after six years of use. Oneida county's Captain of Investigations, Tyler Young said the county started with four cameras before adding two more to continue its contract with the company. He said the cameras helped investigators sol...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- Another big-time concert is coming to the UW Madison campus as Metallica brings the M72 World Tour to Camp Randall on Saturday, June 12th. Tickets will go on sale next week, with presales beginning Monday, September 21st. General on sale is Friday, September 25th. The announcement was part of a No...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Josh Jacobs, the star starting running back of the Green Bay Packers, appeared in Brown County court on Thursday morning to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery and property damage charges stemming from a May domestic altercation with his now-ex-girlfriend. According to ESPN's Rob Demovsky, th...

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany is explaining why his campaign declined to participate in this cycle's Wisconsin Broadcasters Association debate. In an interview with "The Dan O'Donnell Show" on Tuesday, Tiffany said, "I think one debate will be sufficient to cover the ...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - The Wisconsin Broadcasters Association gubernatorial debate will no longer take place after one of the candidates failed to accept the invitation. According to a press release from the WBA, "Two invitations were sent, and both had to be accepted to have a debate. That did not happen." The...

FOND du LAC, WI (WSAU) Additional charges have been filed against Benjamin Larson after several human skulls and bones were found inside his home. He was initially charged last month with felony stalking. Investigators said he repeatedly changed his story about the human remains that were discovered. It's now believed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Schools in several Malaysian states as well as its federal and administrative capitals will be closed on Friday, ​the education ministry said, after smoky haze ‌caused by forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia pushed air...

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Local authorities in Arlington, Virginia, sued the US Department of Interior and National Park Service late on Thursday, seeking to block President Donald Trump's proposed triumphal arch. The 250-foot (...

By Andrew Hay Oct 8 (Reuters) - Conservation groups sued the US government this week over plans to blast the cliff walls of an eastern Utah canyon and build an oil truck highway through an area covered in historic inscriptions and ​near world-renowned ...

By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Protesters calling for tougher action against sexual violence rallied on Thursday outside the New York City courthouse where a Cornell University student stirred a national uproar by suing several campus f...

By Julia Harte and Kristina Cooke NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) - US immigration agents shot and wounded a man on Thursday in his car with a child present in the Marble Hill neighborhood of New York City, according ​to the mayor, city police and eyewitness...

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Award-winning Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh was released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on bond on Thursday after being detained on September 24, according to a statement by a cam...

LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Andy Burnham's Labour Party won an election for the parliamentary seat vacated by former leader Keir Starmer on Friday, ​fending off a strong challenge from the left-wing ‌Green Party in a boost for the British prime minister....

By Ann Wang, Yi-Chin Lee and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Largely banned from display internationally due to Beijing's objections, a giant Taiwan flag suspended under a US-made Chinook helicopter and flown over Taipei is one of the most ey...

BRASILIA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro said on Thursday he had nabbed ​the endorsement of author-psychiatrist Augusto ‌Cury, who ranked third in Sunday's first-round election, for the October 25 runoff against leftist...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder helped celebrate Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday at the leader's ​home, the Kremlin said on Thursday. Pictures ‌posted on Telegram showed Schroeder and Putin smiling broadly ...

SAN DIEGO, CA (WSAU) The Brewers have advanced to the National League Championship Series wth a 3-1 win over the Padres. The best-of-7 series against the Dodgers will begin on Sunday. Jacob Misiorowski will start for Milwaukee. It's a rematch of last year's NLCS. Wednesday night's win was powered by Garrett Mitchell. ...

SAN DIEGO, CA (WSAU) The Padres stayed alive in the Divisional Play-Off series with a 4-3 win over the Brewers. Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking home run. Michael King, who gave up the game winning hit in gams 2, worked a scoreless 8th and 9th inning. The Brewers still lead the best-of-five series 2-1. Game Four is ...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - Jackson Churio delivered a walk-off 2 RBI hit to lift the Brewers to a 4-3 win over the Padres. The Brewers rallied off reliever Mason Miller, who walked two in the 9th before Churio's 2-strike hit. Churio hit a 101-mile-per-hour fastball up the middle past Jake Cronenworth. It was the second str...

TAMPA, FL (WSAU) - The Packers, clinging to a 3-point lead, turned the ball over twice in the 4th quarter but held on for a 17-14 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Kaleb Johnson fumbled at the 5-yard-line with 9-minutes left in the game. Tampa's ensuing drive stalled out. Jordan Love threw an interception at the 15, b...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Brewers got a lucky break in a 3-2 win over the Padres in Game 1 of the Divisional Play-offs. Ty France hit what was likely a go-ahead home run in the 9th inning. It hit a cable attached to the roof of American Family Field and was caught by Jackson Churio for an out. Ground rules say a ball ...

By Field Level Media Oct 09 (Field Level Media) - The Chicago Fire have agreed to terms on a contract ​extension for breakout forward Maren Haile-Selassie, ‌coach Gregg Berhalter announced Thursday. At his weekly press conference, Berhalter was asked a...

By Field Level Media Oct 08 (Field Level Media) - The United States Golf Association named Merion Golf Club outside Philadelphia as its fourth U.S. ​Open "anchor site" on Thursday. The USGA previously labeled ‌Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina, Oakmon...

By Field Level Media Oct 08 (Field Level Media) - The Los Angeles Chargers are 0-4 and rank 29th in scoring at 16.8 points per game, putting new offensive coordinator Mike ​McDaniel under increasing scrutiny. The former Miami Dolphins head coach ‌said ...

By Field Level Media Oct 08 (Field Level Media) - UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland is considering leaving the promotion over a pay dispute, citing the significantly higher ​earnings of stars like Conor McGregor. Strickland aired his ‌grievance...

By Angelica Medina Oct 8 (Reuters) - The National Football League on Thursday backed New Jersey officials' request for US Supreme Court review of a dispute over whether federal regulators or states should oversee sports-related prediction-market contra...

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Friday as Middle East supply concerns eased somewhat after US President Donald Trump said the country will not attack Iran before US ​elections next month amid productive talks to end their war ‌that has disrupted t...

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Asian stocks slipped on Friday and were poised for a second straight weekly drop as investors fretted about elevated energy prices, bond market ructions and the huge sums needed to fund AI investment. Bren...

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The euro was headed for a fifth straight weekly drop on Friday, though there were signs the selling streak was losing momentum as France's tumbling debt market stabilised and a decline in US yields took som...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Tamiyuki Kihara TOKYO, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Friday it would reboot its spending review, widening scrutiny of tens of billions of dollars in public funds and subsidies as it seeks funding sources ​for Prim...

By Krystal Hu and Helen Coster Oct 8 (Reuters) - Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and ​license-plate readers faces mo...

By Amina Niasse and Sahil Pandey Oct 8 (Reuters) - The US government said on Thursday that about 71% of Medicare Advantage prescription drug plan enrollees are currently in contracts that will have quality ratings of four stars or higher in 2027, a me...

NAIROBI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Preliminary laboratory results on a sample from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of having ​Ebola have come back negative, the ‌governor of the county where he is being treated said on Thursday. Kenya reported its first-eve...

By Daniel Wiessner Oct 8 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to complete a review of the abortion drug mifepristone by March 2027, according to a court filing, paving the way for potential changes that could limit access to the pills. The US Foo...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - North Carolina has reported its first flu death of the 2026-2027 season, state health officials ​said on Thursday, urging residents to ‌get vaccinated against seasonal respiratory illnesses. An adult living in the central part of the ...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Italy's Newron Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday the US FDA had identified four deaths among patients treated with its experimental schizophrenia drug in feedback ​following the agency's earlier decision to place a ‌clinical hold on t...

By Will Dunham Oct 8 (Reuters) - About 165 million years ago, a furry critter that swam like a platypus, hunted like an otter and had a tail similar to a beaver's frolicked in the lakes and rivers of what is now China pursuing fish and salamanders, the...

Oct 8 (Reuters) - American Airlines said on Thursday it now intends to install SpaceX's ​Starlink satellite internet service ‌on its entire primary fleet of over 1,000 aircraft from next year, extending a plan already in ‌place ​for roughly ⁠half of th...

By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump will speak at a White House event on scientific ​discovery on Thursday, according to a ‌social media post from his tech adviser Michael Kratsios. The event will highlight the Tru...

By Marta Serafinko Oct 7 (Reuters) - The world's oldest-known terrestrial animal, an Aldabra giant tortoise named Jonathan and estimated to be about 194 years old, may owe his extraordinary longevity to a combination of genetic traits and an ability to...

By Will Dunham Oct 7 (Reuters) - Scientific teams working separately in Vienna and Beijing have developed the world's first two operating nuclear clocks in what they are calling an important advance in timekeeping that promises wide-ranging practical a...

By Vibhuti Sharma, Munsif Vengattil and Aditya Kalra MUMBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The view from Indian engineer Tushar Shetty's Mumbai apartment captures a tension playing out around the world as the artificial intelligence boom fuels an unprecedented dat...

By Brenda Goh SEOUL, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The Chinese developer of ARTEX said they have converted the AI agent to a closed-source project after cybersecurity firms identified it as ​a tool used in a recent cyberattack campaign against ‌South Korean banks....

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Meta banned advertisements in the ​US from ByteDance, ‌the Chinese parent company of TikTok, Bloomberg News reported ‌on ​Thursday. Meta ⁠began implementing a ⁠complete restriction on ads and paid marketing messages ​placed on its pla...

By Jeff Horwitz Oct 8 (Reuters) - Chatbots created by AI companion company Character.AI sometimes advised users to cut, starve or kill themselves, according to a new filing by Kentucky's attorney general in a lawsuit against the firm over child safety....

By Scott Murdoch and Christine Chen SYDNEY, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Australia's Firmus, a data centre operator backed by Nvidia, shelved its $5 billion initial public offering, citing market volatility and conditions, and said it would opt for a private fund...

By Simon Johnson, Marie Mannes and Justyna Pawlak STOCKHOLM, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson, whose work often blends verse, prose, dialogue and translation in a genre-defying mix, won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursd...

By Anett Rios and Alien Fernandez HAVANA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - When blackouts in an upscale neighborhood of Havana began approaching 24 hours a day, morale plummeted at one of the Cuban capital's many niche but celebrated theater ​groups. "It became impo...

By Kate Skelly TORONTO, Oct 8 Reuters) - Actor Margaret Qualley, who stars in Amazon's heartbreaking and unexpected romance "Love of Your Life," said she gravitated towards the script because ​it took her on an "emotional ride." "I was just blown ‌away...

By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Britain's BBC and Channel 4 have held preliminary talks with the government about a broader tie-up of some operations, two people with direct knowledge of the discussions said, in a potential shake-up of the ...

By Xinghui Kok and Rohith Nair SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Haze blanketing Singapore could lead to restrictions on entertainment and other outdoor activities at this weekend's Grand Prix but the race itself will not be affected, the motorsport's ​gove...