WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) -- The new-look Grand Theater opens Saturday. Six months of construction are in the books, and the venue is ready to welcome Wayne Newton to the stage. Second Century Campaign Marketing Manager Sadie Fisher says patrons will notice a mix of new and old looks. "It will feel like the Grand you know...

TOWN OF DEWEY, WI (WSAU) -- A single-vehicle crash left a Stevens Point man dead in the Town of Dewey on Wednesday evening. Investigators say the man was traveling northbound on Sunset Drive near the County Road DB intersection when his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a wooded area. The 79-year-old died at th...

BOSTON, MA (WSAU) A Bucks rally in the second half came up short in a 109-102 loss to the Celtics. The Bucks had a 26-12 run in the 3rd quarter, tying the game at 91-91 before falling behind again late. Tyler Herro scored 18 of his 25 points in the 3rd quarter. Paul George scored 25 points and had five 3-pointers for ...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- A potentially dangerous situation was averted at the Portage County Recycling Facility on Tuesday. According to a news release, a drone was incorrectly discarded in a recycling container. Workers at the facility noticed smoke, indicating that the lithium-ion battery was overheating, and mana...

STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) -- After many people waited hours to vote in Tuesday's Midterm Election, leaders in Stevens Point are asking for additional voting equipment. Mayor Mike Wiza and Clerk Susan Pagel are asking for six additional Badger Books, the electronic poll books used by many municipalities to check in exist...

MADISON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents unanimously selected Dr. Tonjanita (Tonja) L. Johnson as the next UWs president. Johnson, 57, currently serves as senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama System, a position she has held since 2019. Her ...

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) - Three other women have made accusations against Packers running back Josh Jacobs according to newly released documents. Jacobs was charged in connection with an incident in May at his home involving his ex-girlfriend. Jacobs pled no contest to two misdemeanors, and missed the first 6 weeks of th...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) - Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway is dropping out of the 2027 mayoral race. On Friday she said she's discontinuing her campaign because of threats directed at her and family members. Madison police confirm that they are investigating several threats. No arrests have been made. Rhodes-Conway said th...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU-WAOW) - The only scheduled debate between Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Crowley and Republican candidate Tom Tiffany was held Wednesday evening. The debate was hosted and moderated by WISN-TV. The hourlong debate covered a range of issues, including inflation, education, data centers, imm...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Elections Commission is one of several groups reporting suspicious mail this week. WEC Administrator Megan Wolfe says her staff found a suspicious envelope Wednesday afternoon. Test results on the mail showed no dangerous substances. The FBI will investigate the item. Wolfe says the ...

By Jonathan Stempel Nov 5 (Reuters) - Google, Meta Platforms and TikTok sued California to block enforcement of a new state law intended to limit the risk of addicting children under age 16 to online platforms. The law, known as Assembly ​Bill 1709, pr...

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Residents living near a major Chinese-controlled cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sued the mine's operator for $6.3 million, alleging that pollution harmed their ​health, according to UK-based corporate wat...

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment slipped to a 57-year last week as layoffs remained low against the backdrop of a resilient labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 6,000 ...

By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Actor and filmmaker Jordan Firstman wanted his directorial debut, "Club Kid", to reveal a side of himself audiences had not seen before. "In my real life, ​I'm very sensitive. I'm very emotional," he tol...

FRANKFURT, Nov 5 (Reuters) - More than 100 European companies have warned that proposed reforms of the EU carbon market could sharply raise costs for ​energy-intensive industries before they have the means to ‌decarbonise, threatening investment and pr...

MADRID, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to the Ibero-American Summit on Thursday to help his country rebuild and maintain its war-damaged energy ​infrastructure, calling for urgent supplies of transformers, cables, ‌g...

By Robert Harvey LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's renewed attacks on Russian oil refineries add to Moscow's difficulty in addressing domestic fuel shortages while it ships diesel to international markets under an export deal with US President Donald...

By Marco Roberti ROME, Nov 5 (Reuters) - An Italian court on Thursday found American Francis Kaufmann guilty of murdering his Russian partner and their infant daughter, whose bodies were discovered in a Rome park ​last year, in a case that shocked Ital...

MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russian President ​Vladimir Putin ‌met Iranian security council chief ‌Mohsen ​Rezaei ⁠at the Kremlin, ⁠the president's office said on Thursday. Kremlin ​foreign policy ⁠aide ⁠Yuri Ushakov ​and military ​intelligence chief Igo...

DUBAI, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iran reported three more tankers had been damaged in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, making clear that shipping would remain in peril as long as the war in the Gulf is unresolved, now that US voters have punished President Do...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (WSAU) - The number-1 ranked Badgers skated to a 1-1 tie against Minnesota, and won the shootout that followed, 1-0. Bruno Idzan scored the only goal in the shootout. After a scoreless first period, Minnesota scored first on a 5-minute major power play. The Badgers tied the game on an even-strength goal...

BOSTON, MA (WSAU) A Bucks rally in the second half came up short in a 109-102 loss to the Celtics. The Bucks had a 26-12 run in the 3rd quarter, tying the game at 91-91 before falling behind again late. Tyler Herro scored 18 of his 25 points in the 3rd quarter. Paul George scored 25 points and had five 3-pointers for ...

UNDATED (WSAU) - Wisconsin and Marquette opened their college basketball season with wins Monday night. The Badgers beat Denver, 75-68. They went on a 13-2 run late in the first half and led by 14 at halftime. Eian Elmer led the team with 18 points. Braeden Carrington had 15, including 3 3-pointers. Marquette opened th...

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) - The Bucks were blown out on Saturday night, 136-111, against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Bucks had an early 24-23 lead in the 1st quarter before falling behind by halftime. Milwaukee has opened the season with losses in 5 of their first 6 games. Evan Mobley led Cleveland with 27 points. Kelel Wa...

MADISON, WI (WSAU) The Badgers hockey team is off to a 6-0-0 start after a 9-1 win over Notre Dame. The Badgers outscored the Irish 16-2 to complete the two game sweep. On Saturday, Bruno Idzan had a hattrick for the Badgers. After a scoreless 1st period, the Badgers broke through on Logan Hensler's goal. Wisconsin ju...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday that he was retiring from international football. Following are facts about Ronaldo's playing career. Born February 5, 1985 in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. SPORTING CP • Joined S...

By Fernando Kallas Nov 5 (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo has spent more than two decades making himself impossible to ignore in a Portugal shirt but his farewell announcement on Thursday came through social media rather than a stadium ovation, with a coa...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz received a walkover into the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters after Matteo Berrettini withdrew ​from their third-round clash with an ‌arm injury, tournament organisers said on Thursday. The match had been scheduled f...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo said on Thursday he was retiring from the Portugal team, bringing the curtain down on one of the most illustrious international careers in the history of football. The 41-year-old announced that he would 'hand back t...

By Field Level Media Nov 05 (Field Level Media) - Victor Wembanyama sank the winning free throw with 24.2 seconds left for the last of his career-best 52 points, and he also grabbed a career-high 24 rebounds as the host San Antonio Spurs outlasted the ...

By Jonathan Stempel Nov 5 (Reuters) - A federal judge rejected Delta Air Lines' request to dismiss a lawsuit by passengers who said they paid extra money to sit in window ​seats, but found themselves seated next to windowless ‌blank walls. • US Distric...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Democratic victories in key data-center states such as Texas and Georgia have fueled expectations of tighter AI oversight, while investors also worry that a potential extension of Texas' data-center permit freeze could delay projects,...

By Utkarsh Hathi and Johann M Cherian Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Nasdaq slid more than 10% from its record close on Thursday, on track to confirm a correction as worries over ​massive AI spending and heightened scrutiny of data-center expansion ‌rattled ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Apple is seeking about $7 billion from a US-dollar bond offering, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with ​the matter. The iPhone maker is the latest ‌major tech company to tap debt markets as the sector raise...

By Juveria Tabassum and Koyena Das Nov 5 (Reuters) - Wendy's rejected a $1.4 billion take-private offer from activist investor Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management and its partners, and adopted a "poison pill" plan to resist pressure from one of its la...

Nov 5 - Qyuns Therapeutics is licensing an early-stage antibody program to US biotech ​Caldera Therapeutics in a ‌deal worth up to $750 million plus an upfront fee, the Hong Kong-listed firm said on Thursday. Here are some ‌details: • ​Caldera gets exc...

By Sriparna Roy Nov 5 (Reuters) - Vaccine maker Novavax raised its annual revenue forecast above Wall Street expectations on Thursday, banking on payments related to its licensing deals. The company has ​relied on licensing deals and partnerships tied ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Drug developer Rezera launched its US initial public offering roadshow on Thursday, adding to a rush of biotech firms that have tapped the fall ​IPO window. The Boston, Massachusetts-based company is seeking up ‌to $216.7 million by o...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Novonesis CEO said on Thursday that changing US consumer ​behaviour and weaker buying ‌power were weighing on the North American dietary supplement market, which the biotech firm expects ‌to return ​to growth ⁠only in the ⁠second half...

By Alexander Marrow and Koyena Das Nov 5 (Reuters) - Huggies maker Kimberly-Clark maintained annual sales and profit forecast on Thursday, and blamed a decline in organic sales on false claims about its diaper quality in ​China. The diaper issue emerge...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) - An orbiting atmospheric research spacecraft has detected the pungent gas hydrogen chloride above surface fissures along a massive ancient volcano on Mars in a finding that suggests Earth's planetary neighbor...

By Steve Gorman Nov 3 (Reuters) - An aging NASA satellite telescope that a robotic spacecraft was sent to retrieve on a failed rescue mission this summer was headed for a fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on Wednesday, nearly 22 years after it was...

By Will Dunham Nov 2 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered what they consider the strongest evidence yet of blood cells in a dinosaur fossil inside bone from the right leg of a medium-sized meat-eater that prowled Brazil some 115 million years ago dur...

By Will Dunham Nov 1 (Reuters) - The four members of a crew who took part in a simulated mission to Mars have emerged after 378 days in isolation at the US space agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, an endeavor designed to help prepare ​for a poss...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - While dinosaurs ate a lot of different things, including each other, fruit long seemed to have been absent from their menu. But scientists now have found fossils of a turkey-sized and toothless dinosaur pos...

By Jonathan Stempel Nov 5 (Reuters) - Google, Meta Platforms and TikTok sued California to block enforcement of a new state law intended to limit the risk of addicting children under age 16 to online platforms. The law, known as Assembly ​Bill 1709, pr...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Democratic victories in key data-center states such as Texas and Georgia have fueled expectations of tighter AI oversight, while investors also worry that a potential extension of Texas' data-center permit freeze could delay projects,...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Apple is seeking about $7 billion from a US-dollar bond offering, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with ​the matter. The iPhone maker is the latest ‌major tech company to tap debt markets as the sector raise...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Content management firm Box expanded its partnership with Nvidia on Thursday, unveiling ​a search engine that ‌helps AI tools find more accurate answers in company files and a tool that lets teams build AI-driven workflows. Here are ‌...

By Ronan Corcoran Nov 5 (Reuters) - French startup Alta Ares won 6 out of 16 lots under ​a NATO framework contract for ‌counter-drone systems, its largest contract to date, the manufacturer of AI-powered air defence systems said on Thursday. Founded in...

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - British comedian Russell Brand was found guilty on Thursday of rape and three sexual assaults. Here are details of his convictions. RAPE - COMPLAINANT FIVE The fifth complainant in the trial said she had met Brand in 2009 afte...

By Michael Holden LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Russell Brand was once considered so culturally important that the opposition leader hoping to be Britain's next prime minister went on his online show, while former US Vice President Al Gore was happy to be ...

By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcasters and star of several Hollywood movies, faces a lengthy jail term after being convicted in a London court on Thursday o...

By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Actor and filmmaker Jordan Firstman wanted his directorial debut, "Club Kid", to reveal a side of himself audiences had not seen before. "In my real life, ​I'm very sensitive. I'm very emotional," he tol...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Nov 5 (Reuters) - As a child, director Takashi Yamazaki dreamed of seeing King Ghidorah, Godzilla's three-headed archrival, destroy his hometown on screen, a wish he finally fulfilled decades later in "Godzilla Minus Z...