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Golf-Morikawa in PGA contention after five straight birdies
(Reuters) - Five birdies in a row put American Collin Morikawa in good position heading into PGA Championship weekend, as the...
20h ago
Brewers' DL Hall to make rehab start at Timber Rattlers game
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that DL Hall is scheduled to make a rehabilitation start for the Wisco...
22h ago
All in the family
New Green Bay Phoenix Women's Head Basketball Coach Kayla Karius is building her coaching staff with familiar names. The fo...
May 17, 2024
Soccer-Brazil declared host of 2027 Women's World Cup at FIFA Congress
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Brazil was declared the host of the 2027 Women's World Cup after receiving most votes in a ballot by the ...
May 17, 2024
NASCAR's All-Star Weekend is here
Freshly paved North Wilkesboro Speedway sets the stage for NASCAR All-Star Weekend NASCAR and Speedway Motorsports announced ...
May 16, 2024
Local
Cellcom Green Bay Marathoners to Finish the Race One Last Time
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - It's the end of an era in Green Bay. This weekend marks the 25th and final Cellcom Green Bay Mara...
18h ago
Peshtigo Parks Officials Frustrated by Recurring Instances of Vandalism
PESHTIGO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Parks officials in Peshtigo are expressing frustration at several recent instances of vandalism. ...
19h ago
S.S. Badger Resumes Lake Michigan Crossings After 10-Month Shutdown
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The S.S. Badger is back in service after a longer-than-expected offseason. It's a sound that peo...
22h ago
Birding Events in Two Rivers This Weekend
TWO RIVERS, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Getting out and doing a little bird watching is a popular pastime in Wisconsin. Along the Lakes...
22h ago
Fond du Lac Man Gets Life in Prison for Fatal Shooting
FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A man was sentenced to life in prison without eligibility for release for the shooting death o...
23h ago
State
Legalize Marijuana in Wisconsin; Says Milwaukee Mayor Johnson
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Biden Administration has reclassified marijuana from a Schedule I drug, the most dangerous cl...
21h ago
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson Talks with Secret Service About Protesting Zone for Milwaukee GOP Convention
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Concerns from the nation's capital about protesting at Milwaukee's Republican National Convention...
May 15, 2024
Dem Press Conference Slams Senate Veto Override Session
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- At the Capitol on Tuesday, state Senate Republicans overrode several of Governor Tony Evers vetoes ...
May 14, 2024
Wisconsin Gears Up for Near-Record Memorial Day Travel, Second Highest Since 2019
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsinites will be hitting the road for the unofficial start of summer. AAA forecasts near-record numbers f...
May 14, 2024
UW-Madison Professor Says Non-Compete Clause Ban from FTC will Strengthen Economy
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A ruling by the Federal Trade Commission that would ban non-compete clauses could mean better wages...
May 14, 2024
Local Sports
Brewers' DL Hall to make rehab start at Timber Rattlers game
GRAND CHUTE, WI - The Milwaukee Brewers have announced that DL Hall is scheduled to make a rehabilitation start for the Wisco...
22h ago
All in the family
New Green Bay Phoenix Women's Head Basketball Coach Kayla Karius is building her coaching staff with familiar names. The fo...
May 17, 2024
2024 Slate Thoughts
Now that it's lined up, let's knock 'em down. The 2024 Green Bay Packers schedule was released Wednesday night. Here's the s...
May 16, 2024
Brewers HR Derby day
The Milwaukee Brewers brought out the heavy lumber to wrap up a homestand against a pair of NL Central rivals. After puttin...
May 16, 2024
Doug Gottlieb introduced as new UWGB men's basketball coach
Doug Gottlieb was introduced Wednesday morning as the next coach of the Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball team. Click below ...
May 15, 2024
National Sports
Motor racing-McLaren can hope to win at Imola, says Piastri
IMOLA, Italy (Reuters) - McLaren can hope to win Sunday's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Australian Oscar Piastri said on Saturda...
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Report: Wes Unseld Jr. joining Bulls coaching staff
Wes Unseld Jr. is joining the Chicago Bulls coaching staff, ESPN reported Saturday. The former head coach of the Washington W...
23m ago
Rays acquire LHP Richard Lovelady from Cubs
The Tampa Bay Rays acquired Richard Lovelady from the Chicago Cubs on Saturday in exchange for fellow left-handed pitcher Jef...
23m ago
Penguins boss Mike Sullivan to coach 2026 U.S. Olympic hockey team
USA Hockey named Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan to lead Team USA for the 2025 Four Nations Face-Off and the 202...
1h ago
Golf-Scheffler back at PGA Championship chasing halfway leader Schauffele
(Reuters) - The third round of the PGA Championship got underway on Saturday at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky wh...
1h ago
National
Houston area grapples with heat, power cuts after major storms
(Reuters) - Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms t...
2h ago
'Triangle of Sadness' director launches stuck-on-a-plane dark comedy at Cannes
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Ruben Ostlund, two-time winner of the Cannes Film Festival's top prize and last year's jury presid...
2h ago
At Cannes, Yorgos Lanthimos says world is stranger than his films
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) - Director Yorgos Lanthimos, who was at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday with ...
4h ago
Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
KABUL (Reuters) - At least 50 people are dead following a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an of...
10h ago
Donald Trump falsely tells supporters he won Minnesota in 2020
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Donald Trump falsely claimed on Friday that he won the 2020 presidential election in Minnesota a...
12h ago
World
Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, ...
1h ago
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza St...
2h ago
Rescuers search for 11 fishermen missing at sea in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Search and rescue efforts were underway in South Africa on Saturday to find 11 fishermen missing at ...
3h ago
Tunisian rights groups say freedoms threatened under Saied's rule
TUNIS (Reuters) - Freedoms in Tunisia are being threatened under the rule of President Kais Saied and the authorities are usi...
3h ago
Poland to spend around $2.5 billion on securing eastern border, says PM
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland will invest 10 billion zlotys ($2.55 billion) in a programme to secure its eastern border, the prim...
4h ago
Business
Sony and Apollo move ahead with Paramount bid process but reticent about earlier plan, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management have signed nondisclosure agreements that will allow the...
13h ago
Crypto lender Genesis to return $3 billion to customers in bankruptcy wind-down
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval on Friday to return about $3 bil...
16h ago
Nippon key negotiator to meet U.S. Steel staff in Pittsburgh, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Japan's Nippon Steel's vice chairman and key negotiator for the U.S. Steel deal, Takahiro Mori, will travel to Pi...
16h ago
Analysis-UAW's stinging loss in Alabama won't kill national organizing effort
By Nora Eckert VANCE, Alabama (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers failed in its effort to organize a Mercedes-Benz plant in A...
17h ago
Stock market's record-setting rebound may have further to go
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rebound that has taken the U.S. stock market to record highs this week may have fur...
19h ago
Politics
Donald Trump to fire up supporters at NRA's annual US gathering
By Gram Slattery DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will address thousands of gun rights ...
5h ago
New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - After the arrests of pro-Palestine student protesters occupying a Columbia University ...
19h ago
Biden launches fresh bid for election support from Black voters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Friday launched a fresh bid to bolster support from African-American voters, lo...
May 17, 2024
With hunger, climate cuts, US House farm bill proposal faces slim Senate odds
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Agriculture Committee on Friday released a long-awaited farm bill draft...
May 17, 2024
Explainer-Biden vs Trump: What to expect from presidential debates
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have agreed to two deb...
May 17, 2024
Health
Bird flu found in western China as US combats cattle outbreak
BEIJING (Reuters) - Cases of bird flu have been confirmed among wild fowl in western China, the agriculture ministry said on ...
6h ago
Pfizer wins $107.5 million from AstraZeneca in US cancer drug patent trial
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - AstraZeneca owes Pfizer $107.5 million in damages, a Delaware federal jury said on Friday after...
19h ago
J&J-backed startup Rapport files for US IPO
(Reuters) - Biopharmaceutical company Rapport Therapeutics, backed by the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson, filed...
19h ago
Ontario reports first death from measles in over a decade
TORONTO, (Reuters) - An Ontario child under the age of five has died of measles making it the first such case in more than a ...
May 17, 2024
Moderna wins case in patent dispute with Pfizer, BioNTech over COVID shot
(Reuters) -Moderna has won a case at the European Patent Office in its dispute with Pfizer and BioNTech over its COVID-19 vac...
May 17, 2024
Science
Boeing Starliner's debut crewed flight delayed again to check helium leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA and Boeing delayed the launch of Boeing's Starliner crew capsule again on Friday, giving them fou...
14h ago
A fox on stilts? Argentine long-legged maned wolf returned to the wild
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine conservationists have returned a rare and unusual-looking animal, a maned ...
May 17, 2024
Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and us...
May 16, 2024
Study reveals history and oceanic voyages of remarkable baobab tree
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - The baobab tree is a distinctive sight on the landscape. When its contorted branches are leafless ...
May 15, 2024
Blue Origin to resume space tourist flights after near 2-year pause
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Sunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed oper...
May 14, 2024
Technology
US, TikTok seek fast-track schedule, ruling by Dec. 6 on potential ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and TikTok on Friday asked a U.S. appeals court to set a fast-track schedu...
19h ago
Apple set to release slimmer iPhone in 2025, the Information reports
(Reuters) - Apple is developing a slimmer version of the iPhone that is likely to be launched by 2025, the Information report...
22h ago
US arrests two Chinese nationals in $73 million crypto scam
(Reuters) - U.S. authorities charged two Chinese nationals in a cryptocurrency scam that laundered at least $73 million from ...
May 17, 2024
Canada's Security Intelligence chief warns that China can use TikTok to spy on users, CBC reports
(Reuters) - The head of Canada's Security Intelligence Service warned Canadians against using video app TikTok, saying data g...
May 17, 2024
DXC Technology tumbles as investors fret over latest restructuring plan
(Reuters) - Shares of DXC Technology slumped 18% on Friday, after the IT services provider unveiled a new revamp and forecast...
May 17, 2024
Entertainment
Director Paul Schrader knew from start that 'New Hollywood' would change cinema
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Director Paul Schrader said on Saturday that he knew back in the late 1960s that he and contempora...
1h ago
TV companies flaunt ad tech and AI to persuade advertisers to spend
By Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) - Television "upfront" advertiser presentations this week in New York City w...
May 17, 2024
Judge to rule on Alec Baldwin bid to avoid 'Rust' trial
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - A New Mexico judge was expected to rule on Friday whether to throw out the involuntary manslaughter...
May 17, 2024
After decades, Francis Ford Coppola's opus 'Megalopolis' finally debuts at Cannes
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Legendary director Francis Ford Coppola closed a decades-in-the-making chapter of his lo...
May 16, 2024
Concord terminates $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) -Apollo-backed Concord terminated its proposed $1.51 billion offer for Hipgnosis Songs Fund on Thursday, according ...
May 16, 2024