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Milwaukee Brewers fall to Seattle
(LEARFIELD) - The Seattle Mariners built a seven-run lead after two innings, then watched the Milwaukee Brewers chip away for...
44m ago
Packers make a roster moves, LaFleur talks final roster
(247NEWSSOURCE/LEARFIELD) - The Green Bay Packers continued training camp with another practice yesterday. Green Bay also add...
2h ago
UW Badgers women's soccer upsets No. 9 BYU
(UW ATHLETICS) MADISON - The Wisconsin women's soccer team earned its first win of the 2026 season Wednesday night, upsetting...
2h ago
Newcomers lead Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to win over Lake County
(WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS) GRAND CHUTE, WI - The final Wednesday afternoon home game on the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers schedu...
2h ago
Week 1 Prep Football - Thursday schedule
Mishicot at Oconto Sturgeon Bay at Brillion Chilton at Crivitz De Pere at Manitowoc Bay Port at Middleton West De Pere at Sun...
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Local
Teen accused of taking cash from unlocked cars in Appleton, referred to juvenile intake
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A teen is accused of entering unlocked vehicles in Appleton and taking cash. Just before 11:30 p....
16h ago
Emergency crews stage runway crash drill at Green Bay Austin Straubel Airport
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Green Bay's airport and regional emergency responders joined together to test their readiness wi...
16h ago
Green Bay council taps 8PINE to build Shipyard District park, adds $750,000 match
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A downtown Green Bay redevelopment project is taking a step forward. Green Bay Common Council ap...
18h ago
Oconto United School District approves referendum vote to November ballot
OCONTO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - The Oconto Unified School District will ask voters for an additional $900,000 per year for five year...
18h ago
New playgrounds open at 10 transitional housing homes in Green Bay
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Children at 10 transitional housing homes owned by Ecumenical Partnership for Housing (EPH) have...
18h ago
Local Sports
Milwaukee Brewers fall to Seattle
(LEARFIELD) - The Seattle Mariners built a seven-run lead after two innings, then watched the Milwaukee Brewers chip away for...
44m ago
UW Badgers women's soccer upsets No. 9 BYU
(UW ATHLETICS) MADISON - The Wisconsin women's soccer team earned its first win of the 2026 season Wednesday night, upsetting...
2h ago
Marquette women's soccer trips up Truman State
(MARQUETTE COMMUNICATIONS) MILWAUKEE - The Marquette University women's soccer team remained unbeaten to open the 2026 seaso...
2h ago
Newcomers lead Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to win over Lake County
(WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS) GRAND CHUTE, WI - The final Wednesday afternoon home game on the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers schedu...
2h ago
Big Ten Preview: UCLA Bruins
(LEARFIELD) - Today, we continue our 18-team Big Ten Preview with a scouting report on U-C-L-A. Mike Grimm takes a look at th...
6h ago
National Sports
Breaking's next move: escaping the long shadow of Raygun
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Two years after Australian breaker Raygun's much-maligned Olympic performance, th...
1h ago
MLB roundup: Pirates take down Tigers with two homers in ninth
Brandon Lowe hit a game-ending home run two batters after Rafael Flores Jr. went deep to tie it as the Pittsburgh Pirates ral...
3h ago
Soccer-Qatar still not satisfied with Asia chief over Infantino letter
By Nick Mulvenney Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Qatar Football Association has reiterated its concerns over the lack of consultation...
4h ago
Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts help Dodgers outlast Rockies in 10
Freddie Freeman hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, Mookie Betts added an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodg...
5h ago
Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland exits vs. Dodgers with neck injury
Colorado Rockies left-hander Kyle Freeland left Wednesday night's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fourth...
9h ago
National
Bitcoin, crypto shares climb after Trump pushes Clarity Act
By Pritam Biswas and Arasu Kannagi Basil Aug 20 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in premarket ...
56m ago
Sri Lankan government delivers water to nearly 72,000 people suffering drought
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government has arranged for water to be delivered to nearly 72,0...
1h ago
Breaking's next move: escaping the long shadow of Raygun
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Two years after Australian breaker Raygun's much-maligned Olympic performance, th...
1h ago
Defense strategy in Tupac murder case: don't believe my client
By Jack Queen and Jane Ross Aug 20 (Reuters) - The ex-gang leader accused of orchestrating the drive-by killing of Tupac Shak...
1h ago
How a low-budget fever dream sparked a Chinese box office revolt
By Xiuhao Chen, Ellen Zhang and Kevin Krolicki BEIJING, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A crudely animated, homemade movie about a baby co...
4h ago
World
Bangladesh elects ruling party veteran Alamgir as president
DHAKA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Bangladeshi lawmakers elected veteran Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader M...
16m ago
Romania destroys marine drone near Neptun Deep gas project, minister says
BUCHAREST, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Romania scrambled F-16 fighter jets to destroy a marine drone spotted a few hundred metres from...
27m ago
Kremlin says ousted Ukrainian minister's call for elections shows splits in Kyiv
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Wednesday there were deep divisions in Ukraine's leadership, in its first r...
29m ago
US envoy Huckabee tells Israeli settlers not to take Palestinian Americans' land
By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has warned militant Israeli settl...
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Venezuelans and Cubans among deportees to Liberia under Trump deal, official says
MONROVIA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - People deported by the U.S. to Liberia will mostly hail from Latin American countries including ...
1h ago
Business
Walmart reports rare comparable sales miss as consumers cut spending, shares fall
By Juveria Tabassum and Nicholas P. Brown Aug 20 (Reuters) - Walmart missed Wall Street expectations for quarterly comparable...
59m ago
Shein postpones Hong Kong debut to September, SCMP reports
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Shein has pushed back its market debut in Hong Kong until September following a slight delay in taking ...
1h ago
Morning Bid: Twist and shout
By Mike Dolan Aug 20 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Ma...
1h ago
US stock futures muted as bond yields resume uptrend ahead of Walmart's earnings
Aug 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures struggled for direction on Thursday as government bond yields rebounded after a r...
1h ago
Deere raises 2026 net income forecast after first quarterly profit rise in three years
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Deere, the world's largest farm equipment manufacturer, raised its full-year net income forecast on Thu...
1h ago
Politics
The new kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms
By Dawn Kopecki NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A handful of billionaires and companies are driving corporate spending in U.S. m...
2h ago
N.D. Senate Majority Leader wants to see synthetic and natural kratom banned
NORTH DAKOTA - On "News and Views", North Dakota Senate Majority Leader David Hogue said lawmakers have been hearin...
20h ago
Five takeaways from Tuesday's primaries in Florida and Alaska
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A centrist Democrat advanced in Alaska, bolstering the party's hopes of winning control of the...
21h ago
Trump's bid to inscribe name on Kennedy Center faces renewed court test
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A Democratic board member of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said she will ...
22h ago
Trump calls for Congress to pass crypto bill at White House event
By Hannah Lang Aug 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Congress to pass a bill that would bring...
23h ago
Health
Novonesis expects results from weight-loss drug supplement study in 2027
By Vera Dvorakova and Jesus Calero Aug 20 (Reuters) - Danish biosolutions maker Novonesis expects results in the second half ...
53m ago
Congo set to receive 70,000 Ervebo vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak, WHO says
Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck's Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the ...
1h ago
Celon Pharma's generic semaglutide drug matches Ozempic in early study, shares jump
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Celon Pharma's experimental semaglutide product Reduzek, a generic alternative to Novo Nordisk's Wegovy...
1h ago
Green giant: How Taylor Farms became a top salad supplier before US diarrhea outbreak
SALINAS, California, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Taylor Farms, the produce supplier at the center of the massive U.S. cyclosporiasis o...
1h ago
Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to dissolve Minnesota nursing home labor standards board
MINNESOTA (Minnesota Reformer) - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by nursing home industry leaders seeking to diss...
3h ago
Science
Satellite proliferation imperils astronomical observations, study finds
SANTIAGO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - As thousands more satellites enter orbit, astronomers may face mounting difficulties in observin...
2h ago
Rescue mission for aging NASA space telescope fails
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A mission to rescue NASA's aging Swift observatory in space was canceled on W...
17h ago
Fastest-known star zooms under Milky Way black hole's influence
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected the fastest-known star, a stellar speedster that is zooming around th...
21h ago
As Europe rearms, Italy's fragmented space sector faces a scale test
By Mirko Miorelli Aug 19 (Reuters) - Italy's fragmented space industry is facing growing pressure to consolidate as defence a...
Aug 19, 2026
China's LandSpace lands rocket booster; joins SpaceX, Blue Origin with reusable tech
By Shi Bu, Ethan Wang and Joe Cash BEIJING, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Chinese startup LandSpace on Wednesday recovered the first sta...
Aug 18, 2026
Technology
Bitcoin, crypto shares climb after Trump pushes Clarity Act
By Pritam Biswas and Arasu Kannagi Basil Aug 20 (Reuters) - Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related stocks surged in premarket ...
56m ago
France fines Boohoo €2.3 million over deceptive discounts on website
PARIS, Aug 20 (Reuters) - France's consumer watchdog fined British fast-fashion retailer Boohoo €2.3 million ($2.69 mill...
1h ago
Exclusive-How a Texas student blew the whistle on a rogue AI hacking attempt
By Leo Marchandon, Raphael Satter and Callaghan O'Hare AUSTIN, Texas, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Sinan Can Demir wanted to spend the ...
1h ago
Ant Group quarterly profits rise 1% on year
(Corrects first paragraph to say "affiliate", not "subsidiary") Aug 20 (Reuters) - Alibaba's financial...
2h ago
Alibaba's quarterly revenue up 9%, misses adjusted profit due to heavy AI spend
By Harshita Mary Varghese and Laurie Chen Aug 20 (Reuters) - China's Alibaba reported a 9% rise in quarterly revenue on Thurs...
2h ago
Entertainment
'Baby Shark' boy returns to stage as a K-pop singer
By Minwoo Park SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The child star of the "Baby Shark Dance" video, the most-watched video in ...
6h ago
KKR to buy 6% stake in India's BookMyShow for up to $50 million, source says
By Vibhuti Sharma Aug 19 (Reuters) - Global investment firm KKR will buy a stake of about 6% in Indian ticketing and entertai...
Aug 19, 2026
ZZ Top's longtime drummer, Frank Beard, dies at 77
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Frank Beard, the longtime drummer for the rock group ZZ Top, has died at the...
Aug 18, 2026
Theater trade group Cinema United calls on Paramount and California AG to settle
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Cinema United, a trade organization representing theater owners, on Tuesd...
Aug 18, 2026
Madonna tops Taylor Swift in nominations for MTV's Video Music Awards
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Pop music veteran Madonna scored the most nominations for MTV's Video Music ...
Aug 18, 2026
