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Horse racing-Fierceness the favorite for 150th Kentucky Derby
By Rory Carroll (Reuters) - The Kentucky Derby arrives at Churchill Downs with Fierceness as the favorite but the bay colt is...
18h ago
Basketball-Griner saw world crumbling in Russia arrest
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brittney Griner saw her world crumbling around her when she was detained at a Moscow airport two years a...
18h ago
Packers add 8 more
After another large draft class of 11 players, Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst went light on his collection...
23h ago
Brewers fight to get even
The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three game skid and drew even in their three game set with the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-2 vic...
23h ago
Bucks stay alive
In a do or die game, the Milwaukee Bucks did what they showed back in game one, defending hard, controlling tempo and knockin...
23h ago
Local
Welcome To The Shipyard District
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A neighborhood on Green Bay's west side unveiled its new welcome sign Wednesday, signifying the o...
4h ago
Inland Trout Fishing Season Preview from Brown County
BROWN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The inland lakes sportfishing season begins Saturday. At Tight Lines Fly Fishing Company in D...
13h ago
Extended Bar Hours Proposed For 2025 NFL Draft
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The sheer number of people expected in Green Bay for next year's NFL Draft has the city weighing...
13h ago
Appleton Police Say Use of Force Calls Up In 2023
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- In its 2023 Use of Force Report released Wednesday, the Appleton Police Department (APD) revealed...
13h ago
Bay Beach Set to Open with New Attractions, Other Additions Coming Later in the Season
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - One of Northeast Wisconsin's favorite family attractions is set to open this weekend. About a mil...
14h ago
State
Police and Protesters Clash at UW Madison
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A chaotic confrontation between protesters and police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wednes...
13h ago
Mt Horeb School Shooting Under Investigation
MT HOREB, WI (WTAQ-WRN) - The investigation is underway into Wednesday morning's school shooter incident in Dane County. Moun...
14h ago
Trump Promises Mass Deportations at Waukesha Rally
WAUKESHA, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- On a break from his porn star hush money trial in New York, Republican presidential candidate Dona...
15h ago
Evers Kicks Off 'Pothole Patrol' in Stevens Point
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Calling it his way of fulfilling a campaign promise, Governor Tony Evers kicked off his 2024 "...
Apr 29, 2024
Man Charged After Threat to Hovde Campaign Office
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A Dane County man is charged with sending a threatening message to the campaign office of Republica...
Apr 29, 2024
Local Sports
Packers add 8 more
After another large draft class of 11 players, Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst went light on his collection...
23h ago
Brewers fight to get even
The Milwaukee Brewers snapped a three game skid and drew even in their three game set with the Tampa Bay Rays with an 8-2 vic...
23h ago
Bucks stay alive
In a do or die game, the Milwaukee Bucks did what they showed back in game one, defending hard, controlling tempo and knockin...
23h ago
Hot 'Rattlers reap rewards
For the second week in a row, a Wisconsin TimberRattler has been named the Midwest League Player of the Week. Enrique Ferna...
Apr 30, 2024
Frustrations mounting for Crew
It was a quiet night with a noisy finish for the Milwaukee Brewers as they dropped their third straight game, 1-0 in a series...
Apr 30, 2024
National Sports
Boxing-Garcia denies doping before Haney fight
(Reuters) - American super lightweight boxer Ryan Garcia has denied taking a banned performance-enhancing substance before hi...
6h ago
MLB roundup: Cubs' Shota Imanaga stellar again in win
Rookie Shota Imanaga had another strong start and Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the fifth inning Wed...
7h ago
Comcast pulls Bally Sports channels, imperiling US broadcaster's restructuring
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cable provider Comcast stopped broadcasting Bally Sports channels on Wednesday, takin...
13h ago
Steven Stamkos covets return to Tampa Bay for 17th season
Steven Stamkos has spent all 16 of his NHL seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and he's highly interested in continuing the ...
13h ago
Doping-USADA slams WADA for 'half-truths' in China doping case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) criticised the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Wednesday for &quo...
13h ago
National
India's Kerala shuts schools, colleges amid sweltering heat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Kerala state has closed all schools and colleges until Monday due to scorching temperatures, ur...
1h ago
Hailstorm ravages Chablis vineyards in French region of Burgundy
PARIS (Reuters) - A violent hailstorm ravaged vineyards on Wednesday in Chablis in the French region of Burgundy, with hailst...
2h ago
Trump hush-money trial judge to weigh more fines for defying gag order
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York prosecutors on Thursday will ask the judge overseei...
2h ago
Berkeley takes hands-off approach to Gaza campus protests. Columbia called the police
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel's w...
2h ago
Biden faces tough balancing act as campus protests over Gaza escalate
By Trevor Hunnicutt and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Escalating campus protests are forcing U.S. President Joe Biden...
2h ago
World
Vietnam parliament approves speaker's resignation, state media says
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's legislature on Thursday approved the resignation of National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, st...
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Israeli war cabinet to meet on hostages, Rafah plan on Thursday
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Top Israeli ministers will convene on Thursday to discuss a proposed Gaza truce to free some hostages h...
1h ago
SNP lawmaker Swinney enters race to become Scotland's new leader
LONDON (Reuters) -Scottish National Party (SNP) lawmaker John Swinney said on Thursday that he would run in the contest to su...
2h ago
Taliban plan regional energy trade hub with Russian oil in mind
By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban has agreed with Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to...
2h ago
Soccer star's murder highlights South Africa's crime problem as election nears
By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - In the South African township where Luke Fleurs grew up, some friends joined gangs ...
2h ago
Business
BorgWarner raises full-year 2024 adjusted profit outlook
(Reuters) - Auto parts supplier BorgWarner raised its full-year adjusted profit outlook on Thursday, aided by sustained deman...
A few minutes ago
Nigeria court adjourns Binance and execs trial to May 17
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Thursday adjourned a money laundering trial against cryptocurrency exc...
A few minutes ago
Qualcomm jumps as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market
(Reuters) - Qualcomm shares rose 4% in premarket trading on Thursday after the smartphone-focused chipmaker signaled an AI-fu...
6m ago
Futures climb as Fed allays rate-hike worries
(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and ...
1h ago
Insurer Chubb prepares to pay $350 million in Baltimore bridge collapse, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - Chubb, the insurer of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed in March, is preparing to make a $350 m...
1h ago
Politics
Biden thinks he can flip North Carolina, polls show a rough road
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - Since 1968, North Carolina has backed only two Democrats for president: Jimmy Carter in 1976 a...
3h ago
Republican-led US states sue to block expanded gun background checks
By Joseph Ax and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - More than two dozen Republican state attorneys general sued the Biden administratio...
17h ago
US senator urges Biden to include safeguards in any nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia
By Timothy Gardner and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic U.S. senator on Wednesday urged President Joe Bide...
18h ago
US judge blocks some North Carolina restrictions on abortion pill
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal judge has struck down parts of a North Carolina law restricting patients' access to ...
18h ago
Firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene to force vote to oust US House Speaker Johnson
By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a conservative f...
22h ago
Health
Teleflex beats quarterly profit estimates on healthy demand for medical devices
(Reuters) - Teleflex reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Thursday, on the back of strong demand for its m...
1h ago
Novartis to buy radiology specialist Mariana Oncology for $1 billion
(Reuters) - Novartis has entered an agreement to acquire US radiopharmaceutical company Mariana Oncology for $1 billion, the ...
1h ago
Becton Dickinson lifts profit view on strong surgical equipment demand
(Reuters) - Becton Dickinson raised its annual profit forecast and beat second-quarter profit estimates on Thursday, as the g...
1h ago
Moderna quarterly sales beat expectations but plummet from previous year
By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) - Moderna on Thursday reported quarterly revenue that beat Wall Street estimates but came in dr...
1h ago
Regeneron misses profit estimates on weaker Eylea and Dupixent sales
(Reuters) -U.S. drugmaker Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday due...
1h ago
Science
Scientists explore how to improve crop yields - on Mars
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - For future human bases or colonies on Mars to be self-sustaining, a reliable source of home-grown ...
18h ago
Explainer-The Eta Aquariid meteor shower: When is it and what to expect?
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Meteors will be streaking across the sky as Earth passes through dusty debris in space left by Hal...
May 01, 2024
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on...
Apr 30, 2024
What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone f...
Apr 29, 2024
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized her...
Apr 25, 2024
Technology
Nigeria court adjourns Binance and execs trial to May 17
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Thursday adjourned a money laundering trial against cryptocurrency exc...
A few minutes ago
Qualcomm jumps as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market
(Reuters) - Qualcomm shares rose 4% in premarket trading on Thursday after the smartphone-focused chipmaker signaled an AI-fu...
6m ago
Chip parts supplier Siltronic's profit falls on high client inventories
(Reuters) - German chip equipment supplier Siltronic reported a 27.5% drop in first-quarter core profit on Thursday, a week a...
6h ago
US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged China and Russia to match declarations by the U...
7h ago
Microsoft to invest $2.2 billion in Malaysia's digital transformation
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Microsoft will invest $2.2 billion over the next four years in Malaysia to support the country's dig...
8h ago
Entertainment
Jewish community anxious ahead of Sweden Eurovision anti-Israel protests
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Planned protests against Israel taking part in this year's Eurovision So...
2h ago
Universal Music Group reaches new licensing agreement with TikTok
By Dawn Chmielewski and David Shepardson (Reuters) - Universal Music Group and TikTok said on Thursday that they had reached ...
4h ago
Harvey Weinstein expected in New York court after rape conviction overturned
By Brendan Pierson and Jack Queen (Reuters) - Harvey Weinstein is due to appear in state court in Manhattan on Wednesday for ...
May 01, 2024
Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will ta...
Apr 30, 2024
'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' tie for most 2024 Tony nominations
(Reuters) - Alicia Keys' musical "Hell's Kitchen" and 1970's rock inspired "Stereophonic" led the nominat...
Apr 30, 2024