Local News
NWS: Winter Weather Advisory Modified...Freezing Drizzle Out - Light Snow In
The National Weather Service shortened the original advisory and changed the nature of what Mother Nature was planning to dish out on Monday. The changes come as an anticipated freezing drizzle event fizzled, and expectations for a period of snow drew increased attention for the forecasters. Light snow began around 1 p...
16h ago
"Brushing Scam" Arrives With Unexpected Packages
A package you didn't order shows up at your home, with something nice inside, like a bluetooth speaker or jewelry. Unfortunately, those packages can also contain something not so nice that could steal your personal information. The Manitowoc County Sheriff's Office is reporting several instances of this so-called "...
Dec 23, 2024
Head-On Crash Near Kohler Claims 3 Lives
Police are investigating a deadly crash that claimed 3 lives Saturday morning in the Village of Kohler. Police say it happened on Lower Falls Road around 11:20am when a vehicle heading West left the road, over-corrected, and swerved into the path of an oncoming vehicle, causing a head-on crash. The two people in the ea...
Dec 23, 2024
Curbside Collection Schedule Set for the Holidays in Sheboygan
City of Sheboygan residents are being given a heads-up on schedule changes for garbage and recycling during the holidays. With both Christmas and New Years Day falling on Wednesdays, the schedule will be identical for both of the next two weeks. Monday and Tuesday pickups will take place as usual, with no collection on...
Dec 20, 2024
P1 Offshore Racing to Return to Sheboygan in August
For the third consecutive year, Sheboygan has been named a host of the P1 offshore Triple Crown race series. The event on August 8-10, 2025 will be the second leg in the series, with the first taking place in New Orleans, and the final in St. Petersburg, Florida. Each event delivers six races with a special prize fund ...
Dec 20, 2024
Sports
Sport-No standing still as innovation and change beckon in new sporting year
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) - As a jam-packed sporting year featuring a much-praised Olympic Games and four continental soccer tournaments rolls to a close it is tempting to expect that 2025 will be a more sedate one. But that is not the natu...
2h ago
NHL roundup: Sabres rout Islanders to halt 13-game skid
Beck Malenstyn scored just 2:07 into the game Monday night for the visiting Buffalo Sabres, who never trailed as they snapped a 13-game losing streak by routing the New York Islanders 7-1 in Elmont, N.Y. Jiri Kulich posted his first career two-goal ga...
4h ago
Tennis-Game in good hands despite high-profile retirements, says United Cup chief
(Reuters) - The retirements of tennis greats Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Serena Williams has made promoting events more difficult but organisers must grab the opportunity to push new talent into the spotlight, the United Cup's tournament director...
5h ago
NBA roundup: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (41) leads Thunder to 8th straight win
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander overcame a slow start to score 41 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder powered to a 123-105 home win over the Washington Wizards on Monday. The Thunder extended their regular-season winning streak to eight, their longest winning...
5h ago
Eagles' Jalen Hurts in concussion protocol; Kenny Pickett hurt, too
Philadelphia gets its next chance to clinch the NFC East title against the visiting Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, but the Eagles don't know whom they will have at quarterback. Jalen Hurts exited Philadelphia's 36-33 road loss to the Washington Commanders ...
7h ago
State News
Record Holiday Travel Numbers Projected For Wisconsin.
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) - According to Triple-A, nearly 2.4 million Wisconsinites will travel 50 miles or more from home between December 21st and New Year's Day, breaking the previous all-time high set last year by over 76-thousand. Nearly 90% of those travelers will drive to their destinations. Nationally, Triple-A fo...
Dec 16, 2024
Online Records show Ryan Borgwardt is in Custody
GREEN LAKE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A Wisconsin man who allegedly faked his death on Green Lake and traveled to Europe is in custody, according to online records. VINELink says Ryan Borgwardt is being held at the Green Lake County Jail. VINELink is a service that victims of crime can use to search for information regarding t...
Dec 11, 2024
New Charges Filed Against Men Accused in 2020 Wisconsin Election Scheme
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- There are new state charges against three men connected to a slate of false electors in the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul announced charges on Tuesday against Attorney Jim Troupis, and Trump administration advisors Ken Chesebro and Michael Roman....
Dec 10, 2024
Not Guilty Pleas from Suspect in Lily Peters Murder
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The teen who allegedly assaulted and killed Lily Peters was in court Tuesday. The 16-year-old, identified as C P-B in court documents, stood mute at his arraignment in Chippewa County Court. Not guilty pleas to intentional homicide, sexual assault and child sexual assault were entered ...
Dec 10, 2024
Governor Evers Pushing Back On Trump Deportation Plan
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- Governor Tony Evers says he won't send National Guard troops to assist in President Elect Trump's mass deportation plan. Evers says he has some doubts yet on whether such plans will come to fruition. "I'm not sure they will get that far, so I don't want a pre-judge that I'm gonna stand on...
Dec 06, 2024
National News
American Airlines grounds all US flights on busy Christmas Eve
(Reuters) -American Airlines on Tuesday grounded all its flights in the U.S. due to an unspecified technical issue, according to the company and a regulatory notice, disrupting the travel plans of thousands of passengers set to fly out for Christmas Ev...
1h ago
Exclusive-India reviews $30 billion sulphur-cutting programme for coal plants
By Sarita Chaganti Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is reviewing a decade-old $30 billion programme requiring coal-fired power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur emissions after government-backed studies showed they had little impact on cu...
3h ago
The barnacle, Spaniards' favourite Christmas dish, imperilled by climate change
By Leonardo Benassatto and Nacho Doce CORME, Spain (Reuters) - On the craggy rocks on northwestern Spain's treacherous Costa da Morte (Death Coast), wetsuit-clad fishermen dodge crashing waves as they pick barnacles, a prized Christmas delicacy fac...
4h ago
Japan aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions 60% by 2035 vs 2013 levels
By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's environment and industry ministries on Tuesday finalised a plan to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60% from 2013 levels by 2035, up from its 2030 goal of a 46% cut. The move follows the Biden admini...
4h ago
Starbucks strike to expand to over 300 US stores on Christmas Eve, union says
(Reuters) - A strike at Starbucks' U.S. stores will expand to over 300 stores on Tuesday, with more than 5,000 workers expected to walk off the job, before the five-day work stoppage ends later on Christmas Eve, the workers' union said. Starbucks W...
6h ago
World News
Global hunger monitor says famine in war-torn Sudan is spreading
By Ryan McNeill, Nafisa Eltahir, Lena Masri, Khalid Abdelaziz and Deborah Nelson LONDON/CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - RCOM_World_Africa BLUSA1M OZATPM OUSHEM Famine in Sudan has expanded to five areas and will likely spread to another five by May, the globa...
1h ago
Israeli forces kill one Palestinian in West Bank refugee camp
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in a dawn raid on Tuesday on a refugee camp near the city of Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials said. The Israeli military said the man was kill...
1h ago
Israeli army forces patients out of a north Gaza hospital, medics say
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli troops forced the evacuation of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza and many patients, some of them on foot, arrived at another hospital miles away in Gaza City, the territory's health ministry sa...
1h ago
Syrian ex-rebel factions agree to merge under defence ministry
DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa reached an agreement on Tuesday with former rebel faction chiefs to dissolve all groups and consolidate them under the defence ministry, according to a statement from the new administration. P...
1h ago
Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid
(Reuters) - It's a simple but brutal equation: The number of people going hungry or otherwise struggling around the world is rising, while the amount of money the world's wealthiest nations are contributing toward helping them is dropping. The resu...
2h ago
Health News
Global hunger monitor says famine in war-torn Sudan is spreading
By Ryan McNeill, Nafisa Eltahir, Lena Masri, Khalid Abdelaziz and Deborah Nelson LONDON/CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - RCOM_World_Africa BLUSA1M OZATPM OUSHEM Famine in Sudan has expanded to five areas and will likely spread to another five by May, the globa...
1h ago
AstraZeneca withdraws application for lung cancer drug in EU
LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca has voluntarily withdrawn its marketing authorisation application with the EU's medicines regulator for its experimental precision drug for the treatment of a type of lung cancer, it said on Tuesday. The drug, datopotamab ...
4h ago
Merck to discontinue drug for bacterial infection
(Reuters) - Merck will discontinue its drug for a bacterial infection that can lead to fatal diarrhea, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's website showed on Monday. The antibody drug, Zinplava, was first approved by the regulator in 2016 to pre...
13h ago
Exclusive-Sudan drops out of hunger-monitor system on eve of famine report
(Reuters) - The Sudanese government has suspended its participation in the global hunger-monitoring system on the eve of a report that's expected to show famine spreading across the country, a step likely to undercut efforts to address one of the w...
13h ago
NeueHealth to be taken private by New Enterprise Associates in $1.3 billion deal
(Reuters) - Health insurer NeueHealth said on Monday that an affiliate of New Enterprise Associates and a consortium of investors would take it private at an enterprise value of about $1.3 billion. Shares of the company were up 62.4% in extended tr...
14h ago
Science News
India's push for home-grown satellite constellation gets 30 aspirants
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thirty Indian companies have answered the space regulator's call to build and operate constellations of Earth observation (EO) satellites in a groundbreaking private-public partnership to reduce the c...
4h ago
Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost
YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved remains were discovered in thawing permafrost after more than 50,000 years. The creature, resembling a small elephant with...
Dec 23, 2024
South Korean team develops 'Iron Man' robot that helps paraplegics walk
By Sebin Choi DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean researchers have developed a lightweight wearable robot that can walk up to paraplegic users and lock itself onto them, enabling them to walk, manoeuvre obstacles and climb staircases. The...
Dec 23, 2024
China says its astronauts complete record-breaking spacewalk
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chinese astronauts this week completed a world-record spacewalk of more than nine hours, according to a statement from China's Manned Space Agency, marking another milestone for Beijing's rapidly expandin...
Dec 20, 2024
'Amphibious mouse' among 27 new species discovered in Peru's Amazon
LIMA (Reuters) - An "amphibious mouse" with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 expedition to Peru's Amazon, according to Conservation International. Scientists also discovered a spiny m...
Dec 20, 2024
Technology News
India's push for home-grown satellite constellation gets 30 aspirants
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thirty Indian companies have answered the space regulator's call to build and operate constellations of Earth observation (EO) satellites in a groundbreaking private-public partnership to reduce the c...
4h ago
China's CATL launches EV chassis, flagging safety as top selling point
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's CATL, the world's largest electric vehicle battery maker, on Tuesday launched a new EV chassis that it says can withstand a 120-kph (75-mph) frontal impact without catching fire or exploding, as it touts safety as a key...
6h ago
Exclusive-Microsoft works to add non-OpenAI models into 365 Copilot products, sources say
By Anna Tong and Krystal Hu Microsoft has been working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product Microsoft 365 Copilot, in a bid to diversify from the current underlying technology from OpenAI an...
18h ago
Talen Energy to appeal FERC's rejection of Amazon data center deal
(Reuters) - Talen Energy plans to contest the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) rejection of an amended interconnection agreement for an Amazon data center at its Pennsylvania nuclear plant, the company said on Monday. The U.S. utility ...
19h ago
Google's proposed search result changes get thumbs up from EU airlines
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google's proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Europe whose members include Air France KLM and Lufthansa...
20h ago
Entertainment News
Alec Baldwin manslaughter case dropped by New Mexico prosecutor
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A New Mexico criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the set of his movie "Rust" in 2021 ended on Monday, with a prosecutor dropping her appeal of the case's dismissal. Special Prosecuto...
10h ago
NFL-Christmas Day games on Netflix to help NFL expand global reach
By Amy Tennery and Rory Carroll (Reuters) - A pair of Christmas Day games on Netflix will help the NFL build on its international footprint, league officials say, as the most popular professional league in the United States hopes to harness the str...
14h ago
Soccer-Netflix inks US broadcast deal with FIFA for 2027 and 2031 women's World Cups
NEW YORK (Reuters) - FIFA and Netflix have signed a deal to broadcast the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women's World Cup in the United States, world soccer's governing body said on Friday. FIFA said the Women's World Cup will be the first competit...
Dec 20, 2024
Sigourney Weaver makes West End debut in 'The Tempest'
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver has made her West End debut as the magician Prospero in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and said she was glad she had taken on the role. The 75-year-old actor, kn...
Dec 20, 2024
'Mufasa' film puts classic lions into more complex storylines
By Danielle Broadway SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Director Barry Jenkins believes it was important to revisit the Disney classic "The Lion King" with the prequel "Mufasa: The Lion King" for audiences to understand that the protagonist lion Mufasa was neve...
Dec 19, 2024