Local News
Monthly Employment, Unemployment Stats for October Released by Wisconsin DWD
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has released monthly employment and unemployment statistics for October. Given figures not seasonally adjusted, the Sheboygan Metropolitan Statistical Area experienced a monthly gain of 200 in its work force for a total of 64,100 employed in October, representing 500 mo...
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Samaritan's Purse Again Encouraging Donations to Benefit Victims of War, Poverty, Disease, Disaster
Though conflict might seem far-removed from one's home or neighborhood, Samaritan's purse is encouraging donations from those enjoying relative safety and peace in order that they might provide a bit of much-needed relief from those others suffering from war, poverty, disease and disaster. Since 1993, the international...
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Green Alert Issued for Missing Manitowoc Vet - Vehicle Found in Lake Michigan
Authorities have issued a Green Alert for a missing Manitowoc veteran whose vehicle was found in Lake Michigan. 43-year-old Jason R. Neumann was reported missing on Tuesday after it's suspected he disappeared sometime on Monday. His vehicle was found later Tuesday in shallow waters offshore near the Village of Clevela...
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The Long, Mild Autumn Is Really Over Now - Get Ready for Snow
We all knew it couldn't last forever, and now the death knell is sounding for our extended mild autumn. Its demise comes as Old Man Winter settles in with the promise of a messy dose of slippery snow. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for all of eastern Wisconsin from Door County to the...
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Thanksgiving Means Altered Garbage & Recycling Schedule Next Week
With Thanksgiving coming up next Thursday, the Sheboygan DPW wants you to be aware of an altered collection schedule. There are no changes until Thursday when there won't be any collection. You can put your turkey bones and other trash out - along with recycling - on Friday when the Thursday route will be collected. ...
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Sports
NFL's massive ratings weather election season
The NFL's television ratings remained strong in the wake of the recent election season. An average of 17.5 million viewers have tuned in to an NFL game this season, which does not count international games carried by NFL Network or other exclusive bro...
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Women's Top 25 roundup: UConn's Geno Auriemma tops D-I wins list
Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men's or women's, on Wednesday night as No. 2 UConn beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41 in Storrs, Conn. Auriemma's 1,217th victory pushed him one win ...
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LPGA Awards: Nelly Korda takes top two honors
Nelly Korda capped her best season by capturing the top two honors on Wednesday at the Rolex LPGA Awards in Naples, Fla. The 26-year-old Florida native received the Rolex Player of the Year Award and the Rolex Annika Major Award, which goes to the maj...
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UConn's Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest D-I coach
Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men's or women's, on Wednesday night as No. 2 UConn beat Fairleigh Dickinson 85-41 in Storrs, Conn. Auriemma's 1,217th victory pushed him one win ...
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76ers' Paul George injures left leg, exits game at Grizzlies
Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers was injured in the opening seconds of the third quarter of Wednesday's game against host Memphis and taken to the locker room. George, 34, appeared to suffer a left leg injury with 11:21 left in the third after gr...
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State News
Greta Neubauer Re-Elected as Assembly Minority Leader
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The Democrat leader in the Wisconsin Assembly will return to her post. Racine Representative Greta Neubauer was unanimously elected to another term as Assembly Minority Leader Tuesday. Neubauer has led Assembly Democrats since 2021. The Assembly Democratic Caucus gained 10 seats in the fall el...
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Mike Gableman Accused of Ethics Violations by State Lawyer Review Board
MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- The agency in charge of monitoring Wisconsin lawyers accuses a former State Supreme Court justice of multiple ethics violations. Political watchdog group, LawForward, filed that complaint with The Office of Lawyer Regulation against Mike Gableman for his part in an investigation of the 2020 pr...
Nov 19, 2024
Dahmer Defense Attorney Gerald Boyle Dead at 88
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- An attorney who defended Jeffrey Damher has died. Gerald Boyle defended Milwaukee's infamous serial killer at his 1992 trial. His daughter Bridget posted to social media on Tuesday that her father died Sunday at age 88, writing that Boyle "dedicated his life to the relentless pursuit of...
Nov 19, 2024
Wisconsin Hunters See Big Rise in Bear Harvest as Numbers Rebound from Last Year
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Wisconsin bear hunters saw a record harvest this fall with more than 4,000 bears taken. The Wisconsin DNR preliminary reports say 4,285 were harvested during the five-week season, a rebound from the below-average harvest of 2,922 bears taken during last fall's bear season. "Several factors likely le...
Nov 19, 2024
State Releases Report Cards: 94% Public School Districts Meet or Exceed Expectations
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction published school and district accountability report cards for the 2023-24 school year Tuesday. The DPI publishes school and district report cards annually, as required by Wis. Stat. 115.385. Report cards include data for multiple school years across four pri...
Nov 19, 2024
National News
New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal
By William James, Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie BAKU (Reuters) -The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh options for the COP29 summit's primary goal of agreeing how much money richer countries should provide poorer ones to help them...
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Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wednesday, after Republican President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to lead the agencies that have become the tip of the spear ...
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Duct-taped banana goes for $6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 million on Wednesday to cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun, Sotheby's said, furthering the universal conversation about ...
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US says 13.5 tons of deadly gas released at Texas refinery in Oct incident
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Wednesday that 27,000 pounds (13.5 tons) of deadly hydrogen sulfide gas was released at Pemex's Deer Park, Texas, refinery on Oct. 10, causing the deaths of two contract...
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US arrests homeless man in New York Stock Exchange bomb plot
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement on Wednesday arrested a homeless Florida man and charged him with plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange after an undercover employee recorded him saying, "I feel like Bin Laden," federal offi...
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World News
Former UK deputy PM Prescott dies, PA Media says
(Reuters) - John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, has died, PA Media reported on Thursday, citing his family. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday modified a ban on U.S. airlines operating in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, issuing a notice which permits flights over northern parts of the country, including the ci...
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Malaysian man to be publicly caned at mosque for Islamic crime of close proximity
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A 42-year-old father of five faces a public caning at a mosque in Malaysia after being convicted of the Islamic crime of 'khalwat', or close proximity between unmarried couples, for the third time, a state official and medi...
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New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal
By William James, Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie BAKU (Reuters) -The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh options for the COP29 summit's primary goal of agreeing how much money richer countries should provide poorer ones to help them...
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Mexico's lower house votes to abolish autonomous bodies
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most of the autonomous bodies that regulate some economic sectors and ensure government transparency, a reform that could worsen tension wit...
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Health News
Novartis raises annual sales guidance until 2028
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis on Thursday raised its medium-term sales guidance, predicting 6% annual growth through 2028, driven by strong momentum of launched drugs and the prospect of upcoming market introductions. The Swiss drugmaker was previ...
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Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. The brain chip star...
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for biliary tract cancer treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals' drug for the treatment of a type of biliary tract cancer, the company said on Wednesday. The drug zanidatamab-hrii, sold under the brand name Ziihera, is approved for use i...
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Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wedne...
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Kura Oncology to partner with Kyowa Kirin for blood cancer therapy
(Reuters) - Kura Oncology said on Wednesday it will collaborate with Japan's Kyowa Kirin to develop and commercialize the blood cancer therapy ziftomenib. Kura will lead the development of the drug, which is currently being evaluated for the treatm...
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Science News
Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for a device designed to give paralysed individuals the ability to use digital devices simply by thinking. The brain chip star...
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Scientists announce progress toward ambitious atlas of human cells
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as they make progress toward the goal of completing a biological atlas of every cell type in the body to better understand huma...
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Is climate change making tropical storms more frequent? Scientists say it's unclear
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes in the Atlantic are raising questions about the impact that climate change is having on tropical storms across the globe. ...
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Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists working in an international collaboration have tracked how the structure of the cosmos has grown over the past 11 billion years, providing the most precise test to date of how gravity behaves at very...
Nov 20, 2024
Spacex launches sixth Starship rocket from Texas
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump watched in person. The roughly 400-foot-tall (122-meter-tall) ...
Nov 19, 2024
Technology News
Exclusive-Huawei aims to mass-produce newest AI chip in early 2025, despite US curbs
By Fanny Potkin (Reuters) - China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in the first quarter of 2025, even as it struggles to make enough chips due to U.S. restrictions, said two people familiar with ...
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Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and take a range of other measures to end its monopoly on searching the internet, U.S. prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesd...
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BOJ's Ueda warns AI could bring new financial stability risks
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday central banks must be mindful that technological advances, such as in the area of artificial intelligence (AI), could bring new risks to financial stability. The growin...
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Bitcoin breaks $95,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin's march toward $100,000 made further ground on Thursday as investors bet a friendlier U.S. regulatory approach to cryptocurrencies under President-elect Donald Trump will unleash a boom era for the asset class. Bitcoin...
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Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's centre-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ban social media for children under 16 and proposed fines of up to A$49.5 million ($32 million) for social media platforms ...
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Entertainment News
Cirque du Soleil picks Berlin for first permanent European show
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil will kick off its first permanent European show next year in Berlin's central Potsdamer Platz, the Canadian circus company announced on Wednesday, promising a production that would push the boundaries of the imag...
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Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates
(Reuters) -Comcast plans to divest the bulk of its once-coveted NBCUniversal cable TV assets, including MSNBC and CNBC, as the rising dominance of streaming platforms relegates legacy media businesses to the cutting room floor. Shares of the company r...
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'Rust' gets low-key debut, honours cinematographer killed on set
By Malgorzata Wojtunik TORUN, Poland (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin's Western "Rust" premiered at a low-key Polish film festival on Wednesday, three years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died when Baldwin pointed a gun at her, in Hollywood's first ...
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One Direction stars join mourners at Liam Payne's funeral
By Ben Makori AMERSHAM, England (Reuters) - The former members of boy band "One Direction" were among the mourners at the funeral of their band mate Liam Payne on Wednesday, just over a month after he died aged 31. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall H...
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Indonesia can reach net zero emissions before 2050, president says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is optimistic it can reach net zero emissions before 2050, a decade earlier than previously targeted, President Prabowo Subianto told a G20 forum, Prabowo also said Indonesia planned to retire all coal and fossil-fuel-...
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