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Jacobs to be taken off NFL Commissioner Exempt List
NEW YORK (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The National Football League has notified Josh Jacobs of the Green Bay Packers that he will be remove...
Oct 16, 2026
Medical examiner testifies about 7-year-old Ethan Hauschultz's autopsy
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Ethan Hauschultz died from hypothermia. That was the conclusion of the Milwaukee County medical ...
Oct 16, 2026
FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers to open in Menasha, Grand Chute for tornado victims
(WRAQ-WLUK) -- Those looking for help in applying for federal aid from the July tornado in the Fox Valley can visit a Disaste...
Oct 16, 2026
Appleton tax bills will include private school voucher costs; debate 'more than that'
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton's Common Council wants you to know where your tax money is going. It passed a resolution...
Oct 16, 2026
Popular restaurant Wendt's on the Lake to close
VAN DYNE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A staple on the western shore of Lake Winnebago is closing. The Wendt's on the Lake restaurant wi...
Oct 16, 2026
Local
Tribes want lawsuit over online sports betting dismissed
(WTAQ-WLUK) -- Eight of the state's Native American tribes have asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging their ability ...
Oct 16, 2026
Popular restaurant Wendt's on the Lake to close
VAN DYNE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A staple on the western shore of Lake Winnebago is closing. The Wendt's on the Lake restaurant wi...
Oct 16, 2026
2 deer test positive for CWD on the Menominee Reservation
KESHENA, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Two deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease on the Menominee Reservation. The Menomi...
Oct 16, 2026
Brewers secure spot in World Series
MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ-WRN) -- A four-run lead wasn't enough for the Los Angeles Dodgers to avoid a sweep in the National League...
Oct 16, 2026
De Pere holds grand opening for 550 William & first-ever parking ramp
DE PERE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The city of De Pere held a grand opening and ribbon cutting this afternoon for the 550 William Apa...
Oct 16, 2026
Local Sports
State college football schedule
Wisconsin at UCLA St. Norbert at Benedictine University, Lisle, Ill (1 p.m.) UW-Oshkosh at UW-Eau Claire, 1 p.m. UW-Stevens P...
Oct 17, 2026
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Bucks change season opener start time
(MILWAUKEE BUCKS) - The Milwaukee Bucks have moved their 2026-27 regular season home opener against the Chicago Bulls from 7...
Oct 16, 2026
Wisconsin's elk season opens Saturday
(DNR) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources celebrates the start of the 2026 elk hunting season on Saturday, Oct. 1...
Oct 16, 2026
Green Bay Packers defense to face a dynamic Dallas offense on Sunday
(LEARFIELD) - Sunday night the Green Bay Packers will try to move to 4-2 on the season when they face the Dallas Cowboys. Pac...
Oct 16, 2026
Milwaukee Bucks close out pre-season tonight vs Indiana
(LEARFIELD) - There's a lot riding on tonight's final exhibition game for the Milwaukee Bucks. The team has to trim its roste...
Oct 16, 2026
National Sports
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert touts successes as tenure winds down
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Boxing-Figueroa withdraws from Kameda fight due to illness after losing WBA featherweight title
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Swimming-Walsh surprised by 50m freestyle short course world record
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Florida State RB Ousmane Kromah carted off with ankle injury
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Ryan Blaney's pole run at Phoenix sets up major Chase opportunity
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National
Woodside natural gas project unit paused after Greenpeace protest off Western Australia
By Samuel McKeith SYDNEY, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Woodside said operations remained paused on Sunday at a floating production unit...
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Two killed, including 6-year-old, when truck drives through Kansas youth soccer game, police say
By Karen Freifeld and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A truck drove into a youth soccer game in Wichita, Kansas, l...
8h ago
Hurricane Trudy gains strength near Mexico's coast, but is expected to weaken by Sunday
MEXICO CITY, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Hurricane Trudy gained some strength as it moved toward Mexico's western coast on Saturday, w...
16h ago
Trump faults aides as Republican midterm prospects dim
By Nandita Bose, Bo Erickson and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is blaming senior aides ...
20h ago
Exotic species appear off California thanks to an unusually strong El Niño
By Daniel Trotta and Matt Silverstein DANA POINT, Calif., Oct 17 (Reuters) - The longfin bigeye fish was spotted in Californi...
20h ago
World
German police investigate fence breach at Leipzig airport
FRANKFURT, Oct 18 (Reuters) - German police said on Sunday that they were investigating a breach at the Leipzig/Hall...
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Lithuania told residents to go to shelters after detecting a flying object
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Lithuania told residents in central and northern parts of the country t...
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Vietnam signs free-trade pact with European countries including Norway, Switzerland
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein have signed a free-trade agreement with Vietnam, the gov...
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Festival crush in Indian city of Kolkata kills at least 17, local media say
Oct 17 (Reuters) - A crush at a religious festival in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata killed at least 17 people a...
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Rubio heads to Central Asia while other US officials hit foreign policy hot spots
By Gram Slattery and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - While the Iran war smolders, Saudi Arabia fights the Houthis ...
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Business
Analysis-High debt, growing strains put focus on need for new development approaches
By Andrea Shalal and Rae Wee BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - High debt levels, rising debt-service costs and a sharp drop in offi...
15h ago
Bank of Canada sees sharply higher inflation outlook as oil surges, Macklem says
By Promit Mukherjee OTTAWA, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The Bank of Canada expects to raise its quarterly inflation forecast significa...
16h ago
AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost US GDP, Anthropic's Clark tells policymakers
By David Lawder BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Rapidly improving artificial intelligence capabilities will bring far faster chan...
21h ago
ECB's Lagarde says bond selloff will slow inflation
By Francesco Canepa BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A selloff in bonds is making borrowing more expensive in the euro zone, curbi...
22h ago
China AI supply-chain IPOs hold firm despite valuation pullback, Citi says
(Corrects spelling of Simon Yuan's surname throughout) By Selena Li Bangkok, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Listings of Chinese AI supply...
22h ago
Politics
Rubio says Trump to take up to 60 days to weigh Russia sanctions
By Nandita Bose and Gram Slattery Oct 17 (Reuters) - The day after waiving sanctions and tariffs related to Russian exports, ...
2h ago
Trump threatens California officials with imprisonment over stance on mail ballots
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The US Justice Department on Friday warned Los Angeles County and California el...
Oct 16, 2026
Trump mocks popularity of the name Mohammad, common among Muslims
By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh DALTON, Georgia, Oct 16 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump made a joke about the popul...
Oct 16, 2026
White House press secretary Zacharia fired in less than a week after facing criticism
By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - White House press secretary Katie Zacharia w...
Oct 16, 2026
Data centers may benefit from massive rural utility loan, US official says
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A record-breaking $3.3 billion loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to...
Oct 16, 2026
Health
Kenya confirms four new Ebola cases, bringing total number to seven
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Kenya confirmed four new cases of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus on Saturday, including three health workers w...
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India's food regulator proposes ban on added sugars in infant foods
Oct 17 (Reuters) - India's food safety regulator on Saturday proposed a ban on adding sucrose and fructose to food products f...
19h ago
Bangladesh is battling measles. It's a 'real warning' to other nations
By Ruma Paul, Jennifer Rigby, Sam Jahan and Zia Chowdhury SYLHET, Bangladesh, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Bangladesh is battling to co...
Oct 16, 2026
Novavax shareholder Shah Capital to step back from activist role
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Shah Capital, one of Novavax's top shareholders, said on Friday it no longer seeks to influence c...
Oct 16, 2026
Novartis ends mid-stage Fabhalta trial targeting serious kidney condition
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Novartis has terminated a mid-stage study testing its drug Fabhalta in patients with a ...
Oct 16, 2026
Science
Starlink disruptions are being felt on the front lines of Ukraine
By Sergiy Chalyi DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, Oct 16 (Reuters) - For one artillery unit fighting in eastern Ukraine, the US decis...
Oct 16, 2026
For fishermen, Britain's climate-driven octopus boom is an opportunity, and a threat
By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A surge in octopus numbers in British waters due to unusually warm seas is presen...
Oct 16, 2026
Blue Origin targets multiple New Glenn launches weekly by end of decade
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Blue Origin is targeting multiple flights per week of its New Glenn rocket by...
Oct 16, 2026
Newly identified green star leaves astronomers amazed
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Astronomers for the first time have identified a green star, documenting a dens...
Oct 16, 2026
Bones from Iraqi cave hint at violence and compassion in Neanderthals
By Will Dunham Oct 15 (Reuters) - The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq's Kurdistan region are offering evidence of ...
Oct 15, 2026
Technology
AI rapidly improving, could vastly boost US GDP, Anthropic's Clark tells policymakers
By David Lawder BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Rapidly improving artificial intelligence capabilities will bring far faster chan...
21h ago
China AI supply-chain IPOs hold firm despite valuation pullback, Citi says
(Corrects spelling of Simon Yuan's surname throughout) By Selena Li Bangkok, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Listings of Chinese AI supply...
22h ago
Hacker gets data on millions of California students, state education department says
Oct 16 (Reuters) - The California Department of Education said on Friday a hacker accessed the data of millions of students, ...
Oct 16, 2026
Anthropic signs lease for first Canadian data center
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Anthropic has signed a lease with EverWind for data center capacity at Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, marki...
Oct 16, 2026
Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers, Politico reports
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Anthropic representatives have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier...
Oct 16, 2026
Entertainment
Judge dismisses child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A state court judge in New Mexico on Friday dismissed charges of child sexua...
Oct 16, 2026
'Wild-eyed' comedian Russell Brand tried to drag me into toilets, woman tells UK court
By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - One of six women who accuse Russell Brand of sex offences told a London court on...
Oct 16, 2026
Netflix names former Disney executive Rice as new content chief as Bajaria departs
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Netflix said on Thursday it appointed former Disney executive Peter Rice as chief content officer, succ...
Oct 15, 2026
'Godfather' star Al Pacino to receive life achievement award from actors' guild
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Celebrated actor Al Pacino will receive a lifetime achievement award for...
Oct 15, 2026
'Whalefall' film dives deep into father-son bonds within a whale tale
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - For Austin Abrams, Disney's 20th Century Studios survival film "Wha...
Oct 15, 2026
