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Magicians perform death-defying stunts, record escapes to celebrate Harry Houdini
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A magician's dream in Appleton on Thursday morning. Hundreds of magic enthusiasts descended upon ...
Jul 02, 2026
Packers looking for funny phrases and witty one-liners in 'Give Us a Sign' contest
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The Green Bay Packers launched the 5th annual 'Give Us a Sign' contest. The contest gives Packer...
Jul 02, 2026
New sales premier resort area tax targeting tourists takes effect in Sturgeon Bay
STURGEON BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- A new sales tax took effect in Sturgeon Bay on Wednesday. An extra half of a percent will sta...
Jul 02, 2026
Shawano police investigate child's death after pond incident at mini golf course
SHAWANO, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Shawano police say they are investigating the death of a five-year-old girl. Around 8 p.m. Wednesd...
Jul 02, 2026
Tricks and illusions follow nationwide magicians to Appleton
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) -- While the nation gets ready to celebrate 250 years of America this weekend, America's magicians are al...
Jul 02, 2026
Local
Woman in 'Santa Muerte' stabbing case sentenced to time served, 4 years probation
MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - A woman who invoked "Santa Muerte" -- the Saint of Death -- after being arrested for a ...
Jul 02, 2026
Woman pleads not guilty to fatal drug-related Calumet County crash
CHILTON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Abigail Wilcox pleaded not guilty Thursday to homicide by vehicle with use of a controlled substanc...
Jul 02, 2026
Woman to spend time in prison for crashing into Grand Chute home
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) - Andi Anthony was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for crashing a vehicle into a Grand Ch...
Jul 02, 2026
EPA proposes plan for dealing with contamination at former WPS site
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a long-term plan to control and monitor co...
Jul 02, 2026
Appleton dump truck crash victim identified
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) -- Appleton Police identified the victim of the June 18th fatal dump truck turnover crash as 61-year...
Jul 02, 2026
Local Sports
Milwaukee Brewers lose to Diamondbacks, lose Woodruff
(WNFL) - The Milwaukee Brewers lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 in Arizona on Saturday night but also lost starting pitch...
10h ago
Future Badgers hockey headed to World Junior Summer Showcase
(UW ATHLETICS) - Incoming Wisconsin men's hockey freshman forward Brent Solomon was among 47 skaters invited to the 2026 Worl...
10h ago
Green Bay Rockers can't handle Dock Spiders
(GREEN BAY ROCKERS) -Fond du Lac's bats were too much for the Rockers pitching staff to handle as Green Bay dropped the first...
10h ago
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers blanked by Peoria Chiefs
(WISCONSIN TIMBER RATTLERS) PEORIA, IL - The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers got another strong start from Jayden Dubanewicz, but t...
10h ago
Milwaukee Brewers top Arizona in 11
(WNFL) - Jackson Chourio hit an infield single and Arizona pitcher Ryan Thompson threw the ball away on the same play to scor...
Jul 04, 2026
National Sports
Mitchell Robinson: 'Moment of frustration' resulted in hand injury
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Tennis-Auger-Aliassime labels injury rule a disgrace after stormy win
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Tennis-Gauff beats Bencic and a curfew to reach first Wimbledon quarters
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Soccer-Haaland double as Norway stun Brazil to reach World Cup quarter-finals
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Soccer-Belgium's Garcia says FIFA decision on Balogun from 'April Fool's Day'
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National
Soccer-Shelter order in place at Azteca Stadium ahead of Mexico v England game
MEXICO CITY, July 5 (Reuters) - A shelter in place order was issued before the Mexico v England World Cup last-16 cl...
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Michigan Democrat drops out of US Senate primary
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow suspended her Democratic campaig...
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Soccer-FIFA makes U-turn to clear Balogun for US v Belgium World Cup clash following call from Trump
By Rohith Nair MIAMI/SEATTLE, July 5 (Reuters) - United States striker Folarin Balogun is available for the World Cup last-16...
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Motor racing-F1 drivers amuse British GP crowd with Lego car chaos
By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England, July 5 (Reuters) - Formula One drivers took to the track in cars built of Lego bricks f...
9h ago
At least eight shot, including four children, in New York, ABC News reports
July 5 (Reuters) - At least eight people, including four children, were shot and injured late on the U.S. Independence Day...
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World
UK tightens rules on overseas political donations to stop 'dodgy funding'
LONDON, July 6 (Reuters) - Britain tightened its rules on overseas political donations on Monday, as part of efforts to stop ...
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Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 3,342
July 5 (Reuters) - The death toll from Venezuela's twin quakes has risen to 3,342, according to numbers released by ...
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More than 100 detained as leftist groups hold anti-NATO protests in Turkey
(Fixes typographical error in TKP secretary general's name in paragraph 6) ANKARA, July 5 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities det...
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White supremacists' July 4 march counts as free speech in 'messy democracy,' Interior Secretary Burgum says
By Dan Catchpole July 5 (Reuters) - Federal officials had no reason to stop a white supremacist group's July 4 rally in Washi...
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Trump to meet leaders of Ukraine, Syria alongside NATO summit
By Steve Holland and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Ukrainian Presid...
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Business
Samsung likely to post 18-fold jump in profit on surging AI demand for memory
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL, July 6 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics is likely to estimate that its operating profit jumped about 1...
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EasyJet's flight path from start-up to takeover deal
July 5 (Reuters) - A £5.50 billion ($7.34 billion) deal for U.S. investment firm Castlelake to acquire British budget a...
2h ago
UK budget airline easyJet ready to accept $7.3 billion takeover bid from Castlelake
July 5 (Reuters) - British budget airline easyJet has agreed in principle to a sweetened takeover bid from U.S. investment fi...
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OPEC+ approves further oil output increase as Hormuz exports start to recover
By Alex Lawler, Ahmad Ghaddar and Olesya Astakhova LONDON, July 5 (Reuters) - OPEC+ has agreed a further increase in output t...
13h ago
Foxconn second-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on geopolitics
TAIPEI, July 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported a 39.8% year-on-year ri...
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Politics
Trump called FIFA head to seek review of US player red card: source
WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump called FIFA President Gianni Infantino earlier this week ...
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US Supreme Court to hear gun, LGBT, voting rights cases in next term
By Nate Raymond and Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court, fresh off a momentous term, already ha...
13h ago
Trump Accounts to debut as US kicks off 250th Independence Day celebrations
By Manya Saini July 4 (Reuters) - After months of fanfare, President Donald Trump's administration will launch its flagship c...
Jul 04, 2026
Trump gives campaign-style July 4 speech on National Mall for US 250th anniversary
By Andy Sullivan and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump marked the 250th anniversary of the ...
Jul 04, 2026
Trump pardons 11, most for violating Clean Air Act
July 3 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, a White House official said, all but tw...
Jul 04, 2026
Health
Australia's New South Wales confirms H5N1 bird flu case, third state
SYDNEY, July 5 (Reuters) - New South Wales became Australia's third state to confirm a case of H5N1 bird flu after authoritie...
22h ago
For one small business, AI was key to a quick start and expansion
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - Here Now Health isn't an AI-based company, but its quick path from an idea...
Jul 04, 2026
Congo says number of confirmed Ebola cases rises to 1,502
July 3 (Reuters) - The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increa...
Jul 03, 2026
Brazil moves to meet EU antimicrobial rules, seeks to avoid export ban
SAO PAULO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's Agriculture Ministry has adjusted export controls for meat and derivatives to meet ...
Jul 03, 2026
Top court rules France must recognise children born from surrogacy abroad
By Inti Landauro PARIS, July 3 (Reuters) - France's top court ruled on Friday that children born through surrogacy abroad sho...
Jul 03, 2026
Science
Satellite rescue mission to NASA orbiting observatory postponed
By Joey Roulette and Steve Gorman WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) - Weather and technical snags have forced NASA and its partner...
Jul 02, 2026
Here's why the South Pole froze over before the North Pole
By Will Dunham July 2 (Reuters) - While it once was temperate and lush, Earth's southernmost continent Antarctica froze over ...
Jul 02, 2026
Unclear if French musketeer d'Artagnan's bones were found, research shows
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - A skeleton found beneath a Maastricht church this year could not be conclusiv...
Jul 02, 2026
India's Skyroot Aerospace readies country's first private orbital rocket launch
July 2 (Reuters) - Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace said on Thursday it was preparing for the launch of its Vikram-1 ...
Jul 02, 2026
Astrobotic, Firefly, Intuitive Machines win more NASA moon lander missions
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - NASA on Tuesday awarded $590 million worth of contracts to Astrobotic, Firef...
Jun 30, 2026
Technology
Foxconn second-quarter revenue jumps, company cautions on geopolitics
TAIPEI, July 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, reported a 39.8% year-on-year ri...
15h ago
Fermi CEO Neugebauer suspends proxy campaign after judge's recusal
July 3 (Reuters) - Toby Neugebauer, the co-founder and largest shareholder of energy and data center development company F...
Jul 03, 2026
Tesla rolls out robotaxi service in Miami
July 3 (Reuters) - Tesla said on Friday its robotaxi was available in Miami, as the electric vehicle maker looks to ...
Jul 03, 2026
AI hiring outpaces overall IT recruitment in India, report shows
BENGALURU, July 3 - Hiring for AI roles within India's IT sector outpaced overall recruitment within the industry last month,...
Jul 03, 2026
Analysis-Argentina's plan for AI-run companies can't avoid humans
By Leila Miller and Kenrick Cai BUENOS AIRES, July 3 (Reuters) - Argentine President Javier Milei generated both excitement a...
Jul 03, 2026
Entertainment
Soccer-What's in a song? The story behind the music playing at World Cup stadiums
By Rosalba O'Brien NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Watching the World Cup and hearing the music in the stadium may have left you...
13h ago
A Minute With: Christopher Nolan on telling the epic 'Odyssey' story on the big screen
By Rollo Ross NEW YORK, July 5 (Reuters) - Filmmaker Christopher Nolan follows up his Oscar-winning blockbuster "Oppenhe...
13h ago
Adam Sandler, Swift's and Kelce's brothers play key wedding roles
By Lisa Richwine July 3 (Reuters) - Adam Sandler, the comic actor known for goofball roles in movies such as "Billy Madi...
Jul 04, 2026
It's a love story: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married
By Maria Tsvetkova and Nathan Layne NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Pop music megastar Taylor Swift and football player Travis K...
Jul 03, 2026
California man admits sending fake ransom notes in Nancy Guthrie abduction
By Steve Gorman July 2 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles-area man pleaded guilty to felony harassment charges in federal court on Thu...
Jul 02, 2026
