Sheboygan is moving to end an agreement for a proposed downtown hotel project that is nearly five months behind schedule. A city committee recommended terminating the deal after the developer failed to provide proof of financing or a construction start date. The 104-room hotel was planned for North Eighth Street and On...

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services reports a large increase in confirmed measles cases in Iowa and Lafayette counties -- up from two, to 15 confirmed and six probables as of Thursday morning. Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer in the Bureau of Communicable Diseases, says the rapid emergence of cases a...

Plymouth FFA members have earned top honors at the Wisconsin State Fair. Adam Bindl took first in his dairy class and earned Reserve Grand Champion with a Red and White heifer, while Olivia Kohlman won her crossbred gilt class in the swine show. Several other Plymouth students also placed, with school officials praisin...

The second annual Sheboygan Film Festival returns this fall, bringing independent films and filmmakers to the city. Opening night is October first at the Weill Center, beginning with a red-carpet reception at six. The festival's full 2026 schedule will be announced September 12th at 3 Sheeps Brewing. Opening-night tick...

The current Moderate Drought in Sheboygan County has expanded slightly, around 3%, since last week, with the National Drought Monitor listing 86.5% of the County under those conditions, with the remainder classified as Abnormally Dry. Less than a half inch of rain was experienced on average during the past week while h...

The Seattle Seahawks are in agreement with Devon Witherspoon on a four-year, $132 million extension that ​makes him the highest-paid cornerback ‌in NFL history, ESPN reported Saturday. The deal reportedly includes more than $101 million in guaranteed ...

Seattle Seahawks defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence plans to retire following the 2026 season, his 13th in the NFL. The ​five-time Pro Bowl selection told a ‌Yahoo Sports reporter on Friday that "this will be my last year." Lawrence, 34, won the Super B...

The St. Louis Cardinals promoted slugger Joshua Baez to make his major league debut on ​Saturday against the rival ‌Cubs in Chicago. The 23-year-old outfielder leads all Triple-A batters with 34 home runs and 90 RBIs through 103 games this ‌season ​at...

Tennessee starting safety Edrees Farooq will miss the 2026 season after sustaining a torn patellar tendon ​on Friday. A school spokesman confirmed the ‌extent of Farooq's right knee injury to ESPN on Saturday. "We stand with Edrees and support him as...

The Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly signed defensive tackle Keeanu Benton to a ​four-year, $72 million extension. ESPN ‌reported Friday night that the deal would make Benton the highest-paid interior defensive lineman ‌in ​franchise history ⁠at $18 mil...

By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Five people were shot outside Virginia ​State University residence halls ‌early Saturday, and one person was in a critical condition, according to Chesterfield County ‌Police. • ​Police responded to ⁠a rep...

JAKARTA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Indonesia's North ​Sumatra province on ‌Saturday, but there was no tsunami threat and no immediate reports of ‌aftershocks ​and damages, ⁠the country's meteorology ⁠agency BMKG said. The qua...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft to tackle a record wildfire ​in eastern Belgium, the bloc's crisis commissioner ‌said on Saturday, after Belgium requested emergency...

By Nathan Layne BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Two years after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump staged a New Jersey press conference flanked by grocery staples to spotlight inflation under Democrats, food prices are still risi...

By Danielle Broadway Anaheim, CALIFORNIA, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has revealed the star-studded cast of the upcoming "X-Men" film at Disney's D23 fan event in California. The biennial D23 gathering is Disney's biggest sh...

Aug 15 (Reuters) - Yemen's Mocha port has suspended commercial and maritime operations after being hit by more than 25 ​missiles in Houthi attacks over recent ‌days, the port's director said on Saturday. The attacks killed seven people and caused an es...

MILAN, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Sicily's Catania airport has restarted flights, ​it said on ‌Saturday, after authorities downgraded to orange from red the aviation alert ‌colour ​of ⁠Mount Etna's recent ⁠volcanic activity. Ash from Etna's eruptions have forc...

KYIV, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Saturday its long-range strikes had hit a Russian military airfield and a rocket centre that Kyiv says supports Russia's nascent Starlink-style satellite internet network. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Flam...

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Aug 15 (Reuters) - The European Union deployed three helicopters and two water bomber aircraft to tackle a record wildfire ​in eastern Belgium, the bloc's crisis commissioner ‌said on Saturday, after Belgium requested emergency...

By Julia Symmes Cobb and Sarah Morland CALI, Colombia, Aug 15 (Reuters) - At a flattened apartment block known as Los Cocos in northern Venezuela, civilians toiled with little support to pull the living and the dead from the rubble. In neighboring Colo...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there were 2,566 confirmed measles cases in the country ​so far this year, expanding the highest ‌annual total in more than 35 years. Here are some details: • The ove...

By Kunal Das and Puyaan Singh Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioactive agent from Lantheus Holdings for use in brain scans to help assess ​patients for Alzheimer's disease, the company said on Friday. The agen...

By Nancy Lapid Aug 14 (Reuters) - We also report on a flavoring chemical in e-cigarettes that damages human embryo cells in lab experiments. BLOOD TEST MAY FIND PRE-CANCEROUS COLORECTAL LESIONS An experimental blood test for detecting colorectal cancer...

By Kamal Choudhury Aug 14 (Reuters) - Capricor Therapeutics shares surged 70% on Friday after the company said the U.S. health regulator is willing to review new data on its experimental Duchenne ​muscular dystrophy drug. The stock had crashed last mon...

DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread ​to a sixth province, ‌Bas-Uele, located in the northeast of the country, the communications ministry said on Friday, officially confirming ‌a ​case discovered earl...

By Enea Lebrun and Stefanie Eschenbacher PANAMA BAY, Panama, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrient-rich waters off Peru and Chile are appearing far outside their usual range in Panama Bay as a powerful El Niño warms the eas...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. rocket company Astra Space is seeking to raise $250 million at a $1 billion valuation in a funding round expected to close ​this quarter, CEO Chris Kemp said in an interview, ‌as the company looks to...

By Akash Sriram and Suzanne McGee Aug 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet's early bet on SpaceX has multiplied more than 100-fold, with the Google parent disclosing a stake worth about $94 billion at the end of June, up from a $900 million investment in Elon Musk'...

By Corina Pons, Tom Little and David Latona MADRID/REYKJAVIK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Spectators across Spain watched in wonder, some whipping off their protective glasses and rising to their feet in unison, as a rare total solar eclipse swept across the no...

BERLIN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A peek inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, researchers at the University of ​Vienna have found, providing what they said ‌was the first ever evidence of such an ability. ...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nvidia has downsized plans ​for a $250 ‌billion guarantee for an OpenAI data center, ‌the ​Wall ⁠Street Journal ⁠reported on Friday, citing people familiar with ​the matter. The revised plan ⁠would ⁠lower Nvidia's ​financial guarante...

By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. is preparing to tell dozens of countries they must pick sides in the artificial intelligence race with China, warning they will be excluded from a U.S.-led AI coalition if they also sign up for...

By Lawrence Delevingne and Pete Schroeder Aug 14 (Reuters) - A national U.S. bank regulator on Friday conditionally approved a bank charter application linked to President Donald Trump and his family's crypto venture, World Liberty Financial, effective...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Tiger Global Management trimmed several of its Big Tech stakes, exited Netflix, and took positions in Advanced Micro Devices and SpaceX during ​the second quarter, according to regulatory disclosures filed ‌Friday. Here are more deta...

Aug 14 (Reuters) - Joshua Kushner's Thrive Capital held Amazon shares worth about $215 million as of the end of June, ​a regulatory filing showed on Friday, ‌adding to the venture capital firm's list of tech and AI investments. Known for its early inve...

BENGALURU, Aug 14 (Reuters) - An Indian appeals tribunal granted Zee Entertainment partial relief from a securities ​market ban on Friday, allowing ‌the television broadcaster to proceed with a fundraise through an issue of warrants. Here are some deta...

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Singer and actor Selena Gomez was sued on Thursday by investors who say ​the "Only Murders in the Building" star committed ‌fraud by failing to fulfill duties to build and promote her mental health start...

BRASILIA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's data protection authority ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to suspend livestreaming features, citing failures to protect children ​and teens from exposure to content ‌promoting violence, self-harm and suicide. AN...

By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Bella Ramsey tackles a wide range of emotions in "Sunny Dancer", a comedy-drama about a summer camp for teenagers affected by cancer. "The Last of Us" star plays Ivy, an ​isolated 17-year-old in remission fro...

By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Director Dave Green told Reuters it was a "crazy miracle" that the live-action animated Looney Tunes comedy "Coyote Vs. Acme" finally secured a 2026 release date after being shelved in 2023. "We saw ...