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A House intelligence committee report is calling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a "serial exaggerator and fabricator" who doesn't fit the profile of a whistleblower.

A review of 15 years of death certificates has prompted a change in the ranking of dangerous childhood cancers.

Robby Gordon stood outside the Southern California home where his father and stepmother were found dead a day earlier. The man who had faced fear and danger in hundreds of elite auto races had to take a deep breath to hold...

Thursday, Governor Scott Walker finally spoke out on documents leaked earlier this week.

Thomas Jefferson Elementary School celebrated a $7.3 million renovation with an open house Thursday afternoon.

While in Plover Thursday afternoon, Governor Scott Walker announced more money for road work is in the budget plans for local governments.

Deandre Martin is charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through Marathon County on Wednesday night. 

A Missouri man considered a person of interest in his ex-girlfriend's 2007 disappearance remains in jail after being charged with burning another missing woman's SUV.

Two bullets were fired into a home in Wausau on Seventh Avenue around 1 a.m. early Thursday morning, and while neighbors were left on edge, the police do not have any leads yet. 

GRAND RAPIDS (WAOW) - A 42-year-old man is dead after being shot with a shotgun after a husband accused him of having an affair with his wife, according to Wood County court records filed Thursday.

As if figuring out how to slow down Vikings running back Adrian Peterson wasn't tough enough, the Green Bay Packers must prepare for two unique variables when they visit Minnesota this weekend.

MINOCQUA (WAOW) - The investigation of an empty pickup truck after it crashed into a tree led to finding three teenage juveniles reported as runaways from eastern Wisconsin and the arrest of two older teenagers on drug charges, Minocqua Police Chief David Jaeger said Thursday.

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- U.S. regulators are issuing an official recall of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 phone because of the risk that its batteries can explode or catch fire.

Edgar freshman Marissa Ellenbecker is one of those rare breeds that likes to run -- she's one of those cross country runners."It's not like you need rules and stuff," Ellenbecker said. "You just go out there and run."

A Native American high school student in California says a teacher lowered her and a friend's participation grades after they refused to stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Relatives of Sandra Bland, a black woman who died last summer in a Texas jail after a contentious traffic stop, have reached a $1.9 million settlement in their wrongful-death lawsuit, the family's attorney told a Houston television station Thursday.

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (WAOW) - A seven-woman, six-man jury found a 57-year old Wisconsin Rapids man guilty of second-degree wreckless homicide, for killing his brother two years ago.

GREEN BAY, Wis. —Green Bay Packers wide receiver Jordy Nelson is getting his own cereal.

WAUSAU (WAOW) - Graebel Van Lines notified the state Wednesday that it will lay off 50 workers at its downtown Wausau office, according to the state Department of Workforce Development.

Hyundai is recalling about 41,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because a software glitch can stop the vehicles from accelerating.