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A large snake believed to be lurking along a riverbank in Maine doesn't appear to be a fan of Donald Trump. 

Crews have rescued a man who became trapped between two buildings in Pittsburgh, reportedly after trying to jump from one rooftop to another to impress a woman he had just met. 

The disclosure that some pills found at Prince's Paisley Park home and studio were counterfeit and contained the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl strongly suggests the pills came to the superstar musician illegally. 

United States officials said today they are "deeply concerned" over the recent government crackdown on illegal drugs in the Philippines that has led to an alarming number of extrajudicial killings. Law enforcement officials in the Philippines put the estimate at nearly 1,800 suspects. 

When we head to the beach we fear riptides and sharks, but there is a much more common danger that can strike in as little as two feet of water and sends thousands to the emergency rooms each year. 

A rollover crash shut down a part of a Marathon County highway early Tuesday morning, according to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

WESTON (WAOW) -- The start of another Packers football season means the start of another season of Pack Attack!  

Transgender student's rights took the spotlight at a Wausau School board committee meeting Monday night.

As summer winds down and the temperature drops kids are getting ready to head back to school.

As a report by an education group shows school threats are on the rise, the principal of a Wausau high school discusses how the administration works to keep students safe.

More than 100 golfers teed off at the Greenwood Hills Country Club to raise money to send veterans on the trip of a lifetime. 

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- A federal judge has denied a last-minute attempt by professors to block a new Texas law that allows concealed handguns in college classrooms, buildings and dorms. 

A new study from the journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, and Prevention found that support from parents for the HPV vaccine is low, even though it protects from certain types of cancers. 

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) -- The Maryland attorney general's office says an alibi witness for a man whose murder conviction was re-examined in the popular "Serial" podcast told classmates more than 20 years ago she would lie to help him.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A federal appeals court says early voting in Wisconsin can continue.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon has processed $25.5 million in tax payments from recreational marijuana from January through the end of July. 

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) -- A Montana state agency's decision to award a $7 million tourism marketing contract to a Wisconsin firm is being criticized by some tourism industry officials.

MERRILL (WAOW) - More than a year after a Lincoln County highway worker was killed while flagging traffic with a stop sign, an 85-year-old Antigo woman faces a felony homicide charge for driving at least 51 mph before she plowed into him, according to a criminal complaint. 

The Marathon County Board's Health and Human Services Committee hears testimony Monday about the future of the three-county North Central Health Care Center.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Pittsburgh police say a mother left three children under the age of 4 alone at a hotel for up to three days. Thirty-two-year-old Tabatha Graczyk was jailed Monday on charges of endangering the children, who range in age from 8 months to 3 years old. Police say the Allegheny County Office of Children, Youth and Families alerted investigators to the situation Sunday. Authorities say the children were found alone in a room at a Days Inn. The children were taken...