Oct. 28 (UPI) — The U.S. Senate voted for the 13th time and failed to reopen the government Tuesday. Democrats won’t back down from their insistence on funding for health care, and Republicans won’t agree to it. The government shutdown is on Day 28. Senators voted 54-45 on the funding patch that would fund the…
1 of 4 | A sellout crowd of 62,000 jam Candlestick Park for the last Giants game at that venue on September 30, 1999. On October 28, 1989, the ballpark was the site of the Oakland A’s World Series sweep of the Giants. The series had been delayed by the deadly Lo Prieta earthquake and…
The logo of American semiconductor company Qualcomm on display in March at the 2025 Smart City Summit and Expo in Taipei, Taiwan. On Monday, U.S.-based Qualcomm said its Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 mobile chip set will offer a 36% CPU performance boost and its Adreno GPU upgrades will deliver a 59% faster user experience. File…
PORT-AU-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago — A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago’s capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro. The arrival of the USS Gravely, a guided missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation adds to aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is…
WASHINGTON — Trade tensions between the United States and China appeared to cool on Sunday ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, with the Chinese government suggesting that a mutual understanding had been reached between the world’s two largest economies. The talks followed China placing limits on the exporting of…
CHIPPEWA FALLS (WQOW) – A bill passed in the state legislature would require school districts to ban cell phones during class. The Chippewa Falls Area Unified School District is already seeing success of a similar policy. The bill would require school boards to adopt policies banning the use of personal cell phones and other personal devices…
TEXAS — According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, we’ll soon see the end of an era for the penny. A Texas coin dealer and financial expert shared their two cents on whether to save or cash in that big penny stash. What You Need To Know The Treasury Department announced in May that…
Oct. 16 (UPI) — The Columbia, S.C., field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has established a digital tip website seeking information about a bar shooting in St. Helena Island on Sunday that killed four people. “Anyone with cellphone video or any other multimedia recordings of the incident is encouraged to upload media to…
COPYRIGHT 2025 BY NEWS 8 NOW/NEWS 8000. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. The Brief • Wisconsin legislators passed a bill requiring public school boards to ban wireless communication devices during class time • Local Coulee Region schools like G-E-T and Aquinas already have phone…
Bill banning cell phone use in schools passes Senate MADISON (WKOW) — The Wisconsin State Senate returned Tuesday for the first time since its budget approval in early July. Among the bills passed during Tuesday’s session was one concerning the use of phones by kids during school hours. Senate Bill 29, which…