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 THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.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…
Oct. 13 (UPI) — SpaceX on Monday launched the 11th flight test of its Starship, the two-stage, heavy-lift launch vehicle designed to take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars. Liftoff was at 6:23 p.m. CT at the company’s Starbase compound in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico and about 20 miles from…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — As food prices continue to rise across the United States, more people say the cost of healthy food makes it difficult to eat well, according to new data from the Pew Research Center. Health experts and consumers alike are confronting the growing challenge of balancing nutrition with affordability. What You Need To…
UNITED NATIONS — The United States clashed with Venezuela and its allies at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Friday, with the Trump administration vowing to use its “full might” to eradicate drug cartels and the Maduro government saying it anticipates “an armed attack.” What You Need To Know The United States…
It can be hard to know where to watch what you want to watch. Now, Spectrum is offering its customers a new way to simplify what can oftentimes feel like a complicated process. Thursday, Spectrum – the parent company of Spectrum News – unveiled its Spectrum App Store, a digital marketplace aimed at making it…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., in September. Kennedy said Thursday a link between circumcision and autism is “highly likely.” File Photo by Francis Chungg/UPI | License Photo Oct. 9 (UPI) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert, F. Kennedy…
Oct. 8 (UPI) — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by four former Twitter executives, whom he fired after taking ownership of the social media site. The four executives were fired in 2022 after Musk purchased Twitter, which he renamed X, but they did not receive more than $128 million…
Oct. 8 (UPI) — Mike Bezos, father of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has appointed Chilean executive Valeria Alberola as the new CEO of his family office, Aurora Borealis, a Miami-based firm created in 2020 to manage the family’s estimated $40 million fortune. Alberola holds a degree in economics and business from the School of Economics…
A Tesla Model Y car is on display inside a new Tesla car showroom in Mumbai, India, in July. Some Elon Musk teasers on X seem to announce a new vehicle for Tuesday. File Photo by Divyakant Solanki/EPA Oct. 6 (UPI) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk made two posts on X that appear to tease…