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FILE - One of the control rooms at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix is seen Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)

Not just Big Bird: Things to know about the Center for Public Broadcasting and how closing it affects Wisconsin

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest

FILE - A stuffed Cookie Monster is seated in a control room at the Arizona PBS offices at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Katie Oyan, File)

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Wall Street slumps and bond yields sink following weak hiring numbers and new tariffs

FILE - A cargo ship heads to Long Beach, Calif., in this June 19, 2025, file photo. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, files)

The Latest: US stock market and global trade partners react to Trump’s new tariffs

Sewing machines are lined up inside the empty Tzicc clothing factory following the threat of U.S.-imposed tariffs in Maseru, Lesotho, Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

The Latest: White House says Trump will soon sign order to impose new tariffs at midnight Friday

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A Series of Unforeseen Fishing Events

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event with President Donald Trump on improving Americans' access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The Latest: America's school children face Trump order to resume push-ups and pull-up

FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, on April 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Appellate judges question Trump's authority to impose tariffs without Congress

Palestinians rush to collect humanitarian aid airdropped into Zawaida in central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Trump envoy arrives in Israel for talks with Netanyahu

A man uses a cellphone to record musicians performing during Haight Street Daydream, a community event celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Grateful Dead, in San Francisco, Saturday, July 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vasquez)

Group toasts Grateful Dead's 60th with concerts at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park

FILE - The Food and Drug Administration seal is seen at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months

In this image taken from a video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service, rescuers inspect a kindergarten damaged by an earthquake in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)

8.8 magnitude quake strikes off Russia's Far East. Tsunami waves reach Japan, Hawaii and California

In this image provided by the Lincoln County, S.D., Sheriff's Office, a cell tower sustained damage following strong winds overnight in southern Lincoln County, South Dakota, Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (Sgt. E.J. Colshan/Lincoln County Sheriff's Office via AP)

A derecho with at least one 99 mph gust swept the Upper Plains and Midwest, the weather service says

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Dunn County Board of Supervisors meeting for July 30, 2025

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Power outages in the Menomonie area

FILE - Joan Lutz, of Boulder, Colo., waves a placard at a rally of advocates to voice opposition to efforts by the Trump administration to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act, which is the country's bedrock law aimed at protecting the environment, on Feb. 11, 2020, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law

A Palestinian youth carries a sack of aid that landed in the Mediterranean Sea after being airdropped over central Gaza, at the shore of Zawaida, Gaza Strip Tuesday, July 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Gaza death toll passes 60,000 as Israel and Trump feel pressure over famine alert

FILE - President Donald Trump talks to workers as he tours U.S. Steel Corporation's Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Trump's tariffs could squeeze US factories and boost costs by up to 4.5%, a new analysis finds

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Menomonie Plan Commission meeting passes annexation and re-zoning for County B property

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