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Peter Meijer drops bid for U.S. Senate seat
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The crowded field of Republican candidates vying for one if two U.S. Senate seats from Michig...
7h ago
AUDIO: Summer school mandatory for some Kalamazoo Public School students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the school year winds down Kalamazoo Public Schools are gearing up for summer school, and the...
19h ago
AUDIO: Western Michigan University commencement Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's almost graduation season. In fact the largest graduation ceremonies in Kalamazoo will be ta...
19h ago
Battle Creek church building affordable homes
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Washington Heights United Methodist Church in Battle Creek is working to build 17 afforda...
20h ago
Busy ballot for August primary in the Kalamazoo County area
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - With the filing deadline this past Tuesday, the ballot is now set for the August 6 primary in Mi...
Apr 25, 2024
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Local
Threat closes Comstock Middle School
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Comstock Middle School is closed today as authorities investigate a threat. No other sch...
16h ago
Police continue looking for missing 82-year-old Marshall man who has Alzheimer's
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Marshall Police Department continues to look for a missing 82-year-old man and they are asking...
16h ago
AUDIO: WMU announces winners of the Bronco Challenge
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University has announced the winners of something they are calling the Bronco C...
18h ago
AUDIO: Summer school mandatory for some Kalamazoo Public School students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - As the school year winds down Kalamazoo Public Schools are gearing up for summer school, and the...
19h ago
AUDIO: Western Michigan University commencement Saturday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's almost graduation season. In fact the largest graduation ceremonies in Kalamazoo will be ta...
19h ago
State
Peter Meijer drops bid for U.S. Senate seat
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The crowded field of Republican candidates vying for one if two U.S. Senate seats from Michig...
7h ago
Trump, allies named unindicted co-conspirators in fake electors case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A special agent with Attorney General Dana Nessel's office says former President Donald Trump and ...
Apr 25, 2024
Thousands are flocking to Detroit for NFL Draft that begins Thursday
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Detroit officials say the city is getting a travel surge this week with the NFL Draft set for Thur...
Apr 23, 2024
Two children killed after suspected drunk driver crashes into building hosting birthday party
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough says a 66-year-old woman has been arrested for drunk ...
Apr 22, 2024
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Union man claims $1 million Powerball prize from April 6 drawing
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Cass County man won a $1 million Powerball prize in the April 6 drawing and came within one numbe...
Apr 22, 2024
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Local Sports
Baseball-Ohtani homers as jilted Blue Jays fans fume
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Shohei Ohtani finally landed in Toronto on Friday, but wearing Los Angeles Dodgers blue ...
2h ago
J.D. Martinez expected to debut Friday for Mets
J.D. Martinez is expected to make his long-awaited New York Mets debut on Friday when the team opens a seven-game homestand a...
10h ago
Home and 'hungry,' Pacers seeking series lead over Giannis-less Bucks
Pascal Siakam's blistering start to the postseason has enabled the upstart Indiana Pacers to wrest home-court advantage from ...
10h ago
Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead ...
10h ago
Back in comfort zone, Magic look to even series with Cavs
The Orlando Magic hope for more home-court dominance in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series when they host th...
10h ago
National Sports
Baseball-Ohtani homers as jilted Blue Jays fans fume
By Steve Keating TORONTO (Reuters) - Shohei Ohtani finally landed in Toronto on Friday, but wearing Los Angeles Dodgers blue ...
2h ago
J.D. Martinez expected to debut Friday for Mets
J.D. Martinez is expected to make his long-awaited New York Mets debut on Friday when the team opens a seven-game homestand a...
10h ago
Home and 'hungry,' Pacers seeking series lead over Giannis-less Bucks
Pascal Siakam's blistering start to the postseason has enabled the upstart Indiana Pacers to wrest home-court advantage from ...
10h ago
Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead ...
10h ago
Back in comfort zone, Magic look to even series with Cavs
The Orlando Magic hope for more home-court dominance in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series when they host th...
10h ago
National
Canada's First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission
By Wa Lone (Reuters) - Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmfu...
4h ago
Ex-McKinsey partner sues firm, claims he was made opioids 'scapegoat'
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A former McKinsey & Co partner sued the global consulting firm on Friday and accused it of de...
5h ago
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead si...
7h ago
US Air Force awards $13 billion Doomsday plane contract to Sierra Nevada
(Reuters) -The U.S. Air Force said on Friday that it has awarded a $13 billion contract to Sierra Nevada Corp to develop a su...
7h ago
Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate...
7h ago
World
Thousands rally in Australian capitals to demand gender violence justice
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Violence against women is an "epidemic" in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sa...
47m ago
Gaza aid from Cyprus resumes after pause following aid worker killings, source says
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus resumed late on Friday, a Cypriot source said, with a ship carrying foo...
48m ago
Philippines denies deal with China over disputed South China Sea shoal
tpMANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines on Saturday denied a Chinese claim that the two countries had reached an agreement over ...
52m ago
North Korea accuses US of politicizing human rights issues
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea accused the United States on Saturday of politicizing human rights in the East Asian country, d...
53m ago
Hamas says it received Israel's response to its ceasefire proposal
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Hamas said it had received on Saturday Israel's official response to its latest ceasef...
4h ago
Business
China's first-quarter industrial profits rise at slower pace
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial profits posted smaller gains for the first quarter compared to the first two months, o...
2h ago
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back Ch...
5h ago
Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup's generative AI technology to power some new...
5h ago
Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia
(Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google said on Friday it would invest $3 billion to set up a data center campus in Indiana and expa...
7h ago
US regulators seize troubled lender Republic First Bancorp
(Reuters) -U.S. regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to another lender, the Federal Deposit In...
7h ago
Politics
Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate...
7h ago
Biden appears in live interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden appeared on a live radio broadcast with interviewer Howard Stern on Friday, telling ...
12h ago
Biden says he plans to debate Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Rep...
12h ago
Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode th...
18h ago
Former tabloid publisher to face more questions in Trump hush-money trial
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will answer ...
18h ago
Health
CVS Omnicare staff in Las Vegas vote to join new union
(Reuters) - Staff at CVS Health's unit Omnicare in Las Vegas voted to join the Pharmacy Guild, becoming the first location at...
10h ago
Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal repor...
10h ago
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
(Reuters) -The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said...
10h ago
Bayer CEO wins first AGM shareholder vote
(Reuters) - Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on Friday won a vote of confidence at his first annual general meeting (AGM) at the helm ...
12h ago
PE firm Advent to invest $297 million in India's Apollo Hospitals unit
BENGALURU (Reuters) -PE firm Advent International will invest 24.75 billion rupees (nearly $297 million) in Apollo Hospitals'...
14h ago
Science
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized her...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, ...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulat...
Apr 25, 2024
Russia, US clash at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resol...
Apr 24, 2024
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stella...
Apr 24, 2024
Technology
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back Ch...
5h ago
L3Harris cuts 5% workforce in cost-saving measure
(Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor L3Harris cut 5% of its workforce earlier this month in a bid to streamline its business a...
7h ago
X tells Brazil court 'operational faults' allowed blocked users to remain active
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court on Friday that "operationa...
8h ago
US Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Friday announced a blue-ribbon boar...
8h ago
Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak may fund Intel's Ireland facility, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -Apollo Global Management, KKR & Co and Stonepeak may invest billions in a joint venture to help fund Intel's s...
8h ago
Entertainment
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead si...
7h ago
K-pop giant HYBE shares take another hit as dispute with NewJeans label drags on
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied all...
Apr 26, 2024
Streaming device maker Roku beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Roku beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and forecast second-quarter sales above estimates on Thursda...
Apr 25, 2024
Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada
(Reuters) - National Hockey League (NHL) and its digital broadcast rights owner Rogers Communications on Thursday signed a de...
Apr 25, 2024
K-Pop group ITZY showcases individuality on second world tour
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the K-pop supergroup ITZY are looking to show a new side of themselves as the band takes its ...
Apr 25, 2024