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Michigan State Police say Hartford Township murder suspect arrested in Indiana
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the murder of a 35-year-old Watervliet ...
17h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County awarded $18.9 million EPA grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been awarded an $18.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agenc...
21h ago
Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors among those critical of proposed sentencing changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, including the Kalamazoo and Calhoun ...
Dec 17, 2024
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Governor Whitmer announces two economic development projects for Kalamazoo County
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two economic development projects in Portage and Schoolcraft will result in over $25 million in ca...
Dec 17, 2024
Kalamazoo city commission approves $1.5 million for RX Kids
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - If all goes as planned, Kalamazoo will be the second city in Michigan to have a RX Kids plan. Fl...
Dec 17, 2024
Local
Michigan State Police say Hartford Township murder suspect arrested in Indiana
HARTFORD TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the murder of a 35-year-old Watervliet ...
17h ago
Constantine man arrested after police chase in two counties
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 37-year-old Constantine man has been arrested by St. Joseph County Sheriff's deputies ...
18h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County awarded $18.9 million EPA grant
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County has been awarded an $18.9 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agenc...
21h ago
AUDIO: Portage city council gives away last unallocated liquor license
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's a "golden ticket," a liquor license can cost up to $70,000 on the open market, and ...
21h ago
Kalamazoo and Calhoun County prosecutors among those critical of proposed sentencing changes
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Members of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, including the Kalamazoo and Calhoun ...
Dec 17, 2024
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State
Nearly 4,000 Michigan child care providers receive state operational grants
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly 4,000 child care providers across the state will be receiving a share of $24 million in one...
Dec 16, 2024
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Michigan's average gas price back above $3
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's average gasoline price has gone back above $3 a gallon, rising ten-cents in the past w...
Dec 16, 2024
DNR says 2024 deer hunting similar to prior years
9LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The number of deer harvested in the 2024 firearm deer hunting season in Michigan was down slightl...
Dec 14, 2024
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Whooping cough cases increasing in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cases of whooping cough are increasing across Michigan. Health officials are urging people to get ...
Dec 14, 2024
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All-MIAA basketball player killed in Wednesday night I-94 crash
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Detroit man who was an All-M.I.A.A. basketball player for two seasons at Trine University...
Dec 12, 2024
Local Sports
AUDIO: NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar extends sponsorship contract with Zeigler Auto Group
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - NASCAR Cup Series 2024 Rookie of the Year Carson Hocevar of Portage will continue to be sponsore...
Dec 17, 2024
Western Michigan meets South Alabama tomorrow night In Salute To Veterans Bowl
MONTGOMERY, AL (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team is in Montgomery, Alabama, preparing to take on S...
Dec 13, 2024
WMU to face South Alabama to kick off bowl season
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team has accepted an invitation to play in the IS4S Sal...
Dec 03, 2024
WMU volleyball to face Purdue in opening round of NCAA tourney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The NCAA unveiled the bracket for the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Championship Sunday evening, with Wes...
Dec 02, 2024
Home win over Eastern makes Broncos bowl eligible
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Although a bid is not guaranteed, the Western Michigan University football team became bowl elig...
Dec 01, 2024
National Sports
NHL roundup: Utah caps rally with OT win vs. Canucks
Mikhail Sergachev scored with 11.4 seconds left in overtime for the Utah Hockey Club, who scored three unanswered goals to ra...
23m ago
Tennis-ATP paid $1.3 million to 26 players in 2024 under minimum wage plan
(Reuters) - The ATP distributed $1.3 million to 26 players as part of its on-trial financial security programme in 2024 and w...
1h ago
Report: Warriors lead way as NBA team values hit $4.6B average
The NBA, where a Big Three combination of players often proves successful on the floor, has a Big Three in terms of franchise...
1h ago
Vandy QB Diego Pavia eligible to play in '25 after preliminary injunction
Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia is eligible to play another season of college football in 2025 after being granted a tempo...
3h ago
Kraken acquire F Kaapo Kakko from Rangers for D Will Borgen, draft picks
The Seattle Kraken obtained forward Kaapo Kakko, a former second overall draft pick, from the New York Rangers on Wednesday f...
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National
Kite-making picks up in India's Gujarat as harvest festival nears
By Amit Dave AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) - Huddled over piles of colourful paper, Mohammad Yunus is one among thousands of wor...
25m ago
US Congress has two days to avert shutdown after Trump rejects spending bill
By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has two days to a...
1h ago
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive to face federal charges, NYT reports
(Reuters) - Luigi Mangione, the suspect indicted on murder charges in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thomps...
3h ago
Twenty years after Indian Ocean tsunami, Thai ex-fisherman stands at the ready
By Juarawee Kittisilpa BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (Reuters) - Banlue Choosin has been monitoring the seas around Thailand's south...
6h ago
Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season
(Reuters) - Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT), in the crucial final d...
6h ago
World
Malaysian court acquits wife of ex-PM Najib of money laundering and tax evasion
By Ashley Tang KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's High Court on Thursday acquitted Rosmah Mansor, the wife of jailed former ...
13m ago
Suspect in killing of top Russian general taken to crime scene, state media says
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The suspect in the killing of top Russian general Igor Kirillov has been taken to the crime scene in Moscow...
13m ago
UN peacekeepers guard Congolese farmers working their fields
By Djaffar Al Katanty DHENDRO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Under a scorching sun in Democratic Republic of Congo...
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Myanmar junta's top diplomat briefs regional meeting on election progress, Thailand says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - The foreign minister of Myanmar on Thursday informed a regional meeting of its neighbours of its progress...
14m ago
Divers, helicopters hunt survivors of Mumbai boat accident that killed 13
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar and Shivam Patel MUMBAI (Reuters) - Helicopters and divers scoured the waters off India's financial ca...
14m ago
Business
China expected to leave lending benchmarks unchanged amid rate risks
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China is widely expected to leave its benchmark lending rates unchanged on Friday, a Reuters poll showed...
17m ago
BOJ Governor Ueda's comments at news conference
(Reuters) -The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday but one dissenting board member's proposal to push up ...
17m ago
German consumer sentiment outlook modest after slight pickup, GfK finds
BERLIN (Reuters) - German consumer sentiment is expected to improve slightly at the start of next year but at a low level as ...
17m ago
European car sales fall in November, led by France and Italy, ACEA says
By Andrey Sychev and Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) - New car sales growth in Europe turned negative again in November, after sh...
1h ago
Dealmakers eye $4 trillion-plus M&A haul in 2025
By Anirban Sen, Anousha Sakoui and Kane Wu LONDON/NEW YORK/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Top dealmakers expect global mergers and acq...
1h ago
Politics
US Congress has two days to avert shutdown after Trump rejects spending bill
By Richard Cowan, Bo Erickson, Andy Sullivan and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress has two days to a...
1h ago
Trump is 'totally against' Congress' proposed stopgap spending bill, Fox News reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday that he is "totally against" th...
8h ago
Ex-aide to New York Mayor Adams expected to surrender on bribery charges, NYT reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ingrid Lewis-Martin, former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, is expected to surrender on Thu...
8h ago
Jan 14 confirmation hearing set for Trump defense nominee, source says
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for...
10h ago
US Senate rejects bid to fast-track bill to address threats from drones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate rejected a bid on Wednesday to fast-track legislation to expand U.S. government author...
13h ago
Health
France says bird flu-free after month without outbreaks
PARIS (Reuters) - France has declared itself to be free of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the absence of new outbreaks ...
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FDA classifies recall of Boston Scientific catheters as 'most serious'
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday classified a recall of Boston Scientific's catheters used in a...
8h ago
US FDA approves Mesoblast's cell therapy for graft-versus-host disease
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Mesoblast's cell therapy for treating a type of compl...
8h ago
US accuses CVS of filling, billing government for illegal opioid prescriptions
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced a lawsuit accusing CVS of filling and billing federal health...
11h ago
US healthcare spending rose 7.5% in 2023, government report says
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare spending rose by 7.5% in 2023 from 4.6% the year prior to reach $4.9 tri...
11h ago
Science
Return of NASA astronauts from space station further delayed until late March
(Reuters) - NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore's return to Earth will be further delayed until at least late Mar...
17h ago
Chile's giant 'living fossil' frog faces threat from climate change and humans
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A giant frog species that hopped alongside dinosaurs and is considered a "living fossil" is no...
20h ago
Japan's Space One says Kairos rocket flight terminated after liftoff
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said it terminated the flight of its Kairos small rocket after launch on Wednesday, abort...
Dec 18, 2024
Exclusive-Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by NASA nominee
By Marisa Taylor and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - A September power outage at a California facility of SpaceX, the sp...
Dec 17, 2024
Japan, India startups to study laser-equipped satellite to tackle space debris
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) - Space startups in Japan and India said on Tuesday they had agreed to jointly study using ...
Dec 17, 2024
Technology
SoftwareOne announces $1.3 billion deal to buy Norwegian rival Crayon
(Reuters) -Swiss technology firm SoftwareOne Holding on Thursday announced a deal to acquire Crayon Group Holding in a stock ...
30m ago
Apple in talks with Tencent, ByteDance to roll out AI features in China, sources say
By Liam Mo and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) - Apple is in talks with Tencent and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating the...
3h ago
Amazon workers to strike at multiple US warehouses during busy holiday season
(Reuters) - Thousands of Amazon.com workers will walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT), in the crucial final d...
6h ago
Self-driving truck startup TuSimple rebrands as CreateAI, shifts to gaming tech
BEIJING (Reuters) - TuSimple Holdings said on Thursday it would rebrand as CreateAI and pivot from autonomous trucking to AI ...
8h ago
Powell says Fed cannot hold bitcoin, not seeking to change that
By Michael S. Derby, Ann Saphir NEW YORK (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday the U.S. central ba...
8h ago
Entertainment
Warner Bros Discovery names key executives under US Networks business head Channing Dungey
(Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery on Wednesday named key members of the executive team for its U.S. Networks business, which ...
8h ago
Brazilian judge orders Adele song removed over plagiarism claim
By Luciana Magalhaes and Manuela Andreoni RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A judge in Rio de Janeiro has ordered the global removal...
14h ago
'Secret Level' seizes opportunity to get people into video games
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Dave Wilson feared there would be hesitation from Hollywood surrounding...
20h ago
Almodovar's ‘The Room Next Door' prompts conversations on euthanasia
By Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Spanish director Pedro Almodovar entered new territory with his drama film "The Ro...
20h ago
Wallace & Gromit grapple with 'smart gnome' in latest movie caper
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence takes a new twist in Nick Park's latest "Wallace & Gromit&...
Dec 17, 2024