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One killed in fire at Concord Place Apartments
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person has died in a fire Thursday morning at Concord Place Apartments in Oshtemo Tow...
17m ago
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It's Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers, live coverage on WKZO this afternoon
CHICAGO, IL (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Tigers open the 2024 MLB season this afternoon, taking on the Chicago White Sox at Gua...
1h ago
Chinese native charged with damaging religious property
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Chinese native is charged with damaging religious property after the U.S. Attorney's Office fo...
2h ago
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Two Kalamazoo residents arrested by Calhoun County Sheriff's Department in counterfeit bill investigation
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two Kalamazoo residents were arrested Wednesday by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office after...
14h ago
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KDPS releases name of Kalamazoo man shot to death in his vehicle Saturday night
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety has now released the name of a 25-year-old Kalamazoo m...
22h ago
Local
One killed in fire at Concord Place Apartments
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One person has died in a fire Thursday morning at Concord Place Apartments in Oshtemo Tow...
17m ago
jonel hanopol / CC
It's Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers, live coverage on WKZO this afternoon
CHICAGO, IL (WKZO AM/FM) - The Detroit Tigers open the 2024 MLB season this afternoon, taking on the Chicago White Sox at Gua...
1h ago
Chinese native charged with damaging religious property
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Chinese native is charged with damaging religious property after the U.S. Attorney's Office fo...
2h ago
Chris Potter / CC
Two Kalamazoo residents arrested by Calhoun County Sheriff's Department in counterfeit bill investigation
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Two Kalamazoo residents were arrested Wednesday by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office after...
14h ago
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Battle Creek man arrested for assaulting woman inside Pennfield bank
PENNFIELD, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 33-year-old Battle Creek man had been arrested after assaulting a female inside the Huntington...
14h ago
State
Former owner of Dark Horse Brewery pleads guilty to 20-year felony
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The former owner of Dark Horse Brewery in Marshall had pled guilty to stealing money from his...
14h ago
Department of Energy announces $1.52 billion loan to reopen Palisades Nuclear Power Plant
COVERT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Local and state lawmakers are praising the U.S. Department of Energy's decision on the conditional ...
21h ago
New poll shows Biden gaining ground in swing states, tied with Trump in Michigan
NEW YORK, NY (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll shows President Biden gaining ground against Donald Trump in six swing states, with th...
Mar 27, 2024
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Granholm talks about new federal program to certify battery plant workers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm says the Biden ...
Mar 27, 2024
MSU settle racial discrimination lawsuit
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan State University will pay a former Police and Public Safety Department employee $25,...
Mar 27, 2024
Local Sports
Broncos No. 13 in this week's USA Hockey/The Rink Live poll, tickets for NCAA Regional a hot item
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University men's hockey team will head into the NCAA Tournament ranked as o...
Mar 26, 2024
K Wings fall on road to Indy Fuel, 3-2, but remain in playoff spot
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (34-26-3-0) battled throughout but were not able to score a late equaliz...
Mar 25, 2024
WMU to face Michigan State Friday in NCAA tourney
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University men's hockey team has qualified for its third consecutive NCAA n...
Mar 25, 2024
K Wings prevail in OT, move into the last playoff spot
CINCINNATI, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (34-25-3-0) marched forward Saturday with three points from Erik Bradford a...
Mar 24, 2024
Kalamazoo knocks off Wheeling in key Central Division clash on road
WHEELING, WV (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (33-25-3-0) used perfect penalty killing, 31 Hunter Vorva saves, and a clutch...
Mar 23, 2024
National Sports
Celtics look to avenge collapse against Hawks
The Boston Celtics will get a chance to avenge their embarrassing Monday meltdown against the Hawks when the teams meet for t...
1h ago
76ers optimistic Joel Embiid could return in regular season
Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is inching closer to a return before the end of the regular season, coach Nick Nurse said...
5h ago
Tennis-Decision to retire is about more than just tennis, Collins says
(Reuters) - Danielle Collins again faced questions about her decision to retire this year after she powered into the Miami Op...
5h ago
Blackhawks ride rare win streak into game at Ottawa
The Chicago Blackhawks will shoot for their first three-game winning streak of the season when they visit the Ottawa Senators...
5h ago
MLB 2024 Preview: Dodgers pegged to win 46 more games than A's
As the 2024 major league season gets underway in earnest on Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers are already one game toward the...
7h ago
National
Valentino appoints Alessandro Michele as new creative director - Vogue
MILAN (Reuters) - Gucci's former designer Alessandro Michele has been appointed as creative director at Italian fashion house...
14m ago
Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specim...
24m ago
White House issues new federal standards to collect data on race
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday announced new standards for collecting federal data on rac...
1h ago
EnCap Investments seeks sale of Utah oil producer XCL Resources, sources say
By Shariq Khan and David French (Reuters) - EnCap Investments is seeking to sell XCL Resources, four people familiar with the...
2h ago
Ship insurer Britannia says it's helping Baltimore bridge collapse probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Britannia, the insurer of container ship the Dali, is working with the vessel's owner and U.S. authorities...
2h ago
World
Palestinian PM Mustafa forms new cabinet, to serve as foreign minister too
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa formed a new cabinet on Thursday in which he will also serve...
17m ago
Two suspects in Moscow concert hall attack appeal pre-trial detention, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Aminchon Islomov and his father Isroil Islomov, two of eight suspects detained over suspected involvement ...
18m ago
Britain to slow rise of minimum wage from 2025, government says
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government has ended its push to use increases in the minimum wage to narrow the gap between the...
19m ago
UN rights panel concerned by extrajudicial killings in Indonesia's Papua
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Committee said on Thursday it was concerned by extrajudicial killings in Indonesia's...
21m ago
Palestinian fighters battle Israeli forces around Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters battled in close combat around Gaza's Al Shifa...
22m ago
Business
Factbox-Companies sell their businesses in Russia
(Reuters) - Some Western companies have sold their Russian assets or handed them over to local managers to comply with sancti...
6m ago
U.S. pending home sales increase moderately, NAR says
By Amina Niasse (Reuters) - Pending home sales in the U.S. rose 1.6% in February, spurred by modest inventory increases and j...
7m ago
Ford says it will make new SUV in Valencia
MADRID, (Reuters) - Ford is planning to produce a new sports-utility vehicle (SUV) at its plant in Valencia in Spain, the com...
8m ago
US consumer sentiment tops estimates in March to hit nearly 3-yr high, UMich says
(Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly in March to the highest in nearly three years thanks in part to growing...
9m ago
ECB rate cut in June looking more certain, what follows less so- Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh BENGALURU (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will cut interest rates in June, according to an overwhelmi...
16m ago
Politics
Pennsylvania can discard undated mail-in ballots, US appeals court rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected a challenge to a Pennsylvania rule that allowed the st...
12h ago
Ex-Trump lawyer Eastman should be disbarred, California judge rules
By David Thomas (Reuters) - A California state judge on Wednesday said attorney John Eastman should be stripped of his law li...
14h ago
Former U.S. Senator, Joe Lieberman dies at 82, media reports
(Reuters) - Former U.S. senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman has died at the 82, according to media reports. L...
17h ago
Florida governor, Disney reach settlement in lawsuit over special district
(Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Walt Disney have reached a settlement to end a high-profile state lawsuit over t...
23h ago
US court keeps Texas border security law on hold in win for Biden
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday kept on hold a Republican-backed Texas law that would let sta...
Mar 27, 2024
Health
European regulators close in on Big Tobacco's new tea sticks
By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) - European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' ne...
8h ago
U.S. FDA approves Akebia's anemia drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Akebia Therapeutics' drug to treat anemia caused by chronic kidney...
13h ago
UnitedHealth Group has paid over $3.3 billion to care providers hit by cyberattacks
(Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group said on Wednesday that it had advanced more than $3.3 billion so far to care providers impacte...
14h ago
J&J gets new opportunity to contest evidence linking talc to cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson will get a new chance to contest the scientific evidence linking talc products to ...
18h ago
Moderna secures $750 million from Blackstone Life Sciences to develop flu shots
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Wednesday it has entered into an agreement with private equity firm Blackstone's life science inve...
Mar 27, 2024
Science
Secret planting operation boosts critically endangered Welsh shrub
By Helena Williams LONDON (Reuters) - At a secret location in the Welsh countryside, naturalists have planted 30 young specim...
24m ago
A million solar eclipse enthusiasts expected at Niagara Falls
By Wa Lone and Nivedita Balu NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario (Reuters) - From vintage train rides costing almost $4,000 per person to ...
4h ago
Scientists chronicle the earliest stages of a supernova
By Ari Rabinovitch REHOVOT, Israel (Reuters) - About 20 million years ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a large star exploded...
21h ago
Twisted magnetic field observed around Milky Way's central black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magne...
Mar 27, 2024
Humans give more viruses to animals than they give us, study finds
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the deadliest diseases to stalk humankind have come from pathogens that jumped ...
Mar 26, 2024
Technology
Xiaomi's first EV to go on sale at starting price of 215,900 yuan
BEIJING (Reuters) - Xiaomi's highly anticipated electric vehicle (EV) will go on sale at a starting price of 215,900 yuan ($2...
13m ago
Exclusive-China commerce minister to head to Europe to make EV case
PARIS/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's commerce minister will travel to Europe in April for discussions about the European Commis...
1h ago
Dutch government to launch plan to keep ASML in Netherlands
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government is expected to lay out initial plans on Thursday to keep the coun...
3h ago
Italy's Azimut to create fintech bank through spin-off, Ipo
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian asset manager Azimut Holding plans to spin-off part of its network of financial advisors and merge ...
4h ago
Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multi-billion dollar FTX fraud
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sam Bankman-Fried, the former billionaire cryptocurrency wunderkind, is set to be sentenced...
4h ago
Entertainment
'The Batman,' a 2022 blockbuster, wasn't plagiarized, US judge rules
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warner Bros Entertainment didn't steal the plot for its 2022 blockbuster "The B...
19h ago
Spice Girl Mel B shares more in expanded memoir, aims to help abuse survivors
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spice Girl Mel B is releasing an expanded version of her 2018 memoir, sharing more deta...
Mar 27, 2024
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer says rapper subject to 'witch hunt'
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A lawyer for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs said Tuesday the rapper was be...
Mar 27, 2024
'Civil War' movie set in near-future US poses questions about politics and journalism
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Filmmaker Alex Garland wants "Civil War", a tense thriller about a group of jou...
Mar 26, 2024
Jane Goodall's 90th birthday wish? More time to get out the conservation message
By Alicia Powell NEW YORK (Reuters) - British primatologist-turned-conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall will mark her 90th birthd...
Mar 26, 2024