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Lansing Community College to host blood drive
LANSING, Mich. -- Lansing Community College is hosting a blood drive today in the Michigan room of the Gannon Building from 1...
Mar 28, 2024
Spring Break week activities in Lansing
LANSING, MI -- Thousands of families from mid-Michigan may be traveling this week over Spring Break, but not all. At the mid-...
Mar 27, 2024
Lansing father claims daughter sickened at school after eating marijuana edibles
LANSING, MI -- A mid-Michigan father says his 12-year-old daughter ate multiple marijuana gummies at school thinking they wer...
Mar 27, 2024
Lansing airport to add new Florida service this fall
LANSING, MI -- Breeze Airways has announced new service from Lansing to two Florida destinations. The new routes to Orlando a...
Mar 26, 2024
Bunny Hop on the Square returns to downtown Lansing
LANSING, MI -- The Easter Bunny will visit downtown Lansing for a series of events on Saturday. Bunny Hop on the Square is a ...
Mar 26, 2024
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State
Trump to hold rally in Grand Rapids Tuesday
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former President Donald Trump is planning another campaign rally in Michigan. His team announ...
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Netflix releases trailer for Pop-Tart movie set in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Netflix says a movie about the creation of Kellogg's Pop-Tart in Battle Creek in 1963 will be...
4h ago
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...
Mar 28, 2024
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 ...
Mar 27, 2024
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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National
US inflation increases moderately in February; consumer spending surges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. prices increased moderately in February and the cost of services outside housing slowed considera...
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Japan finally screens 'Oppenheimer', with trigger warnings, unease in Hiroshima
By Irene Wang HIROSHIMA (Reuters) - Best picture winner "Oppenheimer" finally premiered in Japan on Friday, eight m...
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Factbox-Major cases before the US Supreme Court this term
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court's current term features major cases involving former President Donald Trump's ballot disqu...
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Kamala Harris pushes the envelope as Biden struggles with some Democrats
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Hosting rapper Fat Joe at the White House to talk about reforming marijuana laws. Visiting an...
4h ago
'Adopt a penguin egg' Easter campaign helps endangered African birds
By shafiek tassiem and Tim Cocks CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - Bored of buying eggs made of chocolate and wrapped in foil with predic...
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World
Israel kills dozens in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel sustained its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killin...
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Gaza fisherman braves Israeli navy fire to support his family
By Doaa Rouqa GAZA (Reuters) - Before the Gaza war, Palestinian fisherman Jalal Qaraan navigated his small boat for long dist...
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Pugacheva, queen of Soviet pop, likely to be labelled a 'foreign agent' in Russia
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to label Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music,...
1h ago
Factbox-Ultra-Orthodox Israelis resist push for military service
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties are resisting pressure to lift exemptions of religious students from mili...
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Israeli military says it killed deputy commander of Hezbollah rocket and missiles unit
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Friday it had killed Ali Abed Akhsan Naim, deputy commander of Hezbollah's...
2h ago
Business
Chile's Codelco posts 2023 profit dip as production falls
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chilean copper giant Codelco reported gross profit of $3.12 billion for 2023, the state-owned producer sa...
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US finalizes tougher new tailpipe emissions limits for heavy duty vehicles
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it was finalizing stringen...
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With China EV launch, Xiaomi's 'Thor' takes on Elon Musk
By Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - He was called China's answer to Steve Jobs for taking Xiaomi from scrappy startup to an elect...
2h ago
Greece to raise monthly minimum wage by 6.4% to 830 euros
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will raise its monthly minimum gross wage by 6.4% to 830 euros, the conservative government said on...
3h ago
Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media p...
3h ago
Politics
Trump can't match Biden's 2024 fundraising, Republican's campaign says
By Tim Reid and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - Donald Trump will be unable to match President Joe Biden's fundraising totals in thi...
13h ago
US House to deliver Mayorkas impeachment to Senate April 10
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security S...
20h ago
Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill ...
Mar 28, 2024
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...
Mar 28, 2024
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...
Mar 27, 2024
Health
Births fall in Italy for 15th year running to record low
ROME (Reuters) - Births in Italy dropped to a record low in 2023, the 15th consecutive annual decline, national statistics bu...
2h ago
Brazil's Hapvida posts 105% increase in fourth-quarter adjusted profit
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian healthcare operator Hapvida posted on Thursday a 104.8% increase in its adjusted net profit f...
13h ago
Rite Aid moves ahead on restructuring as sale efforts continue
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rite Aid, one of the largest U.S. pharmacy chains, received permission from a U.S. ju...
15h ago
US FDA extends review of Applied Therapeutics' genetic disease drug
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended its review of Applied Therapeutics' experimental drug to treat...
17h ago
Bristol Myers' bowel disease drug fails to meet main goal in late-stage study
(Reuters) - Bristol Myers Squibb said on Thursday its experimental drug to treat Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory bowe...
17h ago
Science
Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Dogs are able to understand that some words refer to objects in a way that is similar...
7h 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...
23h 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 ...
Mar 28, 2024
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...
Mar 27, 2024
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
Technology
Renault to invest $320 million, hire 550 workers to make electric vans in Northern France
SANDOUVILLE, France (Reuters) - French car maker Renault plans to invest 300 million euros ($323.25 million) in its assembly ...
1h ago
Musk's Grok-1.5 AI chatbot to be available next week
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI's latest Grok-1.5 chatbot will be available on his social media p...
3h ago
China's Huawei continues rebound with strongest earnings growth since 2019
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies saw its fastest growth in four years in 2023, with a ...
5h ago
Musk's xAI to launch improved version of chatbot
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it will launch an improved version of its chatbo...
13h ago
Automotive computer chip maker NXP rolls out new platform
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - NXP Semiconductors NV, the biggest maker of computer chips for cars, on Thursday said it had introduced...
17h ago
Entertainment
'Oppenheimer' director Christopher Nolan to be given knighthood
LONDON (Reuters) - British-American filmmaker Christopher Nolan, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama "Oppe...
17h ago
Blackwells sues Disney in Delaware over disclosure in relationship with ValueAct
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackwells Capital is ratcheting up the pressure on Walt Disney in a bruising boardroom battle by suing ...
18h ago
'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...
Mar 27, 2024
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