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Frank Deak elected to Michigan Baseball HoF
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Baseball Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2025, and it includes former DeWitt High School ...
Mar 26, 2025
MSU Police ask for public's help
EAST LANSING, MI -- The MSU Department of Police and Public Safety is seeking the community's help to identify the people i...
Mar 26, 2025
March is Red Cross Month
LANSING, MI -- This is the month we celebrate the American Red Cross and all of the significant community contributions the o...
Mar 25, 2025
Spring Break ideas for the kids
LANSING, MI -- Many mid-Michigan schools are on Spring Break this week, including Lansing, Waverly, Mason, Okemos, Haslett an...
Mar 25, 2025
Jolly Road in Lansing closed today
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will close Jolly Road at US-127 for partial bridge demolition...
Mar 24, 2025
State
Kalamazoo Township police officer shot, suspect wounded too
KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Township police officer is stable condition snd a suspect is in critical co...
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Second trial for woman accused of 2007 Van Buren County murder of her husband begins this week
PAW PAW, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Opening statements are expected today in the retrial of a Van Buren County woman who had previousl...
Mar 27, 2025
AG Nessel promises full accounting of costs with Flint water crisis investigation in eight weeks
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will provide a full accounting of the costs her off...
Mar 26, 2025
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputy shoots, kills attacking dog in Menards parking lot
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo County Sheriff's deputy has shot and killed a dog that was attacking him in ...
Mar 26, 2025
Governor Whitmer, other state officials, on economic development trip to UK, Ireland
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer is in the United Kingdom and Ireland this week on an economic developmen...
Mar 25, 2025
National
South Korea forest agency says wildfire in southeastern county contained
SEOUL (Reuters) - A forest fire in South Korea's Yeongdeok county, one of a number of wildfires that have engulfed the countr...
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Lengthy tremors felt in Thai capital Bangkok, Reuters witnesses say
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tremors were felt in the Thai capital Bangkok on Friday, with buildings in the central business area sway...
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Strong earthquake in central Myanmar, panic in Bangkok
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.9 struck Myanmar, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Friday, w...
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Singer Cynthia Erivo honored with GLAAD Award for LGBTQ+ advocacy
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at t...
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US car buyers face higher prices, less choice under Trump's tariffs
By Nick Carey and Kalea Hall LONDON/WHITE LAKE, Michigan (Reuters) - Major automakers can deal with President Donald Trump's ...
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World
Russia says Ukraine "virtually destroys" key Sudzha gas station
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of attacking its energy facilities despite a moratorium on such strikes, ...
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Israeli actions in Gaza resemble 'atrocity crimes', says UN aid agency
GENEVA (Reuters) - Israeli actions in Gaza, including strikes on populated areas in which civilians have been killed, "b...
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Exclusive-Satellite images show fresh Chinese bomber deployment in South China Sea
By Greg Torode HONG KONG (Reuters) -China deployed two long-range H-6 bombers around the Scarborough Shoal this week, in Beij...
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Over 20 envoys in Budapest express concern over Hungary's anti-Pride law
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A group of embassies in Budapest, including European powers but not the United States, have expressed th...
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Spain's PM calls on U.S. administration to reconsider new tariffs
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday called on U.S. administration to reconsider new tariffs on ...
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Business
Italy business and consumer morale slump in March as outlook worsens
ROME (Reuters) - Morale among Italian businesses and consumers slumped in March, data showed on Friday, casting a shadow over...
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KKR and JIC take Japan's Topcon private for $2.31 billion
TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S.-based private equity firm KKR and Japanese state-backed fund Japan Investment Corp (JIC) will acquire m...
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Kia to produce hybrid cars at Hyundai's Georgia factory from next year
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Kia Corp plans to produce hybrid vehicles at its affiliate Hyundai Motor's new...
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Factbox-Which global business leaders met with Chinese President Xi Jinping?
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The bosses of some of the world's biggest companies met with Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
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Argentine farmers stall soy sales over murky FX outlook
By Maximilian Heath BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine farmers are selling their soy crop at the slowest pace in 10 years as ...
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Politics
US to provide short-term funding for program tracking abducted Ukrainian children
By Daphne Psaledakis and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Thursday that short-term fund...
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US Attorney General Bondi tells Fox News many judges need to be removed
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said on Thursday that many of the judges who have recent...
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Judge blocks Trump's Labor Department from requiring grant recipients to abandon DEI
By Luc Cohen (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily allowed Labor Department grant recipients to continue their dive...
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Skadden Arps in talks with Trump team to avoid executive order, New York Times reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with advisers to U.S. President ...
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Musk says $1 trillion in US spending cuts possible without touching services
(Reuters) -Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who was tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump as his cost-cutting czar, said on Thursd...
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Health
U.S. logistics firm settles claims it helped Chinese companies ship fentanyl chemicals
By Laura Gottesdiener (Reuters) -U.S. shipping and logistics company IMC Pro International has agreed to pay $400,000 to the ...
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India reports eight outbreaks of bird flu in Andhra Pradesh
PARIS (Reuters) -India has reported eight outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in farms and backyard poultry, the Wor...
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European Patent Office declares CureVac mRNA patent valid
(Reuters) -The European Patent Office declared a patent owned by CureVac valid, after a challenge from drugmaker BioNTech, th...
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NY official rejects Texas judgment against doctor in abortion pill case
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A local official in New York on Thursday rejected Texas' effort to enforce a $100,000 judgment ...
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Walgreen to pay more than $2.85 million to settle US overbilling charges
(Reuters) -Walgreen will pay more than $2.85 million to settle whistleblower allegations that the pharmacy overbilled Medicai...
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Science
Tomb of unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh discovered
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egypt...
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NASA, Boeing to start testing Starliner for next flight aimed at early 2026
(Reuters) - NASA said on Thursday it was moving toward certifying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for crewed flights later this ye...
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U.S. Space Force awards national security contracts to Rocket Lab, Stoke Space
(Reuters) - The U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command said on Thursday it had awarded contracts to Rocket Lab USA and S...
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Fungi vital to life face growing risk of extinction, study shows
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly a third of species of fungi assessed by an international conservation group are at ri...
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Putin envoy says Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for Musk's Mars mission
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) - Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire ent...
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Technology
EU could charge fees on PayPal in U.S. tariff dispute, says senior lawmaker
BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union could charge fees on PayPal as part of a tariff dispute with the United States, a senio...
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China Construction Bank says it launched internal financial model based on DeepSeek R1
By Selena Li China Construction Bank said on Friday it had completed the private deployment of a large financial model based ...
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Ubisoft seen up 13-15% after it sets up Tencent-backed subsidiary
(Reuters) - Shares in Ubisoft were seen up 13-15% premarket on Friday after the French video-game maker announced plans to se...
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India criticises X for calling compliance website a censorship tool
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has criticised Elon Musk's X for wrongly labelling as a "censorship portal" an official...
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Taiwan says China's SMIC suspected of illegally luring tech workers
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan authorities said on Friday they were investigating whether China's largest chipmaker SMIC illegally...
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Entertainment
Singer Cynthia Erivo honored with GLAAD Award for LGBTQ+ advocacy
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Wicked" actor Cynthia Erivo received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award at t...
3h ago
Crime families clash in Guy Ritchie's starry new series 'MobLand'
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Guy Ritchie takes viewers back into the dark world of organised crime i...
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Pop star Selena's murderer denied parole in Texas, 30 years after shooting
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Yolanda Saldivar, the convicted murderer of Latin pop star Selena Quintanilla-Perez, known as the q...
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Sundance Film Festival waves goodbye to Park City in favor of Boulder, Colorado
(Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival announced on Thursday it is moving location from Park City, Utah, to the university to...
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Dua Lipa beats lawsuit claiming she copied 'Levitating'
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dua Lipa won the dismissal on Thursday of a lawsuit in Manhattan accusing the Britis...
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