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MDOT open house is Wednesday
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invites the public to attend an open house today to learn mor...
11h ago
Faster Horses won't return to MIS this year
BROKLYN, MI -- Organizers of the Faster Horses country music festival says the event is off the calendar again this year and ...
13h ago
Lugnuts announce promotional schedule for 2026
LANSING, MI -- The Lansing Lugnuts plan to celebrate their 30th season in downtown Lansing with a schedule of special dates a...
13h ago
Potterville teacher recognized by Michigan Lottery
LANSING, MI -- An Eaton County educator who is known for encouraging growth in his students inside and outside of the classro...
Mar 03, 2026
Spring forward this coming weekend as DST begins
LANSING, MI -- Here is your first reminder that early Sunday morning, Daylight Saving Time (DST) arrives for most of the U.S....
Mar 03, 2026
State
Secretary of State bringing back "I Voted" sticker contest
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her office is bringing back the "I Voted" sticker...
16h ago
State House passes $152-million for Selfridge Air National Guard Base
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House has approved spending $152-million to build new runways at Selfridge Air Nation...
16h ago
Perrigo to lay off 7% of workforce
ALLEGAN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Pharmaceutical manufacturer Perrigo is going to lay off around 7% of its workforce in a two-year e...
16h ago
Benson lays out housing agenda
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Jocelyn Benson is laying out her housing agenda if she i...
Mar 03, 2026
New wholesale tax drops cannabis revenue in Michigan 16% in January
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM.FM) - The cannabis industry in Michigan is reeling from the results of a 24% wholesale tax that took eff...
Mar 03, 2026
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National
Chronology of Nancy Guthrie abduction case in Arizona
By Steve Gorman March 4 (Reuters) - The following is a chronology of key developments in what authorities describe as the abd...
4h ago
White House says Trump using preventative skin treatment for neck rash, offers no other details
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is using a preventative treatment for a red rash o...
4h ago
US House ethics panel to probe sex allegations against Texas Republican Gonzales
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee will probe allegations of ...
5h ago
US agency considers limits on telecom foreign call centers, requiring English proficiency
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday it is considering...
5h ago
Noem defends $220 million ad campaign amid lawmaker scrutiny
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday defended the governme...
5h ago
World
Pakistani man says Iran forced him into plot to kill Trump, media say
March 4 (Reuters) - A Pakistani man accused of planning to kill President Donald Trump told jurors on Wednesday that he did n...
58m ago
Iran conflict's impact on energy temporary and a 'small price,' US energy secretary says
By Ismail Shakil March 4 (Reuters) - The impact of the Iran conflict on energy markets will be temporary and a "small pr...
1h ago
Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in Iran war
LOS ANGELES, March 4 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war against ...
1h ago
China to build 'birth-friendly society', refine social security system
BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would build a "childbirth-friendly society" in the next five...
2h ago
Nepal goes to the polls; voters seek change after youth-led protests
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU, March 5 (Reuters) - Nearly six months after a wave of unprecedented youth-led protests and the dea...
3h ago
Business
China to inject $44 billion into state banks, deepen reform of state financial firms
BEIJING/HONG KONG, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would inject 300 billion yuan ($43.59 billion) into state-ow...
1h ago
Trafigura, Venezuelan mining firm sign deal for up to 1,000 kg of gold, Axios reports
March 4 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state-owned mining company has signed a multimillion-dollar deal to sell...
1h ago
Asian shares surge, led by KOSPI; Treasuries fall as war concerns ebb
By Rocky Swift TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Asian shares rallied on Thursday with a decline in U.S. Treasuries pointing to a te...
1h ago
Oil prices rise as Iran conflict widens
By Katya Golubkova TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Thursday amid growing concern over the prolonged closure of ...
2h ago
Australia, NZ dollars rally on market mood swing, sentiment fickle
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, March 5 (Reuters) - The Australian and New Zealand dollars were back from the brink on Thursday as a su...
2h ago
Politics
Republican US Senator Daines drops re-election bid
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Steve Daines from Montana said on Wednesda...
3h ago
US House ethics panel to probe sex allegations against Texas Republican Gonzales
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee will probe allegations of ...
5h ago
Noem defends $220 million ad campaign amid lawmaker scrutiny
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday defended the governme...
5h ago
Colorado Governor Polis signals he is open to clemency for Tina Peters
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - Colorado Governor Jared Polis signaled on Tuesday he was willing to consider c...
5h ago
Majority of US Senate votes to block bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers, voting continues
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A majority of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday backed President Donald Trump's military ...
6h ago
Health
China to build 'birth-friendly society', refine social security system
BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would build a "childbirth-friendly society" in the next five...
2h ago
GLP-1 drugs protect against new or worsening addictions, large study shows
March 4 (Reuters) - Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1 drugs for diabetes can prevent the formation of new substance use disor...
4h ago
Johnson & Johnson launches website for direct-to-consumer sales
March 4 (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson has launched a website to sell some of its drugs directly to U.S. patients who e...
5h ago
US FDA puts partial clinical hold on PepGen's muscle disease drug trial
March 4 (Reuters) - PepGen said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a partial clinical hold on...
6h ago
US FDA's operations chief to retire, 30-year agency veteran to succeed
By Kamal Choudhury and Sneha S K March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top operations official, Barclay...
8h ago
Science
Japan's private rocket maker Space One fails at third Kairos launch
TOKYO, March 5 (Reuters) - Japan's Space One said its Kairos rocket terminated its flight after lift-off on Thursday...
1h ago
NASA to tap ULA for critical moon-rocket hardware, Bloomberg News reports
March 4 (Reuters) - NASA plans to select United Launch Alliance to supply a critical component for future missions of its ...
4h ago
Italy basilica bust re-attributed to Michelangelo after centuries in obscurity
(Clarifies timeframe in third bullet point) By Giselda Vagnoni ROME, March 4 (Reuters) - A marble bust that has stood for cen...
12h ago
Belgian museum, US mining company at odds over colonial-era Congo archive
DAKAR, March 4 (Reuters) - A U.S. mining company backed by billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates is in a tangle with Belgium...
20h ago
Spain's PLD Space raises $209 million in latest funding round
MADRID, March 4 (Reuters) - Aerospace engineering firm PLD Space said on Wednesday it had closed a 180 million euro ($209 mil...
21h ago
Technology
China says it is the world leader in R&D for AI, vows to boost tech self-reliance
By Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China declared on Thursday that it was now the world leader ...
2h ago
South Korean chip industry worried Iran crisis to disrupt raw material supply, boost chip prices
By Heejin Kim and Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, March 5 (Reuters) - South Korea's chip industry is concerned that a prolonged Iranian cr...
3h ago
US lawmakers raise concerns over Intel's testing of tools made by Chinese-linked firm
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by Democratic Senator Elizabeth W...
3h ago
Palantir faces challenge to remove Anthropic from Pentagon's AI software
By David Jeans and Mike Stone NEW YORK, March 4 (Reuters) - Palantir is the latest company to face the painful task of unwind...
6h ago
Amazon cuts more jobs; this time in robotics unit
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO, March 4 (Reuters) - Amazon on Tuesday confirmed it laid off staff across its robotics unit, ...
6h ago
Entertainment
TV host Gayle King signs new contract with CBS News
March 4 (Reuters) - Television host Gayle King has signed a new contract to remain at CBS News, a person familiar with the...
10h ago
Berlin Film Festival director to stay in role after Gaza tensions
BERLIN, March 4 (Reuters) - Berlin Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle will remain in her role but has been given a set of n...
10h ago
Maggie Gyllenhaal gives Frankenstein's monster's companion a voice in 'The Bride!'
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON, March 4 (Reuters) - Oscar nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal's new film "The Bride!" began...
20h ago
Meet Geeta Gandbhir, the director with two separate Oscar-nominated films
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Reuters) - American filmmaker Geeta Gandbhir is making waves in thi...
Mar 03, 2026
Soccer-Reynolds and McElhenney set for candid Wrexham commentary
LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Wrexham co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney will swap the directors' box for a seat behind...
Mar 03, 2026
