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Eaton Rapids teacher wins lottery education award
LANSING, MI -- An Eaton County educator who is known for giving back to the community that he was raised in has been honored ...
Sep 23, 2025
Big Ten blood drive at Breslin Center on Wednesday
EAST LANSING, MI - You can show your true Spartan spirit by donating blood at the Breslin Student Events Center this Wednesd...
Sep 22, 2025
Electric vehicle test-drive in East Lansing this weekend
EAST LANSING, MI -- Ever dream of getting behind the wheel of an electric vehicle? Consumers Energy is giving you the opport...
Sep 18, 2025
UM Health Sparrow's Annual Hair-a-thon is Saturday
LANSING, MI -- UM Health Sparrow is hosting its annual Hair-a-Thon in Lansing on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. until noon. Accordin...
Sep 18, 2025
Final Adopt-A-Highway cleanup of the year starts Saturday
LANSING, MI -- As sure as the leaves start to turn each fall, thousands of Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Adopt...
Sep 17, 2025
State
Optimism budget deal could be reached soon
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - There is optimism that a deal on the state's next fiscal year budget can be reached before next Tu...
7h ago
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New York man sentenced for threat against Attorney General Dana Nessel
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man from Bayside, New York will spend the next 366-days in federal prison after pleading guilty ...
Sep 23, 2025
U.S. Department of Justice: Whitmer cannot revoke Line 5 permit
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The U.S. Department of Justice says Governor Gretchen Whitmer does not have the authority to re...
Sep 23, 2025
Governor Whitmer, Speaker Hall believe budget deal still possible
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - One week from today is the deadline for state lawmakers to get a budget for the next fiscal year p...
Sep 23, 2025
Canadian tourism to Michigan down in 2025
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Canadian visits to Michigan are down every month in 2025 so far. Statistics Canada says auto traff...
Sep 22, 2025
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National
Justice Dept officials' statements on Luigi Mangione broke court rules, judge says
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Public statements by Justice Department officials about Luigi Mangione, the man charged with...
1h ago
Family sues Army, FAA, airlines over fatal January 29 DC air collision
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The family of one of the victims of the January 29 fatal collision between an American Airlines regiona...
2h ago
Trump to name Ben Carson as nutrition adviser of USDA
(Reuters) -Former housing secretary and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson will take the role of senior nutrition and housing ad...
3h ago
Democratic congressman Seth Moulton eyes primary challenge to US Senator Markey
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Seth Moulton, a Democrat who has sometimes bucked his party's...
3h ago
US new home sales surge in August
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Sales of new U.S. single-family homes surged in August, but the boost from declining mortgage rates cou...
4h ago
World
Explainer-Iran is facing a return of UN sanctions - what happens now?
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran and European powers remain at loggerheads as they try to strike a last-dit...
1h ago
Turkish opposition re-elects ousted Istanbul provincial head in new congress
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) on Wednesday re-elected Ozgur Celik as its Istan...
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Bolsonaro's legal team asks for his release from house arrest
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said late on Tuesday they formally...
2h ago
Algerian army kills six militants in counter-terrorism operation
TUNIS (Reuters) -Algerian army units killed six armed militants during a counter-terrorism operation in the region of Tebessa...
2h ago
Mexico sends diplomatic note over migrant death in US
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico president Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday she had sent a diplomatic note to Washington over...
3h ago
Business
Exclusive-G7 weighs price floors for rare earths to counter China's dominance, sources say
By Julia Payne and Divya Rajagopal BRUSSELS/TORONTO (Reuters) -Group of Seven (G7) members and the European Union are conside...
1h ago
MSNBC signs deal to bring Sky News coverage to US
(Reuters) -Cable news network MSNBC said on Wednesday it has signed a multi-year deal with Sky News to bring its global repor...
1h ago
Honda to discontinue Acura EV assembled by GM in US
(Reuters) -Japanese automaker Honda is ceasing production in the U.S. of its Acura ZDX electric crossovers assembled by Gener...
1h ago
US support boosts Argentina stocks, bonds and peso
(Reuters) -Argentina's embattled bonds, stocks and peso currency gained for a third day on Wednesday after more details were ...
2h ago
Boeing to relocate F/A-18 service life modification work out of St. Louis
(Reuters) -Boeing said on Wednesday it would relocate F/A-18 fighter jet's service life modification work out of the St. Loui...
2h ago
Politics
Trump plans 'America First' foreign aid funding shift, document shows
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration intends to shift $1.8 billion in foreign aid funding towa...
2h ago
Democratic congressman Seth Moulton eyes primary challenge to US Senator Markey
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Representative Seth Moulton, a Democrat who has sometimes bucked his party's...
3h ago
US senator says he is concerned energy secretary acting in nuclear firm's interest
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Edward Markey sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday saying...
Sep 23, 2025
Trump's approval dips as Americans worry about economy, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's approval ticked slightly lower in recent weeks as Americans wor...
Sep 23, 2025
Democrats demand DOJ release records on bribery probe of Trump's border czar
By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday launched investigations into the...
Sep 23, 2025
Health
Mexico studies more actions to contain screwworm outbreak after case close to US border
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico is evaluating additional actions to deal with an outbreak of the flesh-ea...
3h ago
Activist Engine Capital pushes for changes at Acadia Healthcare
(Reuters) -Activist investor Engine Capital sent a letter to Acadia Healthcare's board on Wednesday asking the company to exp...
5h ago
French court orders Sanofi to pay $177 million for anti-competitive behaviour
(Reuters) -A Paris court on Wednesday ordered Sanofi and its Winthrop unit to pay 150.7 million euros ($177.1 million) in dam...
5h ago
WHO confirms 11 new Ebola cases in Congo
(Reuters) -Eleven new confirmed cases of Ebola were reported in Democratic Republic of Congo since the World Health Organizat...
5h ago
Harmony Biosciences' genetic disorder drug fails to meet main goal in late-stage trial
(Reuters) -Harmony Biosciences said on Wednesday its experimental drug for a type of rare genetic disorder failed to meet the...
5h ago
Science
How mean was this new Argentine dinosaur? It had a croc leg in its jaws
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A fossil unearthed in Argentina of a newly identified species of meat-eating dinosaur is...
Sep 23, 2025
First U.S. Artemis astronaut mission around the moon on track for April, officials say
(Reuters) -NASA officials on Tuesday said the agency's first crewed flight in its Artemis program - a trip around the moon an...
Sep 23, 2025
Fossils tell story of baby flying reptiles doomed by tropical storms
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A tropical storm was brewing over a chain of islands on the edge of the vast Tethys Ocean - the an...
Sep 19, 2025
Amber from Ecuador reveals insects from the age of dinosaurs
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Amber found in the Amazon forest region of Ecuador containing a trove of well-preserved ...
Sep 18, 2025
Northrop, NASA resolve engine issue on cargo craft, sets ISS docking for Thursday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA on Wednesday night resumed plans to dock a Northrop Grumman-built cargo craft with the Internation...
Sep 18, 2025
Technology
AI startup Modular raises $250 million, seeks to challenge Nvidia dominance
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -AI startup Modular said on Wednesday it raised $250 million in a funding round valuing it at $1.6 bi...
2h ago
Microsoft brings Anthropic AI models to 365 Copilot, diversifies beyond OpenAI
(Reuters) -Microsoft said on Wednesday it will integrate artificial intelligence models from Anthropic into its Copilot assis...
2h ago
Meta CEO Zuckerberg says Instagram has grown to 3 billion monthly active users
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms' Instagram has grown to 3 billion Monthly Active Users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, mark...
2h ago
Waymo launches corporate robotaxi accounts to court business travel
(Reuters) -Alphabet-owned Waymo on Wednesday rolled out "Waymo for Business," a corporate program that lets compani...
2h ago
Rick Perry's data center REIT Fermi targets $13 billion valuation in US IPO
(Reuters) -Fermi, a data center builder co-founded by former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry, said on Wednesday it was targe...
4h ago
Entertainment
Jimmy Kimmel monologue racks up more than 15 million views on social media
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on his return to U.S. late-night television on Tuesday aft...
3h ago
Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born star of Italian cinema dies at age 87
ROME (Reuters) -Claudia Cardinale, a glamorous symbol of post-war Italian cinema who enjoyed a long and varied acting career ...
21h ago
Jimmy Kimmel returns to late-night television from six-day suspension
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Jimmy Kimmel was due to return to ABC's late-night television lineup on Tuesday af...
21h ago
Gucci stages star-studded movie night as designer Demna debuts in Milan
MILAN (Reuters) -Gucci kicked off Milan Fashion Week on Tuesday by breaking the mold: In a short dramatic film, Demi Moore, E...
21h ago
Leonardo DiCaprio says new film 'One Battle After Another' is timely satire
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -For Leonardo DiCaprio, explaining the synopsis for his new action ...
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