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Lansing BWL to host annual resource fair on Wednesday
LANSING, MI -- The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) and over two dozen non-rofit organizations and community partners...
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Saturday is "Drug Take Back Day" in Michigan
LANSING, MI -- The DEA's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is this Saturday, October 24, from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ...
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Mid-Michigan teacher receives weekly award from Michigan Lottery
MARSHALL, MI -- A Calhoun County educator who loves to connect with students and help them achieve their goals and dreams has...
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Special screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show this weekend at Wharton Center
EAST LANSING, MI -- Wharton Center is doing the Time Warp this weekend. The cult-classic returns to East Lansing for one nigh...
10h ago
TUF Creations to open new studio in downton Lansing
LANSING, MI -- Downtown Lansing Inc. has announced the grand opening of TUF Creations, a new rug-tufting studio in downtown L...
Oct 19, 2026
State
More than 780,000 Michigan voters have already cast their ballot, two weeks before Election Day
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State officials say two weeks ahead of Election Day, more than 780,000 Michigan voters have retur...
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DNR releasing nearly 7,300 pheasants for hunting season
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will release nearly 7,300 pheasants in the Lower Peni...
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Union to vote on tentative agreement with Bradford White Friday
MIDDLEVILLE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - United Auto Workers members will vote Friday on a tentative contract agreement with Bradford W...
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Michigan's average gas price down 15¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan drivers are paying 15¢ less for a gallon of gas than last week. Triple-A Michigan s...
Oct 19, 2026
Two Mattawan High School students killed, three injured in early Sunday morning crash
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two Mattawan High School students were killed in a single vehicle crash early Sunday mornin...
Oct 18, 2026
National
Fecal waste contaminates sinkholes, drinking wells in Mexico's Yucatan, Greenpeace says
By Iñigo Alexander MEXICO CITY, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Water from wells and sinkholes in Mexico's Yucatan state that resid...
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Michigan Republican candidate and UAW, in rare alignment, blast GM
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and the United Auto Worke...
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Explainer-Three issues defining the 2026 US midterm elections
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's record-low popularity, voter frustration over t...
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Feared extinct, Bangka slow loris primate rediscovered in Indonesia
By Will Dunham Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Bangka slow loris is one of Earth's most exotic primates, a slow-moving tree dweller th...
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Trump, Bloomberg ramp up spending ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would spend more than $400 million on Republ...
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World
Musk ordered slowdown of Starlink service used by Ukraine's military, WSJ reports
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk last week ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite servic...
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Iran's Nournews says Qatari delegation arrives in Tehran
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Iran's semi-official Nournews said on Tuesday that a Qatari delegation arrived in ...
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Explainer-Three issues defining the 2026 US midterm elections
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's record-low popularity, voter frustration over t...
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Trump says he asked Putin to release American Stephen Hubbard
By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has raised ...
3h ago
For Lula, Brazil's sovereignty is at stake in final election
By Brendan O'Boyle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - When Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ad...
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Business
Trading Day: Oil reversal lifts spirits
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US stocks rose on Tuesday, shrugging off global weakness earlier in th...
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United Airlines profit outlook disappoints as fuel shock tests pricing power
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - United Airlines on Tuesday forecast fourth-quarter profit well below Wall S...
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Musk calls Tesla-SpaceX merger a 'good idea' as SpaceX posts first profit as a public company
By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette Oct 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of his two companies SpaceX and ...
2h ago
Anthropic logged net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026, WSJ reports
Oct 20 (Reuters) - AI startup Anthropic recorded a net loss of more than $80 billion in the first half of this year, includin...
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FAA certifies Boeing's 737 MAX 10, clearing way for deliveries
By Dan Catchpole and David Shepardson EVERETT, Washington/WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration ...
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Politics
Michigan Republican candidate and UAW, in rare alignment, blast GM
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and the United Auto Worke...
3h ago
Explainer-Three issues defining the 2026 US midterm elections
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's record-low popularity, voter frustration over t...
3h ago
Trump, Bloomberg ramp up spending ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would spend more than $400 million on Republ...
5h ago
Could disillusioned Kansas voters send their first Democrat to the US Senate in 94 years?
By Renee Hickman GARDEN CITY, Kansas, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The last time the state of Kansas sent a Democrat to the US Senate, ...
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US to launch $8 billion support program for farmers to offset diesel costs, Trump says
By Bo Erickson and Kanishka Singh PARK CITY, Kansas, Oct 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Monday the US Departme...
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Health
Fecal waste contaminates sinkholes, drinking wells in Mexico's Yucatan, Greenpeace says
By Iñigo Alexander MEXICO CITY, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Water from wells and sinkholes in Mexico's Yucatan state that resid...
2h ago
Nigeria confirms Ebola case in patient who arrived from Uganda
By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo and Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government said on Tuesday there was a case of Eb...
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Kenya confirms new Ebola case, total at nine, health ministry says
NAIROBI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Kenya has confirmed a new Ebola case, bringing the total number of infections to nine, the hea...
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US FDA issues guidance on apps used with prescription drugs
Oct 20 (Reuters) - The US FDA on Tuesday issued guidance aimed at clarifying how drug companies can develop, distribute an...
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Brazil's Newcastle poultry outbreak unlikely to have major long-term impact, analysts say
By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - An outbreak of Newcastle disease in Brazil is unlikely to cause lasting damag...
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Science
Feared extinct, Bangka slow loris primate rediscovered in Indonesia
By Will Dunham Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Bangka slow loris is one of Earth's most exotic primates, a slow-moving tree dweller th...
4h ago
Japan launches mission to return samples from Mars moon
MINAMITANE, Japan, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mi...
Oct 19, 2026
Famous Siberian cave yields remains of yak-like Ice Age mammal
By Will Dunham Oct 19 (Reuters) - A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the first remains of an extinct human lineage c...
Oct 19, 2026
Starlink disruptions are being felt on the front lines of Ukraine
By Sergiy Chalyi DONETSK REGION, Ukraine, Oct 16 (Reuters) - For one artillery unit fighting in eastern Ukraine, the US decis...
Oct 16, 2026
For fishermen, Britain's climate-driven octopus boom is an opportunity, and a threat
By Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A surge in octopus numbers in British waters due to unusually warm seas is presen...
Oct 16, 2026
Technology
Hedge fund Sachem Head sees room for Ionic shares to surge
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hedge fund Sachem Head Capital Management said on Tuesday it believes Ion...
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Musk calls Tesla-SpaceX merger a 'good idea' as SpaceX posts first profit as a public company
By Akash Sriram and Joey Roulette Oct 20 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Tuesday that a merger of his two companies SpaceX and ...
2h ago
Factbox-Anthropic's public benefit fund and how it compares with other big philanthropic efforts
Oct 20 (Reuters) - Anthropic said it would commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, as debate intensifies over h...
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SpaceX investors, ahead of results, press Musk on Tesla merger
By Akash Sriram Oct 20 (Reuters) - SpaceX shareholders want to know when the rocket maker will merge with Tesla, bringing tog...
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Meta tells Brazil court it treats Lula and Bolsonaro campaigns equally
BRASILIA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, told Brazil's Superior Electoral Cour...
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Entertainment
Netflix issues weak fourth-quarter forecast, shares drop
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Netflix issued a weaker-than-expected forecast for fourth-quarter profit on ...
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Comedian Russell Brand anally raped me, woman tells UK trial
By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - British actor and comedian Russell Brand anally raped a woman who had willingly ...
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Jon Stewart signs on to continue as 'Daily Show' host through 2028
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 19 (Reuters) - Comedian Jon Stewart will continue hosting Comedy Central's "The Da...
Oct 19, 2026
Netflix film division boss to exit in second senior departure in a week
Oct 19 (Reuters) - Netflix said on Monday its film division head Dan Lin would leave after nearly three years at the helm,...
Oct 19, 2026
US Supreme Court rejects music labels' challenge to copyright termination ruling
By Blake Brittain WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court rejected on Monday a challenge by a group of music labe...
Oct 19, 2026
