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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...
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MSU advances to Sweet 16 on Friday
EAST LANSING, MI -- Michigan State University men's basketball will return to the Sweet 16 for the 16th time in head coach To...
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Oberon Day is today
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Today is Oberon Day, an unofficial start to summer. Bell's Brewery is releasing the citrusy ale ...
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No spring game for MSU football
EAST LANSING, MI -- Michigan State University head football coach Jonathan Smith confirmed on Tuesday that his football squad...
Mar 19, 2025
LCC to host job fair on Wednesday
LANSING, MI -- Lansing Community College's 2025 Job and Internship Fair will be held 2:00 -5:00 p.m. on Wednesday (March 19) ...
Mar 18, 2025
State
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...
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Michigan Retail Sales Index fell dramatically in February
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The February Retail Sales Index in Michigan took a nosedive compared to January. The Michigan Reta...
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Michigan couple jailed in Mexico, family members looking for answers
SPRING ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A couple from Spring Arbor in Jackson County is in a Mexican jail according to their daughter...
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Whitmer not in the running for Michigan's soon-to-be-open U.S. Senate seat
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says she is not going to run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. The s...
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Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario requests all U.S. flags be removed from city properties
SARNIA, ONTARIO (WKZO AM/FM) - The mayor of Sarnia, Ontario has issued a request to have all U.S. flags removed from city pro...
Mar 20, 2025
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National
South Korea wildfires continue to rage as new evacuations ordered
By Minwoo Park UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) - Wildfires expanded in South Korea's southeast region on Tuesday, threa...
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Shell's 2024 emissions largely stable at 1.2 billion tons CO2 equivalent
LONDON (Reuters) - Shell's emissions were largely unchanged in 2024 at around 1.2 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent, acco...
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Trafigura scraps plans for $471 million hydrogen plant in South Australia
(Reuters) - Trafigura has abandoned plans to build an A$750 million ($471.2 million) green hydrogen plant at its Port Pirie l...
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Spain's wild horses in peril, despite key role in wildfire prevention
By Nacho Doce and Charlie Devereux AMIL, Spain (Reuters) - The wildfires that used to burn each summer in the woods above the...
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Downed municipal power lines may have caused LA's Palisades Fire, lawsuit claims
(Reuters) - Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over cl...
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World
Oscar-winning Palestinian director injured in clash with Israeli settlers and arrested
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - The Oscar-winning director of a documentary on the Israel-Palestinian conflict was arrested late on Mond...
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Israeli strikes kill 23 in Gaza, military expands evacuation orders
By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 23 Palestinians on Tuesday,...
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Russia and US are studying the outcome of talks on Ukraine in Riyadh, Kremlin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States are analysing the outcome of talks between their officials in Saudi Arabia on...
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Kremlin accuses Kyiv of deliberately targeting Russian reporters with fatal strike
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately targeting a group of Russian journal...
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Sudan's RSF squeezing relief supplies as famine spreads, aid workers say
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz (Reuters) - A Sudanese paramilitary force locked in a war with the army has placed new...
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Business
German business sentiment rises in March, Ifo survey finds
By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German business morale rose in March, a survey showed on Tuesday, as companies expect a r...
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China's DeepSeek releases AI model upgrade, intensifies rivalry with OpenAI
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model,...
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European shares rise ahead of key German survey on business sentiment
(Reuters) - European shares rose on Tuesday as investors awaited a German survey that could indicate the recent historic debt...
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Spain's industrial prices rise at fastest pace in two years on energy costs
(Reuters) - Energy costs lifted Spanish industrial prices in February to their highest level in two years, the National Stati...
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BlackRock launches first bitcoin product in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock has launched its first bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe, in a bid to tap growing demand...
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Politics
Advocates sue to block attempted dismantling of US Education Department
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. teachers unions and rights advocates, including the NAACP, sued the administrati...
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Fight or cut a deal? Law firms face stark choice under Trump
By Mike Scarcella, Sara Merken and David Thomas (Reuters) - Paul Weiss Chairman Brad Karp's deal with U.S. President Donald T...
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White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic
By Michael Martina and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans ...
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Five transgender US Armed Forces members ask judge for shield from ban
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - Five transgender U.S. military members asked a judge on Monday to block actions against them u...
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White House mistakenly shares Yemen war plans with a journalist at The Atlantic
By Michael Martina and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top Trump administration officials mistakenly disclosed war plans ...
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Health
GSK studying if best-selling shingles vaccine lowers dementia risk
By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) -GSK said on Tuesday that it is studying a group of more than a million older adults in the U...
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Congo lab testing confirms deadly disease outbreak was malaria
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Testing has confirmed that an initially unidentified illness that killed more than 50 people in northwes...
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Germany says UK lifts import ban imposed after German foot-and-mouth case
HAMBURG (Reuters) - Britain has ended a ban on imports of German livestock and animal products imposed after a case of foot-a...
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Trump to nominate Susan Monarez to lead US CDC, CBS News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to nominate Susan Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control a...
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Factbox-Bird flu spreads to mammals, fears of human transmission
(Reuters) -Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundr...
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Science
Firefly Aerospace selects Blue Origin unit to explore volcanic formations on moon
(Reuters) - Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Blue Origin's Honeybee Robotics to supply a rover for its third lunar missio...
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German space startup postpones rocket launch from Norway
OSLO (Reuters) - German startup Isar Aerospace said on Monday it has postponed the launch of a space rocket from Norway due t...
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Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates
By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland (Reuters) - The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be pa...
Mar 21, 2025
Japan's space debris firm Astroscale to tie up with India's Digantara, Bellatrix Aerospace
By Kantaro Komiya and Nivedita Bhattacharjee TOKYO/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Japan's Astroscale, a company specialised in removin...
Mar 21, 2025
Netherlands creates fund to attract top foreign scientists
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands is setting up a fund to attract top foreign scientists to the Netherlands, Education Mi...
Mar 20, 2025
Technology
China's DeepSeek releases AI model upgrade, intensifies rivalry with OpenAI
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model,...
56m ago
BlackRock launches first bitcoin product in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) - BlackRock has launched its first bitcoin exchange-traded product in Europe, in a bid to tap growing demand...
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Exclusive-India slaps Samsung with tax demand of $601 million for telecom imports
By Aditya Kalra and Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has ordered Samsung and its executives in the country to pay $601 ...
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DeepSeek narrows China-US AI gap to three months, 01.AI founder Lee Kai-fu says
By Liam Mo and Kane Wu BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has narrowed the AI development gap with the United States to just...
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India proposes to scrap 6% equalisation levy on digital services, government source says
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India plans to abolish a 6% equalisation levy on online services, including advertising, that affects U....
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Entertainment
French actor Depardieu expected in court for sexual assault trial
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu was expected in court as his trial over alleged sexual a...
Mar 24, 2025
Conan O'Brien receives Mark Twain humor prize at revamped Kennedy Center
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conan O'Brien takes home the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday but the spotl...
Mar 23, 2025
Tom Cruise, Superman and 'Avatar' hold keys to 2025 box office
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tom Cruise takes on what may be his final "Mission: Impossible," a new Sup...
Mar 21, 2025
South Korea court blocks K-pop group NewJeans from leaving agency
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court issued an injunction on Friday to stop members of K-pop group NewJeans ...
Mar 21, 2025
French film star Depardieu faces trial over sexual assault allegations
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - French actor Gerard Depardieu faces trial on Monday over alleged sexual assaults of tw...
Mar 21, 2025
