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Start of summer project season brings advice from Consumer Energy
JACKSON, MI -- On the eve of the long Memorial Day weekend, Consumers Energy is reminding people to put safety first before d...
May 23, 2025
MSU names new provost
EAST LANSING, MI -- Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., has announced Laura Lee McIntyre as MSU's...
May 22, 2025
Ingham County clerk running for state office
MASON, MI -- Democrat Barb Byrum, Ingham County's clerk and a former state representative, announced this week she'll run to ...
May 21, 2025
No Delta Township fireworks this summer
LANSING, MI -- The Delta Township Board on Monday voted to cancel plans for its annual fireworks display near Lansing Mall, a...
May 20, 2025
Lansing BWL power outages drag on
LANSING, MI -- More than 1,000 electric customers remained without power in the Lansing Board of Water and Light's coverage...
May 19, 2025
State
DNR cautioning people about northern Michigan ice storm damage
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is cautioning people heading to northern Michigan thi...
May 23, 2025
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Michigan House approves two bills banning transgender girls from female sports
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two controversial bills that ban transgender girls from playing female sports in school have been ...
May 23, 2025
Kent County prosecutor won't retry former Grand Rapids police officer after mistrial
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker says former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schur...
May 23, 2025
Police share details about Mackinac Bridge chase, arrest
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Police are sharing details about a chase over the Mackinac Bridge and a carjacking Monday. The ...
May 22, 2025
Ingham County Clerk announces run for Secretary Of State in 2026
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum is running for the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State. By...
May 22, 2025
National
'Lilo & Stitch,' 'Mission: Impossible' rack up nearly $500 million in ticket sales
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -The live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" and the adrenaline-fueled "Missio...
4h ago
Five years after George Floyd's murder, racial justice push continues
By Kat Stafford, Bianca Flowers and Evan Garcia (Reuters) -Shareeduh McGee is fighting to keep the memory of her cousin Georg...
9h ago
Exclusive-FEMA chief was set to be fired before public break with Trump
By Nathan Layne and Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Before Cameron Hamilton headed to Capitol Hill on May 7 to testify about...
9h ago
Australian authorities airdrop supplies to farmers stranded by flood crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Helicopters were being used on Sunday to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state s...
19h ago
'It Was Just An Accident' by Iran's Jafar Panahi wins Cannes' top prize
CANNES, France (Reuters) -"It Was Just An Accident" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Cannes Film Festival's...
May 24, 2025
World
German minister: More sanctions against Russia needed, deep concern about Gaza
BERLIN (Reuters) -Russia's latest wave of attacks on Ukraine should be answered with additional Western sanctions, Germany's ...
2h ago
French President Macron hopes for defence, energy and tech deals as he starts Asia trip
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he hoped to strike deals for France in areas such as de...
4h ago
German chief of defence orders swift expansion of warfare capabilities
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's Chief of Defence, Carsten Breuer, has ordered the German military to be fully equipped with weapo...
4h ago
Father in intensive care after nine children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza
By Hatem Khaled and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The father of nine children killed in an Israeli military strike ...
5h ago
Argentina reeling from poverty, pensioner hardship, says archbishop in sermon
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The Archbishop of Buenos Aires used his pulpit on Sunday to voice criticism of Argentine President Ja...
5h ago
Business
German finance minister says US also needs a swift tariff solution
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The United States has a shared interest in finding a rapid solution to the dispute over trade tariffs, G...
2h ago
IOF tax was discussed at President Lula's table, Brazil's finance minister tells O Globo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said that the increase in the IOF tax on financial transacti...
4h ago
Bank of Israel MPC back to full strength after economist Heffetz approved
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's cabinet approved the appointment of Ori Heffetz to the Bank of Israel's moneta...
11h ago
Musk's X down for tens of thousands of US users, Downdetector shows
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's X was down for tens of thousands of users in the United States on Saturday, according to outage tracki...
May 24, 2025
Nvidia CEO calls Trump re-industrialisation policies 'visionary'
By Supantha Mukherjee NORRKOPING, Sweden (Reuters) -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Saturday praised U.S. President Donald Trump's...
May 24, 2025
Politics
Trump administration puts new limits on reporters at Pentagon
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued orders that require journalists to have offi...
May 24, 2025
Trump administration must restore health articles scrubbed for transgender mentions, judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to restore articles by doctors a...
May 23, 2025
White House National Security Council hit by more firings, sources say
By Gram Slattery and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A large restructuring of the White House National Security Council g...
May 23, 2025
US judge strikes down Trump order against law firm Jenner & Block
By David Thomas (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Friday overturned President Donald Trump's executive order targeting Jenner & ...
May 23, 2025
'Little, little screws' one of many hurdles to US-made iPhones
By Jody Godoy, Karen Freifeld and David Shepardson (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's bid to bring manufacturing of Apple's ...
May 23, 2025
Health
Caris Life Sciences discloses rise in revenue in US IPO filing
(Reuters) -Biotech company Caris Life Sciences filed its paperwork to go public in the U.S. on Friday as the stock market sho...
May 23, 2025
Moderna files application for updated COVID vaccine
(Reuters) -Moderna said on Friday it had filed a marketing application for an updated COVID vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug...
May 23, 2025
ISS backs Dynavax directors in board fight with Deep Track Capital
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services urged Dynavax Technologies ...
May 23, 2025
Brazil state says it rules out bird flu in commercial flock
By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's Santa Catarina state said it has ruled out an outbreak of bird flu in a commercial ...
May 23, 2025
Measles cases in Texas rise by six to 728, state health department says
(Reuters) -The Texas health department on Friday reported 728 cases of measles in the state, up by six cases since its last u...
May 23, 2025
Science
Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dead at 81
By Manuela Andreoni SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Sebastiao Salgado, the Brazilian photographer whose black-and-white images of worke...
May 23, 2025
Astronomers spot galaxy shaped like the Milky Way but is far more massive
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have observed a galaxy dating to an earlier epoch in the universe's history ...
May 23, 2025
FAA approves return to flight for SpaceX's Starship rocket
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it approved SpaceX's Starship to return to fl...
May 22, 2025
Two galaxies seen in a 'joust' preceding a cosmic mega-merger
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have observed two distant galaxies - both possessing roughly as many stars ...
May 21, 2025
Study casts doubt on water flows as cause of streaks on Martian slopes
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Images taken of Mars from orbit dating back as far as the 1970s have captured curious da...
May 19, 2025
Technology
Pakistan allocates 2,000 megawatts of electricity to bitcoin mining, AI data centres
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan will allocate 2,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the first phase of a national initiative t...
12h ago
Musk's X down for tens of thousands of US users, Downdetector shows
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's X was down for tens of thousands of users in the United States on Saturday, according to outage tracki...
May 24, 2025
Exclusive-Nvidia to launch cheaper Blackwell AI chip for China after US export curbs, sources say
By Liam Mo and Fanny Potkin BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Nvidia will launch a new artificial intelligence chipset for China at a...
May 24, 2025
Informatica explores sale again, Salesforce among suitors
(Reuters) -Informatica is exploring a sale after attracting renewed takeover interest from suitors, including Salesforce, a p...
May 23, 2025
CommScope considers sale of broadband arm for as much as $10 billion, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - CommScope Holding is exploring the sale of its broadband connectivity and cable solutions (CCS) division, Bloombe...
May 23, 2025
Entertainment
'Lilo & Stitch,' 'Mission: Impossible' rack up nearly $500 million in ticket sales
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -The live-action remake of "Lilo & Stitch" and the adrenaline-fueled "Missio...
4h ago
'It Was Just An Accident' by Iran's Jafar Panahi wins Cannes' top prize
CANNES, France (Reuters) -"It Was Just An Accident" by Iranian director Jafar Panahi won the Cannes Film Festival's...
May 24, 2025
Josh O'Connor drawn to flawed protagonist in Cannes entry 'The Mastermind'
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Rising British actor Josh O'Connor was drawn to how normal his character in "...
May 24, 2025
Who will win the 2025 Cannes Film Festival's top prize?
By Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -After nearly two weeks of exciting premieres, star-studded press conferences and ...
May 24, 2025
Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value' captivates Cannes with family drama
By Hanna Rantala CANNES, France (Reuters) - Acclaimed director Joachim Trier said his new Cannes competition entry "Sent...
May 23, 2025
