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Longtime Lansing HS basketball coach Johnny Jones passes
LANSING, MI -- The Lansing School District's Everett High School gymnasium will be the location for a "Celebration of Li...
May 02, 2025
MSU's athletic director is dismissed; Haller leaving after four years in the office
EAST LANSING, MI -- Michigan State University President Kevin M. Guskiewicz, Ph.D., today announced that the university will ...
May 01, 2025
MSU move out weekend is here
EAST LANSING, MI -- Finals week at Michigan State University is almost over and spring move out begins this weekend for most ...
May 01, 2025
Spare Time in Lansing temporarily closed after fire damage
LANSING, MI -- A fire outside Spare Time Entertainment in Lansing on Monday morning has resulted in the business being tempor...
Apr 29, 2025
Wind advisory in effect for mid-Michigan
LANSING, MI -- All of mid-Michigan is under a moderate wind advisory through the afternoon today. The National Weather Servic...
Apr 29, 2025
State
Tuesday is an election day in Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday is an election day in Michigan, but only a small percentage of Kalamazoo County's regist...
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Three-year-old Kalamazoo girl injured in accidental shooting
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says it's actively investigating an accidental shootin...
18h ago
Tulip Time Festival underway in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Hundreds of thousands of tulips are in bloom at the 96th annual Tulip Time festival in Holland. Fe...
May 03, 2025
Kalamazoo County man claims $1 million Michigan Lottery win
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Lottery officials say a Kalamazoo County man has claimed his million-dollar prize from wi...
May 01, 2025
House Speaker Hall: Whitmer's White House appearance helped Selfridge Air National Guard Base
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is crediting Governor Gretchen Whitmer making an appearance at th...
May 01, 2025
National
Trump says he is considering Stephen Miller for national security adviser
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff, was a frontrunner to be...
8h ago
Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the United...
9h ago
Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild a...
9h ago
US House Republican Stefanik edges closer to run for New York governor
By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik said on Sunday that she is "str...
15h ago
More than 15,000 USDA employees have taken Trump financial incentive to leave
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 15,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture employees have taken one of the Trump ...
15h ago
World
The influencer election that wasn't: amid Trump trauma, Australian voters logged off
By Byron Kaye and Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) - When Australian podcast host Nigel Marsh booked Prime Minister Anthony Al...
1h ago
Cardinals could pick Filipino Tagle, 'Asian Francis', as next pope
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle is sometimes called the "Asian Francis&q...
1h ago
Papal contender Parolin is a soft-spoken, longtime Vatican diplomat
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - - If the Catholic cardinals entering the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Fr...
1h ago
Iran's foreign minister arrives in Islamabad amid India-Pakistan standoff
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister arrived in the Pakistani capital on Monday for a one-day visit to meet top lead...
1h ago
Shoe thrown at Kenya's President Ruto during rally
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's President William Ruto fended off a shoe thrown at him during a speech about the cost of living w...
1h ago
Business
Audi posts Q1 sales increase helped by higher EV sales, confirms outlook
(Reuters) -Volkswagen's premium brand Audi on Monday confirmed its full-year guidance with the caveat that any impact from U....
1h ago
Volvo Cars sales fall 11% in April
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Volvo Cars sold 58,881 cars in April, down 11% from a year earlier, the Sweden-based company said on Mon...
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Malaysia PM sees possible reduction in U.S. tariffs, but growth to miss target
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -There is a possibility that Malaysia can negotiate a reduction in threatened U.S. tariffs as Washingt...
3h ago
Global economy already feeling drag from Trump tariffs
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are increasingly clogging up the wheels of a world economy which for decade...
3h ago
Russian factory sector sees slight improvement in April, PMI shows
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian manufacturing sector saw a slight easing in its downturn in April, with contractions in both o...
3h ago
Politics
Adani reps meet Trump officials in push to end US bribery cases, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Representatives for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and his companies met officials from U.S. President Donald Tru...
6h ago
Tech site 404 Media says Signal-like app used by Trump adviser was hacked
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The unofficial version of Signal used by Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has...
8h ago
Trump says he is considering Stephen Miller for national security adviser
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff, was a frontrunner to be...
8h ago
Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the United...
9h ago
Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was directing the Bureau of Prisons to rebuild a...
9h ago
Health
Pope Francis's popemobile set to become health clinic for Gaza children
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -One of Pope Francis's popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in th...
14h ago
Trump 'shows an openness' to Medicaid work requirements, committee chair says
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump "shows an openness" to work requirements for Medi...
19h ago
US worker safety agency notifies employees of firings
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration sent termination notices late on Friday to employees of a...
May 03, 2025
US judge allows testimony that Abbott and Mead Johnson preterm baby formula caused deadly disease
By Diana Novak Jones and Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday said she will allow expert testimony that formu...
May 02, 2025
US FDA accepts Novo Nordisk's application for oral Wegovy for weight loss
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has accepted Novo Nordisk's marketing application for an oral version of its...
May 02, 2025
Science
Starlink is now available in Congo, Musk says
(Reuters) -SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday in an X post that the company's satellite system Starlink is now available in ...
17h ago
NASA rocket, lunar station face cuts in Trump 2026 budget
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is seeking to axe key parts of NASA's mo...
May 02, 2025
Scientists explore where consciousness arises in the brain
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Consciousness is at the center of human existence, the ability to see, hear, dream, imag...
May 01, 2025
Global nuclear fusion project crosses milestone with world's most powerful magnet
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A much-delayed nuclear fusion project involving more than 30 countries is ready to ass...
May 01, 2025
DNA links modern Picuris Pueblo tribe to ancient New Mexico site
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico's Chac...
Apr 30, 2025
Technology
Eutelsat appointed Jean-François Fallacher as new CEO
(Reuters) - French satellite telecommunications operator Eutelsat appointed Jean-François Fallacher as its new chief e...
2h ago
Anduril to acquire Ireland's Klas to bolster AI warfare systems
By Abhinav Parmar (Reuters) -AI-powered defense startup Anduril Industries on Monday said it has entered into a definitive ag...
4h ago
Samsung fights $520 million India tax demand, points to Reliance practice
By Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Samsung has asked an Indian tribunal to quash a $520 million tax de...
May 04, 2025
Buyout firm Apax favorite to win Finastra unit in $2 billion deal, sources say
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) -Private equity firm Apax Partners has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Finastra's treasu...
May 02, 2025
Congo grants licence to Starlink, reversing earlier ban
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo said on Friday it had become the latest African country to grant a licence t...
May 02, 2025
Entertainment
Australia and New Zealand pledge support for film industries after Trump proposes tariffs
By Alasdair Pal and Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand said on Monday they would advocate for the tw...
4h ago
Trump announces 100% tariff for movies produced outside US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the United...
9h ago
'Thunderbolts' kicks off domestic summer box office with $76 million
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marvel movie "Thunderbolts" opened Hollywood's summer movie season with an estimated $76 mi...
17h ago
Brazil police foil bomb plot targeting packed Lady Gaga concert in Rio
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a bomb attack planned for Lady Gaga's historic co...
18h ago
Rio readies for Lady Gaga's return as fans flock to Copacabana
By Marcela Ayres and Lais Morais RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - American pop icon Lady Gaga takes the stage on Rio de Janeiro's C...
May 03, 2025
