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Tornado damage reported in SW Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Eleven tornadoes were reported Tuesday in western Michigan, according to the National Weather Service. Gover...
7h ago
Lansing teen killed in weekend shooting identified
LANSING, MI -- The 14-year-old killed in a shooting in Lansing on Saturday was a student at Lansing Eastern High School. The ...
May 07, 2024
Emergent Biosolutions announces layoffs
LANSING, MI -- Emergent Biosolutions said on Wednesday it has laid off 300 people and eliminated 85 unfilled positions in a r...
May 03, 2024
Lansing officials expect low voter turnout next Tuesday
LANSING, MI -- Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope is predicting a turnout of around 15% of the city's registered voters for next ...
May 02, 2024
Bally Sports channel shut down on Xfinity
DETROIT, MI -- For now there will be no Tigers games on Xfinity cable. Diamond Sports Group, which operates all of the 18 Bal...
May 01, 2024
State
Seven homes destroyed in Branch County during Tuesday's storm
SHERWOOD, MI (WTVB) - What was described as a supercell destroyed seven homes in northwest Branch County Tuesday evening. Cou...
17h ago
City officials say two tornado touchdowns cause significant damage in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City officials now say they believe two tornadoes touched down in Portage Tuesday evening. They sa...
17h ago
AUDIO: Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense releases report on national measures needed to avoid another pandemic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new report from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense is calling for more action by all leve...
May 07, 2024
Gas prices in Michigan down 11 cents a gallon
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices are 11cents a gallon lower to start the week in the state. AAA Michigan says the avera...
May 06, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests disrupt graduation ceremonies at U of M
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted anti-war slogans during the University of Mich...
May 05, 2024
National
Analysis-Indiana vote shows Trump still struggling with Republican holdouts
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As Donald Trump stewed in a Manhattan courtroom during his hush money trial, voters ...
38m ago
Biden set to tighten asylum access at U.S.-Mexico border - sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration is set to tighten access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border via a new regula...
55m ago
US Federal Election Commission gives Trump 45 more days to file personal financial disclosures
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Election Commission on Wednesday granted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trum...
1h ago
Bidding opens for Messi napkin that defined soccer great's career
LONDON (Reuters) - Bidding began on Wednesday for a napkin on which soccer club Barcelona penned a promise to sign a 13-year-...
2h ago
US senators urge Postal Service to pause delivery network changes
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of 26 senators on Wednesday urged the U.S. Postal Service to pause planned further changes to ...
2h ago
World
Prince Harry appears, alone, for UK Invictus Games service
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry made a rare public appearance in Britain on Wednesday when he attended a service of thanksgiv...
54m ago
Reaction to US decision to pause weapons shipment to Israel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers reacted to President Joe Biden's decision to suspend delivery of certain munitions to I...
54m ago
Four UK editors named in Prince Harry's phone-hacking lawsuit against Daily Mail
By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON(Reuters) - Four current British newspaper editors and a string of other senior press f...
1h ago
Spain's ex-soccer chief Rubiales to stand trial for kissing player
MADRID (Reuters) -Former Spanish soccer federation chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial for his unsolicited kiss of national ...
2h ago
Colombia National Electoral Council magistrates urge investigation into Petro campaign
By Luis Jaime Acosta and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two out of nine magistrates in Colombia's National Electoral Counci...
2h ago
Business
PIMCO adds bond exposure outside the US on inflation risks
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. bond giant PIMCO said on Wednesday it is increasing its bond exposure in develo...
1h ago
Fed's Cook says households, banks, firms largely in solid financial shape
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. households, banks and firms are largely in solid financial shape, with the me...
2h ago
GM to end production of Chevy Malibu as it shifts to EVs
(Reuters) - General Motors said Wednesday it will end production of its gasoline-powered Chevrolet Malibu car later this year...
2h ago
China approves first gene-edited wheat in step to open up GM tech to food crops
By Mei Mei Chu BEIJING (Reuters) - China has approved the safety of gene-edited wheat for the first time as Beijing cautiousl...
3h ago
Fed's Collins says economy may need to weaken to get 2% inflation
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said on Wednesday that the U....
3h ago
Politics
US Republicans target noncitizen voting, as Trump keeps up false voter fraud claims
By David Morgan and Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a bill to ban noncitizen...
2h ago
Presidential candidate RFK Jr said he had a brain worm in 2012, New York Times reports
(Reuters) - Independent U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had a brain abnormality that he said doctors attrib...
3h ago
Legislative roadmap for AI is coming in weeks, Schumer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he would provide a roadmap for artificial intel...
4h ago
Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels' testimony at Donald Trump's trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stormy Daniels took the witness stand on Tuesday at Donald Trump's criminal trial and descr...
7h ago
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates to be honored with statue at US Capitol
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The late U.S. civil rights leader and journalist Daisy Bates, who was instrumental in...
9h ago
Health
US FDA recommends healthcare providers switch from Getinge's heart devices
(Reuters) - The U.S Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday recommended healthcare facilities transition away from using Ge...
2h ago
Google DeepMind unveils next generation of drug discovery AI model
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Google Deepmind has unveiled the third major version of its "AlphaFold" artifi...
4h ago
Teva Pharm Q1 profit misses estimates, revenue risea
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Teva Pharmaceutical Industries reported a smaller than expected rise in first-quarter ...
5h ago
Pfizer agrees to settle over 10,000 Zantac lawsuits, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Pfizer has agreed to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits about cancer risks related to the now discontinued heartburn...
5h ago
Vitamin Shoppe's telehealth service to provide access to weight-loss drugs
(Reuters) - Health and wellness products retailer Vitamin Shoppe said on Wednesday that subscribers to its telehealth service...
6h ago
Science
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an a...
4h ago
SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its com...
6h ago
Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RI...
13h ago
First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule targeted for May 17
(Reuters) - The target launch date for the long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing Co's new Starliner Space capsule h...
19h ago
Timeline: Boeing's new Starliner set for first crewed flight to space station
(Reuters) - Two years after its initial unmanned journey to the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's new Starliner ast...
May 07, 2024
Technology
Nigeria rejects Binance CEO's bribery claim as 'diversionary tactic'
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities on Wednesday denied allegations from Binance's CEO of soliciting brib...
2h ago
Legislative roadmap for AI is coming in weeks, Schumer says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on Wednesday he would provide a roadmap for artificial intel...
4h ago
US official says Chinese seizure of TSMC in Taiwan would be 'absolutely devastating'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday a Chinese invasion of Taiwan and seizure of chips...
4h ago
Reddit shares soar as earnings show advertising, AI licensing revenue potential
(Reuters) - Reddit shares soared 14% on Wednesday after the social media firm floored investors with strong revenue growth an...
4h ago
Turkey's competition board to fine Meta $37.2 million in data-sharing probe
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's competition board fined Meta Platforms 1.2 billion lira ($37.20 million) on Wednesday after con...
4h ago
Entertainment
Olympics-French rapper Jul lights Paris 2024 cauldron in Marseille
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Marseille-born French rapper Jul lit the Paris 2024 Olympic cauldron as the flame reached Frenc...
2h ago
Warner Bros Discovery plans new cost cuts, hike in Max price, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery is looking at additional opportunities for cost-cutting and raising prices for its Max strea...
2h ago
Russia's last Eurovision singer, now 'cancelled', still seeks to spread hope
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - The last singer to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest before it was...
4h ago
Isabelle Huppert to head Venice Film Festival jury
ROME (Reuters) - Isabelle Hubbert will head the main competition jury at this year's Venice Film Festival, organisers said on...
7h ago
SXSW festival to launch European edition in London next year
LONDON (Reuters) - South by Southwest, the music, technology and film festival (SXSW) held annually in Austin, Texas is comin...
14h ago