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Diocese of Kalamazoo announces list of people banned from working, volunteering with youth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Diocese of Kalamazoo is announcing they are undertaking a "thorough review and updating...
15h ago
AUDIO: Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds forum on future of Palisades
BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Palisades nuclear power plant in Cover...
20h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County might need to hire search firm for corporate council
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly two months since Kalamazoo County lost its corporate council, hiring a replacement has be...
Apr 17, 2024
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County to open new park soon
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Parks Department is poised to open its newest park following another succes...
Apr 17, 2024
Former Fabius Township Supervisor sent to prison after convictions for 2010 rape
KALAMAZOO, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Former Fabius Township Supervisor Kenneth Dwyane Linn was ordered to serve between 18 and 50 year...
Apr 17, 2024
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Diocese of Kalamazoo announces list of people banned from working, volunteering with youth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Diocese of Kalamazoo is announcing they are undertaking a "thorough review and updating...
15h ago
Consumers Energy says equipment failure caused Kalamazoo power outage
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An equipment failure at a substation caused a power outage in downtown Kalamazoo yesterday. Cons...
16h ago
KCC gets $350,000 MDHHS grant for Paramedic student scholarships
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Kellogg Community College has announced that they were awarded a new $350,000 grant from the M...
19h ago
AUDIO: Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds forum on future of Palisades
BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Palisades nuclear power plant in Cover...
20h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County might need to hire search firm for corporate council
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Nearly two months since Kalamazoo County lost its corporate council, hiring a replacement has be...
Apr 17, 2024
State
Fewer Michigan inmates are going back to prison after their release
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new study from the Michigan Department of Corrections says less inmates released from prison are...
20h ago
AUDIO: Nuclear Regulatory Commission holds forum on future of Palisades
BENTON TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inspecting the Palisades nuclear power plant in Cover...
20h ago
Democrats regain control of Michigan House after two special election wins Tuesday
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Democrats have regained their two-seat majority in the Michigan House of Representatives with yest...
Apr 17, 2024
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Former Michigan State House Speaker, wife charged on multiple counts
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield is being charged with 13 counts of embezzlement, consp...
Apr 17, 2024
U.S. nuclear regulators to hold meeting on Holtec's license for Palisades Plant Wednesday
BENTON HARBOR, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The future of the Palisades Power Plant site in Van Buren County's Covert Township will be d...
Apr 16, 2024
Local Sports
MLB roundup: Rangers hit three HRs, outslug Tigers
Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run, Marcus Semien and Adolis Garcia delivered solo shots and the visiting Texas Rangers topped...
3h ago
NFL draft hopeful AJ Simon of Albany dead at 25
AJ Simon, a defensive lineman from the University at Albany who was hoping to be drafted into the NFL next week, died at age ...
8h ago
NHL-League approves Coyotes sale and relocation to Utah
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The National Hockey League's Board of Governors have approved the relocation of the Arizona Coyot...
8h ago
Bills, quarterback Josh Allen search for answers without wide receiver Stefon Diggs
With no true No. 1 wide receiver on the roster, some might have anticipated a more abrasive posture from quarterback Josh All...
10h ago
Clark effect: Mystics to host Fever at Capital One Arena
The Washington Mystics on Thursday became the latest WNBA team to announce a venue change to accommodate a visit from Caitlin...
10h ago
National Sports
MLB roundup: Rangers hit three HRs, outslug Tigers
Jonah Heim hit a two-run home run, Marcus Semien and Adolis Garcia delivered solo shots and the visiting Texas Rangers topped...
3h ago
NFL draft hopeful AJ Simon of Albany dead at 25
AJ Simon, a defensive lineman from the University at Albany who was hoping to be drafted into the NFL next week, died at age ...
8h ago
NHL-League approves Coyotes sale and relocation to Utah
By Frank Pingue (Reuters) - The National Hockey League's Board of Governors have approved the relocation of the Arizona Coyot...
8h ago
Bills, quarterback Josh Allen search for answers without wide receiver Stefon Diggs
With no true No. 1 wide receiver on the roster, some might have anticipated a more abrasive posture from quarterback Josh All...
10h ago
Clark effect: Mystics to host Fever at Capital One Arena
The Washington Mystics on Thursday became the latest WNBA team to announce a venue change to accommodate a visit from Caitlin...
10h ago
National
Biden's tariff warnings signal sharp anti-China election battle
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - The Biden administration's threat to impose more tariffs on China is the latest election-year ...
27m ago
Indonesia extends closure of airport in Manado due to volcanic ash
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia has extended the closure of the main international airport in North Sulawesi due to volcanic as...
28m ago
Finance firms urge ambitious action on plastic pollution
By Virginia Furness and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A group of 160 financial companies on Friday urged governments to agr...
3h ago
Gun makers urge US Supreme Court to hear appeal in Mexico's lawsuit
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. gun manufacturers on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court hear their challenge to Mexico's ...
3h ago
Over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested from New York's Columbia campus
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on Wednesday on the campus of Columbia U...
6h ago
World
Pakistan police kill bomber, militant to thwart attack on Japanese nationals
KARACHI (Reuters) -Police in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi shot down a suicide bomber and a militant on Friday as they ...
22m ago
North Korea releases song praising leader Kim as 'friendly father'
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has released a new song praising leader Kim Jong Un for being a "friendly father" and...
23m ago
Bomber crashes in Russia, Interfax says
(Reuters) - A Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in Russia's southern Stavropol region on Friday morning, the Interfax news age...
24m ago
Airlines scramble to change routes after Israeli attack on Iran
By Jamie Freed (Reuters) - Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes...
25m ago
No missile attack against Iran, Iranian official tells Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Explosions heard in Isfahan were a result of the activation of Iran's air defence systems, an Iranian offic...
2h ago
Business
Australia fines Macquarie Bank $6.4 million for not preventing unlawful third-party transactions
(Reuters) - The Federal Court of Australia has fined Macquarie Bank A$10 million ($6.4 million) for its lack of controls to d...
28m ago
Morning Bid: Mideast flare-up spooks markets
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook: Escalation in the Middle East has rounded out a ro...
35m ago
Analysis-Big investors steer clear of French debt as government finances creak
By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe (Reuters) - Some of the world's biggest investors are staying away from France's govern...
37m ago
South Korea to take decisive action if needed to stabilise FX market
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's finance ministry said on Friday that authorities would take immediate and decisive action if i...
38m ago
Indonesia's trade surplus seen widening in March as imports ease: Reuters poll
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's trade surplus is estimated to have widened in March as imports were seen easing from a season...
40m ago
Politics
US aid to Ukraine moves closer to possible passage
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress moved closer on Thursday to ending a months-long stalemate and ...
10h ago
Republican-led states sue to block US rules curbing tailpipe emissions in cars, light trucks
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Twenty-five Republican-led states sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday to b...
13h ago
US lawmakers introduce bill to support nuclear fusion development
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. senators from both parties introduced legislation on Thursday to accelerate de...
14h ago
Biden to win Kennedy family endorsement in Philadelphia
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 15 members of the storied Kennedy political family will endorse U.S. Pre...
19h ago
Abortion, border dominate US Senate race in battleground Arizona
By Ted Hesson GOLDEN VALLEY, Arizona (Reuters) - A restrictive abortion ban revived in Arizona is providing a new opening for...
19h ago
Health
China's drugmakers can't sell mRNA shots but haven't quit yet
By Andrew Silver SHANGHAI/SUZHOU, China (Reuters) - China's vaccine developers stuck with unused mRNA COVID shots and idle ma...
29m ago
US FDA mandates label updates on CAR-T cancer therapies
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday cancer therapies that use CAR-T technology will require ch...
6h ago
J&J wins trial over Florida woman who claimed its baby powder caused her cancer
By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida jury on Thursday concluded that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder talc pr...
6h ago
World Bank sets goal of expanding healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries deliver afforda...
10h ago
India's Biocon developing its own version of Wegovy, clinical trial likely next year
By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Biocon, looking to grab a piece of the exploding weight-loss drug mar...
13h ago
Science
Fossils of colossal snake Vasuki unearthed in India mine
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a lignite mine are the remains of one of the largest snak...
14h ago
Gigantic marine reptile's fossils found by British girl and father
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - A fossil jawbone found by a British girl and her father on a beach in Somerset, England belongs to...
Apr 17, 2024
Head of Russian space agency says work under way on modernised Angara rocket
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is working on a modernised Angara-A5M rocket capable of launching manned spacecraft, and plans to l...
Apr 17, 2024
Astronomers detect Milky Way's second-largest known black hole
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have discovered a black hole with a mass about 33 times greater than that o...
Apr 16, 2024
Genome study reveals prehistoric Ethiopian origins of coffee
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - You might call it a cup of Joe, java, mud, brew, mocha, or your morning jolt. Coffee un...
Apr 16, 2024
Technology
UK regulator says Google's ad-privacy changes fall short, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The UK privacy regulator said Google's proposed replacements for cookies need to do more to protect consumer priva...
29m ago
India's Infosys falls as annual revenue outlook disappoints
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Shares of Infosys fell as much as 2.9% on Friday, a day after India's No.2 software services exporter f...
30m ago
Bitcoin slides below $60,000 on reports Israel strikes Iran
(Reuters) - Cryptocurrencies fell heavily and bitcoin broke below $60,000 on Friday in a rush out of risky assets following r...
3h ago
Apple removes WhatsApp, Threads from China app store on government order
(Reuters) -Apple removed Meta Platforms' WhatsApp and Threads from its App Store in China on Friday after the iPhone maker wa...
3h ago
TSMC's Taipei-listed shares drop 4% after Q1 results
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Taipei-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) dropped more than 4% after openin...
5h ago
Entertainment
Sony, Apollo discuss joint bid for Paramount, says source
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management are discussing making a joint bid fo...
4h ago
Netflix handily beats subscriber targets but misses on revenue forecast
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix blew past Wall Street expectations on new customers for ...
9h ago
NBA's exclusive TV rights talks with Disney, Warner likely to end without deal, CNBC reports
(Reuters) -The National Basketball Association's exclusive media rights negotiating period with current partners Walt Disney ...
10h ago
Alec Baldwin's criminal case hinges on a Wild West revolver
By Andrew Hay TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) - A Colt .45 "Peacemaker" revolver, a symbol of the American Wild West, is...
19h ago
Concord Chorus to buy music investor Hipgnosis Songs Fund for $1.4 billion
(Reuters) - Concord Chorus, a music and theatrical rights firm, has agreed to acquire British music investor Hipgnosis Songs ...
22h ago