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Father arraigned, released on bond in the death of his three-year-old in hot car
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After a video arraignment Wednesday, 36-year-old Chad Martin of Athens has been released on a $5...
10h ago
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AUDIO: Portage hoping to have new Farmers Market location open in 2025
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Portage officials say they hope to have their new Farmers Market open sometime in the ...
19h ago
AUDIO: Brandi Janes introduced as new director of Kalamazoo County Emergency Management Office
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The city of Kalamazoo will be looking for a new Emergency Management Director. That's because th...
22h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo County Administrator says county needs to jump through hoops for tornado relief
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo County Administrator Kevin Catlin says they are learning that there may be some hoops ...
22h ago
Athens man charged with three-year-old son's death in Vicksburg In August
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - 36-year-old Chad Martin of Athens is charged with leaving a child in a vehicle causing death. Ma...
Nov 20, 2024
State
Secretary of State Benson cheers passage of bills restricting firearms at polling locations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two bills have been passed by lawmakers that would restrict firearms at polling locations while th...
Nov 19, 2024
Former Coldwater prison guard gets jail time/probation for meth possession
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A former corrections officer at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater was sentenced on Monda...
Nov 19, 2024
Gas prices up 9-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's more expensive to fill the gas tank in Michigan compared to last Monday. Triple-A Michigan s...
Nov 18, 2024
General Motors announces lay offs
DETROIT -- General Motors Co. today laid off roughly 1,000 people with a majority of those apparently working out of the auto...
Nov 16, 2024
Kalamazoo man headed for prison dies while trying to escape transport van
BIG RAPIDS, MI - A Kalamazoo man has died while apparently trying to escape a sheriff's department transport van in Mecosta C...
Nov 15, 2024
Local Sports
WMU and CMU battle for the Victory Cannon Trophy again tonight
MT. PLEASANT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football teams hopes to keep the Victory Cannon trophy in Kal...
Nov 19, 2024
WMU misses out on bowl eligible win, falling 31-13 at Bowling Green
BOWLING GREEN, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team dropped its second-straight mid-week game, fa...
Nov 13, 2024
WMU suffers first MAC football loss
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University football team suffered its first Mid-American Conference loss of...
Nov 07, 2024
Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon course to be different for 2025
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Zeigler Kalamazoo Marathon course will be different in 2025. Organizers said yesterday in ad...
Oct 25, 2024
WMU men's soccer alum makes $400,000 donation to the program
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Western Michigan University's men's soccer program has received a record-setting $400,000 donati...
Oct 23, 2024
National Sports
Motor racing-Norris says he was probably not ready for F1 title battle
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - McLaren's Lando Norris said he was probably not ready to challenge Max Verstappen for t...
1h ago
Swimming-Peaty in no rush to make 2028 decision after Paris frustrations
(Reuters) - Triple Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty said he is not ready to make a decision about competing at the 2028 L...
1h ago
Motor racing-F1 drivers 'a bit fed up' with FIA leadership - Russell
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Formula One drivers were surprised by the sudden departure of race director Niels Witti...
1h ago
NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo (41) lifts Bucks past Bulls
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 of his 41 points in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled away in the final minute...
1h ago
Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Alabama downs No. 25 Illinois
Grant Nelson scored 19 of his 23 points in the first half and finished with eight rebounds and four blocked shots to help No....
1h ago
National
K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessl...
1h ago
Motor racing-Norris says he was probably not ready for F1 title battle
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - McLaren's Lando Norris said he was probably not ready to challenge Max Verstappen for t...
1h ago
Swimming-Peaty in no rush to make 2028 decision after Paris frustrations
(Reuters) - Triple Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty said he is not ready to make a decision about competing at the 2028 L...
1h ago
Motor racing-F1 drivers 'a bit fed up' with FIA leadership - Russell
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Formula One drivers were surprised by the sudden departure of race director Niels Witti...
1h ago
NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo (41) lifts Bucks past Bulls
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 of his 41 points in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled away in the final minute...
1h ago
World
Russia says new US base in Poland raises overall nuclear danger
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that a new U.S. ballistic missile defence base in northern Pola...
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Serbia arrests 11 over railway station roof collapse
(Removes extraneous words in headline) BELGRADE (Reuters) - The High Prosecutors Office in the Serbian city of Novi Sad said ...
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Russia is ready to consider any 'realistic' Ukraine peace initiative, says Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to consider any "realistic" peace initiative on the conflict in Ukraine which ta...
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Military help for Ukraine 'too sensitive', but rep office a goal, Taiwan envoy says
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Taiwan is not involved in military assistance for Ukraine as it is "too sensitive"...
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Australian teen dies from tainted liquor in Laos; fourth suspected victim
By Alasdair Pal and Panarat Thepgumpanat SYDNEY/BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Australian teenager died on Thursday after drinking al...
1h ago
Business
China's Baidu posts 3% fall in third-quarter revenue, meeting market view
(Reuters) -Baidu reported a 3% fall in third-quarter revenue on Thursday, meeting market estimates, as China's biggest intern...
11m ago
Commerzbank names new CFO amid UniCredit approach
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Commerzbank on Thursday named Carsten Schmitt as its new chief financial officer, a crucial role at Ger...
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Rwanda central bank maintains key rate, sees inflation within target
KIGALI (Reuters) -Rwanda's central bank held its key interest rate at 6.5% on Thursday after cutting it at the last two rate ...
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Sri Lanka's inflation rate drops to minus 0.7% in October
(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's consumer price inflation reached minus 0.7% year-on-year in October after easing to minus 0.2% in Sep...
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Indian opposition calls for Adani probe, Modi's BJP questions timing of US indictment
By Sakshi Dayal and Shilpa Jamkhandikar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian opposition parties demanded a probe on Thursday into all...
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Politics
Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wedn...
4h ago
Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon an...
9h ago
Trump planning to tap loyalist Vought to lead OMB, sources say
By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russel...
10h ago
Joe Biden turns 82 years old, a first for a sitting US president
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden turned 82 years old on Wednesday, an age milestone never before reached by a sitting com...
12h ago
Senators want Biden administration to back hiking mandatory pilot retirement age
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators including incoming Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday urged the Biden ad...
12h ago
Health
Novartis: launch of Morphosys drug by could be 2027 or later
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis' CEO said on Thursday that the delayed launch of blood-cancer drug pelabresib from the takeove...
1h ago
Novartis raises annual sales guidance until 2028
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis on Thursday raised its medium-term sales guidance, predicting 6% annual growth through 2028, d...
3h ago
Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for...
5h ago
Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for biliary tract cancer treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals' drug for the treatment of a type of biliary t...
8h ago
Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon an...
9h ago
Science
Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for...
5h ago
Scientists announce progress toward ambitious atlas of human cells
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as t...
16h ago
Is climate change making tropical storms more frequent? Scientists say it's unclear
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes...
22h ago
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists working in an international collaboration have tracked how the structure of ...
Nov 20, 2024
Spacex launches sixth Starship rocket from Texas
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of imp...
Nov 19, 2024
Technology
China's Baidu posts 3% fall in third-quarter revenue, meeting market view
(Reuters) -Baidu reported a 3% fall in third-quarter revenue on Thursday, meeting market estimates, as China's biggest intern...
11m ago
South Korea's AI chip investor announces plan for share buybacks
SEOUL (Reuters) - SK Square, the holding company of SK Hynix, a maker of artificial intelligence chips, on Thursday announced...
1h ago
Factbox-US prosecutors demand Google divest Chrome to end search monopoly
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday argued to a judge that Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data, and search ...
1h ago
North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 million Ethereum heist, South Korea police say
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Thursday an investigation confirmed that hackers linked to North Korea's milita...
1h ago
Exclusive-Huawei aims to mass-produce newest AI chip in early 2025, despite US curbs
By Fanny Potkin (Reuters) - China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in th...
2h ago
Entertainment
K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessl...
1h ago
Cirque du Soleil picks Berlin for first permanent European show
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil will kick off its first permanent European show next year in Berlin's central Potsdamer P...
16h ago
Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates
(Reuters) -Comcast plans to divest the bulk of its once-coveted NBCUniversal cable TV assets, including MSNBC and CNBC, as th...
18h ago
'Rust' gets low-key debut, honours cinematographer killed on set
By Malgorzata Wojtunik TORUN, Poland (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin's Western "Rust" premiered at a low-key Polish film f...
18h ago
One Direction stars join mourners at Liam Payne's funeral
By Ben Makori AMERSHAM, England (Reuters) - The former members of boy band "One Direction" were among the mourners ...
18h ago