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Kalamazoo Rotary Club to host Memorial Day event in downtown and Riverside Cemetery
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Rotary Club will be hosting its annual Memorial Day Celebration Monday, honoring t...
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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

AUDIO: Parents plead with KPS to not cut elementary assistant librarian
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Parents at Parkwood-Upjohn and Winchell elementary schools are appealing to Kalamazoo Public Sch...
May 23, 2025
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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
Local Sports

KCC baseball team wins regional championship, heads to Junior College World Series
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kellogg Community College baseball team are regional champions for the second consecutive...
May 21, 2025

AUDIO: Ad hoc committee to pick youth sports complex location is set
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new ad hoc committee picked to decide the location for Kalamazoo's new youth sports complex ha...
May 21, 2025

First Kalamazoo Wings coach, GM dies at 80
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The first head coach and general manager of the Kalamazoo Wings hockey team has died. The ECHL t...
May 14, 2025

Kalamazoo County hotel owners approve adding fee to room charges for youth sports complex
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Tuesday was a tough day for three funding requests on the ballot locally. Two school bond issues...
May 08, 2025

ACEing Autism, USTA welcome 87 tennis players for inclusive tennis clinic at Portage YMCA
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The USTA and ACEing Autism welcomed 87 tennis players of varied abilities to the Portage YMCA this...
May 07, 2025
National Sports
Ice hockey-US thrash Sweden 6-2 to advance to world championship final
By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Team USA hammered co-hosts Sweden 6-2 on Saturday to advance to Sunday's final of th...
1h ago
Tennis-Sabalenka launches French Open campaign, Musetti aims high
PARIS (Reuters) - The first round of the French Open begins on Sunday as the world's top players battle for Grand Slam glory ...
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MLB roundup: Rafael Devers (8 RBIs), Red Sox pound Orioles 19-5
Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs between the sixth and eighth innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 19-5 win over...
7h ago
Corey Heim runs away with Truck Series race at Charlotte
CONCORD, N.C. -- This time, Corey Heim didn't just slam the door on his NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series competition -- he naile...
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Islanders name Mathieu Darche new general manager
The New York Islanders confirmed early reports, announcing Mathieu Darche as the team's general manager Friday. "Mathieu...
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National
Ice hockey-US thrash Sweden 6-2 to advance to world championship final
By Philip O'Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Team USA hammered co-hosts Sweden 6-2 on Saturday to advance to Sunday's final of th...
1h ago
Tennis-Sabalenka launches French Open campaign, Musetti aims high
PARIS (Reuters) - The first round of the French Open begins on Sunday as the world's top players battle for Grand Slam glory ...
1h ago
US EPA wants to erase greenhouse gas limits on power plants, NYT reports
(Reuters) -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gases from coal ...
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'Honey Don't!' noir brings Ethan Coen's inventive violence to Cannes
By Mike Davidson CANNES, France (Reuters) -Ethan Coen, one half of the renowned Coen brothers, had to get even more creative ...
5h ago
MLB roundup: Rafael Devers (8 RBIs), Red Sox pound Orioles 19-5
Rafael Devers had a career-high eight RBIs between the sixth and eighth innings to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 19-5 win over...
7h ago
World
China's premier says China and Indonesia will promote 'true multilateralism'
SHANGHAI/JAKARTA (Reuters) -China's Premier Li Qiang said on Saturday that China and Indonesia will promote "true multil...
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German defence minister does not rule out return of military draft, he tells FAS
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Germany may consider reintroducing military conscription from as soon as next year if it does not attrac...
2h ago
Erdogan, Syria's Sharaa hold talks in Istanbul, media reports say
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was holding talks with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Istanbul on S...
4h ago
Police probe possible arson attack as Cannes and parts of southern France suffer power cut
CANNES, France (Reuters) - French police were investigating a possible arson attack as being the main cause for a power outag...
4h ago
Ukraine says 307 soldiers return home in POW swap with Russia
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said 307 of his country's service personnel returned home on Saturday...
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Business
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...
4h ago
Pirelli in risky situation without a deal with Sinochem, CEO tells Corriere
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian tyre maker Pirelli is in a risky situation after its Chinese leading shareholder Sinochem rejected a...
5h ago
Indonesia to launch economic stimulus to boost consumption
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia plans to announce economic stimulus measures on June 5 to boost economic activity and consumer p...
11h ago
US plans Chevron license for minimum maintenance in Venezuela, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to issue a narrowly tailored license to Chevron, allowin...
13h ago
Advisory firm Glass Lewis backs Toyota chairman re-election
TOKYO (Reuters) - Advisory firm Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders re-elect Toyota Motor Chairman Akio Toyoda at this y...
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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...
13h ago
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...
17h ago
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...
17h ago
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 & ...
19h ago
'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 ...
21h ago
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...
17h ago
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...
19h ago
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 ...
21h ago
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 ...
21h ago
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...
23h ago
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...
21h ago
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
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...
2h ago
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...
4h ago
Informatica explores sale again, Salesforce among suitors
(Reuters) -Informatica is exploring a sale after attracting renewed takeover interest from suitors, including Salesforce, a p...
17h ago
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...
19h ago
'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 ...
21h ago
Entertainment
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 "...
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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 ...
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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...
21h ago
Iran's Roustaee concerned about return home despite cautious Cannes film
By Michaela Cabrera and Miranda Murray CANNES, France (Reuters) -Iranian filmmaker Saeed Roustaee said on Friday that he was ...
23h ago
Disney delays next two Marvel 'Avengers' movies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's movie studio has postponed the release of the next two installments in Marvel's blockbu...
May 23, 2025