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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...
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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 ...
15h 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...
18h 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 ...
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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...
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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
Women's Top 25 roundup: UConn's Geno Auriemma tops D-I wins list
Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men's or women's, on...
26m ago
LPGA Awards: Nelly Korda takes top two honors
Nelly Korda capped her best season by capturing the top two honors on Wednesday at the Rolex LPGA Awards in Naples, Fla. The ...
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UConn's Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest D-I coach
Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men's or women's, on...
1h ago
76ers' Paul George injures left leg, exits game at Grizzlies
Paul George of the Philadelphia 76ers was injured in the opening seconds of the third quarter of Wednesday's game against hos...
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Golf-Smith, Day among early leaders at Australian PGA Championship
(Reuters) - Major winners Cameron Smith and Jason Day went stroke-for-stroke for a share of the early clubhouse lead on four-...
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National
New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal
By William James, Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie BAKU (Reuters) -The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh ...
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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...
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Women's Top 25 roundup: UConn's Geno Auriemma tops D-I wins list
Geno Auriemma became the all-time winningest coach in the history of NCAA Division I college basketball, men's or women's, on...
26m ago
LPGA Awards: Nelly Korda takes top two honors
Nelly Korda capped her best season by capturing the top two honors on Wednesday at the Rolex LPGA Awards in Naples, Fla. The ...
26m ago
Duct-taped banana goes for $6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 m...
1h ago
World
FAA eases Haiti flight ban as US airlines permitted in north of country
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday modified a ban on U.S. airlines operating in...
A few minutes ago
Malaysian man to be publicly caned at mosque for Islamic crime of close proximity
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A 42-year-old father of five faces a public caning at a mosque in Malaysia after being convicted of ...
A few minutes ago
New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal
By William James, Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie BAKU (Reuters) -The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh ...
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Mexico's lower house votes to abolish autonomous bodies
By Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday a measure to abolish most o...
2h ago
Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's centre-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ...
2h ago
Business
Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and ...
12m ago
BOJ's Ueda warns AI could bring new financial stability risks
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday central banks must be mindful that techno...
12m ago
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...
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Bitcoin breaks $95,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin's march toward $100,000 made further ground on Thursday as investors bet a friendlier U.S. regu...
1h ago
Asian stocks ease as Nvidia's forecast dampens risk appetite
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian equities fell on Thursday after AI darling Nvidia disappointed investors with a...
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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...
23m 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...
5h 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...
6h 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...
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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...
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Health
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...
1h 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...
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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...
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Kura Oncology to partner with Kyowa Kirin for blood cancer therapy
(Reuters) - Kura Oncology said on Wednesday it will collaborate with Japan's Kyowa Kirin to develop and commercialize the blo...
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Health Rounds: Blood thinners don't benefit low-risk patients with atrial fibrillation
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Hello Health Rounds Readers! Today we feature three more studies that were presented at one of the...
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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...
1h 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...
12h 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...
18h 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
Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and ...
12m ago
BOJ's Ueda warns AI could bring new financial stability risks
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Thursday central banks must be mindful that techno...
12m ago
Bitcoin breaks $95,000 for first time on optimism over Trump crypto plans
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Bitcoin's march toward $100,000 made further ground on Thursday as investors bet a friendlier U.S. regu...
1h ago
Australia launches 'landmark' bill to ban social media for children under 16
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's centre-left government on Thursday introduced a bill in parliament that aims to ...
2h ago
Nvidia's supply snags hurting deliveries but mask booming demand
(Corrects to add Bengaluru to dateline) By Stephen Nellis and Aditya Soni SAN FRANCISCO/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Nvidia's revenue...
3h ago
Entertainment
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...
12h 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...
14h 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...
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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 ...
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Indonesia can reach net zero emissions before 2050, president says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia is optimistic it can reach net zero emissions before 2050, a decade earlier than previously tar...
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