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WMU officials say overnight camping is not permitted, university encourages protesters to take down encampment
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While a Pro-Palestinian group encampment at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is now in it...
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Kalamazoo College alumna to deliver spring commencement address next month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 1993 graduate of Kalamazoo College will be returning next month to deliver the spring commence...
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Kalamazoo area among the first to see iron utility pole installation by Consumers Energy
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Consumers Energy says it is introducing yet another new strategy to improve the reliability of t...
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"A Two Hearted Tale" documentary set to make its debut in Kalamazoo Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A short film about the unusual labels for Bell's Brewery bottles and cans will make its debut Th...
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Teen charged with murder in shooting death of 25-year-old Kalamazoo man last month
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A suspect in the shooting death of a 25-year-old Kalamazoo man has now been charged with murder....
Apr 29, 2024
State
WMU officials say overnight camping is not permitted, university encourages protesters to take down encampment
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While a Pro-Palestinian group encampment at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor is now in it...
10h ago
Short-term rental owners in Michigan might face new, long-term costs
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Proposed regulations in Michigan could have a major impact on the state's tourism industry. The ...
Apr 29, 2024
Peter Meijer drops bid for U.S. Senate seat
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The crowded field of Republican candidates vying for one if two U.S. Senate seats from Michig...
Apr 26, 2024
Trump, allies named unindicted co-conspirators in fake electors case
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A special agent with Attorney General Dana Nessel's office says former President Donald Trump and ...
Apr 25, 2024
Thousands are flocking to Detroit for NFL Draft that begins Thursday
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Detroit officials say the city is getting a travel surge this week with the NFL Draft set for Thur...
Apr 23, 2024
Local Sports
Tigers series opener with Cardinals postponed, doubleheader set for Tuesday afternoon
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The start of the interleague series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals has bee...
21h ago
K-WINGS CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH, FALL TO FUEL IN OT
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (38-30-4-0) staged a two-goal comeback but ultimately fell to the Indy Fu...
Apr 14, 2024
Kalamazoo wins season series finale at Iowa, heads to Indy in playoff position
CORALVILLE, IA (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (38-30-3-0) leaned on their leadership to defeat the Iowa Heartlanders (26-...
Apr 13, 2024
K Wings dominate Iowa, stay in playoff mix with 6-2 win
CORALVILLE, IA (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (37-30-3-0) struck early and often to move back into playoff position by de...
Apr 11, 2024
K Wings drop final home game to Komets, set 4th highest attendance record
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Wings (36-30-3-0), proud ECHL affiliate of the National Hockey League's Vancouver ...
Apr 08, 2024
National Sports
Celtics' Brad Stevens named NBA Executive of the Year
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens was named NBA Executive of the Year on Tuesday. Stevens spent ...
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Comcast's Peacock to raise streaming prices ahead of Paris Olympics
(Reuters) - Peacock, a Comcast-owned NBCUniversal's streaming service, will raise prices of its premium and premium plus plan...
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Reports: Darvin Ham, Lakers expected to part ways
Reports of an imminent divorce between the Los Angeles Lakers and Darvin Ham multiplied on Tuesday in the aftermath of the se...
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Golf-Troon's sixth hole to set Open distance record
(Reuters) - This year's Open will feature the longest hole in the tournament's history after Royal Troon's sixth was extended...
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Olympics-Mayor confident Seine pool party will convince river is safe
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - Mayor Anne Hidalgo is confident that her swimming in the River Seine in June will convince...
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National
Biden administration takes step to make marijuana use a less serious crime
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use a less serious crime, a source familiar wit...
12m ago
North Carolina police examine whether multiple shooters involved in killing of four officers
By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) - Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, said on Tuesday they were investigating whether more th...
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Celtics' Brad Stevens named NBA Executive of the Year
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens was named NBA Executive of the Year on Tuesday. Stevens spent ...
45m ago
Comcast's Peacock to raise streaming prices ahead of Paris Olympics
(Reuters) - Peacock, a Comcast-owned NBCUniversal's streaming service, will raise prices of its premium and premium plus plan...
57m ago
Bracing for shallow Fed easing, bond investors take the middle of the curve road
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investors are selectively adding longer-dated maturities to their portf...
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World
Panama top court calls session on presidential frontrunner's candidacy
(Reuters) -Panama's top court kicked off an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to decide on the constitutionality of the presid...
A few minutes ago
Ukraine's Zelenskiy: We must speed up deliveries of weaponry for frontline soldiers
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Ukraine needed "a significant acceleration" in deliv...
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Italian general takes aim at woke policies, cancel culture
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) - An Italian army general who sparked outrage by publishing a book disparaging LGBT people, m...
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Blinken says he will press Netanyahu on Gaza aid measures
By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis AMMAN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he will discus...
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Haiti transition council names former senate leader as president
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's transition council on Tuesday named Edgard Leblanc, the former senate president, to head t...
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Business
US labor official calls on companies to exit China's Xinjiang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - International companies cannot responsibly operate in Xinjiang and should leave the western Chinese re...
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US newspapers sue OpenAI for copyright infringement over AI training
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) - A group of newspapers, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Tribune, sued Microsoft an...
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BlackRock to launch PIF-backed Saudi investment platform
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - The world's largest asset manager BlackRock said on Tuesday it plans to launch a new inves...
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Ancora scores win with ISS endorsement in Norfolk Southern proxy fight
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ancora Holdings scored a second victory in its battle with Norfolk Southern when ...
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Ex-Google workers say firings for protesting Israel contract were illegal
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a U.S. labor board cla...
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Politics
US Supreme Court won't halt Texas age verification for online porn
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Tuesday to block a Texas law requiring online age verification...
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U.S. House Democrats will not support a motion to eject Speaker Mike Johnson, leadership says
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Democrats will not support a proposed motion to eject Republican Speaker...
4h ago
Trump does not rule out building detention camps for mass deportations
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump does not rule out building detention camps ...
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Pro-Palestinian protesters occupy building at Columbia University - CNN
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University were occupying a building on the New York City campus on Tuesda...
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Trump NYC hush money trial to resume with banker's testimony
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial is set to resume in New York on Tuesday with testimony fro...
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Health
Biden administration takes step to make marijuana use a less serious crime
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday moved to make marijuana use a less serious crime, a source familiar wit...
12m ago
Breast cancer screening should begin at age 40, U.S. panel says
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) - Women at average risk for breast cancer should get screening mammograms every other year...
2h ago
Incyte misses quarterly profit on weak sales of lead drug
(Reuters) - Incyte Corp on Tuesday reported first-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates on weak sales of its blood cance...
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GE HealthCare misses quarterly revenue estimates on weakness in China market
(Reuters) - GE HealthCare Technologies missed first-quarter revenue estimates on Tuesday, hurt by lower sales in China market...
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Ecolab to sell global surgical unit for $950 million, lifts 2024 profit forecast
(Reuters) - Water solutions company Ecolab said on Tuesday it would sell its global surgical solutions business to private me...
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Science
T. rex is at the center of a debate over dinosaur intelligence
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Surmising even the physical appearance of a dinosaur - or any extinct animal - based on...
4h ago
What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The advent of agriculture roughly 11,500 years ago in the Middle East was a milestone f...
23h ago
Argentine scientists find speedy 90-million-year-old herbivore dinosaur
By Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Paleontologists from Argentina announced the discovery of a new medium-sized her...
Apr 25, 2024
China sends astronauts to Chinese space station for six-month stay
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station for a six-month stay, ...
Apr 25, 2024
Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulat...
Apr 25, 2024
Technology
Data centers will likely provide boost to nuclear energy, says Cameco CEO
By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) - Uranium miner Cameco Corp's chief executive said on Tuesday projected demand from data centers p...
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Ex-Google workers say firings for protesting Israel contract were illegal
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A group of workers at Alphabet Inc's Google have filed a complaint with a U.S. labor board cla...
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South African cryptocurrency exchange VALR targets global expansion
By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's largest cryptocurrency exchange VALR has secured a licence in Polan...
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France must curb child, teen use of smartphones, social media, says panel
By Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) - France should limit smartphone and social media use for children and teenagers, an expert...
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Island hits $3 billion in valuation after latest fund raise
(Reuters) - Enterprise software and security provider Island said on Tuesday it had raised fresh capital in a late-stage fund...
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Entertainment
Factbox-All you need to know about Eurovision 2024
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson MALMÖ, Sweden (Reuters) - The world's biggest live music event, Eurovision Song Contest, will ta...
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'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' tie for most 2024 Tony nominations
(Reuters) - Alicia Keys' musical "Hell's Kitchen" and 1970's rock inspired "Stereophonic" led the nominat...
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French actor Gerard Depardieu questioned over alleged sexual assaults
PARIS (Reuters) - French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was detained for questioning on Monday in connection with alleged sex...
Apr 29, 2024
Start me up: The Stones kick off North America tour in Houston
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones kicked off their North America tour at a packed venue in Houston ...
Apr 29, 2024
Blackstone outbids Concord in $1.6 billion takeover battle for Hipgnosis
(Reuters) - Blackstone has agreed to acquire Hipgnosis Songs Fund for about $1.57 billion, after the private equity giant out...
Apr 29, 2024