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Two suffer critical injuries in Monday afternoon crash
WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were injured after being ejected from their vehicle after running off the roa...
7h ago
Shooting at Oshtemo Township gas station under investigation
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting at the Speedway gas sta...
16h ago
Calhoun County deputies looking for four suspects after early morning break-in
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is looking for four suspects after an early Monda...
18h ago
Kalamazoo to honor K-9, handler
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials will honor a public safety K-9 officer and his handler this evening ...
22h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's Metro Transit to launch its version of ride sharing service
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Metro Transit bus system will be firing up its own version of an Uber or Lyft servic...
22h ago
Local
Two suffer critical injuries in Monday afternoon crash
WAKESHMA TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two people were injured after being ejected from their vehicle after running off the roa...
7h ago
Shooting at Oshtemo Township gas station under investigation
OSHTEMO TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting at the Speedway gas sta...
16h ago
Calhoun County deputies looking for four suspects after early morning break-in
SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - The Calhoun County Sheriff's Department is looking for four suspects after an early Monda...
18h ago
Kalamazoo to honor K-9, handler
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City of Kalamazoo officials will honor a public safety K-9 officer and his handler this evening ...
22h ago
AUDIO: Kalamazoo's Metro Transit to launch its version of ride sharing service
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo's Metro Transit bus system will be firing up its own version of an Uber or Lyft servic...
22h ago
State
Gas prices keep going up in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices continue to set highs for the year in Michigan. AAA Michigan says the average price is...
22h ago
AUDIO: Four years later, WMU professor says high school age students might have been affected most by pandemic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - This week marks the marks four-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID...
Mar 15, 2024
Michigan school shooter's father convicted of manslaughter
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A Michigan jury on Thursday convicted the father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates at ...
Mar 15, 2024
RNC sues Secretary Of State over voter rolls
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is being sued by the Republican National Committee over ...
Mar 14, 2024
Body found inside Battle Creek home after fire Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After initially believing there were no injuries in a Monday morning house fire, Battle Creek...
Mar 12, 2024
Local Sports
WMU men crushed by Ohio University in MAC hoops quarterfinals
CLEVELAND, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The season ended for the Western Michigan University men's basketball team Thursday as they fell...
Mar 15, 2024
Broncos fall to top seed Toledo in first round of MAC women's tourney
CLEVELAND, OH (WKZO AM/FM) - The season ended for the Western Michigan University women's basketball team Wednesday afternoon...
Mar 14, 2024
WMU men rally for win on Senior Night, clinch MAC tourney berth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Trailing by as many as 17 late in the first half on Friday evening, the Western Michigan Univers...
Mar 09, 2024
NFL quarterback and Michigan native Kirk Cousins will be in Kalamazoo Friday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - NFL star and Michigan native Kirk Cousins will be in Kalamazoo Friday to open a new ETS Performa...
Mar 07, 2024
WMU slips at home Tuesday, will need a win Friday to claim MAC tourney berth
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University men's basketball team failed to clinch a Mid American Conference...
Mar 06, 2024
National Sports
NBA roundup: Anthony Edwards' 32 points propel Wolves past Jazz
Anthony Edwards scored 13 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter to lift the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 114-104 win over the...
28m ago
Ice hockey-Konstantin Koltsov, former NHL player and boyfriend of Sabalenka, dead at 42
(Reuters) - Konstantin Koltsov, the Belarusian former pro ice hockey player and boyfriend of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, h...
2h ago
Tennis-Raducanu withdraws from Miami Open - media reports say
(Reuters) - Britain's Emma Raducanu has withdrawn from the Miami Open on the eve of her first-round match due to a lower back...
4h ago
Soccer-Messi sidelined for Argentina friendlies with injury
(Reuters) - Argentina captain Lionel Messi is out of this month's friendlies in the United States due to a hamstring injury, ...
8h ago
Spring training roundup: Dane Myers hits walk-off HR for Marlins
Dane Myers hit a walk-off home run with two outs and two strikes to lift the Miami Marlins to a 6-5 win over the Houston Astr...
8h ago
National
48 HOURS: Gensler's design guru salutes London's nooks and crannies
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) - As head of one of the world's largest architecture and design firms, Julia Simet appreci...
1h ago
Activist investor Nelson Peltz to vote for Donald Trump, FT reports
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Nelson Peltz plans to vote for Donald Trump, citing concerns over 81-year-old President Bide...
2h ago
More than 60% of US abortions in 2023 were done by pill, study shows
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) - The proportion of U.S. abortions administered by medication rose to more than 60% in 2023, fo...
2h ago
New York mayor accused of sexually assaulting transit co-worker in 1993
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) - A former New York City employee filed suit on Monday accusing Mayor Eric Adams of sexually assaul...
4h ago
Reddit, YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo mass shooter
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reddit and Google's YouTube were ordered by a New York state judge to face lawsuits ...
5h ago
World
Philippines foreign minister says challenge is how to sustain, elevate US-Philippines alliance
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' foreign minister said on Tuesday the challenge ahead was how to sustain and further eleva...
30m ago
Philippines sees up to $6 billion of investments in casino sector in next 5 years
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - Foreign and domestic firms are expected to invest much as $6 billion in the Philipp...
31m ago
Blinken to visit Middle East this week as US pushes for ceasefire in Gaza
(Reuters) - United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East this week, the U.S. State Department s...
1h ago
Bangladesh, Pakistan and India bottom in air quality rankings in 2023, data shows
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pakistan remained one of the world's three smoggiest countries in 2023, as Bangladesh ...
2h ago
Taiwan's vice president-elect makes Czech visit after US trip
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's vice president-elect and former de facto ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khim, is on a visit t...
2h ago
Business
Analysis-Chinese developer Vanke's credit pursuit clouded by clamour for collateral
By Engen Tham, Ziyi Tang and Clare Jim SHANGHAI/BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A rare Beijing directive to help Vanke beat a l...
8m ago
Macquarie and Canada's PSP start AirTrunk data centre sales process, source says
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Macquarie Group and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board are start...
9m ago
Morning Bid: Bank of Japan goes big
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee In a well-telegraphed move, the Bank of Japan deli...
1h ago
BOJ's long battle with deflation and the great unwinding
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other pieces of unorthodox policy ...
1h ago
Factbox-What happens to BOJ's stimulus tools?
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its un...
1h ago
Politics
Trump loses bid to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels testimony at hush money trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump on Monday lost a bid to block testimony from Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels at his upcomin...
9h ago
Trump seeks appeal of Georgia prosecutor disqualification ruling
(Reuters) - Donald Trump on Monday asked a Georgia judge to allow him to appeal a ruling keeping the lead prosecutor on the s...
10h ago
Trump has failed to get appeal bond for $454 million civil fraud judgment, lawyers say
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump has so far been unable to obtain a bond that would allow him to appeal a $454 m...
14h ago
US Supreme Court won't hear New Mexico official's appeal of insurrection ouster
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an ousted New Mexico county commissio...
16h ago
Trump eyeing Paul Manafort for 2024 campaign role, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to include Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager ...
20h ago
Health
Kroger to sell specialty pharmacy business to Elevance Health's CarelonRx
(Reuters) - Grocer Kroger said on Monday it had entered a definitive agreement for the sale of its specialty pharmacy busines...
9h ago
US CDC urges measles vaccinations amid rising cases
(Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday issued a health advisory urging people, parti...
10h ago
US approves first gene therapy for rare genetic disease
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday it had approved UK-based Orchard Therapeutics' gene therapy ...
12h ago
EPA to ban last form of asbestos used in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday finalized a rule that would ban using and importing...
14h ago
Musk defends his ketamine use as beneficial for investors in new video
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - CEO Elon Musk said his ketamine prescription was beneficial for Tesla's investors in a video inter...
14h ago
Science
FAA to oversee SpaceX-led investigation into Starship mishap
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it will oversee a SpaceX-led investigation into a misha...
Mar 14, 2024
Chemicals in plastics far more numerous than previous estimates, report says
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - At least 3,000 more chemicals are in plastics - from food packaging to toys to medical de...
Mar 14, 2024
South Korea scientists tout 'beef rice' as source of protein for the future
By Hyun Young Yi and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean researchers have grown beef cells in rice grains in what the...
Mar 14, 2024
Study documents headaches experienced by astronauts in space
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Research in the expanding field of space medicine has identified many ways in which a m...
Mar 14, 2024
China launch of DRO-A/B satellite on Wednesday not successful - state media
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's launch of a DRO-A/B satellite from Xichang satellite launch centre on Wednesday was not successfu...
Mar 14, 2024
Technology
UK deputy PM launches global push to protect elections from AI, misinformation
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - Democratic countries around the world should band together to confront the threat of AI used ...
27m ago
China's Longi says it will lay off about 5% of employees
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Longi Green Technology Energy, the world's largest solar manufacturer, will lay off about 5% of i...
4h ago
Nvidia's new software tools meant for companies adding AI to business
By Anna Tong and Stephen Nellis SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Nvidia on Monday unveiled software aimed at making it easier for busines...
5h ago
Trading app Robinhood drops margin investing in UK launch
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Trading platform Robinhood has "paused" its plan to lend to UK-based custo...
6h ago
Nvidia launches cloud-based research platform for 6G research and testing
(Reuters) - Nvidia on Monday unveiled an AI-powered software platform that allows research into 6G technology through simulat...
8h ago
Entertainment
Rita Moreno revels in 'mean snake of a woman' role in 'The Prank'
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Rita Moreno, flush with first-hand experience, had no problem channeling a har...
Mar 15, 2024
Beyoncé makes her mark on country music, shining light on genre's Black roots
By Kat Stafford and ALEXANDRA SARABIA (Reuters) - Texas native and singer-songwriter Denitia was deeply moved when she heard ...
Mar 15, 2024
'Squid Game' actor O Yeong-su gets suspended sentence in sexual harassment case
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series &quo...
Mar 15, 2024
Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against h...
Mar 15, 2024
'Road House' remake honors Patrick Swayze, says Jake Gyllenhaal
By Hanna Rantala LONDON (Reuters) - Celebrating the legacy of late actor Patrick Swayze was essential in remaking his 1989 hi...
Mar 15, 2024