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Sean 'Diddy' Combs arrives in court as he seeks delay to sex trafficking trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Sean 'Diddy' Combs appeared in Manhattan federal court on Friday for a hearing over the hip-...
21h ago
New 'Star Wars' movie with Ryan Gosling set for 2027
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling will star in a new "Star Wars" film that...
Apr 18, 2025
Diego Luna feels he will need therapy after farewell to 'Andor' show
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For actor Diego Luna, Season Two of the Disney Plus series "...
Apr 17, 2025
Drake attacks Lamar's Super Bowl performance in lawsuit against record label
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Drake expanded his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, saying more peop...
Apr 17, 2025
Musical 'The Great Gatsby' brings 1920s glamour to London's West End
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - A musical incarnation of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel "The Great Ga...
Apr 17, 2025
Local

Capital lawn Easter egg hunt is on Saturday
LANSING, MI -- Downtown Lansing will spring to life with a free, family-friendly celebration on Saturday. Kids have a chance ...
22h ago

National Work Zone Awareness Week starts Monday
LANSING, MI -- MDOT reminds drivers to Respect the Zone on their daily drives. Road construction season is underway across mi...
Apr 18, 2025

Breeze Airlines will return to Lansing this fall
LANSING, MI -- The Capital Region International Airport today announced that Breeze Airways has officially extended its sched...
Apr 17, 2025

Holt HS educator wins Excellence in Education Award
LANSING, MI -- An Ingham County educator - known as being a champion of students - has been selected to receive the Excellenc...
Apr 15, 2025

MDOT says don't fall for toll road scam
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is reminding drivers to follow tips and guidelines issued by...
Apr 15, 2025
State

Two arraigned in shooting death of security guard in Kalamazoo last weekend
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two men from Battle Creek have now been formally charged in connection with April 12 shooting de...
17h ago

Unemployment rises again in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - For the third straight month, Michigan's unemployment rate is up. The Department of Technology, Ma...
21h ago
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Governor Whitmer orders MDHHS to study possible Medicaid cuts
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Saying "Medicaid is not for sale," Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order i...
21h ago

Protesters demand WMU board protect international students
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The last Board of Trustees Meeting for Western Michigan Universiy President Edward Montgomery wa...
Apr 17, 2025

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track Straits Of Mackinac tunnel permits
ST. IGNACE, MI (WKZOAM/FM) - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track permits for the Enbridge Energy tunnel under th...
Apr 17, 2025
National
Trump administration reserves right to deport Venezuelans on Saturday, DOJ lawyer tells judge
(Reuters) - A U.S. Justice Department lawyer told a judge on Friday that the Trump administration reserves the right to alleg...
12h ago
Judge denies bid to block Trump administration from deporting Venezuelans
(Reuters) - U.S. District Judge James Boasberg on Friday denied a request to block the Trump administration from deporting su...
12h ago
Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration's policy of refusing to issue ...
12h ago
Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, judge rules
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump's administration on Friday to transfer a Tufts Uni...
13h ago
US senator met wrongly deported Salvadoran man at hotel, calls for release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen said on Friday he met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Salvadora...
13h ago
World
Tunisia hands jail terms ranging from 13 to 66 years to opposition figures
TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court handed jail terms ranging from 13 to 66 years to opposition leaders, businessmen and lawye...
6h ago
Iran, US to hold talks in Rome in bid to reach nuclear deal
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran and the United States will hold a new round of nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday to re...
8h ago
Mexico confirms first human case of screwworm myiasis
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Health Ministry confirmed the country's first human case of myiasis caused by screwworm, the...
9h ago
Indonesian woman turns to mangroves to fend off rising tides
By Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana DEMAK, Indonesia (Reuters) - Pasijah, a 55-year-old housewife in Indonesia's Central Java province, wa...
12h ago
US military to slash troops in Syria to under 1,000
(Corrects key word used by some media clients to USA-MILITARY/SYRIA from US-MILITARY/SYRIA) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. mi...
13h ago
Business
Japan considering soybean, rice concessions in US tariff talks, Yomiuri reports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering increasing its soybean and rice imports as a concession in trade negotiations with the...
5h ago
Hertz CEO says he is humbled by Bill Ackman's endorsement
(Reuters) - The CEO of Hertz said he feels humbled following comments by billionaire investor Bill Ackman, whose investment m...
13h ago
Trump to fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across US
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) -The White House on Friday said it will fast-track permitting for 10 mining projects across the ...
13h ago
Exclusive-Tesla to delay US launch of affordable EV, a lower-cost Model Y, sources say
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW DELHI/SEOUL (Reuters) - Tesla's much-awaited plans for an affordable car include a stripped-down version of...
14h ago
Ford halts shipments of vehicles to China amid tariffs
(Reuters) -Ford Motor said on Friday it has halted shipments of its SUVs, pick-up trucks and sports cars to China, as it star...
15h ago
Politics
Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge held on Friday that the Trump administration's policy of refusing to issue ...
12h ago
Lawyers ask US Supreme Court to halt 'imminent' deportations of Venezuelan migrants
(Reuters) - Lawyers for Venezuelan men detained by the Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to block w...
13h ago
Trump says government to change service regulations for career government employees
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. government's human resources agency will change rules for civ...
16h ago
IRS acting head ousted after US Treasury chief wins power struggle with Musk, NYT reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The acting commissioner of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service is being replaced after Treasury Secretar...
18h ago
US judge temporarily blocks mass firings at consumer bureau
By Douglas Gillison WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday halted the mass firings carried out Thursday afternoon at...
19h ago
Health
Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. President Donald Trump's White House launched a COVID-19 website on F...
16h ago
Measles cases in 25 US jurisdictions rise to 800 in 2025, CDC says
(Reuters) -Measles cases rose to a total of 800 patients so far in 2025 as of Thursday in 25 U.S. jurisdictions, including Te...
18h ago
Sanofi-Regeneron's Dupixent gets FDA's nod for skin condition
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Sanofi and Regeneron's blockbuster drug Dupixent for pat...
19h ago
Texas says measles cases rise to 597 since late January
(Reuters) -The Texas Department of State Health Services on Friday, reported 597 measles cases in the state since late Januar...
21h ago
Health Rounds: DNA researchers are warned to beware of hackers
By Nancy Lapid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) Publicly accessi...
23h ago
Science
Luke Skywalker's planet orbited two stars. How about brown dwarfs instead?
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywa...
Apr 18, 2025
NASA rover finds fresh evidence of the warm and wet past of Mars
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surfac...
Apr 17, 2025
Science caught in crossfire of Trump's fight with universities
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Harvard scientist Dr. Donald Ingber, who works where medicine and engineering meet, saw federal fu...
Apr 17, 2025
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have ...
Apr 17, 2025
The Bahamas suspends SpaceX landings, pending post-launch probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The government of The Bahamas said on Tuesday it is suspending all SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket landings, pen...
Apr 16, 2025
Technology
China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) - Twenty-one humanoid robots joined thousands of runners at the Yizhuang half-marathon ...
10h ago
Italy agrees with US to oppose 'discriminatory' tech taxes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Italy and the United States issued a joint statement against "discriminatory" taxes on digit...
21h ago
Google to appeal against part of US court's decision in monopoly case
(Reuters) -Alphabet's Google plans to appeal against the "adverse" portion of the court decision in the U.S. Depart...
Apr 18, 2025
Italian newspaper gives free rein to AI, admires its irony
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence can write a great book review and is good at irony, but it won't ...
Apr 18, 2025
India's Modi, Musk discussed potential collaboration in technology
(Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Elon Musk and talked about "various issues, including the topic...
Apr 18, 2025