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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-...
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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...
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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 "...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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

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...
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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...
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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...
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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

Former U.S. attorney from Kalamazoo announces run for Michigan attorney general
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) -Democrat Mark Totten, who served as U.S. attorney for the western district of Michigan from May 2...
Apr 16, 2025
National
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...
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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...
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Vance, Catholic at odds with Pope Francis, attends Vatican's Good Friday service
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic who has clashed with Pope Francis over th...
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Venezuelan migrants told of imminent deportation under US wartime law
By Luc Cohen and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - Two Venezuelan men detained in Texas were told by a U.S. official that they will ...
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Trump revamps rule to make it easier to cut federal workers, Axios reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday will announce it is moving ahead with a new rule, pr...
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World
Opposition protests as Tunisia resumes mass conspiracy trial
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) - Scores of opposition supporters protested outside a Tunis court on Friday at the resumption ...
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Russia jails 19-year-old for nearly three years for condemning Ukraine conflict
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - A Russian court handed down a prison sentence of nearly three years to Darya Kozyreva, a young acti...
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Italian prison opens its first sex room for inmates
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's first-ever sex room for prisoners went into operation on Friday, when an inmate was allowed a visit ...
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Colombia's Petro pauses FARC offensive in order to progress in peace talks
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Friday ordered the suspension of a military offensive against a facti...
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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...
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Business
With inflation progress slow, Fed's Daly says rate cuts may need to wait
(Reuters) -San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said on Friday that while she is still comfortable with a couple...
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Petrobras approves tender to restart fertilizer plants in Brazil's northeast, say sources
By Rodrigo Viga Gaier and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The board of Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras on...
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US banking regulators OK Capital One, Discover deal
By Chris Prentice and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said ...
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Russia gains access to Philippines beef market, watchdog says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Philippines granted access for Russian beef and beef offal to its market, authorising two Russian comp...
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Trump administration kicks off plan for expanded offshore drilling
(Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Friday said it would begin taking public input for a new five-year offshore oil an...
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Politics
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...
50m ago
Venezuelan migrants told of imminent deportation under US wartime law
By Luc Cohen and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) - Two Venezuelan men detained in Texas were told by a U.S. official that they will ...
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Trump revamps rule to make it easier to cut federal workers, Axios reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday will announce it is moving ahead with a new rule, pr...
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Trump administration kicks off plan for expanded offshore drilling
(Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Friday said it would begin taking public input for a new five-year offshore oil an...
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New Trump policy to speed deportations cannot be implemented, US judge rules
By Nate Raymond and Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday barred the Trump administration from implementing a ne...
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Health
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Liberia reports H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm, WOAH says
PARIS -Liberia has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza on a poultry farm, the World Organisation f...
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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...
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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...
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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
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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Vietnam's public security ministry aims to take majority stake in internet firm, document shows
By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security plans to take a majority sta...
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