News
Local
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...
7h ago
Chris Potter / CC
Deer hunter helps State Police capture wanted fugitive in Calhoun County
EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A deer hunter helped Michigan State Police capture a fugitive in Calhoun County on Friday d...
Nov 18, 2024
Crews scheduled to begin well drilling work at Bailey Park on Monday
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Contractors for the City of Battle Creek are scheduled to begin well drilling at the northern ...
Nov 18, 2024
Calhoun Clerk says unofficial results in close 44th State House race will stand
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Calhoun County Clerk and Register of Deeds Kimberly Hinkley says the unofficial results in t...
Nov 17, 2024
Driver arrested for drunk driving after crashing vehicle into Van Buren County home
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A woman has been arrested on drunk driving charges after crashing her vehicle into a hom...
Nov 15, 2024
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
NFL's massive ratings weather election season
The NFL's television ratings remained strong in the wake of the recent election season. An average of 17.5 million viewers ha...
28m ago
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...
1h 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 ...
1h ago
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...
2h 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...
2h ago
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 ...
1h 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...
1h 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...
2h ago
US says 13.5 tons of deadly gas released at Texas refinery in Oct incident
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Wednesday that 27,000 pounds (13.5 tons) of de...
4h ago
US arrests homeless man in New York Stock Exchange bomb plot
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement on Wednesday arrested a homeless Florida man and charged him with plotting ...
5h ago
World
Former UK deputy PM Prescott dies, PA Media says
(Reuters) - John Prescott, a former British deputy prime minister in Tony Blair's Labour government, has died, PA Media repor...
17m ago
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...
1h 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 ...
1h 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 ...
1h ago
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...
3h ago
Business
Thai economy to grow 2.7% this year, beat 2025 forecast, PM says
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy is expected to grow 2.7% this year, helped by an anticipated annual rise of 28% in for...
53m ago
Exclusive-China advisers call for steady 5% 2025 economic growth goal, stronger stimulus
By Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese government advisers are recommending that Beijing should maintain an economic growth...
55m ago
GQG Partners' stock plunges over 20% on US bribe, fraud charges against India's Adani
(Reuters) - GQG Partners, which has a near 20% stake in India's Adani Group, saw its Australia-listed shares plunge 23% on Th...
55m ago
Starbucks considers selling stake in Chinese business, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Starbucks is exploring options for its Chinese operations, including the possibility of selling a stake in the bus...
56m ago
India's Adani Group sees $30 billion in value wiped off after US indictments
By Sethuraman N R and Bharath Rajeswaran (Reuters) -Shares of Adani Group companies lost about $28 billion in market value in...
56m ago
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...
1h 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...
6h 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...
7h 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...
9h ago
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...
9h ago
Health
Novartis raises annual sales guidance until 2028
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis on Thursday raised its medium-term sales guidance, predicting 6% annual growth through 2028, d...
5m ago
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...
2h 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...
5h 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...
6h ago
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...
7h ago
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...
2h 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...
13h 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...
20h 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 ...
1h 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...
1h 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...
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 ...
3h 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...
4h 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...
13h 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...
15h 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...
15h ago
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 ...
15h ago
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...
19h ago