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More Traffic Headaches Involving BL-196 Ahead
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Another twist in the tail of the Lakeshore's biggest road construction project...
A few minutes ago
UPDATE: Missing Port Sheldon Man Found Safe - Again
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Terry Sims was missing ... again, but he has been found safe ... again. F...
16h ago
Lakeshore Blessing of the Bikes Event Cancelled With Less Than 48 Hours Notice
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - There will be no Blessing of the Bikes at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds on Sunday...
20h ago
Uganski Promoted to #2 Role in Ottawa Co. Health Dept.
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - As Marcia Mansaray retires from her post as Ottawa County's Deputy Health Offi...
Apr 27, 2024
Drug Take-Back Day Set for Saturday Along Lakeshore, Across Country
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - A semi-annual national effort to get expired and unused prescription/over the co...
Apr 26, 2024
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More Traffic Headaches Involving BL-196 Ahead
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Another twist in the tail of the Lakeshore's biggest road construction project...
A few minutes ago
UPDATE: Missing Port Sheldon Man Found Safe - Again
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Terry Sims was missing ... again, but he has been found safe ... again. F...
16h ago
Lakeshore Blessing of the Bikes Event Cancelled With Less Than 48 Hours Notice
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - There will be no Blessing of the Bikes at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds on Sunday...
20h ago
Uganski Promoted to #2 Role in Ottawa Co. Health Dept.
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - As Marcia Mansaray retires from her post as Ottawa County's Deputy Health Offi...
Apr 27, 2024
Drug Take-Back Day Set for Saturday Along Lakeshore, Across Country
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - A semi-annual national effort to get expired and unused prescription/over the co...
Apr 26, 2024
State
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
Two children killed after suspected drunk driver crashes into building hosting birthday party
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Monroe County Sheriff Troy Goodnough says a 66-year-old woman has been arrested for drunk ...
Apr 22, 2024
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Union man claims $1 million Powerball prize from April 6 drawing
LANSING, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Cass County man won a $1 million Powerball prize in the April 6 drawing and came within one numbe...
Apr 22, 2024
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Tigers, White Sox, Griffins Rally for Saturday Wins; NFL Draft in Detroit Ends
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Matt Vierling's three-run homer snapped a 3-3 tie, capping a five-run Detroit seventh i...
15h ago
Cubs, White Sox Post Friday Wins; NFL Draft Continues in Detroit
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - Seth Lugo and two relievers teamed to allow five hits with 10 strikeouts as visiting Ka...
Apr 27, 2024
Tigers to Host KC Today; Cubs Win, but Sox & Caps Lose on Thursday; NFL Draft Begins in Detroit
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - Idle last night, the Tigers open a three-game series with the visiting Kansas City Roya...
Apr 26, 2024
Big Hits Bolster Cubs, Send Tigers, White Sox & Whitecaps to Defeat; NFL Draft in Detroit Tonight
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2024) - Curtis Mead's two-run homer snapped a 5-5 tie and capped a three-run Tampa Bay sixth in...
Apr 25, 2024
Tigers, Cubs & Caps Triumph on Tuesday, but White Sox Slip Again
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 24, 2024) - Riley Greene's second homer of the game, a two-run shot in the eighth inning, put the T...
Apr 24, 2024
National Sports
Basketball-Three-times WNBA champion Parker retires
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Seven-times All-Star Candace Parker called time on her career on Sunday, stepping away from the game afte...
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Clippers F Kawhi Leonard ruled out of Game 4 vs. Mavericks
Los Angeles Clippers star forward Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out of Sunday's Game 4 of the Western Conference first-round s...
5m ago
Bucks' Damian Lillard, Giannis Antetokoumpo out for Game 4
Milwaukee Bucks stars Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo officially have been ruled out for Game 4 of the Eastern Confe...
3h ago
Jags picking up options for Trevor Lawrence, Travis Etienne
The Jacksonville Jaguars will exercise the fifth-year options for quarterback Trevor Lawrence and running back Travis Etienne...
3h ago
Bills sign reinstated WR Quintez Cephus
The Buffalo Bills signed wide receiver Quintez Cephus, recently reinstated from a gambling suspension. Agents for the former ...
3h ago
National
Three dead after dozens of tornadoes strike Oklahoma; scores injured
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - At least three people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma th...
7m ago
Pro-Palestinian protests keep roiling US college campuses
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protests at U.S. universities showed no sign of slowing as they spread coast-to-coa...
2h ago
US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was proper...
5h ago
Bangladesh reopens schools amid scorching heatwave
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday despite a heatwave continuing to sweep the South Asia...
6h ago
Explainer-Who are some of the people and groups involved in US college protests?
(Reuters) - In the days since police arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University on April 18,...
9h ago
World
Thousands protest in Georgia against 'foreign agents' bill
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - Thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday, as protests built ...
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US Secretary of State to travel to Jordan and Israel - State Dept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will expand his trip to the Middle East and continue onto Jorda...
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Supporters of Spain's prime minister rally in Madrid to urge him not to quit
MADRID (Reuters) - On the eve of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's dramatic announcement about his future, thousands of ...
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Biden spoke on Sunday with Israel's Netanyahu, says White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White House...
1h ago
Blinken speaks to Azeri, Armenian leaders about peace talks
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken to the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan and reaffirmed Washing...
1h ago
Business
L'Occitane's billionaire owner close to possible $7 billion buyout bid, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -The billionaire owner of L'Occitane International is close to making a proposal to take the French skincare firm p...
8m ago
Deutsche Bank to assess options for possible Postbank settlement
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Sunday that it would "carefully assess" options for a possible settleme...
10m ago
Blackstone to make improved bid for Hipgnosis, Sky News reports
(Reuters) - Private equity giant Blackstone is preparing to lodge an improved bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund which owns the mus...
5h ago
Exclusive-Chinese brokerage CICC cutting dealmakers' base pay by 25%, sources say
By Selena Li and Julie Zhu HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China International Capital Corp (CICC) is cutting the base pay of ...
11h ago
Thai ex-executive Pichai named finance minister, faces growth challenge
By Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai former energy executive Pichai Chunhavajira was named the country's finance minis...
13h ago
Politics
Biden to speak at White House Correspondents' Dinner, protests planned
By Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will speak on Saturday night at the annual White House Cor...
Apr 27, 2024
Kristi Noem, a Trump VP contender, defends killing dog on family farm
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kristi Noem, a contender to become Republican Donald Trump'svice presidential running mate...
Apr 26, 2024
Biden appears in live interview with Howard Stern
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Joe Biden appeared on a live radio broadcast with interviewer Howard Stern on Friday, telling ...
Apr 26, 2024
Biden says he plans to debate Trump
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that he would participate in a debate with Donald Trump, his Rep...
Apr 26, 2024
Trump allies drafting plans to erode Fed's independence, WSJ reports
(Reuters) -The allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump are drafting proposals that would attempt to erode th...
Apr 26, 2024
Health
US food regulator gathering information on Indian spices after alleged contamination
HYDERABAD (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is gathering information on products of Indian spice makers...
Apr 27, 2024
CVS Omnicare staff in Las Vegas vote to join new union
(Reuters) - Staff at CVS Health's unit Omnicare in Las Vegas voted to join the Pharmacy Guild, becoming the first location at...
Apr 26, 2024
Biden administration to drop plan to ban menthol cigarettes, WSJ reports
(Reuters) - The Biden administration is reversing course on its plan to ban menthol cigarettes, the Wall Street Journal repor...
Apr 26, 2024
WHO says bird flu risk currently low, asks countries to remain vigilant
(Reuters) -The current overall public health risk posed by the H5N1 bird flu virus is low, the World Health Organization said...
Apr 26, 2024
Bayer CEO wins first AGM shareholder vote
(Reuters) - Bayer CEO Bill Anderson on Friday won a vote of confidence at his first annual general meeting (AGM) at the helm ...
Apr 26, 2024
Science
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
Russia, US clash at UN over nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Russia on Wednesday vetoed a U.S.-drafted United Nations Security Council resol...
Apr 24, 2024
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Magnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stella...
Apr 24, 2024
Technology
Hyundai Motor, Kia Corp sign agreement with China's Baidu on connected car technology
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp on Sunday said the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) wit...
11h ago
Exclusive-Elon Musk heading to China for visit to Tesla's second-biggest market, sources say
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on a flight heading to Beijing on Sunday to kick off a surprise trip in the elect...
14h ago
U.S. chip bans not meant to hobble China's growth, Blinken says
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) - U.S. export controls on sending advanced computing chips to China are not meant to hold back Ch...
Apr 27, 2024
L3Harris cuts 5% workforce in cost-saving measure
(Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor L3Harris cut 5% of its workforce earlier this month in a bid to streamline its business a...
Apr 26, 2024
X tells Brazil court 'operational faults' allowed blocked users to remain active
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Lawyers representing X in Brazil told the Supreme Court on Friday that "operationa...
Apr 26, 2024
Entertainment
New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban
By Jenna Zucker TORONTO - The new documentary "The Sharp Edge of Peace" begins with a harrowing scene: Fawzia Koofi...
Apr 27, 2024
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler wins dismissal for good of sexual assault lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed for good a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith lead si...
Apr 26, 2024
K-pop giant HYBE shares take another hit as dispute with NewJeans label drags on
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean music executive credited with creating popular K-pop group NewJeans denied all...
Apr 26, 2024
Streaming device maker Roku beats quarterly revenue estimates
(Reuters) -Roku beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and forecast second-quarter sales above estimates on Thursda...
Apr 25, 2024
Amazon Prime Video to exclusively stream two NHL seasons in Canada
(Reuters) - National Hockey League (NHL) and its digital broadcast rights owner Rogers Communications on Thursday signed a de...
Apr 25, 2024