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More Traffic Headaches Involving BL-196 Ahead
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - Another twist in the tail of the Lakeshore's biggest road construction project...
3h 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...
3h ago
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...
21h ago
ADVISORY: Suspected Blue-Green Algae Bloom in Duck Lake
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - The Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) received an alert from the Michigan Dep...
21h ago
Joblessness Down Along Lakeshore, Across State in March
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2024) - Joblessness took a dip along the Lakeshore and across the state last month. In numb...
Apr 25, 2024
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More Traffic Headaches Involving BL-196 Ahead
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - Another twist in the tail of the Lakeshore's biggest road construction project...
3h 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...
3h ago
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...
21h ago
ADVISORY: Suspected Blue-Green Algae Bloom in Duck Lake
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - The Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) received an alert from the Michigan Dep...
21h ago
Joblessness Down Along Lakeshore, Across State in March
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2024) - Joblessness took a dip along the Lakeshore and across the state last month. In numb...
Apr 25, 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...
14h ago
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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Local Sports
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...
4h ago
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
Pitching was Key in Tigers' Monday Win, White Sox' Monday Loss
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 23, 2024) - Tarik Skubal allowed three hits with nine strikeouts over six innings as the Detroit Ti...
Apr 23, 2024
National Sports
Motorcycling-Home-hero Marquez seizes pole at Spanish GP
JEREZ, Spain (Reuters) - Six-times MotoGP champion Marc Marquez claimed pole position for his home Spanish Grand Prix after e...
1h ago
MLB roundup: Brewers win on Joey Ortiz's hit in 11th
Joey Ortiz delivered a walk-off single with one out in the 11th inning, giving the Milwaukee Brewers a 7-6 victory over the v...
3h ago
NHL roundup: Avs rally past Jets with 5 goals in 3rd
Nathan MacKinnon and Valeri Nichushkin scored power-play goals 2:28 apart early in a five-goal third period, and the Colorado...
4h ago
NBA roundup: Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers drop Bucks in OT
Tyrese Haliburton converted a three-point play with 1.6 seconds left in overtime, lifting the Indiana Pacers to a 121-118 win...
5h ago
Tennis-Nadal excited by prospect of partnering Alcaraz at Paris Olympics
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said it would be exciting to partner fellow Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz at the Paris Olympics this year an...
6h ago
National
As solar capacity grows, some of America's most productive farmland is at risk
By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA (Reuters) - Dave Duttlinger's first thought when he saw...
1h ago
Trump trial tests his campaign strategy of embracing bad publicity
By Nathan Layne NEW YORK (Reuters) - Meetings with foreign dignitaries at Trump Tower. A staged visit to a convenience store ...
1h ago
For some Columbia students, protest encampment is living history lesson
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Before students set up a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on a Columbia University l...
1h ago
Canada's First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission
By Wa Lone (Reuters) - Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmfu...
11h ago
Ex-McKinsey partner sues firm, claims he was made opioids 'scapegoat'
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - A former McKinsey & Co partner sued the global consulting firm on Friday and accused it of de...
11h ago
World
Socialist supporters call on Spanish prime minister to stay
By Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of Socialist Party supporters travelled from across Spain for a rally at the ...
22m ago
Germany needs an economic turnaround, says finance minister Lindner
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany needs an economic turnaround in order to secure its geopolitical position, German Finance Minister...
1h ago
Abbas, international leaders to hold Gaza talks in Riyadh this week
RIYADH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for ta...
1h ago
Kremlin, commenting on Blinken lobbying China on Russia, says Moscow and Beijing ties to continue
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin shrugged off a trip to China by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during which he raised ...
1h ago
Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 strikes Japan's Bonin Islands, USGS says
(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Japan's Bonin Islands, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Sa...
3h ago
Business
China's first-quarter industrial profits rise at slower pace
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's industrial profits posted smaller gains for the first quarter compared to the first two months, o...
9h 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...
11h ago
Apple renews talks with OpenAI for iPhone generative AI features, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Apple Inc has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using the startup's generative AI technology to power some new...
11h ago
Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia
(Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google said on Friday it would invest $3 billion to set up a data center campus in Indiana and expa...
13h ago
US regulators seize troubled lender Republic First Bancorp
(Reuters) -U.S. regulators have seized Republic First Bancorp and agreed to sell it to another lender, the Federal Deposit In...
13h ago
Politics
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...
13h ago
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 ...
19h ago
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...
19h ago
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
Former tabloid publisher to face more questions in Trump hush-money trial
By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will answer ...
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...
6h ago
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...
17h ago
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...
17h ago
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...
17h ago
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 ...
19h ago
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
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...
11h ago
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...
13h ago
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...
15h ago
US Homeland Security names AI safety, security advisory board
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Homeland Security Department (DHS) on Friday announced a blue-ribbon boar...
15h ago
Apollo, KKR and Stonepeak may fund Intel's Ireland facility, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -Apollo Global Management, KKR & Co and Stonepeak may invest billions in a joint venture to help fund Intel's s...
15h ago
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...
1h ago
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...
13h ago
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