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Lower demand leads Pfizer to lay off around 150 at Portage plant
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While not timeline was released, Pfizer says it will be laying off 150 workers at its Portage faci...
Oct 13, 2026

Michigan's average gas price jumps 19¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The average price for a gallon of gas in Michigan is 19¢ higher than last week at $4.66 a ga...
Oct 12, 2026

Special team rescues man trapped at the top of a grain elevator near Vicksburg
VICKSBURG, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Kalamazoo Metro Technical Rescue Team was called in Monday to rescue a man stuck at the top ...
Oct 7, 2026

DENSO donates $250,000 to Battle Creek Housing Fund
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Global automotive supplier DENSO capped off its 40th year of manufacturing in Battle Creek with a $...
Oct 7, 2026

Battle Creek man arrested after break-in report leads to stolen car chase and standoff
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 36-year-old man was arrested early Monday morning following a chaotic series of events that...
Oct 7, 2026
State

Former President Obama urges Michigan to elect Jocelyn Benson governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former President Barack Obama is urging Michiganders to elect Democrat Jocelyn Benson as governor ...
1h ago

16-year-old girl shot, killed in Detroit drive-by
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A drive-by shooting on the east side of Detroit last night killed a 16-year-old girl. Police Chief...
Oct 14, 2026

Over 440,000 ballots cast so far statewide
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Over 440,000 ballots have been returned so far for the November midterm election in Michigan. The ...
Oct 14, 2026

Lower demand leads Pfizer to lay off around 150 at Portage plant
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - While not timeline was released, Pfizer says it will be laying off 150 workers at its Portage faci...
Oct 13, 2026

Governor Whitmer waives diesel taxes for farmers
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan farmers are getting some relief from high diesel prices. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has de...
Oct 13, 2026
Local Sports

Kalamazoo indoor youth sports facility on schedule to be done in September
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Work continues on Kalamazoo's new indoor youth sports facility on the city's west side, and effo...
Oct 14, 2026

Western Michigan University opens final season at Lawson Thursday
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Western Michigan University Broncos hockey team will open their final season at Lawson Arena...
Oct 7, 2026

Western Michigan University introduces new athletic director
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Alex Gary has been introduced as Western Michigan University's new athletic director. Gary comes...
Oct 2, 2026

Western Michigan University names new athletic director
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The new Western Michigan University vice president and athletic director is Alex Gary, who will ...
Sep 29, 2026

NCAA admits WMU should have won Michigan game, but can't change result
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (WKZO AM/FM) - The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee says Western Michigan should have won ...
Sep 17, 2026
National Sports
Tennis-ATP eyes $350 million player compensation, welfare boost by 2028
By Shrivathsa Sridhar BENGALURU, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The ATP outlined plans on Thursday to substantially boost its bonus pool ...
1h ago
Skateboarding-On the road again: Spain's Poncelet sets world speed record
By Ruairidh Ruairidh MADRID, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Spanish downhill skateboarder Diego Poncelet did not just want to set a stand...
2h ago
Motor racing-Malaysia considering bringing F1 race back, minister says
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Malaysia is considering returning as a regular host of a Formula One race, either annually o...
3h ago
Surfing-Professional surfer suspended by second body over 'allegations of abuse'
SYDNEY, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The International Surfing Association (ISA) has joined the World Surf League (WSL) in provisionall...
5h ago
NLCS Game 4 ticket prices plunge 50% with Dodgers in 3-0 hole
By Field Level Media Oct 15 (Field Level Media) - Tickets to Game 4 of the National League Championship Series have plummeted...
7h ago
National
Venezuela's Maduro due in court over new US torture charge
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are due in US ...
1h ago
US toy prices surge ahead of holiday shopping season as tariffs, Iran war bite
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Cash-strapped US consumers are facing a squeeze in their shopping budgets this ...
2h ago
Seven subpoenas engulf Nevada election chief in key midterm battle
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff Oct 15 (Reuters) - The first Justice Department subpoena demanding voter information caught Democratic...
2h ago
Explainer-Why is the haze so bad in Southeast Asia this year?
JAKARTA, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Months of sustained wildfires in Indonesia have caused a spike in respiratory illnesses and blank...
2h ago
Italy's Lombardy to revise data centre law next week after application surge
By Giancarlo Navach MILAN, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Just four months after approving legislation to regulate a surge in demand for ...
3h ago
World
Swedish parliament votes against Social Democrats leader as PM, as expected
STOCKHOLM, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Sweden's parliament on Thursday rejected Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson's bid to f...
1h ago
EU and Gulf states postpone summit due in Saudi Arabia
By Timour Azhari RIYADH/BRUSSELS, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The European Union and Gulf states on Thursday postponed a joint summit ...
1h ago
Prince Harry and wife Meghan make first joint appearance since UK return
By Hannah McKay and Vitalii Yalahuzian NOTTINGHAM, England, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan appeared toge...
1h ago
Northern Ireland's Donaldson jailed for 15 years for child sex offences
By Amanda Ferguson NEWRY, Northern Ireland, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The former leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party...
1h ago
Just over half of candidates in key US Senate races say they will accept results, others hedge
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Just over half of major party candidates in the most competitive US Senate rac...
1h ago
Business
Factbox-Major brokerages expect next Fed rate hike in December
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Global brokerages largely expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates at least once more this...
22m ago
US wants Senegal debt restructuring wrapped up in less than a year
By Andrea Shalal BANGKOK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The United States views Senegal's request for debt restructuring as a "grea...
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US 10-year Treasury yield levels not unprecedented, BNY CEO says
By Saeed Azhar and Arasu Kannagi Basil Oct 15 (Reuters) - The levels the benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield has touched this...
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Explainer-Why are credit default swaps unnerving AI investors?
By Amanda Cooper LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The cost of insuring against the risk of potential US tech defaults has hit recor...
34m ago
CoreWeave shares, bonds slide further as AI debt fears mount
(Corrects dateline to Oct 15 from Oct 14) Oct 15 (Reuters) - AI cloud firm CoreWeave's shares and bonds slumped further on Th...
46m ago
Politics
Just over half of candidates in key US Senate races say they will accept results, others hedge
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Just over half of major party candidates in the most competitive US Senate rac...
1h ago
Seven subpoenas engulf Nevada election chief in key midterm battle
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff Oct 15 (Reuters) - The first Justice Department subpoena demanding voter information caught Democratic...
2h ago
US Supreme Court again backs Republicans in clash over political ad rates
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The US Supreme Court again sided with Republicans on Wednesday in the latest cl...
15h ago
Anthropic to add US voting information to Claude before midterms
Oct 14 (Reuters) - Anthropic said on Wednesday it would add official US voting information from nonprofit Democracy Works ...
15h ago
US judge won't block Trump order targeting DEI by federal contractors
By Daniel Wiessner Oct 14 (Reuters) - A federal judge declined on Wednesday to block an effort by President Donald Trump to e...
16h ago
Health
AstraZeneca strikes $40 million AI drug discovery deal with insitro
By Patrick Wingrove LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca has teamed up with artificial intelligence biotech company insitro...
2h ago
Vanda says anxiety drug failed main goal of late-stage study, puts program on hold
Oct 14 (Reuters) - Vanda Pharmaceuticals said on Wednesday its experimental drug for social anxiety disorder failed the ma...
14h ago
Pennsylvania reports 1,222 measles cases as outbreak grows
Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Pennsylvania Health Department on Wednesday reported 1,222 measles cases in the state, up 86 ...
18h ago
South Africa revises rules around customisation of weight-loss drugs
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 14 (Reuters) - South Africa is revising its rules governing the customisation of medicines, including sough...
19h ago
Kenya reports second Ebola case, family member of first patient
By Humphrey Malalo and Vincent Mumo Nzilani NAIROBI, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Kenya reported a second case of Ebola on Wednesday, a...
21h ago
Science
US company announces progress toward resurrecting the extinct dodo
By Will Dunham Oct 14 (Reuters) - A US biotech company says it is making progress toward its goal of resurrecting the dodo, t...
15h ago
Explainer-What is Starshield, SpaceX's military version of Starlink?
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday that Elon Musk's SpaceX had restricted "military-grade" St...
16h ago
Chinese fossil of bird with undersized wings scrambles avian evolution
By Will Dunham Oct 14 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the fossil of a crow-sized bird that lived in China roughly 150 ...
21h ago
Isle of Wight fossil sheds light on enigmatic meat-eating dinosaurs
By Will Dunham Oct 13 (Reuters) - The partial skull of a tiger-sized predator that prowled what is now the Isle of Wight off ...
Oct 13, 2026
CSG enters space sector as largest shareholder in Canada's MDA Space
Oct 13 (Reuters) - Czech arms maker CSG said on Tuesday it had acquired a 9.5% stake in Canada's MDA Space, â€...
Oct 13, 2026
Technology
India's Tech Mahindra second-quarter revenue beats estimate
Oct 15 (Reuters) - India's Tech Mahindra on Thursday beat second-quarter revenue expectations, as steady growth in i...
33m ago
Venture Global inks deals with GE Vernova, Baker Hughes for power expansion
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Venture Global said on Thursday it had signed deals with GE Vernova and Baker Hughes to support up to 1...
45m ago
CoreWeave shares, bonds slide further as AI debt fears mount
(Corrects dateline to Oct 15 from Oct 14) Oct 15 (Reuters) - AI cloud firm CoreWeave's shares and bonds slumped further on Th...
46m ago
Fintech firm Ramp raises $1.85 billion at $60 billion valuation
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Ramp said on Thursday it had raised $1.85 billion in a primary financing round that valued the fi...
53m ago
China's ByteDance sets up AI safety team, launches global hiring drive
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Chinese tech giant ByteDance's AI research unit Seed has created an Alignment...
1h ago
Entertainment
'Whalefall' film dives deep into father-son bonds within a whale tale
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Oct 15 (Reuters) - For Austin Abrams, Disney's 20th Century Studios survival film "Wha...
2h ago
Netflix cuts about 6% of jobs in biggest layoff since 2022
By Prathik Jayaprakash and Anzar Mehraj Oct 14 (Reuters) - Netflix is laying off 6% of its workforce, or roughly 1,000 employ...
22h ago
Comedian Russell Brand was a ruthless sexual predator, UK prosecutors say
By Michael Holden LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Actor and comedian Russell Brand, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadc...
Oct 14, 2026
Pedro Pascal says learning the cello for 'Behemoth!' was tougher than 'Game of Thrones' battle scenes
By Francesca Halliwell LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Hollywood star Pedro Pascal said learning to play the cello convincingly fo...
Oct 13, 2026
Soccer-Netflix secures rights to air 2030 World Cup in Spain, Andorra
By David Latona Oct 13 (Reuters) - Netflix said on Tuesday it had secured the rights to broadcast the 2030 World Cup in Spain...
Oct 13, 2026



