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Entertainment
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsi...
13h ago
Disney's 'Zootopia 2' set to join $1 billion box office club
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2" is on track to surpass $1 billion at the global box ...
17h ago
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but an...
19h ago
Universal submits remedy to EU's objections over Downtown deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Universal Music said on Friday it has submitted a remedy to address competition concerns fr...
20h ago
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora AI tool
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Walt Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixa...
Dec 11, 2025
Local
MSU says it has amended Tom Izzo's contract
EAST LANSING, MI -- With no sign that he is slowing down at all, Tom Izzo is getting a new contract and another million dolla...
18h ago
Lansing schools implementing new athletics attendance policy
LANSING, MI -- Attendance will be a bit more limited at Lansing high school athletic events. The school district is implement...
Dec 11, 2025
City Rescue Mission to hold Open House on Saturday
LANSING, MI -- The City Rescue Mission of Lansing says it has completed major construction on the new Single Adult Shelter (S...
Dec 11, 2025
Sherrone Moore booked into Washtenaw County Jail
ANN ARBOR, MI -- Former Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore, 39, is in Washtenaw County jail this morning pending ass...
Dec 11, 2025
Lansing sidewalk clearing ordinance is in effect
LANSING, MI -- It's time to break out the snow shovels in the Capital City. Lansing's snow removal ordinance in effect. The c...
Dec 10, 2025
State
Extra Holiday Road Patrols by Police in Michigan Underway
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - Even though Christmas is nearly two weeks away, it's not too early to have extra po...
Dec 12, 2025
Tunnel to Towers Foundation renovates home and pays off mortgage for injured Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was severely injured in a traffic accident h...
Dec 11, 2025
Two dead in crash between car, semi in Muskegon County
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 9-year-old girl and a 51-year-old woman were killed yesterday morning in a crash between...
Dec 11, 2025
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Congresswoman Stevens files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human...
Dec 11, 2025
University of Michigan fires coach Sherrone Moore For alleged inappropriate relationship
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Michigan has fired head football coach Sherrone Moore over an alleged inapprop...
Dec 10, 2025
National
California sues Trump administration over terminated transportation grants
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 - California sued the Trump administration late on Friday for withholding more than $33 million in fe...
8h ago
US seized tanker near Venezuela just as warrant was set to expire, court document shows
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. government carried out its seizure of the M/T Skipper off the coast of...
8h ago
Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $40 million to two women in latest talc trial
By Diana Novak Jones Dec 12 (Reuters) - A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & J...
8h ago
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
10h ago
Court rejects Planned Parenthood's challenge to Trump-backed law ending Medicaid funding
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald ...
10h ago
World
Iran detains 18 crew members of foreign tanker seized in Gulf of Oman
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Iranian authorities detained 18 crew members of a foreign tanker seized in the Gulf of Oman on Friday...
3h ago
Two killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Saratov, regional governor says
MOSCOW, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Two people were killed overnight in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian city of Saratov, ...
3h ago
Philippines says fishermen hurt, boats damaged by China in South China Sea
MANILA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The Philippine coast guard said on Saturday that three Filipino fishermen had been wounded and two...
4h ago
US seized tanker near Venezuela just as warrant was set to expire, court document shows
By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. government carried out its seizure of the M/T Skipper off the coast of...
8h ago
China holds low-key Nanjing Massacre memorial despite Japan tensions
NANJING, China, Dec 13 (Reuters) - China held a low-key memorial ceremony on Saturday for the 1937 Nanjing Massacre, with Pre...
8h ago
Business
Huawei's latest handset uses improved China-made chip, report shows
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Kirin 9030, the chip that powers Huawei Technologies' latest flagship Mate 80 series handset, has...
8h ago
SpaceX insider share sale sets $800 billion valuation as it prepares to go public, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 12 (Reuters) - SpaceX has authorized an insider share sale that values Elon Musk's company at about $800 billion as the r...
8h ago
US lawmaker demands details on Trump's decision to sell Nvidia H200 chips to China
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar, the chair of the U.S. House of Representati...
9h ago
Bitcoin hoarding company Strategy remains in Nasdaq 100
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Bitcoin hoarding giant Strategy clung to its place in the Nasdaq 100 on Friday, continuing its year-long &...
9h ago
SpaceX insider share sale sets $800 billion valuation, Bloomberg News reports
(Corrects typographical error in headline) Dec 12 (Reuters) - SpaceX has authorized an insider share sale that values El...
10h ago
Politics
US lawmaker demands details on Trump's decision to sell Nvidia H200 chips to China
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar, the chair of the U.S. House of Representati...
9h ago
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
10h ago
Bipartisan group of US lawmakers calls for export controls on synthetic DNA sequences
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers this week introduced bills that woul...
13h ago
Trump sued by preservation group to halt White House ballroom
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A preservation group on Friday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and several federal agencies t...
13h ago
Senior US Democrats urge release of Venezuela boat strike video
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Democratic members of the "Gang of Eight" of U.S. congressional and intelligence com...
13h ago
Health
Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $40 million to two women in latest talc trial
By Diana Novak Jones Dec 12 (Reuters) - A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & J...
8h ago
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
10h ago
Court rejects Planned Parenthood's challenge to Trump-backed law ending Medicaid funding
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald ...
10h ago
Bipartisan group of US lawmakers calls for export controls on synthetic DNA sequences
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers this week introduced bills that woul...
13h ago
US FDA approves Innoviva's oral antibiotic for gonorrhea
By Kamal Choudhury Dec 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. health regulator on Friday approved Innoviva's oral antibiotic to treat gonorr...
16h ago
Science
Analysis-Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IP...
23h ago
Bezos' Blue Origin working on orbital data center technology, WSJ reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for ar...
Dec 10, 2025
Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England
By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans i...
Dec 10, 2025
Chinese astronauts install debris protection aboard space station
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" a...
Dec 09, 2025
Scientists discover secrets of ancient Roman concrete at Pompeii
By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen i...
Dec 09, 2025
Technology
Huawei's latest handset uses improved China-made chip, report shows
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Kirin 9030, the chip that powers Huawei Technologies' latest flagship Mate 80 series handset, has...
8h ago
US lawmaker demands details on Trump's decision to sell Nvidia H200 chips to China
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmaker John Moolenaar, the chair of the U.S. House of Representati...
9h ago
Bitcoin hoarding company Strategy remains in Nasdaq 100
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Bitcoin hoarding giant Strategy clung to its place in the Nasdaq 100 on Friday, continuing its year-long &...
9h ago
Juventus is not for sale, sources close to Exor say, after Tether bid
Milan, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Agnelli family has no intention of selling Juventus to crypto group Tether or anyone else, sour...
14h ago
Trump's AI order faces political and legal hurdles
By Jody Godoy Dec 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to bar state laws on artificial intell...
16h ago
Entertainment
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsi...
13h ago
Disney's 'Zootopia 2' set to join $1 billion box office club
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2" is on track to surpass $1 billion at the global box ...
17h ago
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but an...
19h ago
Universal submits remedy to EU's objections over Downtown deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Universal Music said on Friday it has submitted a remedy to address competition concerns fr...
20h ago
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora AI tool
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Walt Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixa...
Dec 11, 2025
