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Factbox-Switzerland won Eurovision's jury vote, while viewers favoured Croatia, Israel
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Swiss artist Nemo won the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating 24 rivals...
15h ago
Swedish host city braces for Eurovision final and fresh protest
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Swedish host city Malmo geared up for the Eurovision grand final on Satu...
May 11, 2024
Dutch artist misses Eurovision rehearsal after 'incident', organisers say
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Dutch singer Joost Klein was missing from Friday's rehearsals of the Eurovision Song Contest follow...
May 10, 2024
Beach Boys book covers 60 years of sun, surf and Good Vibrations
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - The Beach Boys share their story in a new book chronicling their rise from a small garage b...
May 10, 2024
Italy's public TV apologises for mistakenly publishing Eurovision results
ROME (Reuters) - Italian public broadcaster RAI apologised on Friday for mistakenly revealing domestic voting results for the...
May 10, 2024
Local
Mason man wins cool $2 million from Michigan lottery
LANSING, MI -- A Mason man is now a multi-millionaire after winning on an instant ticket he purchased while on a grocery shop...
May 10, 2024
Malibu being discontinued by GM
DETROIT, MI -- General Motors confirmed this week it is ending production of the Chevrolet Malibu, the last midsize car made ...
May 10, 2024
Adopt a River Event in Lansing is this Saturday
LANSING, MI -- The Lansing Board of Water & Light and Impression 5 Science Center will celebrate 30 years for the annual ...
May 09, 2024
US-127 in Lansing to be closed on Saturday
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Department of Transportation says it will close US-127 in Lansing in both directions on Saturday ...
May 09, 2024
Tornado damage reported in SW Michigan
KALAMAZOO, MI -- Eleven tornadoes were reported Tuesday in western Michigan, according to the National Weather Service. Gover...
May 08, 2024
State
Michigan House passes $80.9 billion budget proposal
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House of Representatives Wednesday evening approved an $80.9 billion budget proposal ...
May 09, 2024
AUDIO: Governor Whitmer tours tornado damage
PAVILION TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer got a first-hand look at some of the tornado damage in Kalamaz...
May 09, 2024
Seven homes destroyed in Branch County during Tuesday's storm
SHERWOOD, MI (WTVB) - What was described as a supercell destroyed seven homes in northwest Branch County Tuesday evening. Cou...
May 08, 2024
City officials say two tornado touchdowns cause significant damage in Portage
PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - City officials now say they believe two tornadoes touched down in Portage Tuesday evening. They sa...
May 08, 2024
AUDIO: Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense releases report on national measures needed to avoid another pandemic
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new report from the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense is calling for more action by all leve...
May 07, 2024
National
Roger Corman, influential B-movie king who nurtured great directors, dies at 98
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Low-budget cinema maestro Roger Corman, who cranked out hundreds of outrageous films ov...
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Celebrating Buddha's birthday, a South Korean DJ is in spotlight
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - The man with a shaved head, a beatific smile and flowing grey monk's robes ...
2h ago
Campus Gaza rallies may subside, but experts see possible 'hot summer of protest'
By Brad Brooks DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - About a dozen students arrested by police clearing a sit-in at a Denver college c...
6h ago
Death toll from Afghanistan floods rises to 315, Taliban ministry says
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban-run ministry for refugees said on Sunday the death toll from flooding in northern Afghanistan wa...
8h ago
Body camera video captures first reactions to Baltimore bridge collapse
(This story contains explicit language in paragraph 3) (Reuters) - Body camera video captured the shocked reactions of first ...
15h ago
World
Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(Reuters) - Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted "free Pal...
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Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of ...
2h ago
Exclusive-Before arrest in Russia, US soldier's relationship with Russian girlfriend turned bloody, wife says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made...
2h ago
Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
By Timour Azhari and Ahmed Rasheed NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the...
2h ago
Israel pushes back into northern Gaza, ups military pressure on Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, aft...
4h ago
Business
British newspaper groups warn Apple over ad-blocking plans, FT reports
(Reuters) -British newspaper groups have warned Apple that any move to impose a so-called "web eraser" tool to bloc...
1h ago
France wins jobs at Morgan Stanley and other investments ahead of key summit
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) - France said Morgan Stanley would open a new European office in Paris, while two other co...
1h ago
Australia says inflation could ease to RBA target range by year end
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's government, preparing to announce the federal budget, said on Sunday inflation could moderate ...
3h ago
Pfizer and AstraZeneca announce new investments of nearly $1 billion in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Leading healthcare companies Pfizer and AstraZeneca announced on Sunday new investments in France worth a t...
4h ago
German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
PARIS (Reuters) - German aviation firm Lilium and Swiss-based nickel refinery company KL1 will set up new sites in France rep...
11h ago
Politics
Nikki Haley under active consideration by Trump campaign to be running mate, Axios reports
(Reuters) - Nikki Haley is under active consideration by Donald Trump's campaign to be his running mate, Axios reported on Sa...
May 11, 2024
Senator Warren chides US Treasury for slow progress in tackling racial discrimination
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren this week called on the Treasury Department to more swi...
May 10, 2024
Biden's Israel weapons pause won't dent Gaza protests, organizers say
By Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's decision to pause shipment...
May 10, 2024
US CFTC seeks to ban derivatives bets on elections, calamities
By Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday was poised to propose a...
May 10, 2024
US bill to restrict WuXi AppTec, Chinese biotechs revised to give more time to cut ties
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -A new version of a bill that would restrict U.S. business with certain Chinese biotechnology com...
May 10, 2024
Health
Fresenius Medical sees up to 2% US dialysis growth by year-end
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The number of kidney dialysis sessions provided by Fresenius Medical Care in its top market, the United...
May 11, 2024
Final tests of US dairy samples are negative for bird flu virus, US FDA says
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Final testing of U.S. retail dairy samples came back negative for viable H5N1 bird flu virus, the Food an...
May 10, 2024
Roughly 1 in 8 US adults have taken GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, poll shows
(Reuters) - About one in eight adults have taken a drug belonging to the GLP-1 class of medications for weight loss and relat...
May 10, 2024
US to provide nearly $200 million to contain bird flu spread on dairy farms
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Friday it will provide nearly $200 million to fight t...
May 10, 2024
Italy updates IVF rules to allow access for widowed or separated women
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Health Ministry has updated its guidelines on medically assisted reproduction, allowing access for w...
May 10, 2024
Science
Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship in 3-5 weeks
(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, wil...
21h ago
Astronomers finally detect a rocky planet with an atmosphere
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers have searched for years for rocky planets beyond our solar system with an a...
May 08, 2024
SpaceX's unit Starlink secures Indonesia operating permit
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The satellite unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, Starlink, has secured a permit to operate in Indonesia, its com...
May 08, 2024
Russia starts developing nuclear power unit for joint lunar station with China, RIA says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has started developing a nuclear power plant for its planned joint lunar station with China, the RI...
May 08, 2024
First crewed test flight of Boeing Starliner capsule targeted for May 17
(Reuters) - The target launch date for the long-awaited first crewed test flight of Boeing Co's new Starliner Space capsule h...
May 08, 2024
Technology
South Korea prepares support package worth over $7 billion for chip industry
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea is readying plans for a support package for chip investments and research worth more than 10 tr...
13h ago
Apple's New Jersey store workers vote against unionizing, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) - Workers at Apple's store in Short Hills, New Jersey, have voted against unionizing, Bloomberg News reported on Sa...
15h ago
Arm Holdings plans to launch AI chips in 2025, Nikkei reports
(Reuters) - SoftBank Group's Arm Holdings plans to develop artificial-intelligence chips, seeking to launch the first product...
17h ago
Musk's X Corp loses lawsuit against Israeli data-scraping company
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit in which Elon Musk's X Corp accused an Israeli data-scraping...
May 10, 2024
Elon Musk says Tesla will spend $500 million to expand charging network
(Reuters) - Tesla will spend more than $500 million to expand its fast-charging network, CEO Elon Musk said on Friday, days a...
May 10, 2024