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Second woman tells jury Sean 'Diddy' Combs sexually abused her
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A second woman testified on Thursday that Sean "Diddy" Combs sexual...
28m ago
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author who reckoned with colonial legacy, dies at 87
By George Obulutsa NAIROBI (Reuters) -Celebrated Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o, whose sharp criticisms of ...
9h ago
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyer seeks mistrial in sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A lawyer for hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs on Wednesday said she would move for a mistrial in his sex...
May 28, 2025
Tencent to become second-largest shareholder in K-Pop agency SM Entertainment
SEOUL (Reuters) -China's Tencent is expected to become the second-largest shareholder of major K-Pop agency SM Entertainment,...
May 27, 2025
Analysis-Ecstasy and bribery accusations in Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial bolster racketeering charge
By Jack Queen (Reuters) -Two weeks into the sex trafficking trial of Sean "Diddy" Combs, witnesses have accused the...
May 27, 2025
Local

MSU opening football game moved to Friday night of Labor Day weekend
EAST LANSING, MI -- The Big Ten Conference has announced kickoff times for the first three games of the 2025 Michigan State f...
52m ago

Website says MSU close to hiring new AD
EAST LANSING, MI -- Sources tell Spartans Illustrated that the search for a new athletic director is heating up. A search fir...
3h ago

Lansing School District adds new board member
LANSING, MI -- The Lansing School District Board of Education has voted to select Daniel Nowiski to fill an open board seat. ...
May 27, 2025

CADL hit with Internet outage
LANSING, MI -- Capital Area District Libraries says Internet services are not available this morning due to a system-wide in...
May 27, 2025

Start of summer project season brings advice from Consumer Energy
JACKSON, MI -- On the eve of the long Memorial Day weekend, Consumers Energy is reminding people to put safety first before d...
May 23, 2025
State

UPDATE: Man who stole Village of Cassopolis police SUV now in custody
UPDATE: As of 7:40 p.m. Wednesday, the Village of Cassopolis police department says the suspect is in custody and the police ...
16h ago

Dead dogs found in freezer at Jackson restaurant sparks investigation
Jackson, MI (WTVB)- Authorities are investigating after several dead dogs and severed animal parts were found in a freezer a...
May 28, 2025

Emergency order keeps coal power plant from closing
WEST OLIVE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Consumers Energy J.H. Campbell Plant in Ottawa County's West Olive will stay open for now. ...
May 28, 2025

Plea entered In Ottawa County road rage case
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A man is facing years in prison for a road rage incident near Allendale that left one person d...
May 28, 2025
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Michigan debates roadside saliva testing for drugged driving
LANSING, MI (WTVB)- Michigan lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow police to conduct roadside saliva tests on dri...
May 27, 2025
National
Second woman tells jury Sean 'Diddy' Combs sexually abused her
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A second woman testified on Thursday that Sean "Diddy" Combs sexual...
28m ago
Trump's tariff tally: $34 billion and counting, global companies say
By Sayantani Ghosh, David Gaffen, Arpan Varghese SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/BENGALURU (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's trade w...
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US weekly jobless claims rise; corporate profits fall in first quarter
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for jobless benefits increased more ...
1h ago
African Development Bank to launch carbon credits support facility
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -The African Development Bank will launch a carbon markets support facility for the contin...
1h ago
US Supreme Court limits environmental reviews in Utah railway ruling
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to environmentalists on Thursday by allowing federal agenci...
1h ago
World
Diego Maradona's homicide trial declared invalid, says local media
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The homicide trial of Diego Maradona's medical team was declared invalid, Argentine media reported on...
28m ago
Second woman tells jury Sean 'Diddy' Combs sexually abused her
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A second woman testified on Thursday that Sean "Diddy" Combs sexual...
28m ago
UK police charge man over Liverpool car collision that hurt dozens
LONDON (Reuters) -A 53-year-old British man was on Thursday charged with seven offences including dangerous driving and causi...
29m ago
White House adviser says three trade deals nearly done
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday three trade deals were nearly done and he e...
1h ago
Russia opens criminal case after local official killed in Stavropol explosion
(Reuters) -Russia opened a criminal case on Thursday after two men, including a local government official who had fought in U...
1h ago
Business
Trump's tariff tally: $34 billion and counting, global companies say
By Sayantani Ghosh, David Gaffen, Arpan Varghese SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/BENGALURU (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's trade w...
30m ago
US FAA extends Boeing regulatory delegation program by three years
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday said it would extend by three years a program tha...
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Nike's longtime design and innovation chief John Hoke to retire, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - Nike's chief innovation officer, John Hoke, is retiring after more than three decades shaping new products at the...
31m ago
Northrop Grumman invests $50 million in space startup Firefly Aerospace
(Reuters) -U.S. defense contractor Northrop Grumman has invested $50 million into space startup Firefly Aerospace to aid the ...
31m ago
Bank of Mexico's rate decision marked by trade policy pressures, minutes show
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -All of the Bank of Mexico's five governing board members agreed in the monetary authority's most recen...
1h ago
Politics
US Supreme Court limits environmental reviews in Utah railway ruling
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to environmentalists on Thursday by allowing federal agenci...
1h ago
State Dept broad reorganization plan submitted to Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday that the State Department submitted a notification...
1h ago
US signals it may use administrative process against Harvard
(Reuters) -The Trump administration signaled on Thursday it might back off plans to immediately revoke Harvard University's a...
4h ago
Harvard to urge judge to extend block on Trump's effort to bar foreign students
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A federal judge will consider on Thursday whether to further block U.S. President Donald Tr...
6h ago
Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, capping turbulent tenure
By Nandita Bose, David Shepardson and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trum...
13h ago
Health
China investigating former head of food and drug watchdog
BEIJING (Reuters) -Bi Jingquan, former head of the now-defunct China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), is being investigat...
1h ago
US FDA asks Stealth BioTherapeutics to resubmit application for rare genetic condition therapy
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked for a resubmission of Stealth BioTherapeutics' marketing applicati...
4h ago
Air from beehives comforts patients in Turkey
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Bulent Usta KARABURUN, Turkey (Reuters) - At his farm tucked away in an idyllic valley near the Aegean...
4h ago
Merck, Daiichi withdraw US application for 'guided missile' cancer drug
(Reuters) -Merck and Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo said on Thursday they have withdrawn the U.S. application for an experimental...
5h ago
Brazil declared free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, says Abrafrigo
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has recognized Brazil as a country free of foot-and-mou...
5h ago
Science
Astronomers scrutinize a star behaving unlike any other
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers have spotted a star acting unlike any other ever observed as it unleashes a ...
25m ago
China's Space Epoch conducts key test for reusable rocket ambitions
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese private rocket firm Space Epoch said on Thursday it had successfully run a fli...
4h ago
China launches mission to retrieve asteroid samples
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China on Wednesday embarked on its first mission to retrieve samples from a nearby asteroid with the ni...
22h ago
Tools made of whale bones reveal inventiveness of prehistoric people
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show t...
May 28, 2025
Japan's reusable rocket startup ISC eyes US test launch in December
By Kantaro Komiya YOKOHAMA (Reuters) -A Tokyo-based rocket startup said on Wednesday it will test-launch a prototype in the U...
May 28, 2025
Technology
Business Insider cuts 21% of workforce, memo shows
(Reuters) -Business Insider is laying off about 21% of its workforce, an internal memo showed on Thursday, as the financial n...
1h ago
Musk's Trump administration exit lifts Tesla shares on hopes of renewed focus
(Reuters) -Tesla shares rose more than 2% on Thursday after news that CEO Elon Musk was stepping away from the Trump administ...
1h ago
IDC cuts global smartphone shipments forecast on tariff volatility
(Reuters) -International Data Corp slashed its 2025 global smartphone shipment growth forecast to 0.6% from 2.6% on Thursday,...
1h ago
Grammarly secures $1 billion from General Catalyst to build AI productivity platform
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Grammarly has raised $1 billion in non-dilutive financing from General Catalyst to expand its artifi...
1h ago
New York Times, Amazon sign AI licensing deal
(Reuters) -The New York Times said on Thursday it would license its editorial content to Amazon.com for use in the tech giant...
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