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Entertainment
Indian tribunal allows Zee Entertainment to proceed with warrants issue; shares rise
BENGALURU, Aug 14 (Reuters) - An Indian appeals tribunal granted Zee Entertainment partial relief from a securities market...
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Investors sue Selena Gomez for alleged fraud over mental-health start-up
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Singer and actor Selena Gomez was sued on Thursday by investors who say t...
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Brazil agency orders Discord chat platform to suspend livestreaming over child safety concerns
BRASILIA, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Brazil's data protection authority ANPD ordered chat platform Discord to suspend livestreaming f...
Aug 12, 2026
Bella Ramsey finds their tribe in teen cancer comedy-drama 'Sunny Dancer'
By Hanna Rantala LONDON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Bella Ramsey tackles a wide range of emotions in "Sunny Dancer", a come...
Aug 12, 2026
Shelved no more: 'Coyote Vs. Acme' brings Looney Tunes back to big screen
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Director Dave Green told Reuters it was a "crazy miracle" that...
Aug 12, 2026
Local
Traffic pattern change coming to US-127 construciton project
LANSING, MI -- It's the biggest road construction project in mid-Michigan and now more changes are coming to work being done ...
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Meet the Spartans set at Spartan Stadium
EAST LANSING, MI -- Michigan State football fans can get a sneak peak at the 2026 MSU football team at "Meet the Spartan...
Aug 12, 2026
MDOT invites public to explore career opportunities at Career Fest
LANSING, MI -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Career Fest will return Aug. 18-19, offering jobseekers an op...
Aug 12, 2026
Lansing BWL customers to see rate hikes
LANSING, MI -- The Lansing Board of Water & Light (BWL) Board of Commissioners approved a one-year rate strategy at a spe...
Aug 12, 2026
When do kids in mid-Michigan go back to school?
LANSING, MI -- It's the time of year for back to school shopping and final summer trips to the lake up north for many mid-Mic...
Aug 11, 2026
State
John James picks Representative Jay DeBoyer as Lt. Gov. nominee
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Republican gubernatorial nominee John James has selected state Representative Jay DeBoyer...
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Cyclosporiasis cases in Michigan up 11% in past week
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Cases of cyclosporiasis in Michigan have risen to 13,909, an 11% increase in the past week. The Mi...
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Kalamazoo College joins MI College Match
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Kalamazoo College has joined Michigan's new statewide direct admission initiative known as MI Co...
Aug 13, 2026
State Representative DeSana wants to repeal 24% marijuana wholesale tax
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - State Representative James DeSana wants to repeal Michigan's 24% marijuana wholesale tax that took...
Aug 12, 2026
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FEMA denies Michigan appeal for tornado aid
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - The state of Michigan's appeal for tornado disaster aid from the storms that produced four twis...
Aug 12, 2026
National
Spain investigates likely shooting of endangered 'grandmother' orca
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Spain's Environment Ministry has ordered an investigation into the likely shooting of a rare Iberian orca ...
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US CDC records more than 2,500 measles cases so far in 2026
Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there were 2,566 confirmed measles case...
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World Bank says it disbursed $200 million to Colombia for quake response
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The World Bank on Friday said it had disbursed $200 million to Colombia for its emergency r...
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Displaced by El Niño, South American seabirds flock to Panama
By Enea Lebrun and Stefanie Eschenbacher PANAMA BAY, Panama, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Flocks of seabirds native to the cold, nutrie...
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Brazil recovers Matisse paintings stolen from Sao Paulo library
SAO PAULO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Brazilian police have recovered eight works by French painter Henri Matisse that were stolen fr...
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World
Son of former Mexican president says US revoked his visa
MEXICO CITY, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran, a son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, s...
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Woman charged over vandalism of Washington's World War Two memorial, prosecutor says
Aug 14 (Reuters) - A woman has been taken into custody and charged with two felony counts in connection with the vandalism...
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Race to reach trapped survivor offers hope in Colombia quake zone
PEREIRA/BOGOTA, Colombia, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Rescuers raced against time in Colombia on Friday to free a man found alive bene...
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France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
(Corrects typo in first paragraph) By Elizabeth Pineau and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - France's top court on Fr...
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Two slicks appear in Gulf as huge oil spill off Oman threatens disaster
(This story has been refiled to remove the images, with no changes to text) By Nilo Tabrizy, Catherine Cartier and Jonathan S...
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Business
US business inventories unchanged in June
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. business inventories were unchanged in June as an increase in stocks at wholesalers was o...
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US raises pressure on EU to 'deliver' on non-tariff trade commitments
By Julia Payne and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The United States urged the European Union on Friday to ease its ...
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US consumer sentiment deteriorates in August
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment slumped in early August amid worries about the rising cost of livin...
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Private credit roundup: Nvidia's half trillion for chips financing, plus others
LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Nvidia's colossal financing deal for AI infrastructure buildouts is the talk of private markets th...
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Tesla to unveil redesigned Roadster as early as August, The Information says
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Tesla plans to unveil a redesigned Roadster as early as this month, The Information reported on Friday, ne...
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Politics
Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow White House ballroom construction to continue
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Cou...
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Kennedy Center board votes to inscribe Trump's name on building
By Ryan Patrick Jones and Jasper Ward Aug 13 (Reuters) - The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts vote...
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Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown. His Justice Department hasn't delivered
By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Brad Heath and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has repeatedly ...
Aug 13, 2026
US immigration agency plans to buy electric shock gloves, raising alarm among rights advocates
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric sh...
Aug 13, 2026
Trump sued over service that offers paid early access to Truth Social posts
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Donald Trump was sued on Wednesday by two media entities seeking to shut dow...
Aug 12, 2026
Health
US CDC records more than 2,500 measles cases so far in 2026
Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday there were 2,566 confirmed measles case...
1h ago
US FDA approves Lantheus' brain-imaging agent for Alzheimer's assessment
Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a radioactive agent from Lantheus Holdings for use in b...
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Health Round: Experimental blood test finds high-risk colorectal lesions before cancer develops
By Nancy Lapid Aug 14 (Reuters) - We also report on a flavoring chemical in e-cigarettes that damages human embryo cells in l...
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Capricor shares skyrocket as FDA agrees to review new Duchenne drug data
Aug 14 (Reuters) - Capricor Therapeutics shares more than doubled in premarket trading on Friday after the company said the U...
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Congo says Ebola outbreak spreads to northeastern Bas-Uele province
DAKAR, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a sixth province, Bas-Uel...
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Science
US rocket company Astra Space seeks to raise $250 million in comeback bid
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. rocket company Astra Space is seeking to raise $250 million at a $1 bill...
5h ago
Alphabet's SpaceX bet grows 100-fold over a decade to $94 billion
By Akash Sriram and Suzanne McGee Aug 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet's early bet on SpaceX has multiplied more than 100-fold, with t...
5h ago
Total darkness, then sunset as full eclipse wows spectators in Spain
By Corina Pons, Tom Little and David Latona MADRID/REYKJAVIK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Spectators across Spain watched in wonder, s...
Aug 12, 2026
Dogs can distinguish between emotions in a human face, study shows
BERLIN, Aug 11 (Reuters) - A peek inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, ...
Aug 11, 2026
The punk and the bruiser: Invasive species thrive as global warming transforms the Mediterranean
By Michele Kambas and Renee Maltezou LIMASSOL, Cyprus/ATHENS Aug 11 (Reuters) - Pepis, the bearded skipper of a small fishing...
Aug 11, 2026
Technology
France's top court blocks social media ban for under-15s
(Corrects typo in first paragraph) By Elizabeth Pineau and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - France's top court on Fr...
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Republican senator urges Trump to back US open-weight AI models amid industry debate
By Courtney Rozen WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Republican Senator Jim Banks is urging the Trump administration to develop i...
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Stablecoin issuer Tether says KPMG US has audited its 2025 statements
By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) - El Salvador-based Tether, which issues the world's largest stablecoin, said K...
5h ago
China's Z.ai says new model nears Anthropic's Mythos 5 in cyber-defence tests
By Eduardo Baptista and Laurie Chen BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup Z.ai said on Friday its open-source GLM-5....
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Alphabet's SpaceX bet grows 100-fold over a decade to $94 billion
By Akash Sriram and Suzanne McGee Aug 14 (Reuters) - Alphabet's early bet on SpaceX has multiplied more than 100-fold, with t...
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