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Branch Area Food Pantry holiday food distribution set for Saturday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Area Food Pantry Holiday Food Distribution is scheduled for this Saturday, November 23 from...
17h ago
Reading man injured as pickup truck and cattle trailer crashes into train
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - A pickup truck pulling a trailer which contained 43 head of cattle crashed into a train operat...
18h ago
DDA Board approves establishing non-endowed fund with BCCF
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors approved a resolution on Wednesday which establi...
18h ago
Branch County Veteran's Footlocker helping area vets in need
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Veteran's Footlocker will distribute free Thanksgiving dinner supplies to area veter...
22h ago
ProMedica celebrates hospital's 85th anniversary in Coldwater while work on sale continues
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital celebrated the building's 85th anniversary earlier this week,...
Nov 20, 2024
Local
Father arraigned, released on bond in the death of his three-year-old in hot car
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - After a video arraignment Wednesday, 36-year-old Chad Martin of Athens has been released on a $5...
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DDA Board approves work plans for 2025 Main Street events
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors approved Work Plans for several 2025 Main Street...
10h ago
Branch Area Food Pantry holiday food distribution set for Saturday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Area Food Pantry Holiday Food Distribution is scheduled for this Saturday, November 23 from...
17h ago
Reading man injured as pickup truck and cattle trailer crashes into train
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - A pickup truck pulling a trailer which contained 43 head of cattle crashed into a train operat...
18h ago
DDA Board approves establishing non-endowed fund with BCCF
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors approved a resolution on Wednesday which establi...
18h ago
State
Secretary of State Benson cheers passage of bills restricting firearms at polling locations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two bills have been passed by lawmakers that would restrict firearms at polling locations while th...
Nov 19, 2024
Former Coldwater prison guard gets jail time/probation for meth possession
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A former corrections officer at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater was sentenced on Monda...
Nov 19, 2024
Gas prices up 9-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's more expensive to fill the gas tank in Michigan compared to last Monday. Triple-A Michigan s...
Nov 18, 2024
General Motors announces lay offs
DETROIT -- General Motors Co. today laid off roughly 1,000 people with a majority of those apparently working out of the auto...
Nov 16, 2024
Kalamazoo man headed for prison dies while trying to escape transport van
BIG RAPIDS, MI - A Kalamazoo man has died while apparently trying to escape a sheriff's department transport van in Mecosta C...
Nov 15, 2024
Local Sports
Harper Creek and K Christian volleyball teams advance to MHSAA semifinals
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Harper Creek and Kalamazoo Christian have advanced to the semifinals of the M.H.S.A.A. girls volley...
19h ago
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Legg MS boys basketball teams win three games against Hastings
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Legg Middle School boys basketball teams won three out of four games against Hastings on Tuesday n...
23h ago
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All Big 8 Conference High School Football team for 2024 announced
UNDATED (WTVB) - The All Big 8 Conference football team for 2024 has been announced. Branch County players are highlighted in...
Nov 19, 2024
MHSAA Football Tournament moves into semifinal round next weekend
UNDATED (WTVB) - The field in the M.H.S.A.A. 11 player Football Tournament has been reduced to 32 teams as regional champions...
Nov 17, 2024
Legg Middle School boys hoop teams battle Jackson Northwest
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Legg Middle School boys basketball teams took on Jackson Northwest on Thursday night. No score was...
Nov 15, 2024
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National Sports
Motor racing-Norris says he was probably not ready for F1 title battle
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - McLaren's Lando Norris said he was probably not ready to challenge Max Verstappen for t...
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Swimming-Peaty in no rush to make 2028 decision after Paris frustrations
(Reuters) - Triple Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty said he is not ready to make a decision about competing at the 2028 L...
28m ago
Motor racing-F1 drivers 'a bit fed up' with FIA leadership - Russell
By Rory Carroll LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Formula One drivers were surprised by the sudden departure of race director Niels Witti...
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NBA roundup: Giannis Antetokounmpo (41) lifts Bucks past Bulls
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 25 of his 41 points in the third quarter and the Milwaukee Bucks pulled away in the final minute...
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Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Alabama downs No. 25 Illinois
Grant Nelson scored 19 of his 23 points in the first half and finished with eight rebounds and four blocked shots to help No....
28m ago
National
K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessl...
18m ago
New COP29 proposal shows wide gap persists on climate funding deal
By William James, Simon Jessop and Gloria Dickie BAKU (Reuters) -The United Nations climate body published on Thursday fresh ...
3h ago
Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wedn...
3h ago
Duct-taped banana goes for $6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - A piece of art that is little more than a banana duct-taped to a wall sold at auction for $6.2 m...
4h ago
US says 13.5 tons of deadly gas released at Texas refinery in Oct incident
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Wednesday that 27,000 pounds (13.5 tons) of de...
6h ago
World
Russia says new US base in Poland raises overall nuclear danger
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that a new U.S. ballistic missile defence base in northern Pola...
A few minutes ago
Serbia arrests 11 over railway station roof collapse
(Removes extraneous words in headline) BELGRADE (Reuters) - The High Prosecutors Office in the Serbian city of Novi Sad said ...
A few minutes ago
Russia is ready to consider any 'realistic' Ukraine peace initiative, says Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is ready to consider any "realistic" peace initiative on the conflict in Ukraine which ta...
A few minutes ago
Military help for Ukraine 'too sensitive', but rep office a goal, Taiwan envoy says
By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Taiwan is not involved in military assistance for Ukraine as it is "too sensitive"...
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Australian teen dies from tainted liquor in Laos; fourth suspected victim
By Alasdair Pal and Panarat Thepgumpanat SYDNEY/BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Australian teenager died on Thursday after drinking al...
51m ago
Business
Analysis-Bracing for Trump tariffs, China's Xi makes diplomatic push at global summits
By Eduardo Baptista and Lisandra Paraguassu RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - In his first global meetings since Donald Tru...
1h ago
Gautam Adani, indicted in US, is a controversial first-generation Indian tycoon
By Krishna N. Das and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted in New York over a $26...
1h ago
Sri Lanka expects IMF staff level agreement on Friday to release further bailout funds
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka expects the IMF to announce a staff level agreement on its third review of...
1h ago
UK borrows higher-than-expected 17.4 billion pounds in October
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain borrowed more than expected in October, according to official data that showed the scale of the cha...
1h ago
Fed's Williams sees inflation cooling and interest rates falling further, Barron's reports
(Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams sees inflation cooling and interest rates falling furthe...
1h ago
Politics
Lutnick's China ties draw fire after Trump taps him to lead US in trade, tariffs
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investment banker Howard Lutnick's exposure to China came into sharp relief on Wedn...
3h ago
Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon an...
8h ago
Trump planning to tap loyalist Vought to lead OMB, sources say
By Gram Slattery and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump is planning to tap conservative loyalist Russel...
9h ago
Joe Biden turns 82 years old, a first for a sitting US president
(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden turned 82 years old on Wednesday, an age milestone never before reached by a sitting com...
11h ago
Senators want Biden administration to back hiking mandatory pilot retirement age
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators including incoming Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday urged the Biden ad...
11h ago
Health
Novartis: launch of Morphosys drug by could be 2027 or later
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis' CEO said on Thursday that the delayed launch of blood-cancer drug pelabresib from the takeove...
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Novartis raises annual sales guidance until 2028
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Novartis on Thursday raised its medium-term sales guidance, predicting 6% annual growth through 2028, d...
2h ago
Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for...
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals receives FDA approval for biliary tract cancer treatment
(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Jazz Pharmaceuticals' drug for the treatment of a type of biliary t...
7h ago
Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon an...
8h ago
Science
Elon Musk's Neuralink receives Canadian approval for brain chip trial
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's Neuralink said on Wednesday it has received approval to launch its first clinical trial in Canada for...
5h ago
Scientists announce progress toward ambitious atlas of human cells
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as t...
15h ago
Is climate change making tropical storms more frequent? Scientists say it's unclear
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An unusual cluster of typhoons in the West Pacific and a series of powerful hurricanes...
22h ago
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists working in an international collaboration have tracked how the structure of ...
Nov 20, 2024
Spacex launches sixth Starship rocket from Texas
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of imp...
Nov 19, 2024
Technology
South Korea's AI chip investor announces plan for share buybacks
SEOUL (Reuters) - SK Square, the holding company of SK Hynix, a maker of artificial intelligence chips, on Thursday announced...
38m ago
Factbox-US prosecutors demand Google divest Chrome to end search monopoly
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday argued to a judge that Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data, and search ...
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North Korea hackers behind 2019 $42 million Ethereum heist, South Korea police say
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Thursday an investigation confirmed that hackers linked to North Korea's milita...
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Exclusive-Huawei aims to mass-produce newest AI chip in early 2025, despite US curbs
By Fanny Potkin (Reuters) - China's Huawei plans to start mass-producing its most advanced artificial intelligence chip in th...
1h ago
Google must divest Chrome to restore competition in online search, DOJ says
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with competitors and ...
3h ago
Entertainment
K-pop's profligate CD output draws fire as South Korea hosts plastic waste talks
By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - K-pop music may be South Korea's buzziest export but the industry needlessl...
18m ago
Cirque du Soleil picks Berlin for first permanent European show
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cirque du Soleil will kick off its first permanent European show next year in Berlin's central Potsdamer P...
15h ago
Comcast to spin off some cable TV networks as streaming dominates
(Reuters) -Comcast plans to divest the bulk of its once-coveted NBCUniversal cable TV assets, including MSNBC and CNBC, as th...
17h ago
'Rust' gets low-key debut, honours cinematographer killed on set
By Malgorzata Wojtunik TORUN, Poland (Reuters) - Alec Baldwin's Western "Rust" premiered at a low-key Polish film f...
17h ago
One Direction stars join mourners at Liam Payne's funeral
By Ben Makori AMERSHAM, England (Reuters) - The former members of boy band "One Direction" were among the mourners ...
17h ago