Author Archives: Syndicated Content
U.S. miners tout environmental credentials in wake of Biden victory
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - U.S. mining companies are moving fast to align themselves with Joe Biden's climate change agenda, saying the lithium, copper and other metals they produce can help the p...
Nov 12, 2020
Lions are out of Covid-19 protocol, back on the practice field
ALLEN PARK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – The Detroit Lions are out of Covid-19 protocol and back on the practice field as they prepare to host Washington Sunday. Wide receiver Kenny Golladay, with a hip in...
Nov 12, 2020
Tigers pitching prospect Hernandez out after elbow surgery
DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Detroit Tigers pitching prospect Wilkel Hernandez will miss the 2021 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. Tigers officials confirmed yesterday that the right-ha...
Nov 12, 2020
English COVID-19 contacts traced still near record lows as weekly cases rise 8%
LONDON (Reuters) - Positive COVID-19 cases in England rose 8% on the previous week, the same weekly rate of increase as before, the country's test and trace scheme said on Thursday, with the proportio...
Nov 12, 2020
MSU and U of M land big names on National Signing Day
EAST LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Michigan State University basketball added three players on National Signing Day. Jaden Akins from Farmington Hills, Pierre Brooks II from Detroit and Max Christi...
Nov 12, 2020
Waste not, want not: Dutch students build electric car from recycled material
EINDHOVEN (Reuters) - Dutch students have created a fully functioning electric car made entirely out of waste, including plastics fished out of the sea, recycled PET bottles and household garbage. The...
Nov 12, 2020
Iran’s coronavirus death toll exceeds 40,000: health ministry
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 457 to 40,121 on Thursday, the highest in the Middle East, with the total number of identified cases reaching 726,585, health ministry ...
Nov 12, 2020
Spanish mountaineer, 81, trains for Himalayas in tribute to victims of COVID-19
By Elena Rodriguez and Juan Antonio Dominguez MORALZARZAL, Spain (Reuters) - At 81 years old Spanish mountaineer Carlos Soria is training to tackle one of the world's highest peaks, a challenge he wil...
Nov 12, 2020
Going for a song? Eric Clapton’s yacht up for auction
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rocker Eric Clapton is unloading his luxury yacht, offering it up for auction at a sale of Hollywood memorabilia. The 47.5 meter long (156 foot) Va Bene yacht, which th...
Nov 12, 2020
Biden’s Treasury pick may be key to climate, jobs, and equality agenda
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Incoming U.S. Treasury secretaries have been confronted over the past two decades with the financial rescue of other countries, the bailout of the U.S. banki...
Nov 12, 2020
Thu Jul 16
Battle Creek, MI, USA
76°FFeels Like: 77°F
Wind/Dir: 9 MPH-ENE
Humidity: 78%
