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Five Killed in Two Separate Overnight Head-On Collisions
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - Five persons lost their lives in two separate two-vehicle head-on crashes during the ov...
2h ago

New Housing in Holland, Lakeshore Spotlighted This Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - Affordable housing was spotlighted this week along the Lakeshore. On Wednesday, Ori...
3h ago

Drivers, Youngsters Hurt in Pileup Near Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - A three-vehicle pileup on Thursday afternoon south of Grand Haven injured ...
4h ago

Biker Killed in Dawn Crash at Jenison Intersection
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 18, 2026) - A 40-year-old Jenison man lost his life in a Thursday dawn crash involving ...
21h ago

Second Try Tonight for Start of Holland Street Performer Series
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 18, 2026) - Downtown Holland officials are hoping that the second time will be the charm on Thu...
Jun 18, 2026
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Five Killed in Two Separate Overnight Head-On Collisions
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - Five persons lost their lives in two separate two-vehicle head-on crashes during the ov...
2h ago

New Housing in Holland, Lakeshore Spotlighted This Week
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - Affordable housing was spotlighted this week along the Lakeshore. On Wednesday, Ori...
3h ago

Drivers, Youngsters Hurt in Pileup Near Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - A three-vehicle pileup on Thursday afternoon south of Grand Haven injured ...
4h ago

Biker Killed in Dawn Crash at Jenison Intersection
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 18, 2026) - A 40-year-old Jenison man lost his life in a Thursday dawn crash involving ...
21h ago

Second Try Tonight for Start of Holland Street Performer Series
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 18, 2026) - Downtown Holland officials are hoping that the second time will be the charm on Thu...
Jun 18, 2026
State

State House Speaker prepared to cut governor off of budget negotiation
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall is prepared to cut Governor Gretchen Whitmer's office from the bu...
2h ago

Michigan's unemployment rate inches up in May, still higher than the national rate
LANAING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up by one-tenth of a percentage point to 5....
17h ago

Wife of former state House Speaker pleads guilty to embezzlement
INGHAM COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Stephanie Chatfield, the wife of former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, has agreed to a p...
Jun 17, 2026
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Over 2.6 million Michiganders expected to travel for July 4th
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Triple-A is projecting over 2.6-million Michiganders will travel at least 50 miles from home over...
Jun 17, 2026

Poll: John James, Mike Cox in statistical dead heat in GOP governor's race
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll from Mitchell Research and Communications says the Republican race for governor is a st...
Jun 16, 2026
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Local Sports

Tigers to Host White Sox on WHTC Tonight; Whitecaps Waltz to Thursday Win
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 19, 2026) - Idle yesterday, the Tigers host the White Sox at Comerica Park this evening, with cover...
6h ago

Tigers & White Sox Lose on Wednesday, Cubs Win, and Whitecaps Couldn't Play
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 18, 2026) - Yesterday, Peter Lambert allowed two hits with five strikeouts, as the Houston Astros t...
Jun 18, 2026
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Whitecaps Win, but Tigers, Cubs & White Sox All Fall on Tuesday Night
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 17, 2026) - Raynel Delgado's two-run single in a three-run Houston eighth inning enabled the Astros...
Jun 17, 2026
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Tigers, Cubs Win on Monday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 16, 2026) - Colt Keith slugged three homers and drove in six runs, powering the Detroit Tigers over...
Jun 16, 2026
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Rain in NE Ohio Wipes Out Slated Tigers, Whitecaps Games; Sox Win, but Cubs Lose on Sunday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jun. 15, 2026) - Due to inclement weather, the Tigers' scheduled game yesterday in Cleveland against the...
Jun 15, 2026
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National Sports
Golf-US Open suspended early in first round due to fog
By Amy Tennery SOUTHAMPTON, New York, June 18 (Reuters) - Organisers suspended play at the U.S. ​Open on Thursday due &zwnj...
Jun 18, 2026
New York to honor historic Knicks championship with ticker-tape parade
By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - Massive crowds are expected in New York on Thursday for a ticker-tape parade...
Jun 18, 2026
MLB roundup: Ryan O'Hearn's six-RBI effort powers Pirates past A's
Ryan O'Hearn homered and drove in a career-best six runs while leading the Pittsburgh Pirates to an easy 12-4 victory over th...
Jun 18, 2026
Kyle Bradish fans career-best 12 as Orioles top Mariners
Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday homered and Kyle Bradish struck out a career-high 12 in 7 2/3 strong innings as the Bal...
Jun 18, 2026
Athletics-Former Olympic medallist Simpson hospitalised after collapse at track event
June 18 (Reuters) - American Olympic medallist and former world champion Jenny Simpson is receiving medical care at a hospita...
Jun 18, 2026
National
Senator urges FAA to reject White House pressure to approve Trump arch
WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - The top Democrat on the Senate aviation subcommittee urged ​the Federal Aviation Administra...
Jun 18, 2026
Wildfire in Spain disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - The high-speed rail service between Spain's Madrid and Barcelona was disrupted on Thursday after ...
Jun 18, 2026
Obama Presidential Center, designed as hub of civic life, set to open in Chicago
By Renee Hickman and Steve Gorman CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - Throngs of guests were due to converge on a lakefront park in ...
Jun 18, 2026
UN food agencies seek $202 million to shield 8.8 million people from El Niño
ROME, June 18 (Reuters) - The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and World Food Programme on Thursday appealed...
Jun 18, 2026
Satellite observations detect 'urban pulse' of six global cities
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - While a city is not a living organism, it behaves very much like one. Its meta...
Jun 18, 2026
World
Germany deploys ships to Red Sea for possible Hormuz mission, minister says
BRUSSELS, June 18 (Reuters) - Germany is deploying two ships to the Red Sea in preparation for a possible military mission in...
Jun 18, 2026
Two men jailed in Britain for spying for China
LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Two men, including one who worked as a British immigration officer, were jailed on Thursday after...
Jun 18, 2026
DOJ probes US banks over transactions tied to Iran's supreme leader, Bloomberg News reports
June 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei built ​a glo...
Jun 18, 2026
Wildfire in Spain disrupts Madrid-Barcelona rail service as heatwave looms
MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - The high-speed rail service between Spain's Madrid and Barcelona was disrupted on Thursday after ...
Jun 18, 2026
Parents of Serbian school shooter sentenced in retrial, report says
BELGRADE, June 18 (Reuters) - The parents of a Serbian boy who killed 10 people in a 2023 Belgrade school shooting were convi...
Jun 18, 2026
Business
Room for foreign automakers in Chinese market, BMW chairman says
PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - There is room for automakers ​aside from Chinese ones in the Chinese car market, as it is ...
Jun 18, 2026
Brazil still has room for more interest rate cuts, says finance minister
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Thursday that there was still room â€...
Jun 18, 2026
Exclusive-UniCredit turned to CEO Orcel's brother to broker Russia sale
By Valentina Za, Elvira Pollina and John O'Donnell MILAN/FRANKFURT, June 18 (Reuters) - Riccardo Orcel, a former senior banke...
Jun 18, 2026
EU leaders to strive for unity on China trade imbalance
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, June 18 (Reuters) - European Union leaders will debate new and tougher measures on Thursday th...
Jun 18, 2026
Iran peace not stopping central banks from raising borrowing costs
By Balazs Koranyi and Leika Kihara FRANKFURT/TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - The Iran war-induced inflation surge is becoming too ...
Jun 18, 2026
Politics
Obama Presidential Center, designed as hub of civic life, set to open in Chicago
By Renee Hickman and Steve Gorman CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - Throngs of guests were due to converge on a lakefront park in ...
Jun 18, 2026
Trump blows up spy bill after Senate Republicans say 'no' to voter ID legislation
By David Morgan WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's derailment of a U.S. Senate plan to pass a key natio...
Jun 17, 2026
Senate committee sets vote on Trump's BLS chief nominee
June 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee will vote next week on whether to advance the nomination of Brett Matsumoto, Pres...
Jun 17, 2026
Trump delays spy nominee Clayton's confirmation, wants voter ID law
By Patricia Zengerle and Erin Banco WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump threw doubt on Wednesday on t...
Jun 17, 2026
Trump: Clayton DNI confirmation won't go forward until McDonald is confirmed as US Attorney
June 17 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said Wednesday's Senate hearing on Jay Clayton's nomination to become the next U.S...
Jun 17, 2026
Health
Pfizer CFO Dave Denton to step down, leave company in August
June 18 (Reuters) - Pfizer said on Thursday that ​finance chief Dave Denton will step down and leave the company on &...
Jun 18, 2026
Merck's pneumococcal vaccine wins US approval for high-risk children, teens
June 18 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Merck said on Thursday the U.S. health regulator has approved an expanded use of its pneumococc...
Jun 18, 2026
Explainer-New World screwworm: What pet owners need to know
By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - Screwworm, a parasitic fly whose flesh-eating larvae feed on living animals, ...
Jun 18, 2026
Exclusive-KKR eyes at least $1 billion stake in Medicover's India hospital arm, source says
By Vibhuti Sharma MUMBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - KKR is in advanced talks to buy a majority stake in the Indian business of Swed...
Jun 18, 2026
FDA approves first generic version of Roche's flu drug
June 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic version of Roche's ​Xofluza, a single-...
Jun 17, 2026
Science
Satellite observations detect 'urban pulse' of six global cities
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - While a city is not a living organism, it behaves very much like one. Its meta...
Jun 18, 2026
Oldest-known plague outbreak came 5,500 years ago in Siberia
By Will Dunham June 17 (Reuters) - About 5,500 years ago, bands of hunter-gatherers inhabited the Lake Baikal region in Siber...
Jun 17, 2026
Blue Origin starts launch pad rebuild, targets New Glenn rocket return in 2026
PARIS, June 17 (Reuters) - Reconstruction has begun at Blue Origin's Florida launch pad after a New Glenn rocket exploded ​...
Jun 17, 2026
Yes, the universe's expansion is still accelerating, researchers say
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - Taking a fresh look at data involving a specific type of stellar explosion, a ...
Jun 16, 2026
Scientists identify 64,000 sq miles of coral reef capable of surviving climate crisis
SINGAPORE, June 16 (Reuters) - Scientists have identified nearly 166,000 sq km (64,000 sq miles) of coral reefs that are capa...
Jun 16, 2026
Technology
ChapsVision says ethics panel can veto deals deemed risky
By Leo Marchandon PARIS, June 18 (Reuters) - French software group ChapsVision said on Thursday its independent ethics commit...
Jun 18, 2026
Accenture strikes $4.18 billion cybersecurity deal, shares fall on weak forecast
June 18 (Reuters) - Accenture unveiled $4.18 billion in cybersecurity acquisitions on Thursday to push deeper into the boomin...
Jun 18, 2026
UAE sets minimum social media age at 15, mandates age checks
DUBAI, June 18 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has set a minimum age of 15 for social media use, becoming the first Arab...
Jun 18, 2026
China announces measures to promote AI integration with consumption
BEIJING, June 18 (Reuters) - China's commerce ministry has announced measures to promote the ​application of artificial int...
Jun 18, 2026
How India sparred with Telegram days ahead of blocking the app
By Arpan Chaturvedi and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, June 18 (Reuters) - India privately rebuked Telegram for not proactively remo...
Jun 18, 2026
Entertainment
Chinese regulators clear Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros Discovery merger, source says
By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES, June 17 (Reuters) - Chinese regulators have cleared the $110 billion merger ​between Param...
Jun 17, 2026
'Sinatra The Musical' takes audiences on intimate roller-coaster ride
By Hanna Rantala LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Frank Sinatra's songs and life story come to the London stage in a new West End ...
Jun 17, 2026
'Toy Story 5' tackles tech tensions and tween girl trials
By Danielle Broadway EMERYVILLE, California, June 17 (Reuters) - For actor Joan Cusack, who voices the animated cowgirl Jessi...
Jun 17, 2026
British presenter Jeremy Clarkson reveals he has cancer on TV show
LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - British television presenter Jeremy Clarkson, best known for hosting the "Top Gear" mot...
Jun 17, 2026
'Fallout' producer lauds tax breaks for luring show to Hollywood
By Dawn Chmielewski SANTA CLARITA, California, June 16 (Reuters) - As guests milled around a cavernous sound-stage that house...
Jun 16, 2026


