By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press/ Report for America LANSING — Victims of sexual abuse and lawmakers testified Thursday in support of legislation that would give accusers more time to sue for damages and would take away immunity for governmental bodies that knew or should have ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT — Aaron Civale dominated the Detroit Tigers again, taking a shutout into the ninth inning in the Cleveland Indians’ 4-1 victory on Tuesday. Civale improved to 7-1, becoming the American League’s first seven-game winner. St. Louis’ Jack Flaherty ...
DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic had 30 points and 10 rebounds, Kristaps Porzingis added 19 points and seven boards and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Detroit Pistons 127-117 on Wednesday night to stop a four-game home losing streak. Jalen Brunson scored 18 of his 20 points in the first half of a ...
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Juwan Howard loved playing in the NCAA Tournament. Sharing that experience with his players was pretty sweet, too. Howard got the win in his first NCAA tourney game since taking over at Michigan, guiding Mike Smith and the ...
NEWBERRY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources plans to use mass timber technology to build a $5 million field office in the Upper Peninsula. The building will replace outdated field offices in Newberry, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) east of Marquette. Mass timber is ...
CASS COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — A search for a motorcyclist who wandered off after a crash ended in a heavily wooded area when a police tracking dog found the man lying in a ditch in a heavily wooded area, authorities in Michigan said. According to the Kalamazoo Gazette, 28-year-old Travis Herman ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan wildlife officials won’t be able to check as many deer for chronic wasting disease during the upcoming hunting season. The state Department of Natural Resources said it’s facing staff and financial shortages as well as challenges from the coronavirus ...
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man has been arrested after allegedly shooting a 4-year-old girl and a 22-year-old man, police said. Detroit Police took Devontae Lamar Berrien into custody late Saturday, they said. Berrien got into an argument with someone on the city’s west side around 7 p.m. ...
WEST BRANCH, Mich. (AP) — Several horses displaced by the pandemic and flooding across parts of central Michigan have found a new home at a rescue farm. Amid the COVID-19 virus, caretakers began abandoning their pets or placing them with friends and family, the Midland Daily News reported. ...
LANSING (AP) — Jenna Hulse was at work out of town as a nurse when she got a message from her brother that a dam three blocks from her house in the Michigan village of Sanford was failing. Six feet of water entered the home, and though Hulse said she’s lucky that the house she’s lived in ...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A sunken boat must be removed from the bottom of Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan, according to state officials. Federal and state authorities said Thursday they are working to arrange the salvage operation for the 33-foot-long vessel that sank last month, ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called Monday for an end to the use of police chokeholds and limiting no-knock warrants. The recommendations come as states have been considering ways to prevent racial bias and address police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The ...
DETROIT (AP) — A 60-year-old U.K. citizen drove into a Detroit parking garage on a recent afternoon, lowered the window of her SUV to swear an oath, and left as a newly minted American. It took less than 30 minutes. Anita Rosenberger is among thousands of people around the country who have ...
LANSING (AP) — An agreement to address a $3.2 billion shortfall in Michigan’s 2020 budget was announced Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and legislative leaders to respond to deep budget shortfalls brought on by the pandemic crisis. The agreement includes reductions in funding and also ...
By CHRISTINE FERRETTI The Detroit News AP Member Exchange MIDLAND— With floodwaters rising and his wife hospitalized with COVID-19, Kevin Hennig feared the worst — missing critical moments with her. “I was worried about the bridges and the roads washing out, and I wouldn’t be able ...
By BRIAN McCOLLUM Detroit Free Press AP Member Exchange DETROIT — When will people in southeast Michigan be ready to head back to museums, concerts, galleries and other cultural attractions? Research commissioned by CultureSource, which represents 160 nonprofit arts and culture groups ...
ERIE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Three people were killed when the car they were traveling in spun out of control and rolled in the median of an Interstate 75 construction zone in southeastern Michigan, police said. The car went out of control for unknown reasons Friday night in Erie Township, ...
LANSING (AP) — Michigan drivers who renew or buy car insurance face a choice starting Thursday: stick with unlimited medical coverage, go with less or — for seniors with Medicare — opt out entirely. The decision, a signature feature of a new law that will lower the cost of personal ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southeastern Michigan will offer an immersive summer and after-school program for young people interested in retail or fashion merchandising. The organization is expected to open its first Industry Club in September and share space at the Detroit ...
COLOMA TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 47-year-old man has been shot to death by a homeowner during an alleged break-in in southwestern Michigan. Police responded about 2:30 a.m. Thursday to a report of a home invasion in progress in Coloma Township, according to the Herald-Palladium of St. ...