Michigan

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Environmentalists appeal Michigan regulators’ approval of pipeline tunnel project

Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators’ approval of plans to encase a portion of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes.
 
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Court revives lawsuit over Detroit-area woman who was found alive in a body bag

 
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Here’s why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket

 
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Michigan woman to stand trial in crash that killed young brother and sister at birthday party

 
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Michigan lawmakers pass budget overnight after disagreements in funding for schools

 

Biden hopes New York fundraiser will help reassure donors that he’s up to challenging Trump

U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to a Saturday fundraiser in a bid to recapture his mojo and reassure donors that he is fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump. Biden and his wife, Jill, planned to attend an afternoon campaign meeting in East Hampton, New York, the Long Island beach town where the real estate firm Zillow prices the median home at $1.9 million.
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Festive pro-Trump crowd cheers on former president during debate watch party in Michigan

Presidential debate watch party viewers weigh in on Biden and Trump’s performances

Auto dealerships across North America revert to pen and paper after cyberattack on software provider

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Atthaya Thitikul birdies final hole and celebrates Dow Championship team win with Ruoning Yin

Atthaya Thitikul of Thailand and Ruoning Yin of China are the winners of the Dow Championship. They combined for a 62 in the fourballs format at Midland Country Club in Michigan.
 

Man, woman in their 80s are killed in double homicide in western Michigan, police say

Police say a man and a woman in their 80s were killed at a house in western Michigan. They’re considered to be victims of a double homicide.
 

Michigan ban on taxpayer-funded abortions targeted by lawsuit

Abortion-rights supporters are going to court to try to overturn Michigan’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded abortions for low-income residents.
 

High-A Midwest League Glance

All Times EDT
East Division
WLPct.GB
West Michigan (Detroit) 41.800—
x-Lake County (Cleveland)32.6001
Fort Wayne (San Diego) 22.5001½
Great Lakes (L.A. Dodgers)23.4002
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7 in 10 Americans think Supreme Court justices put ideology over impartiality: AP-NORC poll

As the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a major case involving former President Donald Trump, 7 in 10 Americans think its justices are more likely to shape the law to fit their own ideology, rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority.
 
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Man who diverted national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan is put on probation

A man convicted of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been placed on probation for five years.
 

Judge blocks Michigan’s abortion waiting period, 2 years after voters approved abortion rights

A judge has blocked Michigan’s 24-hour waiting period for abortions and some other abortion-related provisions.
 

Severe thunderstorms cut power to thousands in western Michigan

Consumers Energy is working to restore electricity to thousands of customers in western Michigan, following severe storms Tuesday.
 

Former Michigan police chief is sentenced to prison for stealing drugs on the job

A former Michigan police chief is being sentenced to more than three years in prison for stealing drugs on the job.
 

High-A Midwest League Glance

All Times EDT
East Division
WLPct.GB
West Michigan (Detroit) 201.000—
Great Lakes (L.A. Dodgers)101.000½
Fort Wayne (San Diego) 11.5001
x-Lake County (Cleveland)11.5001
Lansing (Oakland) 01.0001½
Dayton (Cincinnati) 02.0002
 

Michigan’s top court to consider whether to further limit no-parole life sentences

The Michigan Supreme Court will consider whether to ban automatic life prison sentences for people who were 19 or 20 years old when they were involved in a major crime.
 

High-A Midwest League Glance

All Times EDT
East Division
WLPct.GB
Fort Wayne (San Diego)101.000—
West Michigan (Detroit) 101.000—
Dayton (Cincinnati) 01.0001
x-Lake County (Cleveland)01.0001
Lansing (Oakland) 01.0001
Great Lakes (L.A. Dodgers)00.000—
 
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Prosecutor asks police to keep working gun investigation involving Michigan lawmaker

A Michigan prosecutor is asking police for more information in an investigation of a Republican state lawmaker. Rep.
 

High-A Midwest League Glance

All Times EDT
East Division
WLPct.GB
x-Lake County (Cleveland)4125.621—
Dayton (Cincinnati) 3432.5157
Great Lakes (L.A. Dodgers)3432.5
 
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Police arrest Republican lawmaker amid gunshot reports in middle of night in Lansing

Police say a Republican state lawmaker from northern Michigan was arrested early Thursday in Lansing. Rep.
 
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Tree destroys cabin at Michigan camp, trapping counselor in bed for 90 minutes

It was a crazy night at a camp for kids in northern Michigan. Police say a tree crashed onto a cabin with 14 people inside, trapping a counselor in her bed for 90 minutes.
 
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Federal appellate panel sends Michigan pipeline challenge to state court

A federal appellate panel says a Michigan state judge will have to decide whether to shut down a portion of an aging petroleum pipeline running beneath the Straits of Mackinac.
 
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Sheriff says 2 of 9 people wounded in Michigan shooting at splash pad remain in critical condition

A Michigan sheriff says two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition.
 
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Police identify Michigan splash pad shooter but there’s still no word on a motive

Michigan authorities are investigating a mass shooting at a splash pad in suburban Detroit. The shooter’s motive remains unknown.
 
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What to know about Trump’s outreach with Arab Americans led by his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law

Donald Trump’s allies hope to seize on dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden among Arab American voters.
 
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Trump allies hope his daughter Tiffany’s father-in-law can help flip Arab American votes in Michigan

A Lebanese businessman whose son married Tiffany Trump two years ago is now helping Donald Trump with outreach in the Arab American community.
 
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A shooting in Rochester Hills injures nine people, leaving an 8-year-old in critical condition

Authorities in Michigan say nine people have been injured in a shooting at a splash pad in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills.
 
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Trump blasts immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters at a Black church, MAGA event in Detroit

Donald Trump is blaming immigrants for stealing jobs and government resources as he courts separate groups of Black voters and hardcore conservatives in battleground Michigan.
 
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The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust

The Republican National Committee is launching a battleground state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November.
 

Attorney charged in voting machine tampering case announces run for Michigan Supreme Court

An attorney charged in connection with an effort to illegally access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election says he’s running for the state’s high court.
 
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No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there.

Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years.
 
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Entrapment in play as appeals court looks at plot to kidnap Michigan governor

An appeals court is raising major questions about the 2022 trial of key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor.
 
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Michigan couple, attorney announced as winners of $842.4 million Powerball jackpot

A mid-Michigan couple and a lawyer from the west side of the state have been announced as winners of an $842.4 million Powerball lottery jackpot from a ticket purchased on New Year’s Day.
 

Michigan manufacturing worker killed after machinery falls on him at plant

Michigan safety officials are investigating a worker’s death at a metal manufacturing plant. WTVI-TV reports 24-year-old Matthew McCoy of Warren was killed Friday when heavy machinery fell on him at DPR Manufacturing.
 

Boy is rescued after sand collapses on him at Michigan dune

A sheriff in northern Michigan says it was a “scary situation.” Bystanders and rescue workers dug desperately with their hands to save a 12-year-old boy who was trapped under sand Sunday night.
 
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