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Smoke from Canadian wildfires increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities
DETROIT — Smoky air from Canada's wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution. kAm%96 :>A24ED 2C6 A2CE:4F=2C=J 92C5 @?
The Latest: Airstrike pounds Iranian pro-government rally as war threatens global economy
A large explosion struck central Tehran on Friday near a site where thousands of Iranians had gathered for an annual state-organized rally backing Palestinians and calling for Israelâs destruction. Israel had warned it would target the area. There were no immediate reports of casualties. The blast came nearly two weeks into the widening war.
Flight Abruptly Rises to Avoid Plane Crossing Chicago Runway
By COREY WILLIAMS and KATHLEEN FOODY / AP February 25, 2025 5:44 PM EST CHICAGO -- Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago's Midway Airport were forced to climb back into the sky to avoid another aircraft crossing the runway on Tuesday morning. Airport webcam video posted to X shows the Southwest plane approaching a runway just before 9 a.m. Tuesday before its nose abruptly pulls up. A smaller jet is seen crossing the runway that the passenger plane was set to use.
Massachusetts pharmacist gets up to 15 years in prison for meningitis outbreak deaths
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — A Massachusetts pharmacist was sentenced Friday in Michigan to 7 1/2 to 15 years prison for his role in a 2012 national meningitis outbreak that killed dozens of people. Neither Glenn Chin nor relatives of the Michigan victims made statements at his sentencing in Livingston County Circuit Court in Howell, northwest of Detroit.
Reviving glamor of silent movie era, Indianapolis experts repair century-old pipe organ
DETROIT – A massive pipe organ that underscored the drama and comedy of silent movies with live music in Detroit’s ornate Hollywood Theatre nearly a century ago was dismantled into thousands of pieces and stashed away. The Barton Opus, built in 1927, spent four decades stored in a garage, attic and basement in suburban Detroit.
Protesters Rally Outside RNC
Milwaukee — Hundreds of demonstrators converged Monday on downtown Milwaukee to protest around the Republican National Convention, saying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump won't affect their long-standing plans to rally outside the site. A wide range of organizations and activists gathered in a downtown park outside the Fiserv Forum's security perimeter to listen to speakers ahead of a street march coordinated by The Coalition to March on the RNC.
Michigan case offers an example of how public trust suffers when police officers lie
DETROIT (AP) — A Black man who was detained by police during an early morning walk in a quiet community northwest of Detroit says the white officer who threw him against a squad car, cuffed him and accused him of planning to break into a car also told a significant lie. Brian Chaney says he asked for a supervisor during his arrest in Keego Harbor, Michigan, and Police Officer Richard Lindquist told him that another officer present was in charge.
Teen Gets Life in Prison for Oxford High School Attack
PONTIAC, Mich. — A judge sentenced a Michigan teenager to life in prison Friday for killing four students and terrorizing others at Oxford High School, after listening to hours of gripping anguish from parents and wounded survivors. Judge Kwame Rowe rejected pleas from defense lawyers for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley, 17, will not get an opportunity for parole. “My actions were what I chose to do. I could not stop myself. ... I am a really bad person.
Singer Rodriguez Dies at 81
Sixto Rodriguez, who lived in obscurity as his music career flamed out early in the U.S. only to find success in South Africa and a stardom he was unaware of, died Tuesday in Detroit. He was 81. Rodriguez's legacy would take off back home after the singer and songwriter became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” His death was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy.
Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, subject of ‘Searching for Sugarman’ documentary, dies at 81
Singer and songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who became the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugarman,” has died. He was 81. Rodriguez' death Tuesday in Detroit was announced on the Sugarman.org website and confirmed Wednesday by his granddaughter, Amanda Kennedy.
Famed R&B group The Spinners donate performance outfits to Motown Museum in Detroit
Henry Fambrough had a musical homecoming of sorts Friday at “Hitsville U.S.A.” Fambrough, one of the founding members of the iconic R&B group The Spinners, took a tour of Motown's Studio A in Detroit as part of a ceremony that included the donation to the Motown Museum of 375 outfits worn by the group during performances. It “was a long time ago,” Fambrough said of the 1960s, when he first walked into the studio.
A teenager pleaded guilty Monday to terrorism and first-degree murder in a Michigan school shooting that killed four students and put an extraordinary focus on the boy's home life and the alleged role of his parents in the tragedy. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to all 24 charges, nearly a year after the attack at Oxford High School in southeastern Michigan. In the gallery, some relatives of the victims were weeping as assistant prosecutor Marc Keast described the crimes.
Police stops of Black people often filled with fear, anxiety
By COREY WILLIAMS and AARON MORRISON The video seems clear: Patrick Lyoya disobeyed an officer during a traffic stop, tried to run, then wrestled with the officer over his Taser before the officer fatally shot him in Grand Rapids, Michigan. For a number of Black men and women, resisting arrest during encounters with police for minor traffic stops have been deadly. Experts say anxiety levels of the people stopped and even the officers involved can be high, adding to the tension.
FILE - In this May 4, 2005 file photo, Emmett Till's photo is seen on his grave marker in Alsip, Ill. Legislation that would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. is expected to be signed into law next week by President Joe Biden. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act was years in the making. (Robert A. Davis/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File) Robert A. Davis AP President Joe Biden is expected to sign into law the first bill that specifies lynching as a federal hate crime.
The Christian’s Concern of Legacy and Reputation
John MacArthur’s blog article last week surprised me. If you haven’t read it yet, don’t go any further with this article until you’ve read his profile of William Wilberforce- Obsessed with Sanctification: William Wilberforce. I was genuinely surprised by Wilberforce’s interior life and overarching priorities. History remembers Wilberforce as a champion of social change: a political giant who led the fight against slavery.
Police break up truck protest at Canada-US border bridge
Windsor, Ontario Police moved in to clear and arrest the remaining protesters near the busiest U.S.-Canadian border crossing on Sunday, ending a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions that has hurt the economy of both nations. But police held back from a crackdown on a larger protest in the capital, Ottawa.
Parents of Michigan Shooting Suspect Arrested After Manhunt
The parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at a Michigan high school were caught early Saturday, several hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges against them, officials said. James and Jennifer Crumbley were captured in a commercial building in Detroit that housed artwork, Detroit Police Chief James E. White told a news conference.
Parents of Teen Suspect in Michigan School Shooting Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter
(PONTIAC, Mich.) — A prosecutor in Michigan filed involuntary manslaughter charges Friday against the parents of a teenager who is accused of killing four students at Oxford High School, after saying earlier that their actions went “far beyond negligence.” Jennifer and James Crumbley were charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter. Under Michigan law, an involuntary manslaughter charge can be pursued if prosecutors believe someone contributed to a situation where harm or death was high.
This photo tweeted by the Boulder Police Department late Monday, March 22, 2021, shows Officer Eric Talley. Police say multiple people have been killed in a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo., including Talley. (Courtesy of Boulder Police Department via AP) AP Three were gunned down while putting in a day's work at a Colorado supermarket. Another was a police officer who raced in to try to rescue them and others from the attack that left 10 dead.
Three Antidotes to the Fears that Rule the World
A new year may have just arrived, but it is sure to bring with it the same fears as 2020. And for Christians, the task ahead is the same as it was the previous twelve months: to be people of hope, confidence, and thankfulness as we lean into the fact that we are not in control, that our lives are small but valuable, and that our task is love, not self-advancement. If I had to choose a single word to describe the past twelve months, it would be fear.
Black US voters wary of mail-in voting will go to polls on Nov. 3
Detroit Despite fears that the coronavirus pandemic will worsen, Victor Gibson said he's not planning to take advantage of Michigan's expanded vote-by-mail system when he casts his ballot in November. The retired teacher from Detroit just isn't sure he can trust it. Many Black Americans share similar concerns and are planning to vote in person on Election Day, even as mail-in voting expands to more states as a safety precaution during the pandemic.
Security guard enforcing mask policy killed in shooting, prosecutors say
CORONAVIRUS A husband, wife and their son have been charged after the guard in Michigan allegedly refused to let their daughter enter the store without a mask. FLINT, Mich — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
Security guard enforcing mask policy killed in shooting, prosecutors say
CORONAVIRUS A husband, wife and their son have been charged after the guard in Michigan allegedly refused to let their daughter enter the store without a mask. FLINT, Mich — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
Security guard enforcing mask policy killed in shooting, prosecutors say
CORONAVIRUS A husband, wife and their son have been charged after the guard in Michigan allegedly refused to let their daughter enter the store without a mask. FLINT, Mich — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
Security guard enforcing mask policy killed in shooting, prosecutors say
CORONAVIRUS A husband, wife and their son have been charged after the guard in Michigan allegedly refused to let their daughter enter the store without a mask. FLINT, Mich — A woman, her adult son and husband have been charged in the fatal shooting of a security guard who refused to let her daughter enter a Family Dollar in Michigan because she wasn't wearing a face mask to protect against transmission of the coronavirus.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
by: COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press Posted: Feb 14, 2020 / 05:50 PM EST / Updated: Feb 14, 2020 / 05:50 PM EST DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
DETROIT A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered. If the state does not bring the law into compliance, it no longer can enforce it against people on the registry with offenses before April 12, 2011, wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
DETROIT A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered. If the state does not bring the law into compliance, it no longer can enforce it against people on the registry with offenses before April 12, 2011, wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
DETROIT A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered. If the state does not bring the law into compliance, it no longer can enforce it against people on the registry with offenses before April 12, 2011, wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
DETROIT A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered. If the state does not bring the law into compliance, it no longer can enforce it against people on the registry with offenses before April 12, 2011, wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
DETROIT A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered. If the state does not bring the law into compliance, it no longer can enforce it against people on the registry with offenses before April 12, 2011, wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland.
Judge rules on Michigan’s sex offender registry challenge
DETROIT A federal judge told state officials Friday that the Michigan Legislature needs to bring portions of its sex offender registry law into compliance with constitutional requirements. The order could be effective 60 days after a final judgment is entered. If the state does not bring the law into compliance, it no longer can enforce it against people on the registry with offenses before April 12, 2011, wrote U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland.
Michigan Teen Receives Double Lung Transplant After 'Enormous' Damage From Vaping
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan teenager was the recipient of what could be the first double lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping, health officials said Tuesday. Doctors at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit described to reporters Tuesday the procedure that saved the 17-year-old’s life and pleaded for the public to understand the dangers of vaping. The teen was admitted in early September to a Detroit-area hospital with what appeared to be pneumonia.
Michigan vaping teen gets double-lung transplant | News | Journal Gazette
Associated Press A photo of a patient being transported is displayed while medical staff at Henry Ford Hospital answer questions Tuesday in Detroit. Wednesday, November 13, 2019 1:00 am COREY WILLIAMS | Associated Press DETROIT – A Michigan teenager was the recipient of what could be the first double-lung transplant on a person whose lungs were severely damaged from vaping, health officials said Tuesday.
Former Rep. John Conyers, One of Congress' Longest-Serving Members, Dies at 90
(DETROIT) — Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution in Washington and back home in Detroit despite several scandals, has died. He was 90. Conyers, among the high-profile politicians toppled by sex harassment allegations in 2017, died at his home on Sunday, said Detroit police spokesman Cpl. Dan Donakowski. The death “looks like natural causes,” Donakowski added.
AP-NORC poll: Most Americans oppose reparations for slavery | US | Journal Gazette
Friday, October 25, 2019 9:43 am COREY WILLIAMS and NOREEN NASIR | Associated Press DETROIT – Few Americans are in favor of giving reparations to descendants of enslaved black people in the United States, a new poll shows, even as the idea has gained momentum among Democratic presidential contenders. Only 29% of Americans say the government should pay cash reparations, according to the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll.
Man Charged with Murder in Relation to Deaths of 4 Women in Detroit
(DETROIT) — A prosecutor announced murder charges Wednesday against a 34-year-old man in the slayings of four women whose deaths Detroit police have characterized as the work of a serial killer. Deangelo Martin is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and four counts of felony murder in the killings of the women whose bodies were found in abandoned houses in the city as far back as February 2018, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said at a news conference.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
By Corey Williams The Associated Press Sunday Aug 18, 2019 at 3:01 PM DETROIT — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
By Corey Williams The Associated Press Sunday Aug 18, 2019 at 12:01 PM DETROIT — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
By Corey Williams The Associated Press Friday Aug 16, 2019 at 7:01 PM DETROIT — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
CRIME He spent 26 years in prison before a county prosecutor agreed that the arson evidence behind his conviction no longer was credible. DETROIT — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case helped inspire. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
Michigan OKs $1.3M compensation for man exonerated of murder
DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan man exonerated in the 1985 arson-related slayings of his wife and young daughters will receive $1.3 million from the state after fighting to get compensation under a law his case inspired. Attorney General Dana Nessel on Thursday approved the award for David Gavitt under the state's Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act.
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