Bomb threats forced the evacuation of multiple state Capitols on Wednesday. Law enforcement and state officials in Kentucky, Mississippi, Georgia, Connecticut, Montana, and Michigan confirmed having received threats or reports of suspicious activity. None of the threats have been found to be credible at press time, and several of the …
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Sports fans tend to feel proprietary about their heroes, as if stars owed us more than the heroics and physical sacrifice they provide on the field or court. The better the athlete, the more we expect and demand. So, when all-world Detroit Lions running back Barry Sanders announced his retirement …
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Two Michigan anti-choice activist groups are working with Republican lawmakers to sue the state and block the implementation of a voter-approved constitutional amendment protecting access to abortion rights. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday and first reported by The Detroit News, speaks to the lengths the GOP is going to undermine the …
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Attorneys for two Michigan GOP operatives charged with participating in a “fake electors” scheme to undermine the results of the 2020 election are arguing that prosecutors’ statements calling them “brainwashed” should be grounds for dismissal of the charges against them. Mari-Ann Henry and Clifford Frost, two of 16 individuals indicted …
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A former candidate for Michigan attorney general endorsed by Donald Trump and a former state lawmaker have been indicted on charges related to tampering with voting machines following Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. Matthew DePerno, who lost his bid for attorney general in 2022, has been charged with undue …
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On Wednesday, Michigan became the 22nd state to ban conversion therapy, a form of unproven pseudoscientific “therapy” aimed at “curing” LGBTQ+ individuals of their sexual or gender identity. “As a mom of a member of the community and a proud, lifelong ally, I’m grateful that today we’re banning the horrific …
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Tuesday filed felony criminal charges against 16 individuals allegedly involved in a scheme to overturn the 2020 election on behalf of Donald Trump. The individuals charged, which include Michigan’s Republican National Committeewoman Kathy Berden, state GOP Co-Chair Meshawn Maddock , and a slew of …
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Michigan Republicans have been at odds about the direction of the state party, and the situation resulted in alleged physical violence Saturday night at a state committee meeting, The Detroit News reported. James Chapman, a Republican from Wayne County, told the paper he traveled to the city of Clare to …
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On Monday night, as news spread of an active shooter on the Michigan State University campus, Flavor of Love star Deelishis posted a plea on Instagram, asking the public to help find her niece, 19-year-old Arielle Diamond Anderson. “My beautiful niece @ariellediamond_ is a student at MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY,” wrote …
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At least three people were shot dead, and five were critically injured in an on-campus shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing on Monday night, campus police confirmed. The suspect in the shooting has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said in a news conference early Tuesday morning. …
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