UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike

UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to...

Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96

NEW YORK (AP) — Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for...

Michigan charges 16 fake electors for Donald Trump with election law and forgery felonies

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed felony charges Tuesday against 16 Republicans who acted as fake electors for...

Man working on US-Canada bridge survives plunge into Detroit River

DETROIT (AP) — A man survived after plunging 150 feet (45.7 meters) into the Detroit River from a bridge connecting...

Jury decides 2014 document found in Aretha Franklin’s couch is a valid will

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A document handwritten by singer Aretha Franklin and found in her couch after her 2018 death...

Microsoft can move ahead with record $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard, judge rules

A federal judge has handed Microsoft a major victory by declining to block its looming $69 billion takeover of video...

Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed multiple times at Florida federal prison: AP sources

WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times during...

Aretha Franklin’s sons battle over handwritten wills 5 years after her death

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Five years after her death, the final wishes of music superstar Aretha Franklin are still unsettled....

Supreme Court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away $400B in student loans

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Friday that the Biden administration overstepped its authority in trying to cancel or reduce student loans for...

Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in college admissions and says race cannot be a factor

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action in college admissions, forcing institutions of higher education to look for new...

Haze over Metro Detroit reminds US residents that Canadian wildfires persist

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit area woke up Wednesday to some of the worst air quality in the United States...

Questions emerge about Titanic-bound sub’s regulation, as investigators hunt for reason it imploded

Authorities hunted Friday for the reason a submersible carrying people to the wreck of the Titanic imploded deep in the North...