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Lights illuminate the Capitol after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., announced that he and President Joe Biden had reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the agreement to avert US default

Associated Press May 28, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to increase the...

Shields to fight Cornejo after Gabriels removed due to Voluntary Anti-Doping Association results

Associated Press May 25, 2023

DETROIT (AP) — Claressa Shields has a new opponent for her marquee fight in the Motor City. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and women’s middleweight...

FILE - Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Tuesday, after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager. She was 83. (AP Photo/Hermann J. Knippertz, file)

Tina Turner, unstoppable superstar whose hits included ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ dead at 83

Associated Press May 24, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Tina Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer who teamed with husband Ike Turner for a...

Michigan Board of Education president launches campaign for US Senate

Associated Press May 24, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Pamela Pugh, the president of Michigan’s Board of Education, announced Tuesday that she will seek the...

Stock photo of a math equation on a chalkboard.

Michigan public schools won’t be given A-F grades anymore

Associated Press May 23, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan will ditch a system that gave A-through-F grades to public schools each year after state...

Bass guitarist Andy Rourke of The Smiths, one of Britain’s most influential bands, dies at 59

Associated Press May 19, 2023

LONDON (AP) — Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s,...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses supporters before signing legislation to repeal the 1931 abortion ban statute, which criminalized abortion in nearly all cases, during a bill signing ceremony on April 5, 2023, in Birmingham, Mich.

Michigan protects workers from retaliation for having an abortion

Associated Press May 18, 2023

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan companies will be prohibited from firing or otherwise retaliating against workers for receiving an abortion...

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. Santos has been arrested on federal criminal charges. The Republican congressman has faced outrage over revelations he fabricated parts of his life story, including lying about being a wealthy Wall Street dealmaker. Santos was arrested Wednesday.

US Rep. George Santos charged with money laundering, fraud, theft

Associated Press May 10, 2023

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican infamous for fabricating key parts of his life story,...

People identifying themselves as members of the Proud Boys join supporters of President Donald Trump for pro-Trump marches, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. Two supporter in the center are wearing hats with red lettering that read “RWDS,” which is short for “Right Wing Death Squad.” The gunman who killed eight people on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a “RWDS” patch. The phrase has been embraced in recent years by far-right extremists who glorify violence against their political enemies.

Texas shooter who killed 8 wore ‘RWDS’ patch linked to far-right extremists

Associated Press May 9, 2023

The shooter who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a patch that read “RWDS” — short for...

Employees work at a facility for the Norwegian company Nel in Heroya, Norway, on April 20, 2023. Nel makes devices that take water and split it into hydrogen and oxygen, known as electrolyzers, as well as fueling stations. The company announced plans Wednesday, May 3, to build a massive new plant in Michigan as it works with General Motors to drive down the cost of hydrogen.

Going green: Nel Hydrogen to build in Michigan, work with GM

Associated Press May 3, 2023

The green hydrogen company Nel announced plans Wednesday to build a massive new plant in Michigan as it works with...

This combination of photos shows Missy Elliott, George Michael and Willie Nelson, who are among this year's 2023 inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Missy, Willie and George Michael among Rock Hall inductees

Associated Press May 3, 2023

NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, Chaka Khan, “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius and the late...

In this image made from video, seventh-grader Dillon Reeves grabs the steering wheel on his school bus and hit the brakes after the driver passed out Wednesday, April 28, 2023, Warren, Mi. Warren Consolidated Schools Superintendent Robert Livernois is calling it an “extraordinary act of courage.” (Warren Consolidated Schools via AP)

‘Little hero:’ Boy stops Warren school bus with ill driver

Associated Press May 1, 2023

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — A boy grabbed the steering wheel on a school bus and hit the brakes, bringing the...