Severe thunderstorms blast SE Michigan, cutting power to more than 140K customers
DETROIT (AP) — Severe thunderstorms struck southern Michigan on Wednesday, uprooting trees, downing branches and power lines and cutting electricity...
Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56
LONDON (AP) — Sinéad O’Connor, the gifted Irish singer-songwriter who became a superstar in her mid-20s but was known as...
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh facing 4-game suspension for breaking NCAA rules, AP source says
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh is facing a four-game suspension for breaking NCAA rules over improper contact with recruits, a person...
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...