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Shooting at splash pad in Detroit suburb injures 9, including 2 children. An 8-year-old is critical

Jun. 16, 2024 01:46 AM EDT

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Nine people were injured, including two young children and their mother, after a shooter opened fire at a splash pad in a Detroit suburb where families gathered to escape the summer heat Saturday. Law enforcement tracked a suspect to a home, where the man died by a...

An 8-year-old who was shot at a Michigan splash pad was struck in the head and is in critical condition, sheriff says

Jun. 15, 2024 23:29 PM EDT
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — An 8-year-old who was shot at a Michigan splash pad was struck in the head and is in critical condition, sheriff says.

Suspect in shooting of 8 at a Michigan splash pad has died by suicide, police say

Jun. 15, 2024 22:55 PM EDT
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Suspect in shooting of 8 at a Michigan splash pad has died by suicide, police say.

Trump visits a Black church, addresses a MAGA activist gathering amid swing through pivotal Michigan

Jun. 15, 2024 18:17 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump used back-to-back stops Saturday to court Black voters and a conservative group that has been accused of attracting white supremacists as the Republican presidential candidate works to stitch together a coalition of historically divergent interests in battleground...

Sheriff’s office says there are ‘numerous wounded victims’ after a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan

Jun. 15, 2024 19:59 PM EDT
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — Sheriff’s office says there are ‘numerous wounded victims’ after a shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills, Michigan.

The RNC is launching a massive effort to monitor voting. Critics say it threatens to undermine trust

Jun. 14, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) — The Republican National Committee on Friday launched a swing state initiative to mobilize thousands of polling place monitors, poll workers and attorneys to serve as “election integrity” watchdogs in November — an effort that immediately drew concerns that it...

FDA took months to react to complaint about Abbott infant formula factory, audit finds

Jun. 13, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took more than 15 months to act on a whistleblower complaint it received about conditions at an Abbott Nutrition factory that was at the center of a nationwide shortage of infant formula, a new audit shows. The Department of Labor received the...

Attorney charged in voting machine tampering case announces run for Michigan Supreme Court

Jun. 13, 2024 17:39 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An attorney charged in connection with an effort to illegally access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election said Thursday that he's running for the state's high court. Republican Matthew DePerno, a supporter of former President...

No charges in killing of gray wolf in southern Michigan. Experts stumped about how it got there.

Jun. 13, 2024 14:59 PM EDT

Wildlife experts have hit a dead end in their quest to determine how a gray wolf arrived in southern Michigan for the first time in more than 100 years. The wolf was killed in January by a hunter who told investigators that he had mistaken it for a coyote. It was a shock: While gray...

Entrapment in play as appeals court looks at plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Jun. 12, 2024 11:48 AM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court is raising major questions about the trial of two key figures in a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor — and putting federal prosecutors on the defensive as the government tries to preserve the extraordinary guilty verdicts. After hearing arguments...