GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The trial of a former Michigan police officer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of a 26-year-old Black man is set to begin in Grand Rapids, three years after the case sparked weeks of protest and national outrage. Patrick Lyoya, a Congolese ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year. Trump will visit Macomb County on Tuesday, the White House press secretary said. The region is just north ...
(AP) The Marguerite Casey Foundation plans to significantly increase donations this year to $130 million to help nonprofits respond to policy changes from the Trump administration, especially federal funding cuts and what it calls threats to the independence of civil society ...
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — It’s spring in Detroit — warm weather, a few clouds, and a 100% chance of marshmallow downpours. The source? A helicopter zooming above the green lawn of Worden Park on Friday, unloading sack-fulls of fluffy treats for hundreds of kids waiting eagerly below, some clutching colorful baskets or wearing rabbit ears. The children cheered and pointed as the helicopter clattered by on its way to the drop zone. Volunteers in yellow vests made sure kids didn’t rush in and start grabbing marshmallows until after the deluge was complete. For anyone worried ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan public health official and Democratic candidate for governor entered the race for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat on Thursday. Abdul El-Sayed, 40, is the second Democrat to put his name in the running in what could be one of the most watched races in the 2026 midterm elections. He’s also the second candidate this week to launch a campaign to replace Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is not seeking reelection. “It’s way too hard to survive here in the richest, most powerful country in the world and it should not be this hard to get ...
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — A man died after falling from an upper gallery at a Michigan prison, the fifth inmate since 2020 to die from falling or jumping at two prisons where railings are only a few feet high. Ervin Robinson II died on Saturday after a fall at the Egeler prison in Jackson County, spokesman Lucas Verran of the Corrections Department said Wednesday. “The matter is still under investigation,” Verran told The Associated Press. Five inmates have died at Egeler or Parnall, another prison in the area, under similar circumstances since 2020, the Detroit Free Press ...
