WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday signed a $57 billion budget centered on infrastructure, public safety and public health in what was the first opportunity in decades that Democrats have had to craft a budget that reflects their legislative priorities. The state’s ...
MILAN, Mich. (AP) — A federal prison inmate was sentenced Friday to more than 24 years for killing a fellow prisoner convicted of leading a child sexual abuse ring. Alex Albert Castro, 43, of Fontana, California, was sentenced after pleading guilty in March to second-degree murder in the ...
LANSING (AP) — An early morning shooting Sunday in Michigan wounded five people, including two who were listed in critical condition, police said. Officers responded to reports of a shooting around 1 a.m., the Lansing Police Department said in a statement. The five victims who were ...
DEARBORN (AP) — Ford is recalling more than 870,000 newer F-150 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the electric parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly. The recall covers certain pickups from the 2021 through 2023 model years with single exhaust systems. Ford’s F-Series pickups are the ...
PONTIAC — A teenager recalled Friday how she helped save a girl who was severely wounded during a Michigan school shooting in 2021, telling a judge that she moved her to an empty classroom, applied pressure to stop the bleeding and prayed with her. “I asked her if she knew who God was. ...
EAST LANSING — Women who were sexually assaulted by former Michigan State University sports doctor Larry Nassar filed a lawsuit Thursday saying school officials made “secret decisions” about releasing documents in the case. The group of survivors and parents says the lawsuit seeks ...