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Michigan News

3M reaches $10.3 billion settlement over water contamination

TRAVERSE CITY, (AP) — Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds used in firefighting foam and a host of consumer products, the company said Thursday. The ...

Starbucks union to strike over Pride displays

Workers at 150 Starbucks locations will strike in the coming week over what their union says is a clash over decor supporting LGBTQ+ causes, but the company denies it’s banned any such displays and accused the union of using misinformation as a tactic in labor talks. Starbucks Workers ...

Man charged in brother’s death

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Michigan man with murder in the shooting death of his brother. McKinnley Hearon, 42, was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, tampering with evidence, lying to police and a felony firearms count, MLive.com reported. Prosecutors ...

Charges filed in death of young teacher hit while changing flat tire

HARPER WOODS, Mich. (AP) — A woman suspected of drunken driving was charged in the death of a young teacher who was struck while changing a flat tire along Interstate 94 in suburban Detroit. Connor McMahon, 23, was a graduate of Fraser High School and had just finished his first year of ...

WI Supreme Court rules on pot searches

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A car smelling like marijuana is enough for police in Wisconsin to justify searching a person in the vehicle, even though substances legal in the state can smell the same, the state Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The court’s conservative majority ruled 4-3 that ...

Juneteenth celebrated

By BIANCA VAZQUEZ TONESS, ED WHITE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press DETROIT — Americans across the country this weekend celebrated Juneteenth, marking the relatively new national holiday with cookouts, parades and other gatherings as they commemorated the end of slavery after the ...