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Michigan News

Bodies found in hunt for missing rappers set for autopsies

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — Three bodies found in a vacant Detroit-area apartment building during an investigation into the disappearance of three aspiring rappers have been moved to a medical examiner’s office for autopsies, state police said Friday. Michigan State Police Lt. Mike Shaw ...

Michigan judge orders trial of ex-cop charged with murder

GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — A Michigan judge on Friday refused to dismiss a second-degree murder charge against a former Grand Rapids police officer who was fired after shooting a Black motorist in the back of the head during a struggle over a Taser. Christopher Schurr is scheduled for trial March ...

2 rivals from factory floors facing off in race to lead UAW

DETROIT — Two men who began their careers on factory floors are competing to lead the 373,000 members of the United Auto Workers, a union that helps set standards for wages across the nation’s manufacturing sector. It will be the first-ever direct election of a UAW president in the ...

Extra COVID food aid from SNAP to end

LANSING, Mich. — Families who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program should prepare for the end of the increase in benefits that have helped address food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic due to recent federal legislation, state officials ...

Michigan moves for early slot for 2024 presidential primary

LANSING — Michigan House Democrats voted Tuesday to move the state’s presidential primary to the fourth week of February and become a part of a new group of states slated to lead off the Democratic party’s presidential primary starting next year. The move, which was approved by the ...

Doctor gets nearly 17 years in prison for vast opioid scheme

DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced Monday to nearly 17 years in prison and ordered to pay $30 million for leading a scheme to bill Medicare and private insurers for unnecessary painkiller injections and write prescriptions for millions of opioids. Frank Patino’s fraud ...