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Michigan election board rejects abortion rights initiative

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SARA BURNETT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan elections board on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot. The two ...

Witnesses: Armed bystander prevented 4th Detroit death

DETROIT (AP) — A young man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets fled when an armed bystander saw him shoot a fourth person and responded with his own gunfire, witnesses told a TV station. "He scattered like a jack rabbit," Wallace Pleasant told WXYZ-TV. Three ...

Whitmer calls on tech companies to protect data

LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday sent a letter to the leaders of Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, five of the world’s biggest tech companies that manage nearly every American’s data. She called on them to take additional steps to protect people’s data, ...

Man suspected of killing 3 ‘terrorized’ Detroit, chief says

DETROIT — A 19-year-old man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets over roughly two hours may have been emboldened when he didn't encounter police after the first shooting, the mayor said Monday. The victims included a single mother of five children who was waiting ...

Storms blamed in deaths of 3 in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas

MONROE, Mich. (AP) — Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the deaths of three people, including two children in Michigan and Arkansas as well as a woman in Ohio. Monday's storms also knocked out ...

MSU helps to improve health care for veterans in rural areas

By Journal Staff EAST LANSING – Leaders from the Michigan State University College of Education and the Michigan Center for Rural Health are partnering on a project to support rural veterans with and without disabilities. The Improving Rural Enrollment, Access and Healthcare in Rural ...