4 voters charged with intentionally voting twice in Michigan primary election

October 5, 2024

DETROIT — Four people intentionally voted twice in Michigan’s summer primary election, the state attorney general said Friday as she announced felony charges against the suburban Detroit residents as well as part-time employees accused of enabling it to happen. “It’s shocking and simply unheard of,” Attorney General Dana Nessel said. The charges in St. Clair Shores come a month before the general election in a high-stakes state coveted by presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris and where voter turnout is expected to be high. “What occurred here cannot be ...

US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks

September 10, 2024

DETROIT — The U.S. government’s road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including increasingly large SUVs and pickup trucks so they reduce pedestrian deaths and injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that for the first time it’s proposing a new rule setting testing and performance requirements to minimize the risk of pedestrian head injuries. The rule would cover all passenger vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or less, but it’s is aimed largely at big SUVs and pickups, which have grown in size and hood height over the ...

Michigan prisoner representing himself succeeds in long shot appeal of burglary conviction

September 5, 2024

DETROIT — A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own lawyer in an appeal of a case that rested solely on his DNA being found on a soda bottle in a beauty shop. Gregory Tucker, 65, argued that the DNA wasn’t ...

Crews work to restore power to more than 300,000 Michigan homes, businesses after storms

August 29, 2024

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Crews for two of Michigan’s largest utilities were working to restore power Wednesday to more than 300,000 homes and businesses left in the dark amid hot, muggy conditions after severe storms toppled trees and limbs onto power lines. More than 320,000 Michigan ...

Detroit judge is sued after putting teen in handcuffs, jail clothes during field trip

August 23, 2024

DETROIT — Attorneys for a teenager who was ordered into jail clothes and handcuffs during a field trip to a Detroit court filed a lawsuit against a judge Wednesday, accusing him of humiliation, false arrest and unlawful detention. It is the latest fallout since Judge Kenneth King singled ...

Prominent 2020 election denier seeks GOP nod for Michigan Supreme Court race

August 17, 2024

LANSING — A Donald Trump ally who faces felony charges of trying to illegally access and tamper with voting machines is seeking the Republican nomination for the highest court in Michigan, an epicenter of efforts to overturn the 2020 election. In June, attorney Matthew DePerno announced ...