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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Michigan bans hairstyle discrimination in workplaces and schools

LANSING — The denial of employment or educational opportunities due to discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles, such as Afros, cornrows or dreadlocks, will be prohibited in Michigan under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The new law, known as the Crown ...