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Saginaw street party turns deadly

SAGINAW (AP) — A 51-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were slain and a dozen others wounded during a shooting at a large street party that was promoted on social media. The shooting occurred around midnight Saturday in Saginaw, about 100 miles northwest of Detroit, state police said. Police initially said about 200 people were in the area of the party and that officers had been dispersing the crowd prior to the shooting, MLive.com reported. Three people also were struck by cars and injured as people quickly fled from the gunshots, WNEM-TV reported. Investigators determined ...

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 United said in a tweet Friday that 3,500 workers will be on strike over the next week, starting with the flagship location in Seattle. The union has tried to establish a foothold at Starbucks for some time and at least 358 Starbucks stores have petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold ...

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 deal would compensate water providers for pollution with per- and polyfluorinated substances, known collectively as PFAS — a broad class of chemicals used in nonstick, water- and grease-resistant products such as clothing and cookware. Described as “forever chemicals” because they don’t ...

Oxford shooter showing ‘disturbing behavior’ in jail

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT — A teenager awaiting sentencing for killing four students at a Michigan high school has been “exhibiting sporadic, disturbing behavior” in jail, prosecutors said, just a month before a key hearing to determine if he will serve a life prison ...

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 allege that Hearon shot his brother at their home in Eastpointe following an argument on June 15. Hearon first told police that his brother wasn’t home, but police found the body behind the house. Hearon is being held on $2 million bond. It wasn’t immediately clear if he has an attorney.

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 Marshfield police had grounds to search the driver of a vehicle that smelled like marijuana, overturning lower court rulings that said officers couldn’t be sure that what they smelled was not CBD, a legal, marijuana-derived substance. The scents of CBD and marijuana are indistinguishable. Two ...