Detroit police update on 2-year-old shot
Police Chief Todd Bettison said the 2-year-old was shot with an unsecured firearm while the mother cooked breakfast.
Police Chief Todd Bettison said the 2-year-old was shot with an unsecured firearm while the mother cooked breakfast.
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A young Pennsylvania woman running the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for charity collapsed in Central Park, just over two miles from the finish line, and later died. Rachel Apa, 24, of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, was approaching the 24-mile mark of the 26...
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U.S. stocks are surging Wednesday after President Donald Trump's party lost its sole control of Washington in the midterm elections. Stocks generally do well in the months following any midterm U.S. election, regardless of who wins, and the S&P 500 soared 1.8% toward its best day...
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by Joey Cappelletti WASHINGTON (AP) — Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party’s left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation’s most important swing states. E...
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Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson and Lt. Governor-elect Winnie Brinks will hold a press conference in Detroit on Wednesday morning to talk about the transition process and their priorities in office. The Associated Press projects that Benson defeated GOP Congressman John James (R-Sh...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will not seek election as the top Republican leader when Democrats take over as the majority after a historic sweep of Congress during Tuesday's midterm elections, according to a source familiar with his plans. The Republican congressman will st...
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This story also appeared in Chalkbeat Detroit Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Voters elected two former board members, an incumbent, a newcomer, and a familiar face to the Detroit schoo...
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The vote funds the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History and Detroit Historical Society through 2035.
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Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is locked in a tight race to retain her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, with Democratic challenger Eileen Laubacher holding a narrow lead as vote counting continued Wednesday. Boebert has represented Colorado's 4th Congressional District ...
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries vowed to work with Republicans to address affordability issues as he positions himself to become the nation's first Black speaker of the House when the new Congress is seated Jan. 3. Jeffries could become the next speaker after Democrats sc...
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Michigan Democrats are back in power in Lansing, have secured another “trifecta" thanks to the election night blue wave that swept the country.
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Voters in the Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties passed the Detroit Zoo millage renewal, while the museum authority also passed. With all of the precincts reporting in Oakland & Macomb and 98% of precincts reporting in Wayne County, the zoo millage has around 71.4% of people voti...
