What to know: Former Detroit postal worker Christopher Powell, 37, was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $166,000 in unemployment benefits. Powell pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud on Thursday, Oct. 15. From July 2020 through January 2024, he f...
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FOX 2's Ronia Shamona speaks with Kamryn Hoadley, Senior Advisor at Keep Our Republic and former Michigan election administration official, about election security, mail-in voting and what voters can expect ahead of the 2026 midterms....
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What to know: Police are seeking information about 15-year-old Antonio Arroaga-Silva, who was reported missing in Canton Township. He was last seen Thursday, Oct. 15, around 9 a.m. near Canton Center and Joy roads. Arroaga-Silva left the area on foot, police said. What he was wea...
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A stretch of Van Dyke is closed both ways on Thursday after a crash involving a pickup truck and a bicycle. Van Dyke is closed from Toepfer Road to Westminster Avenue in Warren as of 4 p.m. on Oct. 15. This is a developing story....
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One person was hit by a truck on Van Dyke and Meadow in Warren, officials confirmed with FOX 2 on Thursday.
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A new report shows that getting sick and needing to stay in the hospital in the U.S. will cost you. According to LendingTree's report , the average hospital stay now costs more than two and a half months of work. On average, a hospital stay stretches for 4.97 days, which will cos...
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With less than 20 days until the midterm elections, new data from the Department of Labor shows the price of gasoline is contributing to rising inflation and higher prices. The numbers show the Consumer Price Index spiked over half a percentage point in just one month and is up 3...
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New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia shared at least 15 social media posts identifying her as an attorney over the past two years, despite having failed the California bar exam and acknowledging publicly she had been advised not to use that term. The posts, published to...
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An assistant football coach for a Detroit high school forced himself into a home and shot a woman and her 7-year-old daughter earlier this week, the prosecutor said. He was charged with 17 counts after turning himself in this week....
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The Trump administration sued California election officials Thursday, asking a judge to bar the state from counting mail-in ballots for next month's midterm elections from people the federal government has identified as likely noncitizens until their status can be confirmed. The ...
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FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of "political retribution." The complaint adds to the gro...
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This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan , a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here . Local officials on Wednesday approved the final site plan for Google’s propos...
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The Breakdown: A federal jury awarded Bishop George Bloomer, of North Carolina, $62.2 million in his discrimination lawsuit against Detroit media executive Kevin Adell and The Word Network Bloomer alleged Adell harassed and retaliated against him after he expressed that a meme Ad...
