Hawaii is under a state of emergency with powerful Hurricane Lowell set to bear down on its western islands Monday. Its the third storm in as many weeks to threaten the state, as El Nio supercharges the Pacific hurricane season. The hurricane was a Category 4 with winds up to 150 mph early Saturd...
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A judge on Wednesday ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation policies on Facebook. Judge Francis Mathew handed down the amount, which state Attorney General Ral Torrez described as "...
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An ongoing measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has quickly become the largest and deadliest in the United States in more than 30 years. Historical data suggests that 1 to 3 people will die out of every 1,000 unvaccinated people who contract measles. But Pennsylvania has reported fiv...
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Activists are calling for increased transparency and better accountability within the Detroit Police Department following the shooting of Alonzo Lee-Perkins....
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Your car may be getting smarter, but that could also make it harder to figure out what's wrong with it. A new survey from the U.K. found that 85% of auto dealers believe consumer protection rules have not kept pace with increasingly complex vehicles. Today's cars rely on everythi...
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In addition to choosing Michigan’s next governor, senator, and other local officials, voters will decide on several proposals in the November 2026 general election. Voters in St. Clair County will see local proposals, including city, township, and school district-specific proposa...
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A new study is examining whether a larger paycheck could be linked to changes in personality. Researchers analyzed data from about 134,000 workers and focused on several personality traits, including conscientiousness, emotional stability (the opposite of neuroticism) and extrave...
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Polls have shown the hotly contested U.S. Senate race in Texas is in a dead heat.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris is back on the campaign trail Wednesday, kicking off a multistate push for Democrats. Harris is in Las Vegas, campaigning alongside Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford. Ford is trying to unseat Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo. RELATED STORY | Chant...
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Rover has released its 14th annual most popular cat and dog names for 2026, including the top names for Detroit.
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Election Day in Michigan is on Tuesday, Nov. 3, but voters can cast their ballots earlier. Voters can head to an early voting site to cast their ballot in person before Election Day. Here’s what voters need to know: What is early voting? Early voting allows voters to cast a ballo...
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New Mexico's attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two advisers to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in an effort to stop them from benefiting from Epstein's multi-million-dollar estate and accusing them of concealing his sex trafficking operation. "Those resour...
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The Department of Justice's inspector general has declined to investigate the handling of the criminal case against a former Olympian cleared of accusations that he intentionally damaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, according to a letter Wednesday from the man's lawyers....
