Wildfire crews are battling two blazes in Northern Michigan amid major drought conditions and major fire danger. The fires are located in Baraga and Marquette counties in the mid-Upper Peninsula.
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A 40-year-old Howell man charged in connection to a 2024 hit-and-run that left an 18-year-old girl paralyzed was sentenced last week to serve a minimum of six months in jail and 18 months of probation. Police say Gabriella Golden, of Fenton, was riding her longboard on Hartland R...
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The Smithsonians National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute needs your help! In June, an adorable female red panda cub was born to Keahi and Rocket in Front Royal, Virginia. She arrived shortly after the zoo welcomed two healthy cubs on May 29. The litters born this summer a...
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A man who uses Meta glasses to record public conversations and post them online has pleaded guilty in Wayne County to a charge of fleeing police. Tom Rizz, whose real name is Charles TenBroeck, was the subject of an Investigators at Local 4 report in December 2025 . In 2025, a wo...
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WXYZ-TV is proud to be hosting a U.S. Senate debate between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. Both candidates have agreed to the debate, which will air on WXYZ on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Broadcast live from our studios at Broadcast House in Detroit, the debate will ...
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Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico returned to the campaign trail over the weekend after a 9-day absence that fueled speculation about his whereabouts. His opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and other Republicans questioned Talarico's explanation that he had...
government
Michigan is one of just eight states where elections are primarily administered at the city and township levels. In many other states, county election offices take the lead. More than 1,600 county, city and township election officials help administer elections across Michigan. “W...
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President Donald Trump is weighing whether to dismiss Kimberly Guilfoyle from her position as US ambassador to Greece after a string of reports about misconduct, a person familiar with the matter said Sunday. Trump has been monitoring reports claiming Guilfoyle, who was engaged t...
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Tribal Nations have long understood that a community’s strength is not measured by what one member can do alone, but by what the whole is willing to build together. That principle now connects Tribal energy projects across Michigan and the Midwest. Collective action is the idea b...
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Visitors looking for a photo opportunity at the entrance to Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula over the weekend were forced to leave empty handed, as the park’s “iconic” sign was stolen from its post just a week prior. The theft has prompted o...
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U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle is under scrutiny after reports alleged she accepted improper gifts and sought $100,000 from a political donor to pay her credit card debt in exchange for executive access....
business
American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks, such as energy crises and inflation. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences anno...
