A debate is scheduled for tonight, featuring an open podium. One participant, Abdul El-Sayed, has confirmed his attendance.
His opponent, Mike Rogers, has not yet responded to the invitation. Rogers and his campaign have been silent on the matter.
Further information about the debate can be found through the hosting organization, which has announced El-Sayed's participation and the open podium for tonight's event.
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Showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop across Southeast Michigan Tuesday as a cold front settles into the region, bringing a low-end severe weather threat along with the potential for locally heavy rain. The best chance for thunderstorms will generally be along and so...
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Americans value press freedom with some exceptions. About three-quarters of U.S. adults said press freedom is extremely or very important to society's well-being, according to a newly released Pew Research Center study. But at least half said they also support government restrict...
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A 3-year-old boy died after being shot inside a Pontiac apartment in what Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard described as a completely avoidable tragedy. Bouchard said on Tuesday (Sept. 15) that preliminary information indicates a handgun inside the home was accessible to so...
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Topics ranged from Medicare for All, Hasan Piker, Israel-Palestine relations with the U.S. and the war in Iran. While Democrat Abdul El-Sayed was in attendance, Republican Mike Rogers was not....
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A 3-year-old boy died after he was accidentally shot inside an apartment in Pontiac. The shooting occurred on Tuesday (Sept. 15) in the 100 block of Maynard Court. Update: Oakland County sheriff discusses fatal shooting of 3-year-old boy in Pontiac Police said the boy was taken t...
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Ed Sheeran’s tour is facing a wave of departures after four supporting acts pulled out in solidarity with Macklemore, following the rapper’s removal over his pro-Palestinian remarks....
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Michigan is home to many ghost towns -- some are buried under sand , some are believed to be cursed , and some are underwater. No, I’m not talking about a home for the rumored mermen of Lake Superior , but something much closer to our area. Two of those lost communities were loca...
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WXYZ crews are on the scene of a shooting investigation Tuesday evening that has left an infant dead. Details are limited at the time of this article's publication, but that's according to a release from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Michael J. Bouchard is expected...
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New details emerged in court today in the case of a 79-year-old man who is accused of pulling a gun on four Muslim men on Saturday. Peter Northup was arraigned on four counts of aggravated hate crimes after allegedly targeting the men for their religion and threatening violence. ...
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Steve Bannon, a former White House chief strategist under President Donald Trump, do not tend to agree on much. But Tuesday, standing on the same stage in Washington, they agreed on this: artificial intelligence, left unchecked, is dangerous and Was...
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House Democrats were privately dreading a politically charged but purely symbolic vote on impeaching President Donald Trump triggered by one of their own members. Then came something unexpected. Just hours before that vote, GOP Rep. Thomas Massie surprised his colleagues with a p...
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Grosse Ile police are using an artificial intelligence-generated image to help identify a man whose body was recovered from the Detroit River on Sept. 8. Instead of releasing photos taken the day of the recovery, the Grosse Ile Police Department used AI to render a lifelike compo...
