By end of holiday weekend, Detroit could be halfway to historic heatwave

The longest stretch of 90-degree days in Detroit history is 11, and it happened in 1953,

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Forty-one students chosen as Rosa Parks scholars

41 students to receive $2,000 scholarships from the Rosa Parks Foundation

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The call of the wild beckons in the fifth batch of finalists in the Celebrate Michigan photo contest

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Police: Indiana toll road worker struck by SUV, killed

A toll road maintenance worker has died after being struck by an SUV in northern Indiana

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Sins of Detroit: Bad science convicts the wrongfully accused

Desmond Ricks was in prison 25 years until state police re-investigated the bullets that convicted him. Some say such mistakes happen all too often.

Coast Guard rescues 5 people, dog from sinking boat

The 50-foot vessel was halfway submerged and one person wearing a life jacket was in the water when a Coast Guard rescue boat arrived

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COVID-19 cases linked to Harper’s rise to 152

Total includes 128 visitors and 24 who came into contact with them, county says

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Michigan: 62% hike in out-of-hospital deaths during pandemic

The state is urging residents to go to the hospital for medical emergencies as recent figures show an alarming increase in out-of-hospital deaths

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Jobless fund dips below $2.5B, triggers tax hike

The fund supplying money for Michigan's unemployment dipped below $2.5 billion, triggering an increase in what employers will pay in next year

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Henry Ford Health study: Hydroxychloroquine lowers COVID-19 death rate

Heads of the Michigan health system said Thursday the study found the drug “significantly” decreased the death rate of patients

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Michigan Dems want Cass statue replaced in Capitol

The nine Democrats in Michigan's congressional delegation support replacing the prominently displayed statue of Lewis Cass in Statuary Hall

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Michigan reports largest single-day COVID-19 case count since May

Michigan reported 14 coronavirus deaths and confirmed 543 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest single-day case count in a month

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No additional soil clean-up at Midland Superfund

State departments are not recommending any changes to current clean-up process at the Midland Superfund site

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1 million more Michigan voters request absentee ballots for August

Requests for absentee ballots in Michigan have increased by nearly 1 million compared with the same time in 2016 ahead of the state’s August primary

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Police: 3 killed when Flint crash splits car into 2 pieces

Three people died and a fourth person was injured after a car struck a median wall and bridge abutment on I-75 in Flint

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Judge orders one leg of Line 5 temporarily restarted

A judge has ruled a temporary restraining order requiring the closure of Enbridge's Line 5 should be lifted, at least temporarily, on the west segment

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Emails: Duggan’s son recommended Dem consultant to aid Michigan’s contact tracing

Ed Duggan, a state employee who now works for the Biden campaign, appears to have suggested using a Democratic consultant to help with contact tracing

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Whitmer orders indoor bars closed in most of lower Michigan

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is ordering the closure of indoor bars through most of lower Michigan, but is excluding Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula

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K-12 education leaders want to cancel state tests for 2020-21

Michigan education officials are asking for a federal waiver from state assessments in the 2020-21 school year

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James P. Churchill, longtime federal judge, dead at 96

Mr. Churchill, who once served as chief for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1989, was on inactive service from the bench

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Group drops suit challenging Detroit voter rolls

An advocacy group suing the city of Detroit for inaccurate voter rolls is dropping its suit after the city made inroads into fixing the issue.

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Beaumont develops rapid COVID-19 test with results in 45 minutes

Test samples use blood, urine or saliva, can be processed in 30 to 45 minutes and could be ready for widespread use within a month

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Whitmer signs off on $880M supplemental made up of federal dollars

Whitmer signed an $880 million spending bill that would appropriate federal COVID-19 funds for hazard pay, rental assistance and school grants.

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How to get the most out of auto insurance rate cut

Michigan drivers on Thursday will have the choice to "opt out" of unlimited Personal Protection Insurance in an effort to reduce their insurance rates

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‘On the warm side of normal’: June was 17th hottest in Detroit history

National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Considine said the average temperature last month was 71.3 degrees, or 1.7 degrees above the norm

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Watch out for this scam about unclaimed property

The Michigan Department of Treasury warns not to click on link and to delete text

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George Floyd’s death is spurring police revisions in Detroit’s suburbs

Rules on chokeholds, duty to intervene and use-of-force policies, but more funds for training, local law enforcement officials say

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Metro Detroit to see soaring temperatures through July 4th

No record-breakers expected, but it's going to be hot, weather service says; next rain shower: July 7

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Warm weather brings Metro Detroiters outdoors

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Whitmer renames Lansing building in part after Black lawmaker

Gov. Whitmer has renamed a state-owned building after the sponsors of Michigan's civil rights law and honored a Black woman on a state structure

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High court to consider questions on Whitmer’s emergency powers

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to consider a federal judge's request to clarify the extent of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers

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Nessel pushes to extend shutdown of Line 5 in court

An Ingham County judge heard arguments over whether Enbridge should be permitted to restart operations of Line 5 petroleum pipelines after damage to an anchor support

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Whitmer’s school plan: Students and teachers in masks, no visitors, spaced desks

As Gov. Whitmer prepares to release her school reopening plan, a survey found one-third of Michigan parents may not send their kids to public school

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Whitmer won’t move lower Michigan into Phase 5 this week

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expects to decide this week whether to move certain regions of the state back from their current phases as cases increase

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Macomb, Oakland county businesses get federal COVID-19 funding

PPE Resilience Grant will position counties to make equipment and acquire technology to recover from pandemic

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Whitmer: MHSAA should consider shuffling sports, including football to spring

Close-contact sports in the fall, especially football, along with other such sports as soccer and volleyball could be pushed to the spring.

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