MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to review the life sentence of a man who was a teenager when he kidnapped a customer from a sandwich shop in a notorious Detroit-area homicide. Ihab Masalmani twice has been sentenced to the same life term for murder. In ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A research scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey has been named director of a scientific program that uses sound technology to better understand behavior of Great Lakes fish. Christopher Vandergoot will lead the Great Lakes Acoustic Telemetry Observation System. ...

MARYSVILLE, Mich. (AP) — A 79-year-old man has died after accidentally driving his car into a southeastern Michigan river. Marysville police Sgt. Edward Gerrow tells the Times Herald of Port Huron that the man was attempting to park Saturday when the car went into reverse and rolled into the ...

By DAN NIELSEN Traverse City Record-Eagle AP Member Exchange TRAVERSE CITY — Two Traverse City Central High School students went fishing on Grand Traverse Bay and caught the entrepreneurial spirit. “I got into jigging a couple of years ago,” Jack Flynn, 17, told the Traverse City ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Veterans with health problems caused by exposure to toxic chemicals known as PFAS would be eligible for federal health care services under legislation proposed in Congress. The bill introduced Thursday would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to cover ...

DETROIT (AP) — Kibbles for Fido? Nope. These days he’s getting diced chicken with sweet potatoes and spinach. U.S. pet owners are increasingly feeding fresh food to their dogs and cats. Some order pre-proportioned meals of meat and vegetables or frozen raw meat online. Others find them in ...

ANN ARBOR (AP) — The Flint water crisis has been the subject of several documentaries and even a network drama, but now the issue is taking center stage in a new play at the University of Michigan. Playwright Jose Casas spent nearly three years interviewing more than 80 people in order to ...

DETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit reached an $8.25 million settlement Thursday with the family of a 7-year-old girl accidentally killed by a police officer during a 2010 raid. Detroit Corporation Counsel Lawrence Garcia announced the settlement with the family of Aiyana Stanley-Jones four ...

DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan is placing a frail paroled prisoner in an assisted-living center at taxpayer expense after the federal government declined to deport him to Cuba, officials said. Prudencio Loyrafuls’ life sentence for drug crimes was reduced in December by then-Gov. ...

LAWTON, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man found dead inside a vehicle submerged under water in a south western Michigan lake. The Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday identified the man as 59-year-old John Salvatore Catalino of Lawton. Sheriff Daniel Abbott says ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer shot and wounded a man who was threatening to harm himself and officers in western Michigan. The Grand Rapids Police Department says a 30-year-old man had been sending videos of the threats and an officer found him on foot about ...

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Police at Eastern Michigan University have issued a warning about potentially aggressive geese after one attacked and chased a person at a campus parking lot. The department on Tuesday posted video of the attack on Instagram, urging people to “Beware of ...

DETROIT (AP) — Tracey Miller acknowledges that when it comes to police work, many people still consider it a “man’s world.” But the 24-year Detroit Police Department veteran says women have a place in law enforcement, work just as hard as men and show results. “It’s not ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The pastor of a church in northern Michigan has been charged in the sexual assault of two men after they allegedly were given drugs. The Traverse City Record-Eagle reports that 41-year-old Christopher Cox was arraigned Monday on two counts of first-degree criminal ...

LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have identified a body found along Lake Michigan in southwestern Michigan as that of a Chicago woman. The Berrien County sheriff’s office identified the woman as Eddisa Concepcion Herrera, who went missing after jumping in Lake Michigan at the North ...

DETROIT (AP) — An effort is underway to increase participation by Detroit residents in the upcoming 2020 U.S. census. The city says it will work with community groups to raise awareness about the census and encourage people to be counted. The campaign also wants residents to know that ...

By MICHAEL HODGES The Detroit News AP Member Exchange DETROIT — Julie Fournier is pacing herself. The historic Greenfield Village carousel opens back up for business April 13, and before then the Detroit artist’s got a lot of distressed animals that need some love. “By opening ...

WALLED LAKE, Mich. (AP) — Michigan health officials found improperly stored chemicals in science labs at a suburban Detroit high school during an investigation spurred by concerns about a high number of cancer diagnoses among staff. At least one medical expert told the Detroit Free Press ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A stretch of mid-Michigan highway has been designated to honor a state trooper who was fatally shot during a 1982 traffic stop. The bill to name a portion of U.S. highway 127 between Leslie and the Jackson County line for 28-year-old Trooper Craig A. Scott was signed in ...

GEORGETOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has died after being found face down in a backyard pool in west Michigan. The Ottawa County sheriff’s office says officers and local first responders were called Thursday afternoon to a home in Georgetown Township and the ...