Michigan

This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., jail shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox.

National

2 men are found guilty of conspiring to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

12:07pm August 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

A jury convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020 in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.

Abortion rights protesters attend a June 24 rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Michigan's abortion ban is blocked for now

1:29pm August 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Michigan judge blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state's 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future. An attorney representing two GOP county prosecutors said an appeal is planned.

Protestors for and against legal abortions gathered at The University of Michigan on May 14, 2022.

Confusion roiled Michigan for days as abortion rights changed hour to hour

12:25pm August 05, 2022

by Kate Wells

In a span of 3 days this week, court rulings seesawed between outlawing abortions and permitting them. A judge allowed them to continue Wednesday for at least 21 days.

Supporters of a ballot measure to legalize abortion in Michigan gathered on Monday, after submitting hundreds of thousands of signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

Health & Safety

In Michigan, the future of abortion rights could soon be up to voters

10:16am July 13, 2022

by Kate Wells

Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are hoping a wave of newly-motivated activists will turn out this year to override an abortion ban and put broad reproductive rights in the state constitution.

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Music & Culture

Carlos Santana collapsed from dehydration during a performance in Michigan

6:46am July 06, 2022

by Ayana Archie

The legendary guitarist was performing at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Mich., 40 miles northwest of Detroit.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks to abortion-rights protesters Friday at a rally outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Michigan shapes up as one of the next abortion battlefronts

10:25am June 28, 2022

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tells NPR that abortion-rights supporters are fighting on all fronts to keep a 1931 ban from going back into effect.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer attends an event with President Biden on March 9 at the White House.

2 men are acquitted in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer; hung jury on 2 more

3:12pm April 08, 2022

by The Associated Press

Two of four men were acquitted Friday in a conspiracy to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, motivated by fury at the Democrat's tough COVID-19 restrictions early in the pandemic.

Ethan Crumbley attends a hearing at Oakland County circuit court in Pontiac, Mich., on Tuesday over where the teen will be detained as he awaits trial. Crumbley, 15, is charged with the fatal shooting of four fellow students and the wounding of seven othe

National

Judge to rule if Michigan school shooter will stay in an adult jail

8:38pm February 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Text messages and items from a journal were offered by prosecutors as reasons to keep Ethan Crumbley in a cell at the Oakland County Jail instead of having him transferred to a juvenile facility.

A ski jumper flies overhead on the 60-meter ski jump at the Suicide Hill Ski Bowl in Ishpeming, Mich. on March 7, 2021. The Suicide Hill Ski Bowl is home to 5 ski jumps - one being the infamous 90-meter Suicide Hill Ski Jump.

America's birthplace of organized skiing is in Michigan, here's what it looks like

7:29am February 05, 2022

Michigan photographer Nic Antaya started a documenting Ishpeming Ski Club to understand how it has birthed a handful of Olympic athletes and its culture.

A Gap store in Farmington Hills, Mich., was closed by COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020. Thousands of people were left without jobs and dependent on unemployment benefits; unfortunately, some people took advantage of the system.

Michigan paid up to $8.5 billion in fraudulent jobless claims during the pandemic

10:58am December 30, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Other states have reported similar losses. Ohio reported it paid out more than $3.8 billion in fraudulent jobless aid. California has paid out at least $20 billion.