Mistrial for Michigan police officer charged in fatal shooting of Congolese immigrant (Photo: AP) A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after the jury in Michigan couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in the second-degree murder trial of a police officer who shot Patrick Lyoya, a Black man, in the back of the head following a traffic…
The University of Florida is poised to name the president of the University of Michigan, Santa Ono, as its next leader, after months of uncertainty and rising concerns about political pressure on top campuses. Dr. Ono was announced on Sunday as the sole finalist for Florida’s top job and said he would assume the role…
Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar, a Democrat representing Michigan’s 13th District, has called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, accusing him of defying a recent order from the Supreme Court. Thanedar’s statement has added to the growing controversy around a deportation case in which Supreme Court ruled last week that the Trump administration must return…
Trump administration rescinds $42 million in federal funding for Michigan schools, impacting 27 districts The Trump administration has decided to pull back nearly $42 million in federal funding for Michigan schools, leaving 27 districts across the state scrambling for alternatives. This funding was initially approved for various infrastructure projects, including heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and…
Joe Grinsteiner is a gregarious online personality who touts the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. In a recent Facebook video, he produced a tube of veterinary-grade ivermectin paste — the kind made for deworming horses. He gave the tube a squeeze. Then he licked a slug of the stuff, and gulped. “Yum,” Mr. Grinsteiner said in the…
The University of Michigan will eliminate its central diversity, equity and inclusion program, the school announced on Thursday, seeking to overhaul an ambitious and expensive initiative that it had long cast as a model for American higher education. Michigan — one of the most prestigious public universities in the country — had for years steadily…
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Jase Richardson recently told the type of story everyone is familiar with. About being a kid, counting down the clock, imagining the winning shot. Only Richardson’s version was probably unlike yours, or mine, or maybe anyone’s. The specifics involved border on obsessive. When he was around 5 or 6, Richardson imagined…
Bill Diller, a photographer living in Huron County, Mich., had never seen a snowy owl quite like this. In January, Mr. Diller’s neighbor told him about a “red-spotted snowy owl” in the area. It’s a part of Michigan known as “the Thumb,” which becomes home to many snowy owls in the winter. People were calling…
A Michigan woman is asking a judge to declare her three missing sons dead, nearly 15 years after their father didn’t return them after Thanksgiving. The disappearance has tormented a small town near Ohio and remains unsolved. Authorities believe the brothers are deceased and they clearly suspect John Skelton is responsible, though he has not…
Michigan’s graduation rate hits 16-year high, yet gaps persist for disadvantaged students. (Representative Image, Getty Images) Michigan’s high school graduation rate has reached a new milestone, with 82.83% of students graduating within four years in the 2023-24 school year. This marks the highest graduation rate in the state in 16 years, a promising indicator of…