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States Say Not So Fast on ICE's Detention Center Plans

Environmental lawsuits are holding up agency's push to convert warehouses into detention facilities

(Newser) - The push to turn old warehouses into immigration detention centers just hit a major legal speed bump. Facing lawsuits in at least four states, the Trump administration is now moving to complete environmental reviews for some facilities after initially arguing the projects were exempt from such scrutiny under the National...

Community Comes Together to Save Abducted Teen

Fellow students, gas station clerk help police arrest sex offender in Michigan

(Newser) - Michigan police officers, students, and a gas station clerk are credited with helping save a 16-year-old girl who was kidnapped at gunpoint on her way to school. Authorities say a stranger forced the girl into his van as she waited for a bus on the morning of April 13, sexually...

Your 401(k) May Not Be as Conservative as You Think

Risky AI-linked bond exposure is quietly spreading throughout popular retirement funds

(Newser) - Your retirement account may be quietly helping bankroll the AI boom. Quartz reports on a $16 billion data center project in Michigan being built for OpenAI's Stargate project, with Oracle as the main tenant and bond giant PIMCO in talks to supply $14 billion of that price tag as...

Missing Woman Was Arrested After 2015 Dispute With Husband

Lynette Hooker, husband gave police conflicting accounts of Michigan incident

(Newser) - A domestic-violence incident in Michigan nearly a decade ago is resurfacing as investigators probe the disappearance of a US woman in the Bahamas. NBC News reports that in 2015, Lynette and Brian Hooker each accused the other of assault during a drunken argument in Kentwood, Michigan—but only Lynette spent...

Handcuffed Woman Slips Out of Police Car, Makes Run for It
When Cops Turned Their
Backs, She Made a Break for It
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Apr 4, 2026 2:46 PM CDT

When Cops Turned Their Backs, She Made a Break for It

Kendra Aney is back in custody after escaping cop car while handcuffed in Muskegon Heights, Mich.

(Newser) - An arrest in Muskegon County, Michigan, turned into what NBC News calls a "Houdini-like escape" after a handcuffed woman slipped out of a patrol car and ran off, all while officers stood just feet away. Police in Muskegon Heights say they approached a vehicle parked at an abandoned building...

FBI: Synagogue Attacker Was Inspired by Hezbollah

'I will kill as many of them as I possibly can,' he said before Michigan attack

(Newser) - Federal agents say an attack on a Michigan synagogue this month was inspired by Hezbollah and the attacker planned to kill as many Jewish people as he could. At a Monday news conference, FBI officials said 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who rammed his truck into a preschool entrance at Temple...

Governor: 'It Was Hate, Plain and Simple'

Michigan's Whitmer praises synagogue security for stopping assailant from reaching school

(Newser) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer condemned Thursday's synagogue attack in suburban Detroit with in blunt, succinct language on Friday: "Yesterday's attack was antisemitism—it was hate, plain and simple," she said at a Jewish community center in West Bloomfield, about a mile from Temple Israel, reports the...

Michigan Synagogue Attacker Confirmed Dead

Security guard was knocked unconscious in truck attack

(Newser) - A man who drove a truck into a Michigan synagogue on Thursday was the only person killed in the attack, authorities say. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the man rammed a truck through the doors of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield around midday, then continued down a hallway where...

Cops: Man in Truck Rammed Synagogue, Fired Shots

'Active shooter has been taken down,' Michigan synagogue tells members

(Newser) - A vehicle slammed into a suburban Detroit synagogue and shots were fired Thursday, triggering a huge law-enforcement response and a lockdown across nearby schools and religious sites. The Detroit News reports that the incident unfolded before 1pm at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, where a truck rammed the front...

6 Dead in Tornado Alley: 'It's Lifting Houses!'

Terrifying videos show powerful twisters after they touched down in Michigan, Oklahoma

(Newser) - Powerful storms that whipped up tornadoes killed at least four people in southern Michigan and two people in eastern Oklahoma on Friday, leaving swaths of damage, including homes reduced to rubble and downed trees and power lines. In Michigan, three people were killed and 12 were injured in the Union...

Report: Trump Official Met Billionaire Before Canada Bridge Threat

GOP donor has long opposed rival Detroit-Windsor crossing

(Newser) - A Detroit billionaire with a lot riding on the US-Canada border appears to have had the president's ear just before a new cross-border bridge came under fire. Matthew Moroun, whose family controls the privately owned Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, met Monday in Washington with Commerce Secretary Howard...

A Flawed Major Drug-Testing Lab Dodged Questions for Years

Averhealth's probation was kept hidden as families faced custody loss, other issues

(Newser) - Michigan child welfare workers were raising red flags about drug tests years before they learned the lab behind them had been quietly put on probation by its accreditor. In a deep dive by ProPublica , internal emails show supervisors at Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly questioned results...

Chaotic Friday at This Airport Wasn't Due to the Weather

Car crashes into entrance at metro Detroit airport, injuring 6

(Newser) - A car crashed through the entrance of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said. The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne County Airport Authority said in a statement. The cause of the crash wasn't yet...

Snowstorm Sparks 100-Car Pileup
Snowstorm Sparks
100-Car Pileup
Jan 19, 2026 5:10 PM CST

Snowstorm Sparks 100-Car Pileup

No deaths were reported after crash on Michigan interstate

(Newser) - Pedro Mata said he knew trouble was coming the second his pickup started to skate on I-196. The 52-year-old Michigan resident was driving west toward Holland around 10am Monday when visibility dropped in the blowing snow, vehicles began to fishtail, and a FedEx box truck slid sideways. Sensing he was...

Trump Appears to Flip Off Heckler During Ford Plant Tour

White House calls gesture 'appropriate' response to shouted insult

(Newser) - President Trump's visit to a Michigan Ford plant Tuesday produced more than just talk about cars and jobs, CNN reports. TMZ published video that appears to show the POTUS responding to a heckler on the factory floor by pointing and appearing to say "f--- you" twice before raising...

Trump Blasts Fed in Speech on Economy

He claims that 'grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down'

(Newser) - President Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost US manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip included a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes the best-selling...

City to Pay $3.25M in Case of Woman Wrongly Declared Dead

Timisha Beauchamp died 2 months after she was found gasping for air in a body bag

(Newser) - A Detroit suburb has agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with the family of a young woman who had been declared dead at home but then gasped for air and opened her eyes when her body bag was unzipped at a funeral home. Southfield paramedics were accused of gross...

Report: Disgraced Coach Messaged Women Amid Affair

Sherrone Moore's ex-girlfriend accuses him of domestic violence

(Newser) - Sherrone Moore's rapid rise at Michigan ended with a thud built on private messages, frayed emotions, and a relationship that school officials say crossed a clear line, the New York Times reports. Five women told the outlet that Moore, a married father of three who was fired as Michigan'...

Flashlights Shining Into Hospital Windows Bring Some Hope

Michigan tradition is back on for the holidays

(Newser) - Volunteers gripping flashlights waved them high above their heads when the clock struck 8pm, shining beams through the frigid night sky—and into the hospital's windows. Exactly 10 minutes later, the enthusiastic crowd, still holding their flashlights aloft, in unison hollered "sweet dreams" toward children in the hospital...

Report: Key Backer Walks Away From $10B Oracle AI Project

Insiders say Blue Owl had multiple concerns about Michigan project to power OpenAI

(Newser) - Oracle's latest mega–data center project is moving ahead in Michigan—but without its usual financial backer. The Financial Times , citing people familiar with the talks, reports that private capital firm Blue Owl Capital, Oracle's biggest partner on US data center builds, has walked away from a planned...

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