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Judge Hannah Dugan in Milwaukee in 2016. (Lee Matz/Milwaukee Independent)

FBI arrests a Wisconsin judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities

April 25, 2025 at 4:31 p.m.

The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and the judiciary over the Republican president’s...

Robyn Redding, from left, and Gianna Holliday plant a sequoia tree seedling as Andrew “Birch” Kemp brings mulch in Detroit, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day

April 22, 2025 at 10:13 a.m.

Arborists are turning vacant land on Detroit’s eastside into a small urban forest, not of elms, oaks and red maples indigenous to the city but giant sequoias, the world’s largest...

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark warms up before the game against the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena on June 23, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Texas man, 55, charged with stalking WNBA star Caitlin Clark

January 13, 2025 at 10:02 p.m.

Authorities in Indianapolis have charged a 55-year-old Texas man with felony stalking of Indiana Fever star and WNBA rookie of the year Caitlin Clark.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is interviewed, Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, will run for Michigan governor in 2026 as independent

December 4, 2024 at 10:31 a.m.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, says he will run for Michigan governor as an independent in 2026.

In this image taken from body camera video released by Illinois State Police, Sonya Massey, left, talks with former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson outside her home in Springfield, Ill., July 6, 2024. Footage released Monday, July 22, by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which Massey, who called 911 for help, is shot in the face in her home by Grayson. (Illinois State Police via AP)

Records show deputy charged in Sonya Massey’s fatal shooting worked for 6 agencies in 4 years

July 23, 2024 at 5:02 p.m.

The former sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman killed inside her Illinois home, had been employed by a half-dozen police...

The interior of the Michigan Central Station is seen, Monday, May 13, 2024 in Detroit. A once hulking scavenger-ravaged monolith that symbolized Detroit's decline reopens this week after a massive six-year multimillion dollar renovation by Ford Motor Co., which restored the Michigan Central Station to its past grandeur with a focus squarely on the future of mobility. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

From decay to dazzling, Ford restores grandeur to Detroit train station that once symbolized decline

June 3, 2024 at 7:12 p.m.

The once-blighted monolithic Michigan Central train station — for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline — has new life following a massive six-year, multimillion-dollar renovation to create a hub for...

FILE – This combo image shows President Joe Biden, left, Jan. 5, 2024, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

Trump and Biden won Michigan. But ‘uncommitted’ votes demanded attention

February 27, 2024 at 9:44 p.m.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have won the Michigan primaries, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men. Still, the results are highlighting some of their...

A commuter walks past a thermometer display registering -18 degrees in Chicago's Loop on Jan. 30, 2019.

Deadly polar vortex envelops Midwest with some of the lowest temperatures in a generation

August 22, 2019 at 3:23 p.m.

A blast of polar air enveloped much of the Midwest on Wednesday, cracking train rails, breaking water pipes and straining electrical systems with some of the lowest temperatures in a...

Bill Ford Jr., Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, stands in the Michigan Central Station in Detroit. Ford Motor Co. is embarking on a 4-year renovation of the 105-year-old depot and 17-story office tower just west of downtown.

Ford: Renovation of Detroit train station key to company’s autonomous vehicle plans

August 22, 2019 at 9:16 a.m.

Bill Ford looks past the tons of paint, plaster and steel needed to remake Detroit's blighted Michigan Central train station and sees more than just an iconic building in desperate...

Nancy Pelosi calls on Rep. John Conyers to resign amid claims of sexual misconduct

August 22, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

The top Democrat in the House on Thursday called on Michigan Rep. John Conyers to resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct. Conyers' lawyer swiftly rejected the...

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