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Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had seized the Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank and had roughly $6 billion in assets and $4 billion in deposits as of Jan. 31. Fulton Bank, which…

President Joe Biden’s administration is indefinitely delaying a long-awaited menthol cigarette ban, a decision that infuriated anti-smoking advocates but could avoid a political backlash from Black voters in November. In a statement Friday, Biden’s top health official gave no timeline for issuing the rule, saying only that the administration would take more time to consider…

Are you ready for some movies this summer? There’s action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. Things kick off in theaters in May with Universal’s Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt action romantic…

The United States and China butted heads over a number of contentious bilateral, regional and global issues as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Both diplomats underscored the importance of keeping lines of communication open but they each lamented that divisions between their countries were increasing and…

Pets owned by low-income families, seniors and residents facing homelessness or financial hardship can get free vaccinations during the Humane Society of Huron Valley’s “Friends for Life” event on Saturday, May 4. The vaccine clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis at the Manchester United Methodist Church in…

Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week’s arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University. The students are calling for universities to separate themselves from any companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in some cases from Israel…

Fans from around the world have descended on Detroit for the NFL draft. “We have a fan club in Germany of about 100 people and we travel to each home opener each year, maybe two or three games each year and this year is our first year at the draft in Detroit,” a group of visitors from Germany…

Armored vehicles roll slowly past Haiti’s National Palace as police scan the horizon for gangs. Every day, bullets whiz past the area, striking buildings and people alike. Gangs control most of the territory that surrounds the palace, but a transitional council charged with selecting a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti is demanding that…

An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump ‘s chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The indictment released Wednesday names 11 Republicans who submitted a document…

Christina McIver was on her usual route home from Northpointe Elementary when a 7-year-old started choking. She watched the children exit the bus like a hawk and saw the mom of 7-year-old Skyler, who looked at her with terror in her eyes. “She turned around to face me, and her mom yelled, ‘She’s choking,’ and…

A 29-year-old suspect in a break-in at the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass last weekend was charged Tuesday with burglary and vandalism, and authorities said they believe he was “targeting” the mayor but did not know why. Ephraim Matthew Hunter, a Los Angeles resident, was charged with a felony count of first-degree residential…

Get rid of unusable applications during four county clean-up days slated to happen around Washtenaw County this summer. Washtenaw County Water Resources Materials Management Division staff and volunteers will help community members safely recycle or dispose of bulky items or things that can’t be picked up during trash collection. Only residential-use items will be accepted…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said Tuesday, adding to tests and threats that have raised tensions in the region. The report by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency came a day after the…

If you’ve made at least two different dinners in one night and you don’t work in a restaurant, there’s a good chance you’re a parent. We all swear we won’t do it, but a new poll finds a lot of parents are making alternative meals to get their kids to eat. There are a lot…

There is one thing that distinguishes 60-year-old Vo Van Van’s rice fields from a mosaic of thousands of other emerald fields across Long An province in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta: It isn’t entirely flooded. That and the giant drone, its wingspan similar to that of an eagle, chuffing high above as it rains organic fertilizer…

One of the country’s leading artist residency programs, MacDowell, has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to Yoko Ono. The groundbreaking artist, filmmaker and musician is this year’s recipient of the Edward MacDowell Medal, an honor previously given to Stephen Sondheim and Toni Morrison among others. “There has never been anyone like her; there has never…

Explore Ann Arbor’s local water treatment plant and see why the city’s tap water was named the tastiest water in eastern Michigan in 2023 by the Michigan Section of the American Water Works Association. City of Ann Arbor officials will host plant tours, at 919 Sunset Road, and activities during an open house between 10…

Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average, two top climate monitoring organizations reported Monday, warning of the consequences for human health, glacier melt and economic activity. The U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization and the European Union’s climate agency, Copernicus, said in a joint report that the continent…

Video cameras stationed outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial caught the gruesome scene Friday of a man who lit himself on fire and the aftermath as authorities tried to rescue him. CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC were all on the air with reporters talking about the seating of…

A Mount Pleasant woman had a Powerball ticket in her purse for a month before finding out she’d won a $150,000 prize! Jennifer Horton, 41, matched four white balls and the Powerball – 16-31-34-47-65, PB: 10 – in the Jan. 20 drawing to win a $50,000 prize. Thanks to the Power Play, the prize was multiplied to $150,000. She…

The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian from speaking. The private university in Los Angeles on Monday said it was canceling valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s speech at…