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SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea has set a new high in daily coronavirus cases for the third straight day as officials prepare to enforce the strongest social distancing restrictions in the greater capital area where transmission have surged following months of complacency. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Saturday that more than…

Among the hundreds of people who died from heat-related issues during the Pacific Northwest’s record-breaking heat wave last week, one man was a common face at the Washington state Capitol: Known to most as Moss, he would sit for hours in the marble Rotunda and quietly read before packing up his belongings to head back…

A 32-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of his 36-year-old girlfriend in Auburn Hills. According to the Auburn Hills Police Department, Lavaren Gaddis, of Rochester Hills, was arraigned on Friday at the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills on the charge of open murder — a felony offense that carries…

The U.S. Postal Service’s plan to raise mailing rates could present one more damaging blow to community newspapers already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic and advertising declines, a trade group says. Rates on periodicals would increase by more than 8% as of Aug. 29, according to agency filings. The price jump is part of a…

A Detroit man is facing several charges following the fatal shooting of a Detroit Fire Department lieutenant in Troy on Monday. Terell Josey, 27, was charged Thursday with count of open murder, one count of possession of a felony firearm and one count of carrying a concealed weapon in the alleged road rage shooting that…

Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant. Research from multiple countries shows the Pfizer shot and other widely used COVID-19 vaccines offer strong protection against…

When the University of North Carolina first declined to vote on granting tenure to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, kicking off a protracted battle marked by allegations of racism and conservative backlash over her work examining the legacy of slavery, Black students and faculty at UNC saw yet another example of the institution’s failure to welcome and…

PORT-AU-The assassination of President Jovenel Moïse seemed to have thrown an already turbulent nation into chaos on Wednesday, with a muddled line of succession. Here is a look at the situation: WHO WAS THE ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT? Jovenel Moïse was a 48-year-old businessman and political neophyte when he was sworn in as president of Haiti on…

Storms moving through Southeast Michigan on Wednesday are causing more power outages. As of 10 p.m. on Wednesday, more than 132,000 DTE Energy customers were without power, mainly in Oakland and Macomb counties. You can check the DTE outage map here. Report an outage to DTE here. Report an outage to Consumers Energy here. Track…

SYDNEY — A two-week-old pandemic lockdown in Australia’s biggest city is being extended for another week due to the vulnerability of a population largely unvaccinated against the coronavirus. New South Wales state Premier Gladys Berejiklian said Wednesday that health experts recommended pushing the lockdown in Sydney on to midnight July 16. The decision means most…