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The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire. Mystik Dan desperately fought to hang on with two challengers coming to him in the closing strides. He did, too, after a delay of several minutes while the closest three-horse photo finish since 1947…

High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property. A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where game wardens rode airboats through waist-high…

Scattered rain showers will move across Southeast Michigan as a cold front approaches overnight. Some patchy fog will develop after midnight into Sunday morning. Lows will be in the upper 50s to 60 degrees. Winds will be out of the southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Be prepared for the chance of scattered showers…

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign was seized with worry about the potential political damage from a tape that showed Trump bragging about grabbing women sexually without their permission, longtime Trump adviser Hope Hicks testified Friday at his hush money trial. Hicks, a former White House official, was compelled to testify by Manhattan prosecutors, who are hoping…

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday charged an auditing firm hired by Trump Media and Technology Group just 37 days ago with “massive fraud” — though not for any work it performed for former President Donald Trump’s media company. The SEC charged the accounting firm BF Borgers and its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers, with…

A top U.N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory. Cindy McCain, the American director of the U.N. World Food Program, became the most prominent international official so…

Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings. One officer fired his gun inside a Columbia University administration building while clearing out protesters camped inside, a prosecutor’s…

Local 4 has heard more testimony in the murder case of Dee Warner, whose body has never been found. Warner’s husband, Dale Warner, was charged with murder after her April 2021 disappearance. Dee’s body has not been found, but she’s been declared legally dead. On Wednesday (May 1), we heard from Dee’s daughter in court,…

Had emergency responders known about widespread cellphone outages during the height of last summer’s deadly Maui wildfires, they would have used other methods to warn about the disaster, county officials said in a lawsuit. Alerts the county sent to cellphones warning people to immediately evacuate were never received, unbeknownst to the county, the lawsuit said.…

An urgent situation has prompted the apartment management company to take immediate action following an incident where one of its tenants fell through the floor. Lisa Darby, 50, was rescued by firefighters Tuesday (April 30) after her leg got stuck in the hole where the floor caved in at Warren Manner Apartments. On Wednesday, the apartment…

Muslim organizations and students blasted UCLA officials and police in a Wednesday news conference, saying they failed to intervene as students in pro-Palestinian encampment on the Los Angeles campus were verbally harassed, pepper sprayed and beaten during a brawl with counter-protesters earlier in the day. “The community needs to feel the police are protecting them,…

Michigan, a pivotal state in presidential politics, is once again in the spotlight. With just six months to go until the election, numerous polls indicate that this state is a battleground for both candidates, underscoring its crucial role in shaping the nation’s future. Former President Donald Trump flew into Freeland Wednesday (May 1) evening for…

As the weather gets warmer, we know a lot of people will be getting the swimming pools ready for the summer. One mom from Detroit, however, is trying to raise the dangers of pools following the accidental drowning of her son several years ago. Life changed when she lost her 3-year-old son in 2020. Since then, she…

A woman was injured after falling through the floor of her apartment in Warren. It happened Tuesday (April 30) afternoon at Warren Manor Apartments. The 50-year-old resident’s leg fell through her first-floor apartment, and she became stuck. “We couldn’t get her out, so we called the fire department,” the woman’s mother, Darlene Moltrie, said. “They…

Officers took protesters into custody late Tuesday after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus. The scene unfolded shortly after 9 p.m. as police, wearing helmets and carrying zip ties and riot shields, massed at the Ivy League university’s entrance. Officers breached Hamilton Hall, an administration building…

While Detroit broke all records for NFL draft attendance without any significant crime issues, the reality is shooting/homicide numbers were already down in the city by 28%. The bigger story is the drop in those same numbers in select areas of Detroit where community groups working to prevent violence are on the street. Alia Harvey-Quinn’s…

Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said. Some of the officers who rushed to the Charlotte neighborhood to rescue the first wave of downed officers were wounded as a…

A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Msgr. Salvador Rangel, a bishop emeritus, disappeared on…

Two Russian journalists were arrested by their government on “extremism” charges and ordered by courts there on Saturday to remain in custody pending investigation and trial on accusations of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin both denied the charges for which they will…

From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from the previous year, according to a World Resources Institute analysis of deforestation data. But the loss is still seen as historically low compared to…

Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend but protesters on both sides of the issue shouted and shoved each other during dueling demonstrations Sunday at the University of…

The warm weather will continue in Metro Detroit, but it has been a dramatic swing in temperatures. From near-record cold to near-record warmth The temperature dipped to 28 degrees at Detroit Metro Airport on Thursday morning, which was two degrees shy of the record low for April 25. Saturday afternoon, temperatures reached 81 degrees in…