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Police in Tree Town can no longer pull over drivers for minor traffic violations, like a loud exhaust or tinted windows. Last week, the Ann Arbor City Council unanimously voted to officially adopt a new ordinance limiting the ability of police to stop drivers. Ann Arbor is the first Michigan city to issue such an…

Syria’s Information Ministry has canceled the BBC’s media accreditation, accusing the British public broadcaster of biased and fake news in its coverage of the war-torn country. The announcement came days after BBC Arabic released an investigative documentary about the illicit drug trade in Syria, where they highlighted links between the estimated multibillion-dollar industry and the…

Porfirio Muñoz Ledo, Mexico’s veteran political chameleon who played a key role in the country’s democratic reforms, has died at age 89, his family announced Sunday. His relatives did not give a cause of death, but he had been in ill health for some time. Since entering politics in the 1970s, Muñoz Ledo was never…

Art Fair is known for its stunning art, but it’s not just art that fairgoers will see. More than 40 musicians and musical groups will be on stage over the course of the three-day fair. This year there will be three entertainment stages set up at different parts of the event, which spans 30 city…

Police in Auburn Hills responded to an assault reported at Great Lakes Crossing mall on Saturday afternoon. Shoppers reported hearing loud bangs, but police say there were no guns involved and no shots were fired at the mall. Police said they were on the scene of an “assault and battery,” and said one of the…

There were fancy dresses and men in tuxes, but some came in attire that was decidedly more casual — not an unusual sight at New York’s Lincoln Center. But the scene Saturday evening was far from routine as faux flowers hung from the balconies and as brides — yes, brides — clutched bouquets of roses…

Two men were arrested Friday in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as a crowd of hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July, police said. Christopher Redic Jr., 20, and Brandon Williams, 19, were both taken into custody on murder charges related to the…

California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, paving the way for her release after serving 53 years in prison for two infamous murders. In a brief statement, the governor’s office said it was unlikely that the state’s high court would…

President Joe Biden on Friday defended what he said was a “difficult decision” to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine, a move the administration said was key to the fight and buttressed by Ukraine’s promise to use the controversial bombs carefully. The decision comes on the eve of the NATO summit in Lithuania, where Biden is…

Community activists held a vigil to honor the life of 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith after her body was found dumped in an overgrown alley on Detroit’s east side Wednesday night. “Raise your hands if you were impacted by what happened to baby Wynter,” said activist Oliver Gantt. The whole crowd raised their hands for the toddler who…

At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled. Every single one told the visitor — for many the first independent person they had talked to in 20 years — “You came too late.” But they still talked, about the scant contacts with…

The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, the president of Belarus said Thursday, raising new questions about the deal that ended the extraordinary challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s claim could not be independently verified, and…