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Officials say the eighth of nine victims injured in the June 15 random shooting at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills was released from the hospital. The 30-year-old Rochester Hills resident is home resting comfortably after spending more than two weeks in the hospital. Officials say a 39-year-old Rochester Hills mother, who was…

Iran’s presidential candidates on Monday accused each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday’s runoff election aimed at choosing a successor for the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash. During a more than two-hour debate on public TV, reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian attacked his…

The Bolivian government on Monday summoned the Argentine ambassador to address the country’s claim that the attempted military coup that rattled Bolivia last week was a hoax. Bolivia’s official reprimand of its neighbor adds to the fallout from the purported foiled mutiny last Wednesday that has left the country of 12 million shocked and bewildered.…

North Korea test-fired two ballistic missile Monday but one of them possibly flew abnormally, South Korea’s military said, a day after the North vowed “offensive and overwhelming” responses to a new U.S. military drill with South Korea and Japan. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missiles were launched 10 minutes apart…

Dimly lit and stuffy classrooms stir with life every morning as children file in. Rays of sunlight stream through wooden windows, the only source of light. Pupils squint at their books and intermittently the blackboard as teachers try to hold their attention. It’s a reality for many schoolchildren across Nigeria, where many buildings don’t have…

Will Smith stood in a circle of fire — joined by Fridayy and the gospel choir Sunday Service — to make the live debut of his latest single, “You Can Make It,” at the 2024 BET Awards. “I don’t know who needs this right now,” Smith opened his set. “But I am here to tell…

Lennon Vang, an 11-month-old twin from Macomb County, had been fighting to live since he came into this world. His mom, Gloria Vang, gave birth to him and his twin Theo Vang prematurely. Both boys were whisked off to the NICU immediately. “I had a ton of nurses come to me and kind of brace…

The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. “They call us, they say that if we do anything, say anything, they’re going to disappear us. They threaten not just us, but our children too,” Silva said. “They’re anonymous…

President Joe Biden worked forcefully Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. Biden’s halting delivery and meandering comments, particularly early in the…

Michigan State Police have located the man who hospitalized a Hillsdale County deputy during a shooting after an hours-long manhunt. Eric Michael Fiddler was located Thursday (June 27) at 6:15 p.m. in a field near the intersection of Culbert Road and Osseo Road south by the Michigan State Police Emergency Support Team. MSP said they…

The first general election debate of the 2024 season kicked off Thursday evening in Atlanta, with U.S. President Joe Biden and his Republican rival, Donald Trump, squaring off as the candidates attempt to lure currently undecided voters. Biden, the Democratic incumbent, has the opportunity to reassure voters that, at 81, he’s capable of guiding the…

A Hillsdale County sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop. Officials say Eric Michael Fiddler shot the deputy in the area of Beecher and Lamb roads, which required several law enforcement agencies to be present for the manhunt, including K9 Aviation and ES Team. Following the incident on Thursday (June 27), an…

Kenya’s president said Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes that prompted thousands of protesters to storm the parliament the previous day, leaving several people killed as police opened fire. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades. The government wanted to raise funds to pay off debt,…

Grab a lawn chair or a blanket and listen to free concerts performed by the Ann Arbor Civic Band on Wednesdays through mid-July. The music starts at 7:30 p.m. on the Burns Park lawn at 1300 Baldwin Ave. Led by Music Director Dr. J. Nick Smith., 123 musicians volunteer their time with the nonprofit band…

Karim Blake Moore, 18, from Clinton Township, has been arraigned on charges in connection with the murder of Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputy Bradley Reckling, who was tracking a stolen car ripped off from Oakland County and tracked to Detroit. Moore was charged with lying to police and resisting arrest for now. More charges are possible…

U.S. Rep. John Curtis has won the Utah GOP primary for Mitt Romney’s open U.S. Senate seat, defeating one opponent who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump and others who said they supported Trump’s agenda. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, meanwhile, is likely to win a second term after he beat his primary challenger on…

A plea deal with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will bring a stunning conclusion to an international saga of the quixotic hacker who exposed government secrets. The deal reached with the U.S. Justice Department will lead to freedom for Assange after spending 12 years either in self-exile or prison. He has pleaded guilty to conspiring to…

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won Tuesday’s Republican primary in a U.S. House race that she jumped into last year, surviving a scandal over a video of her at a Denver theater and accusations of carpetbagging after fleeing what could have been a tough reelection bid in her current district. In two other closely watched GOP…

The City of Ann Arbor is asking locals to decide what should be painted on the basketball courts at Leslie Park and the newly renamed Bicentennial Park. In April, the city put out a call for mural designs from area artists. The Bicentennial Murals Committee narrowed down the choices and needs residents to vote among…

The 66th annual Ford Fireworks are set to light up the Downtown Detroit sky on Monday, June 24. The fireworks show will be broadcast live on Local 4 and Local 4+, which is available for free, even outside the Detroit area. Coverage of the 2024 Ford Fireworks will begin at 8 p.m. with pre-show events.…

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free him from prison and resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centered on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to court papers filed late Monday. Assange is…

More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei Melikov said in a video statement early Monday. The gunmen opened fire on two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a police post in two cities, according to…