Israel's military is claiming that the brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week was a Hezbollah commander. Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon along with three other of the attacker’s relatives on March 5 — a week before authorities allege Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his car into a major synagogue outside Detroit and killed himself after security fired at him.

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A Lebanese-born man who had learned a week earlier that four of his family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in his native country, waited in his car outside a West Bloomfield synagogue for two hours before ramming into the building.

Michigan saw a period of drought this winter, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. It’s among several Midwestern states experiencing dry periods.

The governor is calling for $625 million to support literacy efforts in her budget proposal. That money is meant for buying new learning materials, hiring more tutors, and training teachers.

Elyssa Schmier is a congregant of the Temple Israel synagogue and also serves at the Michigan Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League. She said her family has been worshipping at Temple Israel for four generations.

After Apex Clean Energy spiked its plans to put wind turbines on 50,000 acres in West Michigan, there's a new wind farm plan from NextEra Energy.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s latest meeting with President Donald Trump brings new federal aid for northern Michigan ice storm recovery and talks on invasive carp.

Commentator John U. Bacon discusses Big Ten basketball, a lawsuit against the University of Michigan, another U.S.-Canada rivalry, and a special Detroit Red Wings goal.