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FBI agents document evidence outside a bureau field office in Kenwood, Ohio, on Aug. 11, after an armed man tried to breach the building. He fled and was later killed by law enforcement, authorities said.

An attempted attack on an FBI office raises concerns about violent far-right rhetoric

Far-right extremists escalated their violent rhetoric after an FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. An attempted breach of an Ohio FBI office has those tracking extremism worried.

An empty home in a Detroit neighborhood.

Detroit City Council sends blight bond proposal to November ballot

Detroiters will get a chance to vote in November on whether the city should borrow $250 million to tackle blight, after the Detroit City Council approved…

Rainbow flag, often associated with the LGBT movement

Michigan's fight over LGBT civil rights heads to DC

Some Michigan activists are lobbying members of Congress to pass civil rights protections for LGBT people.The Equality Act of 2015 would ban…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the state's new abortion ban into law. It bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

Florida is the latest state to pass legislation that further restricts access to abortion. The new law bans abortions after 15 weeks, but doesn't have exceptions for rape, incest or human trafficking.

How will Michigan staff field hospitals if they reach capacity?

On Thursday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the TCF Center would begin accepting its first 25 COVID-19 patients. The announcement also stated…

Drive-thru COVID-19 testing expanding in Michigan

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a plan on Saturday to open or expand 13 COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites. Some of the sites will being operating…

Uncertainty remains, but job gains expected in West Michigan economy in 2021

The economic forecast for West Michigan in 2021 isn’t all gloom and doom.As of October, about 43,000 fewer people had jobs in the Grand Rapids area,…

Life on the Inside: Stories from a Michigan prison

For some people, prison is temporary. At some point, they get released, they go home, and they move on with their lives.But for those serving a life…

Michigan revenue picture improves but big cuts still on the way

A state budget panel has determined that Michigan’s budget picture is bleak, but not as bad as forecasts from earlier this year.The numbers are still…

Conspiracy theories about Brazil's electronic voting machines, shown here, have spread online. Far-right influencers in the U.S. have seized on Brazil's election as a way of keeping conspiratorial narratives alive ahead of the U.S. midterms in early November.

Why false claims about Brazil's election are spreading in far-right U.S. circles

American election deniers are recycling lies about voting machines to claim Brazil's presidential election is being rigged and to cast doubt on the U.S. midterms.

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