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The Crane A1 map of Michigan state Senate districts approved Wednesday, June 26, 2024, by the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission re-draws six districts that had been declared unconstitutional. It also redraws many others in the region to accommodate those changes.

Redistricting commission chooses final state Senate plan for court approval

A new proposal for state Senate districts in metro Detroit is headed to a federal court for approval after the state redistricting commission voted for it Wednesday.

Pioneer talk show host Phil Donahue dies at 88

The broadcaster was hailed as the father of the modern audience-participation daytime talk show. Donahue's taste for controversial and polarizing subjects birthed a new genre of television.

Residents and visitors look out over the city sky

Iconic water tower lets people in to honor Ypsilanti's 200th year

In Ypsilanti, Michigan, folks were excited to make the 139-step trek to the top of the iconic water tower. The town celebrated their bicentennial and let people go inside.

A person looks at a flooded street caused by the rain and storm surge from Hurricane Debby on August 05, 2024, in Cedar Key, Fla. Hurricane Debby is now moving slowly over Georgia, bringing heavy rain storms and high winds along the coast.

Tropical Storm Debby is flooding the Southeast, and it’s barely moving

Debby is expected to bring up to 25 inches of rain across parts of the Southeast. It's currently creeping over Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean, expected to return to shore this week with more strength.

Supermarket sticker shock eased this year, as egg prices fell back to earth. Despite gloomy recession forecasts at the beginning of the year, consumers kept spending and the economy continued to grow.

These 5 charts show how life got pricier, but also cheaper, in 2023

Inflation eased this year, and wages are now climbing faster than prices. Americans are still spending, even if they have to borrow money to do so.

Shailaja Paik is one of the 2024 MacArthur '"genius grant" recipients. She is a historian of modern India who writes about caste and gender, shedding light on the unseen lives of women from the Dalit caste — referred to as "untouchables."

This new MacArthur “genius” says she defied caste prejudice thanks to Dad and Mom

Shailaja Paik faced prejudice because of her family's Dalit caste and her gender. As a historian she's written ground-breaking books on India's Dalits and is now a MacArthur 'genius grant' awardee.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill designating May 2 as Negro Leagues Day at Hamtramck Stadium on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. The stadium was the home field for the Detroit Stars and the Detroit Wolves in the 1930s and is one of five remaining Negro Leagues parks still standing.

Whitmer signs bill designating Negro Leagues Day in Michigan

A new state law creates a holiday celebrating May 2 as Negro Leagues Day in Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the bill Wednesday.

Stop stressing about the polls. Watch these four indicators in the election

From how to read the polls to big moments yet to come for Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump, here are five themes and questions to think about this fall.

In this photo provided by the International Organization for Migration, an injured person is carried on a stretcher to seek medical assistance after a landslide in Yambali village, Papua New Guinea, Friday, May 24, 2024. More than 100 people are believed to have been killed in the landslide that buried a village and an emergency response is underway, officials said.

U.N. estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide

The International Organization for Migration on Sunday increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670.

Teamsters Canada Rail Conference members picket outside the CPKC headquarters in Calgary, Alta., on Friday.

Arbitration hearing between Canadian railroads and union ends with no decision

A workers union threatened a strike at one of Canada’s two major railroads. A government-ordered arbitration hearing ended without a decision. Trains are expected to keep moving through Monday.

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