FLINT, Mich.—The president of a chemical company has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long dark, oily sheen on the Flint River in Michigan more than two years ago. Rajinder Singh Minhas, 60, of Rochester, Michigan, was arrested and arraigned last week on charges of falsely altering a […]
DETROIT—The Michigan Court of Appeals declined to overturn a light jail sentence for a young woman who killed her father by burning him with a dangerous powder when he couldn’t drive her to a hair appointment before her 18th birthday party. Megan Imirowicz, now 21, was sentenced to a year in jail in 2023. She […]
The Big Ten handed out $100,000 fines to Michigan and Ohio State after their postgame melee on Saturday. Michigan won the heated contest 13–10, and after planting their flag on Ohio State’s midfield logo afterward, players from both sides had to be pepper sprayed and separated by police.
BUFFALO, N.Y.—The first big snowfall of the season blanketed towns along Lake Erie on Saturday in the middle of the hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend, and numbing cold and heavy snow were forecast to persist into next week and cause hazards in the Great Lakes, Plains and Midwest regions. The heavy snow led to […]
BRIGHTON Mich.—A tank containing byproducts from oil drilling operations exploded and caught fire Tuesday near the General Motors Proving Ground in southeastern Michigan, damaging two nearby homes but causing no injuries, a fire chief said. Fire crews were dispatched to the site about 6:40 a.m. after the tank exploded, rocking the area and damaging two […]
The GOP gained a U.S. House of Representatives seat representing Michigan, after winning a race that was open due to the retirement of Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.). U.S. Army veteran Tom Barrett secured the victory over Curtis Hertel, a former aide to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in the contest for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, according […]
Voters in Michigan headed to the polls on Tuesday with the presidential contest between Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris as tight as it could be.
Vice President Kamala Harris made a stop at Michigan State University on Sunday to rally young voters ahead of Election Day. Michigan had the highest youth voter turnout in the last presidential election at 37 percent. Harris is headed to Pennsylvania on Monday, with planned stops in Pittsburgh and a concert rally in Philadelphia.
Election Day is on Tuesday, and the presidential campaigns are now coming down to a final push across a handful of states. Vice President Kamala Harris will be traveling through Pennsylvania on Monday and will finish up the night in Philadelphia at a star-studded “Get Out the Vote” rally and concert with Lady Gaga and […]
WEBBERVILLE, Mich. A section of Interstate 96 in southeast Michigan remained closed Sunday after a semitruck crashed into more than a dozen vehicles overnight, killing 4 people and injuring 17 others, according to state police. Traffic on I-96 near Webberville had been temporarily stopped late Saturday as utility crews were completing work on power lines […]
While campaigning in battleground Michigan on Nov. 3, Vice President Kamala Harris said her mail-in ballot was “on its way to California” and declined to say how she voted on her home state’s Proposition 36, which would enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing. Launched by Californians for Safer Communities and supported by retail […]
There are now just four days to Election Day. Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in three cities in Wisconsin on Friday. Former President Donald Trump will campaign in Warren, Michigan, on Friday before heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The U.S. economy added just 12,000 jobs in October, the lowest monthly amount in 4 years. The […]
Polls are showing a sizable shift among black voters away from the Democratic Party in the presidential race in Michigan. The average of New York Times and InsiderAdvantage polling shows a 28-point reduction in the advantage Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has over President Joe Biden’s support in 2020. That equates to a potential 158,000 […]
This is the first year that Michigan’s voters have the option to vote early in-person, thanks to a ballot measure voted for by 60 percent of Michiganders in 2022. The measure affords nine days of in-person early voting and up to 28 days in communities that so choose. NTD discussed the change with our election […]
Michigan officials have charged a non-U.S. citizen Chinese student for casting an illegal vote at an early voting site in Ann Arbor on Oct. 27. “Only U.S. citizens can register and vote in our elections. It is illegal to lie on any registration forms or voting applications about one’s citizenship status. Doing so is a […]
With one week to go until Election Day, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris remain locked in a tight race. According to online poll tracker FiveThirtyEight, Harris leads Trump 48.1 percent to 46.7 percent as of Oct. 29. “The forecast is holding steady and the race is well within toss-up range,” wrote FiveThirtyEight polling […]
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz rallied supporters in the swing state of Michigan on Monday, discussing some of the top issues on her supporters’ minds, such as the war in Gaza. She also outlined her plan to help young parents, as the economy and rising prices remain a top […]
Southwest Michigan is in the spotlight, as it shifted to Democrats heavily from 2016 to 2020 largely driven by white college-educated voters moving into the region. Kent County is there, and it was one of three in the state that flipped to Democrats between former President Donald Trump’s first and second run. In his third […]
There are now just eight days until Election Day. Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is holding three campaign events in Michigan on Monday, including one with special guest singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. NTD’s Jason Blair is on the ground in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump is heading to Atlanta after a big […]
