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Governor: 'It Was Hate, Plain and Simple'

Michigan's Whitmer praises synagogue security for stopping assailant from reaching school

(Newser) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer condemned Thursday's synagogue attack in suburban Detroit with in blunt, succinct language on Friday: "Yesterday's attack was antisemitism—it was hate, plain and simple," she said at a Jewish community center in West Bloomfield, about a mile from Temple Israel, reports the...

Michigan Synagogue Attacker Confirmed Dead

Security guard was knocked unconscious in truck attack

(Newser) - A man who drove a truck into a Michigan synagogue on Thursday was the only person killed in the attack, authorities say. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the man rammed a truck through the doors of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield around midday, then continued down a hallway where...

Cops: Man in Truck Rammed Synagogue, Fired Shots

'Active shooter has been taken down,' Michigan synagogue tells members

(Newser) - A vehicle slammed into a suburban Detroit synagogue and shots were fired Thursday, triggering a huge law-enforcement response and a lockdown across nearby schools and religious sites. The Detroit News reports that the incident unfolded before 1pm at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, where a truck rammed the front...

6 Dead in Tornado Alley: 'It's Lifting Houses!'

Terrifying videos show powerful twisters after they touched down in Michigan, Oklahoma

(Newser) - Powerful storms that whipped up tornadoes killed at least four people in southern Michigan and two people in eastern Oklahoma on Friday, leaving swaths of damage, including homes reduced to rubble and downed trees and power lines. In Michigan, three people were killed and 12 were injured in the Union...

Report: Trump Official Met Billionaire Before Canada Bridge Threat

GOP donor has long opposed rival Detroit-Windsor crossing

(Newser) - A Detroit billionaire with a lot riding on the US-Canada border appears to have had the president's ear just before a new cross-border bridge came under fire. Matthew Moroun, whose family controls the privately owned Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, met Monday in Washington with Commerce Secretary Howard...

A Flawed Major Drug-Testing Lab Dodged Questions for Years

Averhealth's probation was kept hidden as families faced custody loss, other issues

(Newser) - Michigan child welfare workers were raising red flags about drug tests years before they learned the lab behind them had been quietly put on probation by its accreditor. In a deep dive by ProPublica , internal emails show supervisors at Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services repeatedly questioned results...

Chaotic Friday at This Airport Wasn't Due to the Weather

Car crashes into entrance at metro Detroit airport, injuring 6

(Newser) - A car crashed through the entrance of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said. The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne County Airport Authority said in a statement. The cause of the crash wasn't yet...

Snowstorm Sparks 100-Car Pileup
Snowstorm Sparks
100-Car Pileup
Jan 19, 2026 5:10 PM CST

Snowstorm Sparks 100-Car Pileup

No deaths were reported after crash on Michigan interstate

(Newser) - Pedro Mata said he knew trouble was coming the second his pickup started to skate on I-196. The 52-year-old Michigan resident was driving west toward Holland around 10am Monday when visibility dropped in the blowing snow, vehicles began to fishtail, and a FedEx box truck slid sideways. Sensing he was...

Trump Appears to Flip Off Heckler During Ford Plant Tour

White House calls gesture 'appropriate' response to shouted insult

(Newser) - President Trump's visit to a Michigan Ford plant Tuesday produced more than just talk about cars and jobs, CNN reports. TMZ published video that appears to show the POTUS responding to a heckler on the factory floor by pointing and appearing to say "f--- you" twice before raising...

Trump Blasts Fed in Speech on Economy

He claims that 'grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down'

(Newser) - President Trump was in Michigan Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost US manufacturing, as he tries to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are hurting Americans' pocketbooks. The day trip included a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes the best-selling...

City to Pay $3.25M in Case of Woman Wrongly Declared Dead

Timisha Beauchamp died 2 months after she was found gasping for air in a body bag

(Newser) - A Detroit suburb has agreed to a $3.25 million settlement with the family of a young woman who had been declared dead at home but then gasped for air and opened her eyes when her body bag was unzipped at a funeral home. Southfield paramedics were accused of gross...

Report: Disgraced Coach Messaged Women Amid Affair

Sherrone Moore's ex-girlfriend accuses him of domestic violence

(Newser) - Sherrone Moore's rapid rise at Michigan ended with a thud built on private messages, frayed emotions, and a relationship that school officials say crossed a clear line, the New York Times reports. Five women told the outlet that Moore, a married father of three who was fired as Michigan'...

Flashlights Shining Into Hospital Windows Bring Some Hope

Michigan tradition is back on for the holidays

(Newser) - Volunteers gripping flashlights waved them high above their heads when the clock struck 8pm, shining beams through the frigid night sky—and into the hospital's windows. Exactly 10 minutes later, the enthusiastic crowd, still holding their flashlights aloft, in unison hollered "sweet dreams" toward children in the hospital...

Report: Key Backer Walks Away From $10B Oracle AI Project

Insiders say Blue Owl had multiple concerns about Michigan project to power OpenAI

(Newser) - Oracle's latest mega–data center project is moving ahead in Michigan—but without its usual financial backer. The Financial Times , citing people familiar with the talks, reports that private capital firm Blue Owl Capital, Oracle's biggest partner on US data center builds, has walked away from a planned...

Hours After Michigan Fires Coach, He's Arrested

Police in Michigan are investigating potential charges against Sherrone Moore

(Newser) - Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan, on Wednesday, hours after the university abruptly fired him with cause , ESPN reports. The Saline Police Department said only that Moore "was turned over to the Pittsfield Township Police Department for investigation into potential...

Stranger's $1.7M Gift Means 88-Year-Old Cashier Can Retire

Michigan man who had to keep working to pay the bills can certainly stop now

(Newser) - Ed Bambas will soon ring up his last can of corn. The 88-year-old Michigan grocery worker was handed an oversized check for $1.7 million Friday, the result of a remarkable fundraising campaign by a young Australian with an extraordinary following on social media. "No, no," Bambas said,...

Transplant Fatality: Donor Gave Recipient Rabies

Idaho man's kidney went to recipient before authorities realized he had the disease

(Newser) - A Michigan man who received what was supposed to be a life-saving kidney ended up dying soon after the transplant—because the donor had rabies. The CDC pieced the puzzle together only after the fact because organ donors are not typically screened for the disease given how seldom it occurs,...

Mom, Stepdad Allegedly Killed Pregnant Daughter, Stole Baby

Prosecutor says couple planned attack, cut baby from womb

(Newser) - A Michigan couple allegedly planned and carried out the gruesome murder of a pregnant woman and the removal of her unborn child, prosecutors said Tuesday—and the case is even more horrifying because one half of that couple is the victim's own biological mother. Rebecca Park, 22, was 38...

Suit: Campbell Exec Mocked 'Poor' Customers in Secret Tape
Suit: Campbell Exec Mocked
the 'Poor,' Own Products
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Nov 29, 2025 1:01 PM CST

Suit: Campbell Exec Mocked the 'Poor,' Own Products

Complaint alleges employee who secretly recorded, reported Martin Bally was fired in retaliation

(Newser) - A Campbell Soup Company executive was caught on tape trashing the company's products, ridiculing the "poor people" who buy them, and making racist remarks about Indian colleagues, according to a lawsuit filed by a former employee. The suit, filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, claims that ex-cybersecurity analyst...

Vet Who Refused to Return Homeless Man's Dog Sentenced

Amanda Hergenreder gets 10 days, admits she 'failed to see the whole picture'

(Newser) - A Michigan veterinarian was sentenced to 10 days in jail Monday for refusing to return a dog to a homeless man after finding the ailing pit bull mix tied to a truck. Amanda Hergenreder's lawyer asked for 120 hours of community service for the misdemeanor larceny conviction, the AP...

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