James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92

Two Republican state lawmakers in Michigan on Thursday requested an election audit, alleging anomalies and citing affidavits filed in lawsuits challenging the vote-counting process in Detroit and other areas of the state, according to reports.  State Sens.

A Michigan police officer was placed on paid administrative leave Wednesday after a video circulated on social media showing police struggling with someone they described as a “resistive and combative” assault suspect, before eventually deploying a Taser and placing him under arrest.

Michigan lawmakers have made it too easy during the coronavirus pandemic for people “to stay home and collect unemployment rather than go to work,” a restaurant owner claims in a new TV ad. Antonio Rugiero, who owns five Italian restaurants, says he’s been struggling to fill 50 to 60 positions amid the outbreak.

The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Wayne County officials in which they allege that credentialed election challengers were blocked from having sufficient view of the vote-counting process, challenges against certain ballots were ignored, and as a result, ineligible ballots were tallied.

A Michigan plant worker died Tuesday after a 25,000-pound manufacturing mold fell on top of him, authorities said. David Spano, 42, was killed and found beneath the mold that had fallen from one of the interior walls at a plant in Bruce Township, Mich., located about 40 miles north of Detroit, according to a news release from the Macomb County Sheriff's Office.

A coronavirus outbreak has been linked to a Chevrolet dealership in Michigan, with health officials in Grand Ledge reporting 13 recent cases among employees.The Barry-Eaton District Health Department said anyone who visited the Sundance Chevrolet dealership, located at 5895 E. Saginaw Highway, between Oct.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pledged to work with President-elect Joe Biden’s administration to combat the coronavirus pandemic in a congratulatory message Saturday following his victory over President Trump in the 2020 election.

President Trump’s supporters are pointing to a small Michigan county as evidence that vote-counting software used in the state may undercut Trump’s number of votes — as the Trump campaign fends off the appearance of inevitable defeat. Republicans point out that in northern Antrim County, thousands of votes were counted in error for Biden, and for Democratic Sen.

It’s (finally) a girl! A couple in Michigan with 14 sons welcomed their first daughter to the world this week.  Kateri Schwandt, 45, gave birth to Maggie Jayne on Thursday at Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan.The newest member of the Schwandt family weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.  Maggie’s father Jay, 45, told the Detroit Free Press that he and Kateri “are overjoyed and beyond excited to add Maggie Jayne to our family.” “This year has been memorable in so many ways, for

Michigan police have announced two arrests in the murder of a 27-year-old woman who was found shot to death, her wrists bound with Christmas lights. State police announced a major break in the June 2017 killing of Egypt Covington in Van Buren Township on Thursday.

lent his biggest song, “Lose Yourself” to a Biden/Harris campaign spot.“We have one shot. One opportunity.

Republican John James' Michigan Senate campaign on Wednesday accused local officials of impropriety, voter suppression, and election interference, as the state continues its counting process to determine which candidate won. The allegations came as chaos unfolded outside a vote tally room at the TCF Center in downtown Detroit where all mail-in absentee ballots are collected.

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., fended off a serious challenge from two-time GOP Senate hopeful John James in the swing state of Michigan.

Following Tuesday's vote, U.S. Sen.

John James, a businessman and veteran, is vying to unseat Democratic Sen. Gary Peters on Tuesday to represent Michigan in the U.S.

James Randi, the magician who escaped from jail cells, underwater coffins and straitjackets before becoming a scientific skeptic bent on debunking those who peddle in the paranormal and supernatural, has died. He was 92.

James Redford, documentary filmmaker, activist and son ofRobert Redford, has died. He was 58.