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News Articles: Michigan

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Richmond, Va.

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  • Politics

Trump wins caucuses in Missouri and Idaho and sweeps Michigan GOP convention

Former President Donald Trump continued his march toward the GOP nomination on Saturday, winning caucuses in Idaho and Missouri and sweeping the delegate haul at a party convention in Michigan.

March 03, 2024
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  • GPB Newsroom
Joe Biden answers questions while leaving the White House on January 30.

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  • News

'Message has been received': Biden's campaign reacts to 'uncommitted' votes

In Michigan, a push to encourage voters to send President Biden a message about his refusal to call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza may have worked. Here's how his campaign moves forward.

February 29, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Erika Ryan,
  • and 1 more
Left to right: Ka'Marr Coleman-Byrd, Deasia Sampson and Shelly Zissler, some of the undecided voters <em>Morning Edition</em> spoke to in the Detroit area.

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  • Elections

Many in Michigan don't know how — or whether — they'll vote in the general election

NPR spoke to autoworkers, college students and Black churchgoers in the Detroit area about the general election. Many aren't excited about their likely choices, with some unsure they'll vote at all.

February 28, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
State Representative Abraham Aiyash speaks at a "Vote Uncommitted" rally on Feb. 25, 2024 in Hamtramck, Mich.

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  • Politics

On primary day, young Michigan voters are leading call to be 'uncommitted' to Biden

The campaign to check "uncommitted" on the Michigan Democratic primary ballot has gained nationwide attention. At its center are the next generation of activists, leaders and voters.

February 27, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says lessons from 2020 are informing election officials' priorities and preparations for the general election in November.

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  • National

Michigan's elections chief wants to protect voters, poll workers and democracy itself

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sat down with Morning Edition in Detroit days ahead of the state's primary to discuss her approach to election security in 2024.

February 26, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Tim Lillard at the home he and his late wife, Ann Picha-Lillard, shared in suburban southeast Michigan. Since her death in 2022, Lillard has made it his mission to pass the Safe Patient Care Act, which would create mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios in Michigan hospitals.

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  • Health

After his wife died, he joined nurses to push for new staffing rules in hospitals

Nurses have been telling lawmakers that hospital understaffing is putting patient lives at risk. They want Michigan to follow California and Oregon and institute mandatory staffing ratios.

February 23, 2024
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By:
  • Kate Wells
Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud is increasing police presence in the city in response to reports of increased Islamophobic rhetoric after a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> opinion piece.

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  • National

Michigan city ramps up security after 'WSJ' op-ed calls it 'America's jihad capital'

The fallout from a Wall Street Journal op-ed has led the Mayor of Dearborn, Mich., to increase police presence. Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, there's been an uptick in hate crimes.

February 06, 2024
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By:
  • Diba Mohtasham
Biden's campaign manager Julie Chávez Rodriguez speaks on Nov. 7, 2023. Chávez Rodriguez was in Michigan on Friday where some Arab American leaders declined to meet her because of the Gaza conflict.

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  • Elections

In Michigan, some Arab American leaders declined to meet Biden's campaign manager

The Arab American community is angry that Biden has not called for a ceasefire in Gaza despite a rising civilian death toll. Some leaders said no to meeting his campaign manager.

January 26, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
The Georgia State Capitol was among several state legislatures evacuated Wednesday following bomb threats.

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  • Politics

Several state capitols evacuated after bomb threats

The development comes just days before the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 03, 2024
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
Police block the area near the scene where Samantha Woll was found dead outside her Detroit home on October 21.

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  • National

A man has been charged in the killing of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll

Woll was found dead of stab wounds outside her home on Oct. 21. Authorities charged a 28-year-old man with felony murder committed during a break-in, and say there's no evidence it was a hate crime.

December 14, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting.

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  • National

Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole

A Michigan judge hands down a life without parole sentence for the teenager who shot and killed fellow students and wounded others at Oxford High School in 2021.

December 08, 2023
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By:
  • Quinn Klinefelter
Pins are pictured at a display counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., on Sept. 30.

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  • Elections

Sometimes overlooked by campaigns, Native voters could decide major elections in 2024

A voting bloc that hasn't gotten as much national attention, Native voters are an influential constituency in several swing states, making them a group to watch in 2024.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
A large, pro-Palestinian protest in downtown Detroit called for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as protesters decried President Biden's response.

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  • Politics

In Michigan, where every vote counts, Arab Americans are turning away from Biden

The community turned out overwhelmingly for Joe Biden, helping him win the swing state. But many now feel betrayed by the president's response to the Israel-Hamas war and it could cost him in 2024.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Don Gonyea
Robert Wayne Lee — known as "Boopac Shakur" — would pose as a teenage girl online to lure and expose alleged pedophiles. Lee was shot and killed Sept. 29 in the Pontiac, Mich. area. A GoFundMe has been created to help the family with funeral expenses.

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  • National

Police investigate the shooting death of man who often confronted alleged pedophiles

Robert Wayne Lee, known online as "Boopac Shakur," was killed during an argument in a Michigan restaurant. So far, there is no evidence the confrontation was a planned sting by Lee, police said.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Ghassan Zeineddine, author of the short story collection, <em>Dearborn</em>.

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  • Books

Arab American stories interconnect in the new collection, 'Dearborn'

Author Ghassan Zeineddine's new collection of short stories, Dearborn, takes a tenderhearted look at interconnected characters in the largest Arab American community in the country

September 09, 2023
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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
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