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Obituaries in Detroit, MI - The Detroit News
Nov 1, 2023 · Browse the latest obituaries of people who passed away in Detroit and nearby areas. Find names, dates, locations, and funeral homes of the deceased.
Justice Department set to monitor polling spots in 6 Michigan cities
Nov 1, 2024 · The decision came as Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey said Thursday her office expects a 53% voter turnout in the city, a high amount that would match the voter participation of 2008 when Democrat Barack Obama was elected. Winfrey also outlines security measures being put in place after Republican protested at the city convention center where absentee ballots were being counted in the ...
Trump wins Michigan in his return to the White House
Nov 6, 2024 · More:Here are all the 2024 Michigan election results More:Trump wins the White House in political comeback rooted in appeals to frustrated voters More:Trump made gains in Detroit over 2020, but voter turnout falls far short of targets Just before 2 a.m., as the race was moving in Trump's favor, a crowd of Michigan Republicans gathered at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi became raucous.
Koch, Cummings: Nessel's climate lawsuit risks Michigan's future
Oct 15, 2024 · The United States Supreme Court agrees. More than a decade ago, in a unanimous decision authored by liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the nation’s highest Court ruled that federal courts are not the proper venues for addressing climate change. Attorney General Nessel’s plan to wage lawfare against Michigan’s energy industry is the economic equivalent to shooting the state of Michigan ...
Elon Musk targets Michigan with voter misinformation
Oct 22, 2024 · Two weeks before the presidential election, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, accused billionaire Elon Musk of spreading “dangerous disinformation” about voting in her state after Musk, owner of X and CEO of Tesla, shared a post suggesting falsely that the state’s voter rolls, swelled by large numbers of inactive voters, were likely to result in widespread fraud.
Fed decision to go big on rate cut was not a slam dunk
Oct 9, 2024 · While the Federal Reserve’s decision to cut interest rates by half a percentage point last month was nearly unanimous, members of the central bank’s policymaking body were divided over how much to cut rates, according to minutes of the meeting released Wednesday.
Current and former AI employees warn of the technology’s dangers
Jun 4, 2024 · A handful of current and former employees at prominent artificial intelligence companies warned the technology poses grave risks to humanity in a Tuesday letter, calling on corporations to commit to being more transparent and fostering a culture of criticism that holds them more accountable.
Opinion: Why Detroit is hitting ‘pause’ on electric vehicles
Aug 27, 2024 · The world’s biggest carmakers are in disarray over their plans to produce electric vehicles. From Ford to General Motors to Mercedes, one car company after another has announced delays, cancellations and billion-dollar write-downs due to their sputtering EV efforts.
DEI is getting a new name. Can it dump the political baggage?
May 5, 2024 · Johnny C. Taylor Jr., chief executive of the Society for Human Resource Management, said that practitioners of DEI and its antecedents traditionally have focused on improving representation for historically marginalized …