Author: Ed White
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Opening remarks, evidence next in manslaughter trial of Michigan school shooter’s dad
Jurors will soon hear opening statements and the first batch of witnesses in the trial of the second parent accused of having responsibility for a Michigan school shooting
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Police say former NFL player Braylon Edwards is a hero for saving a man during YMCA assault
Police are praising former NFL player Braylon Edwards for stopping an attack on an 80-year-old man at a YMCA in suburban Detroit
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Fired Northwestern coach wants to move up trial, return to football soon
An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wants to move up the trial date in a dispute over his firing
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What’s next for Jennifer and James Crumbley, the parents of the Michigan school shooter?
The mother of a Michigan school shooter is the first parent in the U.S. to be found criminally responsible for a mass school attack conducted by their child, even though she didn’t pull the trigger
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Jury finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan school shooter’s mother, guilty of manslaughter
A Michigan jury has found a school shooter’s mother guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students in 2021
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3 men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer
DETROIT • Three men accused of supporting terrorism in the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor were convicted of all charges Wednesday in a trial that focused on paramilitary drills and fierce contempt for government ahead of the 2020 election. Joe Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar were found guilty of supplying “material support”…
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MSU president, hired after Nassar scandal, quits
LANSING, Mich. • The president of Michigan State University announced his resignation Thursday, apparently unable to fend off challenges by the school’s governing board, three years after he was hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. Samuel Stanley Jr. said he has lost confidence in the Board of Trustees and can…
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Judge strikes down 1931 Michigan law criminalizing abortion
DETROIT (AP) — A judge on Wednesday struck down Michigan’s 1931 anti-abortion law, months after suspending it, the latest development over abortion rights in a state where the issue is being argued in courtrooms and, possibly, at the ballot box. The law, which was long dormant before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade…
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Michigan officer charged with murder in Lyoya shooting
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. • The Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was on the ground when he was shot in the back of the head, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder. Prosecutor Chris Becker announced charges Thursday against Grand Rapids Officer Christopher Schurr, weeks after Lyoya was killed following a…
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Michigan GOP hopeful charged in Jan. 6 riot, roiling primary
DETROIT • A Republican candidate for Michigan governor and defender of former President Donald Trump was charged with misdemeanors Thursday for his role in the 2021 postelection riot at the U.S. Capitol, further complicating an already messy GOP primary. Ryan Kelley, 40, was arrested in western Michigan, FBI spokeswoman Mara Schneider said. He appeared at…