Saturday, November 16, 2024

Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87

DETROIT (AP) — Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a multibillion-dollar corporation before cameras on Capitol Hill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87

DETROIT (AP) — Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a multibillion-dollar corporation before cameras on Capitol Hill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died

DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 87.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87

DETROIT (AP) — Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a multibillion-dollar corporation before cameras on Capitol Hill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died

DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 87.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died

DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 87.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87

DETROIT (AP) — Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a multibillion-dollar corporation before cameras on Capitol Hill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Carl Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, dies at 87

DETROIT (AP) — Famous for gazing over eyeglasses worn on the end of his nose, Carl Levin seemed at ease wherever he went, whether attending a college football game back home in Michigan or taking on a multibillion-dollar corporation before cameras on Capitol Hill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan’s longest-serving senator, has died

DETROIT (AP) — Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 87.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

'Time to play': Michigan reopens 15 months after pandemic

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan is fully open again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Wright's family wants stiffer charge for Minnesota ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot him, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wright's family wants stiffer charge for Minnesota ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot him, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wright's family wants stiffer charge for Minnesota ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot him, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wright family demands more severe charges for Minn. ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright’s family joined community leaders in demanding more severe charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot the young Black man in a Minneapolis suburb, where hundreds of protesters again filled the streets in front of the police station.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wright family demands more severe charges for Minn. ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright’s family joined community leaders in demanding more severe charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot the young Black man in a Minneapolis suburb, where hundreds of protesters again filled the streets in front of the police station.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Wright's family wants stiffer charge for Minnesota ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against the white former police officer who fatally shot him, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Daunte Wright family calls for stiffer charge against ex-cop

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Daunte Wright's family members joined with community leaders Thursday in calling for more serious charges against a white police officer in Wright's death, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Ex-Minnesota cop faces hearing in shooting of Daunte Wright

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — Black community leaders and family members of Daunte Wright were calling for more serious charges against a white police officer in Wright's death, comparing her case to the murder charge brought against a Black officer who killed a white woman in nearby Minneapolis.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former suburban Minneapolis police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter for killing 20-year-old Black motorist Daunte Wright in a shooting that ignited days of unrest and clashes between protesters and police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Former Minnesota cop charged in shooting of Black motorist

BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A white former police officer faced her first court appearance Thursday in the traffic-stop shooting of a Black motorist that has engulfed a small Minneapolis suburb with four straight days of bitter conflict between protesters and police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Flint families welcome water crisis charges, seek healing

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint mother Ariana Hawk struggled to find words. Bittersweet came to mind, as did frustrated.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Activists in Kenosha move carefully after US Capitol chaos

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Chaotic protests haven't returned to Kenosha after a prosecutor declined charges against the police officer who shot Jacob Blake, and some who backed demonstrations following the August shooting say they're concerned about safety in a week extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan’s Big House has been transformed into The Big Vaccine Clinic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan’s Big House has been transformed into The Big Vaccine Clinic.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Whitmer cites progress curbing virus; no Thanksgiving surge

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration reported progress Tuesday in the fight against the coronavirus, saying new cases continue to decline and that Michigan has seen no spike related to Thanksgiving travel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona

Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump backers converge on vote centers in Michigan, Arizona

Dozens of angry supporters of President Donald Trump converged on vote-counting centers in Detroit and Phoenix as the returns went against him Wednesday in the two key states, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete tally of the ballots in the still-undecided election took to the streets in cities …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Trump backers demand Michigan vote center 'Stop the count!'

Dozens of supporters of President Donald Trump chanting “Stop the count!” descended on a ballot-tallying center in Detroit on Wednesday, while thousands of anti-Trump protesters demanding a complete vote count in the still-undecided presidential contest took to the streets in cities across the U.S.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Voting history of Detroit woman, 103, dates back to FDR

DETROIT (AP) — Talu Massey is among the millions of Americans who voted before Nov. 3, resulting in
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Juneteenth takes on new meaning amid push for racial justice

Americans of all backgrounds were marching, holding sit-ins or taking part in car caravan protests.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Gordy, McCartney to play Motown piano

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Sheen bombs on opening night

DETROIT - Charlie Sheen and his "goddesses" took the stage to thunderous applause Saturday night for the first leg of his "Torpedo of Truth" tour. The 70-minute show hadn't even ended when the first reviews were in, and they were brutal.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Jackson: Franklin 'recovering very well'

DETROIT - Aretha Franklin underwent serious surgery last week and is "recovering very well," her longtime friend, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, said Wednesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Spokeswoman: Franklin's son severely beaten

DETROIT - Aretha Franklin's son was severely beaten at a gas station in Detroit, the singing legend's spokeswoman said Tuesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO