Surveillance video captured the rescue of a 2-year-old boy discovered motionless at the bottom of hotel pool in Livonia, Michigan, in January. The child survived, police said.

A Michigan man is lucky to be alive after a steel beam crashed through his front windshield. Johnnie Lowe, a father of three, thought his life was over when the steel beam came loose from the truck in front of him.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday.

Democrats are putting Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on the national stage Tuesday to rebut President Donald Trump’s State of the Union message

A college football coach in Michigan was suspended Monday after he told a student news site that he’d like to have dinner with Adolf Hitler.

The restaurant bill was $23. But the tip at a small-town restaurant in Michigan was much larger: $2,020. “Things like this don’t happen to people like me,” server Danielle Franzoni told The Alpena News. Franzoni, 31, got the tip while working Sunday at Thunder Bay River Restaurant in Alpena. The credit card receipt said “Happy New Year. 2020 Tip Challenge.” Franzoni,…

State Attorney General Dana Nessel has suspended a nearly two-year-long criminal investigation into Michigan State University’s handling of complaints against now-imprisoned serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The probe, which began under Nessel’s predecessor, has resulted in charges against three former school officials. One was convicted. Two others, including former president Lou Anna Simon, were ordered...

President Donald Trump has taken a swipe at the late Democratic Rep. John Dingell during his raucous impeachment-day rally in Michigan. That drew a quick rebuke from the longtime Michigan congressman’s widow and successor in the House. Trump said at Wednesday’s rally in Battle Creek that Debbie Dingell had thanked him for providing “A-plus treatment” after her husband’s death in...

A federal appeals court affirmed a nearly 20-year prison sentence for a doctor who performed unnecessary spinal surgeries in California and Michigan, procedures that were described by prosecutors as “plain butchery.” Aria Sabit acknowledged the awful care nearly three years ago in federal court in Detroit, but he appealed the 235-month sentence as excessive. The appeals court, however, let it stand...

A little boy in Michigan invited his entire kindergarten class to his adoption hearing on Thursday.
Andrea Melvin and Dave Eaton became Michael Clark Jr.’s foster parents about a year ago, and on Thursday they became his forever parents.

Here’s what science has to say about a twice-yearly ritual affecting nearly 2 billion people worldwide.

The 103rd edition of the annual Rose Bowl game, affectionately called, “The Grandaddy of Them All” kicks off on Monday afternoon and features two of College Football’s most historic programs.

U.S. health officials are warning people not to eat romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California, after an E. coli-linked food poisoning outbreak reached 67 cases across 19 states. The Centers for Disease Control on Tuesday said 39 people had been hospitalized after contracting the food-borne illness, which can cause diarrhea, vomiting and fever. No deaths have been reported. The CDC...

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris wants to double the number of mental health treatment beds available across the country and increase access to virtual mental health counseling.

A Mississippi company is recalling more than 86 tons of chicken fried rice because it may contain bits of plastic. Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc. of Oakland, Mississippi, reported the problem after customers complained, according to recall notice Friday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

A Michigan man accidentally shot his own brother after mistaking him for a deer on a hunting trip, NBC News reports. Deputies from the Ionia County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call of an accidental shooting early Saturday evening in a field in Boston Township, Michigan. Upon arrival, they determined that a man, 29, had shot his brother, 28, while...

A 63-year-old Michigan woman working with a children’s education charity in the Dominican Republic was found strangled to death with her arms and feet bound, according to police.

Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults surveyed believed they were likely to develop dementia. The results suggest many didn’t understand the connection between physical health and brain health and how racial differences can affect dementia risk. Substantial numbers of people...

They’re here. They vape. And they say they’ll vote you out of office if you come for their “unicorn poop” flavored vape juice, NBC News reports. Facing a perfect storm of threats from federal, state and local governments, vapers are banding together politically to defend a product that they claim saves lives and that has created a livelihood for some...

Democrats are riding high after unseating GOP Gov. Matt Bevin in Kentucky and winning back majorities in both chambers of Virginia’s General Assembly in Tuesday’s elections. Much as was the case in 2018, when Democrats took back the majority in the House, Democrats’ gains were concentrated in largely white, middle-to-upper income suburbs, NBC News reported. However, the results weren’t as...