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Morning Briefing Oct. 18, 2021: Detroit Lions have 4th toughest schedule left; Detroit police seek semi truck driver who struck cars, apartment building, fled

Here are this morning’s top stories

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell watches from the sideline during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) (Paul Sancya, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

With 4th toughest schedule left, when could the Lions actually win one? Some guesses

We knew the 2021 Detroit Lions would be a bad team. But did we think they’d go 0-17? With a very tough slate of games left, it’s not impossible.

The Lions are 0-6 to start the 2021 season under a new regime, and while the odds were stacked against them having any sort of a successful winning season, they could be even worse than we thought. But it’s hard to tell.

Read more here.


Detroit police seek semi truck driver who hit cars, apartment building then fled

Police are looking for the driver of a semi truck who reportedly crashed into several vehicles and an apartment building on Detroit’s west side.

According to Detroit police, the semi truck driver caused the damage early Monday morning at Greenfield Road and Grove Street.

See the story here.


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Colin Powell, exemplary general stained by Iraq claims, dies

Colin Powell, who served Democratic and Republican presidents in war and peace but whose sterling reputation was forever stained when he went before the U.N. and made faulty claims to justify the U.S. war in Iraq, has died of COVID-19 complications. He was 84.

A veteran of the Vietnam War, Powell rose to the rank of four-star general and in 1989 became the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that role he oversaw the U.S. invasion of Panama and later the U.S. invasion of Kuwait to oust the Iraqi army in 1991.

But his legacy was marred when, in 2003, he went before the U.N. Security Council as secretary of state and made the case for U.S. war against Iraq at a moment of great international skepticism.

Read the report here.


Families demand answers in Detroit hit-and-run that killed 2 women

The search continues for the driver of an SUV that killed two women in a hit-and-run on Detroit’s west side.

Both Brittany Jones and her sister-in-law, Erica, were killed in a hit-and-run early Saturday morning as they were crossing Schaefer Highway.

Learn more here.


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COVID in Michigan 🦠

Michigan reported 8,297 new cases of COVID-19 and 104 virus-related deaths Friday -- an average of 4148.5 cases over a two-day period.

The deaths announced Friday include 58 identified during a review of records.

Friday’s update brings the total number of confirmed COVID cases in Michigan to 1,081,525, including 21,563 deaths. These numbers are up from 1,073,228 cases and 21,459 deaths, as of Wednesday.

Testing has increased to around 30,000 diagnostic tests reported per day on average, with the 7-day positive rate at 11.42% as of Friday, an increase from last week. Hospitalizations have been steadily increasing for several weeks.

The state’s 7-day moving average for daily cases was 3,729 on Friday -- the highest it has been since early May. The 7-day death average was 36 on Friday. The state’s fatality rate is 2.0%. The state also reports “active cases,” which were listed at 114,800 on Wednesday -- the highest it has been since May.

Michigan has reported more than 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine administered as of Friday, with 68.2% of 16+ residents having received at least one dose while 60.1% of 16+ residents are considered fully vaccinated.

Here’s a look at more of the data:


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