Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.
Winning Powerball ticket worth $1M sold in Michigan
Someone in Michigan won $1 million by matching all five white ball numbers in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.
The $1 million winning Powerball ticket for the Saturday, March 30, 2024, drawing was purchased at Paris Spirits and Wine in Kentwood.
Jury finds Henry Ford hospital negligent in preventing injuries during birth
A jury awarded $120 million on behalf of a boy who was severely injured during birth at a hospital within the Henry Ford Health System.
The verdict came down on Thursday, March 28. The jury found Henry Ford Health System and the attending obstetrician and nurses negligent in failing to perform a timely Caesarian section (C-section), which resulting in severe birth injuries.
The mother of the child arrived at Henry Ford Hospital in June 2010. She was at term but not near delivery, officials say.
Dairy cattle in Michigan test positive for bird flu
Bird flu has been detected in a dairy herd from Montcalm County.
The cases are believed to be linked to bird flu (HPAI) cases found in cattle in Texas. The farm recently received cattle from an affected area in Texas before that herd was known to have bird flu. When the cattle were moved from Texas to Michigan they did not appear ill.
MDARD is working with the government and Michigan dairy farmers to prevent the disease from spreading.
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fool’s Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, the company said it planned to roll out a “scratch and sniff” feature on its search engine.
The jokes were so consistently over-the-top that people learned to laugh them off as another example of Google mischief. And that’s why Page and Brin decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day.