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.
Everything Michigan deer hunters need to know about chronic wasting disease
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been found in both the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan.
CWD is a neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose. It causes a degeneration of the brain. It can cause emaciation, abnormal behavior, loss of bodily functions and eventually death.
Once an animal is infected with CWD, it will not recover. There is no cure.
Spirit Airlines files for bankruptcy as financial losses pile up and debt payments loom
Spirit Airlines said Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection and will attempt to reboot as it struggles to recover from the pandemic-caused swoon in travel and a failed attempt to sell the airline to JetBlue.
Spirit, the biggest U.S. budget airline, has lost more than $2.5 billion since the start of 2020 and faces looming debt payments totaling more than $1 billion over the next year.
Spirit said it expects to operate as normal as it works its way through a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process and that customers can continue to book and fly without interruption.
Group of men brandish firearm after trying to provoke fight with University of Michigan students
Ann Arbor police are looking for more information after a group of men brandished a firearm at a group of University of Michigan students early Sunday morning.
On Nov. 17, at around 1:20 a.m. in the 600 block of Oxford Road, police said a group of college-aged men approached a group of University of Michigan students on a porch, tried to provoke a fight and one of the suspects allegedly showed a handgun before leaving the area.
Moscow warns US over allowing Ukraine to hit Russian soil with long-range weapons
President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied long-range missiles was met with ominous warnings from Moscow, a hint of menace from Kyiv and nods of approval from some Western allies.
Biden’s shift in policy added an uncertain but potentially crucial new factor to the war on the eve of its 1,000-day milestone.
News of Biden’s change came on the day a Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions struck a residential area of Sumy, a city in northern Ukraine, killing 11 people, including two children, and injuring 84 others.
On Monday, another Russian missile attack started fires in two apartment blocks in Odesa, in southern Ukraine. At least eight people were killed and 18 were injured, including a child, regional Gov. Oleh Kiper said.
Weather: Patchy fog & sunshine to start the week before rain showers & breezy conditions return to Metro Detroit
After plenty of cloud cover and a few rain showers to end the weekend on Sunday, we will see some sunshine to start the week before an active weather pattern moves into the region for the rest of the week.
We will break up the cloud cover and bring some sunshine into the forecast to start the week on Monday, before we have multiple episodes of rain showers, moving into the forecast, looking ahead into the majority of next week. Partly cloudy skies can be expected for Monday, after some morning dense fog, high temperatures heading into the 50s once again by late Monday afternoon.