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.
Macomb County superintendent, other school official arrested, placed on administrative leave
A school district superintendent in Warren was arrested along with another school leader.
Parents of students at Fitzgerald Public Schools want answers, but nobody is explaining why the pair got arrested.
The Board of Education at Fitzgerald Public Schools held a meeting Sunday night, placing both officials on administrative leave.
Why Detroit Lions game might not matter next week, and why it could mean everything
The Detroit Lions' game against the 49ers next week might not even matter anymore, or it could end up meaning everything.
It all depends on the Packers-Vikings game next week. Let me explain.
The Lions took care of business Sunday in Chicago, beating the Bears to improve to 13-2. A few minutes later, the Washington Commanders scored a touchdown with six seconds left to beat the Philadelphia Eagles.
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates so Trump can’t have them executed
President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office.
The move spares the lives of people convicted in killings, including the slayings of police and military officers, people on federal land and those involved in deadly bank robberies or drug deals, as well as the killings of guards or prisoners in federal facilities.
It means just three federal inmates are still facing execution. They are Dylann Roof, who carried out the 2015 racist slayings of nine Black members of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina; 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; and Robert Bowers, who fatally shot 11 congregants at Pittsburgh’s Tree of life Synagogue in 2018, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S history.
Allen Park man arrested after pointing gun at another driver on I-75
A man was arrested for pointing a gun at a driver on I-75 near Dix Highway on Saturday.
The victim reported to Michigan State Police on Dec. 21, 2024, just after 11 a.m., that a man pointed a handgun at them while driving. Police said the victim caught it on video and gave it to troopers.