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Threats follow Michigan lawmaker who said she had surgery to remove reproductive organs
A Michigan state lawmaker told a crowd protesting President Trump’s early actions this week that she underwent elective surgery to remove her reproductive organs.
State Rep. Laurie Pohutsky’s account was cheered by the left-leaning protestors and condemned by right-wing social media accounts.
‘Please don’t hurt my child’: Father describes ordeal after son dies in Detroit home invasion
A heartbroken father shared his harrowing experience with Local 4 after robbers shot and killed his son during a home invasion on Detroit’s west side.
The incident left him badly injured.
The robbery and homicide occurred on Thursday, (Feb. 6), at a home in the 18900 block of Sorrento Avenue, near the corner of 7 Mile Road and W Outer Drive, around 9 p.m.
The father, who wished to remain anonymous to avoid being targeted again, bravely recounted the ordeal.
Wayne County man charged after striking woman, killing her dog in hit-and-run, police say
A Wayne County man has been charged after he allegedly struck a woman while she was walking her dog and then drove away. The dog was killed in the crash.
Norman Newman, 38, of Taylor, was arraigned on the charges of abandoning/cruelty to one animal resulting in the animal’s death, reckless driving, and operating a vehicle while license suspended, revoked or denied. He was given a $1,000 personal bond.
The hit-and-run happened on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Police say a woman walked into the department’s lobby at about 7 p.m. to report it.
Generations later, a remedy to destroying Black neighborhoods is fulfilled in Michigan
Leslie Knox was a young girl in the 1960s when her Detroit-area city was accused of destroying neighborhoods to get rid of Black residents.
Decades later, the retired nurse has returned to Hamtramck, settling into a new two-story home on Gallagher Street and watching TV from a fold-up chair while she figures out how she wants to furnish it. She has no mortgage to pay, just property taxes and insurance.
