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What police say led to McDonald’s worker killing her manager in Eastpointe
A McDonald’s worker has been charged with murder for allegedly stabbing her manager to death, and we now know new details about what led to the attack.
Afeni Badu Muhammad, 26, of Eastpointe, was arraigned on Friday, July 11, on the charges of first-degree murder, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent and being a habitual offender, second offense, in connection with the fatal stabbing of 39-year-old Jennifer Harris at the McDonald’s at 17921 9 Mile Road in Eastpointe.
Before the arraignment began, Eastpointe Detective Showers read the swear-to before the judge to set forth the facts for the warrant request in the case. The detective said that on Thursday, July 11, Muhammad stabbed Harris multiple times with a kitchen knife.
Emergency rooms see sharp rise in tick bite cases this month -- what to know
Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a sharp rise in tick bite cases, with July 2025 already hitting the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017 -- and the month is only a week old.
This trend has been noticeable in local health reports for the past two years, with more people seeking care at emergency rooms, urgent care centers, and doctors’ offices due to tick bites. One doctor in Clarkston reported seeing three cases of Lyme disease just in late June.
Emergency department visits for tick bites per 100,000 visits in July have steadily increased over the past eight years. July 2017 previously held the record, but 2025 has already surpassed it, even with most of the month still ahead.
Detroit tenants push for ‘right to renew’ ordinance to curb no-cause evictions
The Detroit Tenants Association is fighting to move a proposed ordinance forward that would prohibit landlords from refusing to offer lease renewals to current tenants without cause.
The organization is hosting a press conference on Saturday (July 12) at 11 a.m. at the union office of IBEW Local 58, located at 1358 Abbott Street, to advocate for a “right to renew” ordinance.
The city law would prevent landlords from ending a tenancy, except in cases of “good cause” such as lease violations or failure to pay rent.
Michigan youth call on Congress to renew Special Diabetes Program funding
Skye Blue, 4, loves her new Barbie.
“I think it’s so beautiful,” said Blue on Friday, July 11. “I think I’m still grateful for me to have this. I love it so much.”
The Barbie is particularly special to Blue because she has type 1 diabetes. She comes with a glucose monitor and an insulin pump on her stomach, just like Blue.
“It’s a journey. When you’re first with that diagnosis,” Shanna Blue, Skye’s mother, said. “I’m like any parent or anyone you’re on Google, you’re searching to see, you know, what’s the latest? Is there a cure somewhere that you know is unknown?”
Shanna, who lives in Redford, says it has been an adjustment since her little girl was diagnosed with the illness almost two years ago, around Thanksgiving.
Skye, along with hundreds of other kids from across the country, was in Washington, D.C. last week as part of the 2025 Children’s Congress, a three-day event that brought kids living with Type 1 Diabetes face-to-face with lawmakers.
Weather: Timing out strong to severe thunderstorms moving into Metro Detroit on Saturday
After some sunshine and a few thunderstorms through the end of the week on Friday, we will keep the chance of showers and thunderstorms under the forecast, looking ahead into the start of the weekend on Saturday.
It will be a warm and humid start to the day, and we will see some sunshine to start the day as well, but once we get into the afternoon and evening, we will bring in chances for showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be strong to possibly severe.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the entire region under a Slight Risk (2 out of 5) for severe weather. Damaging winds of an excessive 60 miles an hour and heavy rainfall will be the primary threats, although storms could have some hail, and we’re not going to rule out an isolated tornado as we had into Saturday afternoon and evening.