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High-speed, multi-city motorcycle chase ends with arrest in Farmington Hills

A Dearborn man who reportedly drove a motorcycle recklessly through several cities at speeds topping 140 mph and fleeing from police in pursuit — including a state police helicopter — was arrested in...

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Manhattan court must find a dozen jurors to hear first-ever criminal case...

By JENNIFER PELTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Of the 1.4 million adults who live in Manhattan, a dozen are soon to become the first Americans to sit in judgment of a former president charged...

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Nationwide manhunt for a fake priest who stole faith as well as cash ends in...

Jack Dolan | (TNS) Los Angeles Times A notorious fake priest who left a trail of doubt and disbelief among the faithful he’s accused of swindling from coast to coast will soon face judgment in...

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Area police officer fired for misusing database, domestic terrorism

A former Clinton Township police officer is expected to be charged as early as today after he was fired from the department for misusing a law enforcement database and other crimes, according to...

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Keep America Beautiful kicks off 2024 Great American Cleanup

Keep America Beautiful has officially kicked off its 2024 Great American Cleanup, the annual spring-cleaning event in which 300,000 Americans are expected to take part in activities to pick up litter...

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Large fight involving juveniles, adults caught on cellphone cameras

Lincoln Park police are in the midst of investigating a big brawl that took place in a field on April 7 in the area of Morris and Howard streets. Police aren’t sure how many 911 calls came in due to...

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Amid relentless school shootings, scrutiny increasing

Laura Meckler, Hannah Natanson and Justin Jouvenal The Washington Post On Tuesday, Jennifer and James Crumbley received the maximum prison sentence of 10 to 15 years for what they did – and didn’t do –...

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Trump’s history-making hush money trial starts Monday with jury selection

By Jennifer Peltz and Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a singular moment for American history, the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump begins Monday with jury...

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13-year-old girl missing from Oakland County; state police say she left home...

Michigan State Police continue to seek the public’s help in locating a 13-year-old girl from Oakland County who was reported missing from her father three days ago. Skye-Lynn Juhala is voluntarily...

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Police nab man accused of masturbating along roadway

A Detroiter who was allegedly seen masturbating while lying in a ditch in Bloomfield Township recently was subsequently arrested and is now in the Oakland County Jail. Gregory Benson, 52, is facing a...

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Cops: Man spots former employer’s name in obits, breaks into his home 

A Detroit man accused of several Wayne County home invasions to support a drug habit has been charged with a similar crime in Bloomfield Township for allegedly breaking into the home of a person he...

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Cases advance against 2 charged in fatal shooting over alleged spitting

Cases against two Pontiac men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of another Pontiac man — which reportedly stemmed from a spitting incident at the victim’s home — were bound over Monday to...

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Only 1 in 3 US adults think Trump acted illegally in New York hush money...

By Thomas Beaumont and Amelia Thomson-Dexeaux, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first criminal trial facing former President Donald Trump is also the one in which Americans are least convinced he...

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Trump trial: Why can’t Americans see or hear what is going on inside the...

By David Bauder, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a moment in history — the first U.S. president facing criminal charges in an American courtroom. Yet only a handful of observers are able to see...

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Fired police officer accused of misusing LEIN database

A former Clinton Township road patrol officer was arraigned Monday for allegedly misusing a law enforcement database on his own time, prosecutors said. John Hreno, 36, stood mute during the court...

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Joyriding motorcyclist who eluded and taunted police in lengthy pursuit...

A motorcyclist who teased Dearborn police officers while popping wheelies along the Southfield freeway reaching speeds of about 140 mph has been identified and charged. Abdel Rahman Tarabah, 26, of...

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Supreme Court questions obstruction charges brought against Jan. 6 rioters...

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned whether federal prosecutors went too far in bringing obstruction charges against hundreds of participants in...

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O.J. Simpson feared he had CTE but his family has said a ‘hard no’ to brain...

The body of O.J. Simpson is expected to be cremated in Las Vegas Tuesday, with his family giving a “hard no” to requests from scientists who want to study his brain to see if the former football great...

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Judge to decide if case will advance against Pontiac caretaker accused of...

A Pontiac woman accused of embezzling $160,000 from an elderly woman she’d been hired to care for is scheduled for a preliminary exam where a judge will determine if the case will move forward....

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Psych eval ordered for woman accused of stealing from church worker

A judge has ordered a competency evaluation for a Royal Oak woman accused of stealing the purse of a woman who works at a church that was helping her financially. Judge Kirsten Nieslen Hartig of 52-4...

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