Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A Michigan inmate who served 44 years for first-degree murder died of the coronavirus last week while waiting to be released from prison.William Garrison, 60, had the chance to be paroled in February before Michigan had any reported cases of the virus but…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said at a press conference Monday that she and senior members of her staff would take a pay cut as the state tightens its budget during the coronavirus outbreak.Whitmer told reporters that she would take a pay cut of 10 percent for the duration of the pandemic, while senior members…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Beaumont Health, the largest health care system in the state of Michigan, will test members of its own staff to determine if their blood contains antibodies created to fight coronavirus."We have 38,000 employees and we have another 4,000 doctors who…
Photo: Michigan Department of CorrectionsEarlier this year, 60-year-old William Garrison had an important choice to make. Convicted to serve a lifetime in prison when he was just 16 years old, Garrison was eligible for parole in February, or he could serve a seven-month sentence and walk away from prison, finally, a free man.Garrison chose freedom,…
DETROIT - A 5-year-old girl from Michigan has died from complications related to COVID-19. Skylar Herbert succumbed to her illness after a diagnosis weeks ago. She's one of the youngest individuals to die from the disease. In a statement from Beaumont Hospitals, a spokesperson called the circumstances a "tragedy." "We are heartbroken that COVID-19 has…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…