April 24, 2020 | 2:27pm | Updated April 24, 2020 | 3:31pm Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced she would begin reopening parts of the state’s economy on Friday — the decision coming amid armed protests outside her home and the threat of a mutiny by state lawmakers. Whitmer signed a new executive order extending the…
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended her stay-at-home order through May 15, though she is lifting restrictions so some businesses can reopen and the public can participate in outdoor activities like golf and motorized boating during the coronavirus pandemic. "We will consider this the preliminary stage of economic re-engagement," she said at her briefing…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday extended the state’s stay-at-home order to May 15, while making some revisions to the policy -- even as the state’s legislature has scheduled a special session to launch a committee to review her actions…
Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press Published 3:06 p.m. ET April 23, 2020 | Updated 3:33 p.m. ET April 23, 2020An additional 164 Michigan residents have died in the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to state data.The state reported the additional deaths and the new 2,977 total death toll as of 10 a.m. Thursday, according to Michigan Department of Health…
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…