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Justice Department investigating Abbott baby formula plant

January 21, 2023 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the Abbott Laboratories infant formula plant in Michigan that was shut down for months last year due to contamination, the company confirmed.

Michigan Supreme Court says anti-bias law protects LGBTQ

By ED WHITEJuly 28, 2022 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday said the state's anti-discrimination law covers sexual orientation, a victory for LGBTQ residents.

The court, in a 5-2 opinion, said the word “sex” in Michigan's key civil rights law applies to more than gender.

Production resumes at troubled Abbott baby formula factory

By FRANK BAJAKJuly 10, 2022 GMT

Production of baby formula has resumed at the Abbott Nutrition factory in Michigan whose February shutdown over contamination contributed to a national shortage, a company spokesman said.

Michigan Supreme Court hears major gay rights case

March 2, 2022 GMT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's attorney general on Wednesday asked the state Supreme Court to overturn key decisions and extend the state's anti-discrimination law to gays and lesbians.

People who claim discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation have not been protected by Michigan's civil rights law because the word “sex” in the law has been interpreted only as a reference to gender.

Buck takes shelter inside church on hunting season’s 1st day

November 16, 2021 GMT

STURGIS, Mich. (AP) — A 10-point buck sought sanctuary inside a southern Michigan church on opening day of the state's firearm deer hunting season.

Pastors at Grace Sturgis encountered the buck inside the church's auditorium on Monday before it leapt through a window and back into the wild.

Jury convicts 2 men in Indiana woman’s torture-slaying

April 30, 2021 GMT

GOSHEN, Ind. (AP) — Two men have been convicted in the 2019 torture-slaying of a northern Indiana woman whose body was found inside a trash bin dumped in southern Michigan...

Records: 9-year-old boy charged in mother’s shooting death

May 8, 2019 GMT

FAWN RIVER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his mother in their southern Michigan home, according to court documents...