Michigan high school students receive racist text messages
These racist messages were sent out this week and call for Black Americans to return to slavery.
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These racist messages were sent out this week and call for Black Americans to return to slavery.
Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe is facing a backlash over an offensive joke about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally days before the 2024 election.
With just over a week until Election Day, Puerto Rico has been thrust into the spotlight by both campaigns.
Kylah Spring said in the video that Sophia Rosing hit her multiple times and kicked her in the stomach.
In 1982, Chinese American Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two white Detroiters, who received no jail time.
Willie Mays began his professional baseball career with the Birmingham Black Barons, who barnstormed the Jim Crow South as a member of the Negro Southern League.
Donald Trump is courting Black voters and a conservative group popular with white supremacists during back-to-back stops in Michigan.
Alexander Morris, the lead singer of the Four Tops, filed a lawsuit against a Michigan hospital, a nurse and security guard after he was treated like he was mentally ill after he told them he was in the legendary Motown group.
The immediate impact will see Josh Gibson, one of the baseball's greatest players, take multiple records from the likes of Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.
A Republican lawmaker in Michigan has lost his committee assignment and staff, days after posting an image of a racist ideology on social media.
Two Democratic lawmakers have introduced a resolution condemning an op-ed piece that called a Detroit suburb "America's jihad capital.".
A federal jury has convicted a man on two counts for with defacing one of Michigan's oldest synagogues with a swastika and other graffiti in 2019.
The House has rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
Curtis Chin has been championing other Asian Americans for over 30 years.
The same week his state outlawed racial discrimination based on hairstyles, a Black high school student in Texas was suspended because school officials say his dreadlocks violated the district's dress code.
Students and faculty were shocked to find homophobic slurs and racist images drawn around the parking lot of FlexTech High School in Brighton on the first day of classes this week.
Joe Mahmoud, of Ann Arbor, is filing a lawsuit against Erie Orchard and Cider Mill after he says he was subject to racist remarks from the owner.
Various U.S. media publishers said they would no longer give Adams a platform after he made comments described as racist, hateful and discriminatory in a Feb. 22 YouTube video.
While both accounts were still visible as of Sunday evening, several posts had been removed.
Nearly 14 months after it began, the pandemic's grip is finally loosening as Elizabeth Hertel, Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, talked about with Senior Producer/Host Carol Cain on "Michigan Matters" airing 7:30 am Sunday on CBS 62.
There's a Robocall going around, and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is warning Detroit voters that is "racially charged" and false.
Workers at a General Motors plant in Toledo, say they endured racism in the workplace. Now, those allegations are detailed in a new lawsuit against the automaker.
The short song includes the lyrics: "Cotton needs pickin' so bad, we're going'na pick all over this field."
The demonstrations at the Ann Arbor school began Monday morning and included people blocking roads and sitting on medians studying.
"It's imperative, it's our moral obligation to stand against white supremacy whenever we can. We all must be louder and we all must make it clear that he has no home here in any of our communities."
The attorney representing a University of Michigan student charged in connection with 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on campus has filed a motion to disqualify Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from prosecuting the case.
A 25-year-old Michigan man was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 96 early Friday, according to the Ingham County Sheriff's Office.
Dillon Dingler had three hits, an RBI and scored a run as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-6.
The exemptions, published late Friday in a notice by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office, cover various electronic goods, including smartphones.
The Trump administration could release files on the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy — the U.S. health secretary's father — within days, after decades of public fascination about the killing.
Federal prosecutors are seeking an 18-year sentence for former Detroit Riverfront Conservancy CFO William Smith for embezzling more than $40 million from the Conservancy.
The attorney representing a University of Michigan student charged in connection with 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on campus has filed a motion to disqualify Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from prosecuting the case.
University of Michigan reports additional international visas have been revoked for some students and graduates.
A 25-year-old Michigan man was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 96 early Friday, according to the Ingham County Sheriff's Office.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has formally requested a presidential emergency declaration on the March 28-30 ice storm.
Shawn Fain, president of United Auto Workers, took to social media Thursday to give a policy speech. "There's a lot of uncertainty over what this moment holds," he said.
Slotkin is a former CIA officer who worked in national security roles in the Pentagon during the Bush and Obama administrations.
The company says the layoffs are not related to tariffs. The layoffs are effective April 14.
The automaker is working with local authorities on the investigation.
The layoffs begin Monday and are expected to last for several weeks.
Jay North, who starred on TV's "Dennis the Menace" for four seasons starting in 1959, has died.
Nintendo has announced a June 5 launch date for its latest gaming console, the Switch 2.
Audiences at the Detroit Opera House expecting their performance of "Cosi fan tutte" to begin with the overture may be surprised to hear instead a product launch from a tech company CEO.
A unique talent, Val Kilmer was praised as an acting chameleon who took on varied and challenging roles, and the results were often memorable.
Actor Richard Chamberlain died Saturday, March 29, in Waimanalo, Hawai'i of complications following a stroke. He was two days shy of his 91st birthday.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 125-119 win over the Detroit Pistons, securing the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Michigan State junior forward Isaac Howard won the Hobey Baker award Friday as college hockey's top player.
Arkansas, Hawaii and Indiana have joined a list of two dozen states with confirmed measles cases.
Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war fuels worries about inflation and employment.
The lawsuit against the Trump administration says the Education Department's halt of promised aid for schools will force cuts to vital services.
Arkansas, Hawaii and Indiana have joined a list of two dozen states with confirmed measles cases.
State health officials are tracking possible exposures after a measles case was confirmed in Montcalm County.
Cabot butter is being recalled across seven states over concerns that it could contain coliform, a bacteria found in fecal matter.
Kennedy's comment comes as the Environmental Protection Agency says it has now launched a new review of fluoride's health effects.
A spokesperson for UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, said that the child was "receiving treatment for complications of measles while hospitalized" and was not vaccinated.
Dillon Dingler had three hits, an RBI and scored a run as the Detroit Tigers beat the Minnesota Twins 7-6.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 32 points, 15 assists and 11 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 125-119 win over the Detroit Pistons, securing the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Michigan State junior forward Isaac Howard won the Hobey Baker award Friday as college hockey's top player.
For the first time since 2019, the Detroit Pistons clinched a playoff spot.
Cade Cunningham had 36 points and eight assists, lifting the Detroit Pistons to a 115-106 win over the New York Knicks on Thursday night in a possible preview of a first-round matchup in the NBA playoffs.
Lawrence Technological University is 93 years old with a strong regional imprint, which Dr. Tarek Sobh talks about on Michigan Matters.
A trio of experts talks about consumer needs when it comes to transit, which are evolving.
David Wasserman appears and talks about the two political parties.
It's a conversation about the first weeks of the Trump administration and its impact on Michigan.
Newly elected Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Curtis Hertel Jr. discussed his party and its future on CBS Detroit's Michigan Matters.
Middle school girls from across Metro Detroit were at Eastern Michigan University for the Digital Divas Conference.
One person was taken into custody after a man was killed in a shooting Friday on Detroit's west side.
Police in Detroit and Inkster say they are searching for 17-year-old London Thomas, who was last seen on April 5.
Warmer air and sunshine will stick around for the first half of our weekend.
The sheriff of Presque Isle County, Michigan, issued a warning via a social media video Thursday to anyone threatening utility line crews who are trying to restore power in his community. It's been nearly two weeks since Northern Lower Michigan was hit with an ice storm – breaking utility poles and trees, pulling power lines down and blocking roads.