St. Elizabeth Parish Merges Into Nativity of Our Lord in Detroit
DETROIT, Mich. — St. Elizabeth Parish on Detroit’s east side is folding into Nativity of Our Lord Parish this week, and the St. Elizabeth church building will no longer serve as a Catholic church once the change takes hold on Monday, Nov. 2. Members of the receiving east side congregation gathered for Sunday service on
A Century Later, Houdini Death Still Tied to Detroit
DETROIT, Mich. — Halloween 2026 marked a full century since Harry Houdini, the escape artist who said no lock could hold him, died in a Detroit hospital bed at age 52. Houdini knew the city well. He played Detroit 19 times, starting in 1894 as a small act near the bottom of the bill. In
Coleman Young Statue Design Unveiled at Wright Museum in Detroit
DETROIT, Mich. — Supporters of a statue honoring Coleman A. Young got their first look at what it will be on Tuesday, Oct. 20, when sculptor Austen Brantley’s design was shown to the public inside Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum. The evening launched a fundraising push for the project. Brantley’s model of the late city
FBI Moves Toward Sole-Source UFC Contract for Agent Combat
QUANTICO, Va. — Federal contracting papers show the FBI lining up a yearlong, no-bid deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship to put special agents through mixed-martial-arts defensive tactics at the bureau academy here. The Sept. 30 paperwork argues only the UFC can deliver the full mix of striking, clinch and takedown work, weapon defense, ground
Privacy Groups Challenge DHS Nationwide Voter Record Sweep
WASHINGTON — Civic plaintiffs opened a federal case here Thursday against Homeland Security, saying the department quietly assembled a vast store of Americans registration files from nearly every state. The suit in D.C. federal court comes from a voting-rights membership network, a digital-privacy research center and a Latino civil-rights federation. They want judges to freeze
Trump Faults Kyiv Over Fresh Hits on Russian Fuel Plants
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump blasted Kyiv for restarting attacks on Russian oil and diesel plants, saying the raids lift world fuel prices after an energy pause he floated last weekend fell apart. Speaking in a Thursday television interview from the White House, Trump said Ukrainian forces have plenty of other military targets and that
Alaska Senate Rivals Trade Personal Blows in Final Debate
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola spent Thursday night hammering each other on character and policy in the closing Debate for the State of a U.S. Senate contest that national scorekeepers call a toss-up race. They argued over household energy bills, the Iran conflict, retirement benefits, medical coverage
Press Secretary Zacharia Says She Did Not Pass California
WASHINGTON — A senior administration official said Katie Zacharia, now the White House briefing-room lead, sat for California bar testing after Pepperdine Law and did not pass, intensifying scrutiny of how she has billed her credentials. President Donald Trump introduced her as an attorney. Zacharia has long used the word lawyer on television. Several practitioners
Democratic Senate Candidates Post Huge Third-Quarter Hauls
WASHINGTON — Fresh midterm finance filings show Democratic Senate hopefuls flooding accounts in the July-September window, with Texas Democrat James Talarico reporting a $64 million quarter. His team called that haul the biggest Senate total ever logged for those three months, beating Jaime Harrison $57 million South Carolina mark from 2020, and said cycle receipts
Trump Says Massive Oil and Mineral Push Ready in Greenland
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that large-scale oil, gas and mineral exploration is about to start in Greenland, linking the Arctic island to U.S. energy and security interests. On Truth Social he wrote that exploration was nearly underway and that experts say readily available oil there outstrips almost any other land. He also […]