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Oakland County Sheriff Evidence Technicians document the scene where a shooting took place at Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad

Suspect dead, nine wounded in US water park shooting

An armed man shot and injured nine people, including two children, at a water-park near Detroit yesterday evening before shooting himself after being cornered by police, authorities have said.

US • 16 Jun 24

Four students aged between 14 and 17 were killed in the shooting

Michigan teen pleads guilty over mass school shooting

A Michigan teenager has pleaded guilty to murder and terrorism charges in a mass shooting last November that killed four of his classmates and wounded several other people at a secondary school outside Detroit.

US • 24 Oct 22

Law enforcement surround the building where James and Jennifer Crumbley were arrested

Bail set for parents charged in Michigan shooting

Police in Detroit said they have taken into custody the parents of a Michigan teenager accused of killing four students at his high school.

US • 04 Dec 21

Build the wall ... a 'blue wall'

For years we have heard Donald Trump and his supporters chant "build the wall" in reference to his pledge to strengthen security along the border with Mexico. Last night, there were signs of another wall being rebuilt, the 'blue wall'.

US Election 2020 • 05 Nov 20

Gretchen Whitmer thanked police for thwarting the kidnap plot

13 charged in plot to kidnap Michigan Governor

Thirteen men, including members of two right-wing armed groups, have been arrested for plotting to kidnap the Democratic governor of the US state of Michigan and "instigate a civil war", officials said.

World • 09 Oct 20

Flooding from Pine River in Arenac County (Pic:Facebook/Arenac County Sheriff's Department)

Michigan declares emergency after dams collapse

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared an emergency for Midland county after two dams breached and on expectations of extreme flooding.

US • 20 May 20

Wind chill could bring temperatures as low as -50F around Chicago this evening

US midwest set for record low temperatures of -60F

Two-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box today as the so-called polar vortex of frigid arctic air spins across the US midwest, clips the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley and pushes on into New England.

World • 29 Jan 19