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'Heartbroken' family of slain 2-year-old plans vigil

DETROIT — Wynter Cole Smith's "heartbroken" relatives said they're planning a vigil for the 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a field on the city's east side Wednesday following a statewide search by police and volunteers after she'd reportedly been kidnapped from her Lansing apartment.

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Missing two-year-old’s grandmother shares ‘mental torture’ after alleged kidnapper arrested

‘We can’t move on like this for much longer. We need to bring this child home,’ Wynter Smith’s grandmother Willeen Cannon told Fox

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Search continues for missing 2-year-old girl as alleged kidnapper recovers from injuries

As dozens of police officers searched Lansing-area freeways Wednesday for clues to the whereabouts of 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith, her alleged kidnapper was recovering from multiple injuries in a Macomb County hospital while law enforcement officials said they expect him to face criminal charges in two counties.

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Dozens of people injured in shootings across US as 4th of July celebrations end in gun violence

Lansing Police responded to reports of a shooting on Wednesday morning in Washington Square just shortly at 1.30am after four victims suffered gunshot wounds

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FBI announces $25K reward for tips leading to missing girl

The FBI on Tuesday announced a $25,000 reward for tips to find a 2-year-old girl authorities said was kidnapped two days earlier by a man accused of stabbing her mother.

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Missing two-year-old vanished after mother was stabbed by ex-partner at Michigan home

FBI and family join massive search for missing toddler as police dispel rumours she has been found safe

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Girl, 2, missing; kidnapping suspect, 26, arrested in Michigan

A 2-year-old girl Lansing police said was kidnapped by a 26-year-old man is still missing, but the suspect is in custody.

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Amber Alert issued for missing two-year-old Wynter Smith as suspect arrested

Rashad Maleek Trice has been arrested on suspicion of kidnapping the missing toddler

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Amber alert suspect arrested, two-year-old girl still missing in Michigan

Police arrested the suspect in an Amber Alert case, but the two-year-old girl from Lansing, Michigan, is still missing, with authorities asking the public for help in finding her

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Michigan House OKs new hate crime, institutional desecration penalties

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House on Tuesday passed a package of bills to reclassify certain offenses as hate crimes and designate the defacement of synagogues, churches or cemeteries as a crime separate from ordinary destruction of property.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer: 'Confident' Michigan's presidential primary will be Feb. 27

LANSING, Mich. — Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that Michigan's presidential primary will take place on Feb. 27, as currently scheduled, despite a push from Republicans to shift the date into early March.

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'Generational change in voting' passes the Michigan Senate

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a wide-ranging overhaul of the ways ballots are cast in Michigan, carrying out a constitutional amendment that voters put in place in November.

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Michigan Senate approves alcohol sales at university stadiums

Jun. 14—Lansing — The Michigan Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow university athletic stadiums to sell alcohol, a change that would put the state's two largest schools on par with the majority of their counterparts in the Big Ten conference.

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Is Michigan panel too tough on Black judges? Auditor to take a look

LANSING — An independent auditor will examine public and private disciplinary actions taken against Michigan judges to determine whether those actions disproportionately targeted Black judges.

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Haley Stevens endorses Elissa Slotkin for US Senate

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham endorsed fellow Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Lansing for the U.S. Senate Wednesday, becoming the first member of the Michigan congressional delegation to formally endorse in the race to succeed retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow.

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Michigan commission asks attorney general if book bans violate civil rights law

LANSING, Michigan — The Michigan Civil Rights Commission has asked Attorney General Dana Nessel's office for a formal opinion on whether the banning of books and LGBTQ pride flags within schools violates a state law against discrimination.

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Book Review: Reality stranger than fiction as 'Girls and Their Monsters' probes mental health in US

Quadruplets born in 1930 in Lansing, Michigan, made the papers

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Students beat up MSU shooter before rampage, tipster told cops

A few weeks before Michigan State University's mass shooting, the accused gunman said he was beaten up by a group of students in downtown East Lansing, a tipster told university police a day after the campus tragedy.

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Michigan Senate votes to ban racial discrimination focused on hairstyles

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate voted Tuesday to ban discrimination against race-based hairstyles, moving one step closer to joining 20 other states that have already enacted policies known as the CROWN Act.

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Slotkin's Senate run may complicate Dems bid to retake House

In campaign 2024, Democrats are looking to find a successor for one of their top House candidates as they try to retake the majority in the House

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MSU trustees deny Michigan AG's latest request for 6,000 unredacted Nassar documents

EAST LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan State University Board of Trustees will not waive attorney client privilege on roughly 6,000 documents that have been withheld from an investigation into the university's handling of complaints regarding serial sexual molester Larry Nassar.

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Michigan senators spar over unenforced penalty for unmarried couples living together

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate on Wednesday approved a bill with nine Republicans in opposition that would remove from Michigan law an unenforced provision that makes it a misdemeanor for an unmarried man and woman to live together.

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Michigan Senate passes 'red flag' legislation allowing for gun seizures from at-risk owners

LANSING, Mich. — A bill that would allow Michigan police agencies to seize guns owned by those deemed a threat to themselves or others passed the state Senate Wednesday and is headed to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk for final approval.

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Michigan House OKs red flag laws allowing confiscation of guns from individuals believed to be risk

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan House voted 56-51 along party lines Thursday to approve a package of bills that would allow individuals to ask a judge to confiscate firearms from a person believed to be a risk to themselves or others.

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Michigan State University students stage walkout to remember victims of gun violence

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A group of Michigan State University students on Wednesday staged a mid-day walkout in an effort not to let the victims of gun violence, both close and far from their homes, be forgotten.

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