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Deportations can resume WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will let President Donald Trump's administration resume deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. The high court said Tuesday it will hear arguments in the case. The order lifts for now an appeals court decision that found migrants must have a chance to object. Federal attorneys said the lower court's decision forced the cancellation of a deportation flight carrying about 70 people. Under a series of often-secret agreements, Trump's Republican ...

AI companies will 'self-police,' Trump says

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews during a meeting at the White House aimed at addressing Americans' fears about ...

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Absentee ballots go out in Michigan: What to know

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan’s Nov. 3 general election is more than a month away, but absentee ballots are now available, as required by state law. That means ...

Two injured in Mackinac County when pickup truck collides with a train

HUDSON TOWNSHIP — Two people were injured Saturday morning when a pickup truck collided with a train at a railroad crossing in Mackinac County, according to the Michigan State Police. Troopers from the MSP post in St. Ignace were called about 9:35 a.m. Saturday to the crash site on Borgstrom Road near Black River Road in Hudson Township, Lt. Ben Eckola, Eighth District public information officer stated in a news release. The preliminary state police investigation determined the pickup truck disregarded the traffic control device at the railroad crossing and failed to yield to the ...

Sagola Township preparing to debut new sledding hill

CHANNING — A trip to the sewer lagoons late last year led to creation of Sagola Township’s newest outdoor recreation site: a sledding hill. Township Supervisor Ryan Mulder said he and maintenance worker Vincent Fellers were checking in December if timber near the ponds might be ready to ...