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WARREN, Mich. — President Joe Biden made his first campaign stop in Michigan of 2024 on Thursday with a swing through Metro Detroit as criticisms of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war loom over his reelection bid in the battleground state. Biden, a Democrat who is seeking a second term in the White House, arrived in Warren just before 4 p.m. for a political event at the UAW Region 1 union hall, where union members will be volunteering at a phone bank ahead of the Feb. 27 primary election, his campaign said. On one wall, yard signs were organized to say “UAW 4 Joe.” Earlier Thursday, Gov. Gre......

At a small round table adorned with autumn decor, the cantor at Temple Beth Am discussed the topic of forgiveness with the former senior pastor of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church, a prominent Black church in Cutler Bay. Cantor Rachelle Nelson shared a little about herself — she was the first female Reform cantor to lead a South Florida congregation — then discussed Teshuvah, or repentance in Judaism. She became emotional as she admitted she’s been struggling with forgiveness after witnessing the attacks on Israel by Hamas. “I want to be able to forgive what just happened with 1,400 Jews b......

Dozens of advocacy groups have joined in a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochuldemanding the state force towns to accept migrants from New York City, pressuring the governor to take a more aggressive approach to the city’s deepening asylum seeker crisis. Hochul should take executive action overruling county-level orders meant to block the movement of migrants, according to the Monday letter, which was led by the Coalition for the Homeless and the Legal Aid Society. The groups said in the letter that Hochul should deploy executive powers to “invalidate executive orders in counties that have refused to a......

A group of drag artists, management companies and LGBTQ nonprofits in Texas are seeking to block a controversial new law that could be used to censor a large number of constitutionally protected performances — including drag shows, theater, ballet and even karaoke nights. On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas sued the state’s attorney general and other officials to prevent Senate Bill 12 from taking effect on Sep. 1. The bill — one of several anti-LGBTQ measures approved by the state’s GOP-controlled legislature earlier this year — was signed into law by Republican Gov. Gre......

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge sentenced one of the dealers charged in Michael K. Williams’ overdose death to a 2 1/2 year prison term Tuesday after hearing from the beloved actor’s nephew, who asked both for justice for his uncle and leniency for the man accused of selling the drugs that claimed the star’s life. Dominic Dupont became overwhelmed as he spoke about calling Williams’ mother after finding him dead in his penthouse apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on Sept. 6, 2021. The city medical examiner later determined Williams died of an overdose of fentanyl, heroin and cocaine. Dupont sai......

ORLANDO, Fla. — Growing up, Joaquin “Guac” Oliver was “always worried about community issues,” recalled his mother, Patricia Oliver. “(He worried) about his friends, about immigration, about social issues,” she said. “... When Joaquin was 12 years old, he was able to write a project about (firearm purchase) background checks, when he just was 12 years old. He was posting on Twitter, he was tweeting about all that happened in Sandy Hook.” In February 2018, Joaquin was one of the 17 people killed in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland. His parents, Patricia and her husb......