The Detroit News

DETROIT — A Michigan man bragged about breaking into the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack and used a bullhorn to tell rioters he was sexually aroused by the siege, according to a criminal case unsealed Friday. Federal agents arrested Barry Allen Toth, 35, of Standish, on felony and misdemeanor charges related to the capitol breach, making him at least the 28th person from Michigan — and among more than 1,300 nationwide — charged with Jan. 6 crimes. That group includes former Michigan Republican gubernatorial candidate Ryan Kelley and an amateur porn "personality" from Macomb County......

WASHINGTON — A lobbying group for the oil and gas industry has launched a new television advertising campaign targeting the Biden administration’s promotion of electric vehicles in several battleground states. One ad from American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers accuses Democratic President Joe Biden of “rushing to ban new gas-powered cars, no matter where you live or what you need.” “They want to force you into an electric vehicle,” the ad continues. Since he took office in 2021, Biden has been ambitious in setting targets for reducing emissions from vehicles with internal combustion eng......

Former President Donald Trump will make his first Michigan campaign stop of the 2024 election year in Oakland County on Saturday. Trump's campaign announced the visit Monday. The Republican candidate will hold a "get out the vote" rally at 7 p.m. at a venue at the Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township, according to a press release. The event will take place 10 days ahead of Michigan's Feb. 27 presidential primary election, in which Trump is competing for GOP votes with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served as his ambassador to the United Nations. The primary e......

EAST LANSING, Mich. — One year after a gunman rampaged through Michigan State University's campus, altering thousands of lives and shattering a sense of security, those in the MSU community and beyond East Lansing will mark the anniversary with reflection, remembrances and activities. Luminaries will light up windows across East Lansing and elsewhere on Tuesday. The battery-operated candles are one way to acknowledge the mass shooting that left three dead and five others critically injured, organizers said. They said it was important to offer a variety of activities for students and staff beca......

DETROIT — Families affected by the Oxford High School shooting greeted Tuesday's guilty verdict for the mother of the Oxford killer on involuntary manslaughter charges with responses ranging from pleased to surprised to relieved. Buck Myre, whose son, 16-year-old Tate, was gunned down in the November 2021 attack on the northern Oakland County high school, said he was surprised by the jury's decision to find Jennifer Crumbley guilty on all four counts of involuntary manslaughter connected to the deaths of four students. Seven others were wounded in the attack carried out by Crumbley's then-15-y......