The United Auto Workers said it’s moving forward with attempts to unionize a joint-venture battery cell plant after pushback from Ultium Cells LLC, a company General Motors Co. and partner LG Energy Solution own. UAW-GM leadership attempted to establis…
Tigers cash in on Twins’ mistake en route to victory in series opener
DETROIT — The Tigers kept finding ways to push runs across the plate Monday. There’s a sentence you haven’t read much this season, but they rallied out of an early hole, took advantage of a fatal defensive miscue and beat the Central Division-leading M…
Clemens time: Robbie Grossman’s injury forces Tigers to make hasty call for top prospect
DETROIT — This would have made for a good scene in the movie “Bull Durham.” The Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens were caravanning from Toledo on Monday morning, some driving their cars, some on the team bus, to Columbus for a Memorial Day game. Back in Detroit…
Ray Liotta’s essential roles: ‘Goodfellas,’ 10 more key performances
He played psychopaths, gangsters, corrupt cops and guys you don’t want to mess with. A lot of times in those roles, he was so convincing that you thought in real life, Ray Liotta must actually be crazy. But that wasn’t all he played. Liotta also played…
Oxford High student walkout honors victims in Texas shooting
OXFORD, Mich. — Several hundred Oxford High School students walked out of class Thursday, gathering on the school’s football field after leaving the building to honor students and teachers killed in Texas on Tuesday. Footage posted on social media from…
Board of canvassers deadlocks, blocking 5 candidates for governor from ballot
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 Thursday, keeping, for now, five GOP candidates for governor who were entangled in an alleged wave of petition forgeries off the August primary ballot. The elections board’s votes mea…
Lawmakers OK $37.3 million spending plan to increase safety at Oxford, other schools
LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Legislature on Thursday pushed through a roughly $37.3 million supplemental budget bill to benefit Oxford Community Schools and to set up statewide school safety grants days after a shooting in Texas took the lives of 19 e…
Students at Michigan school where deadly shooting happened stage walkout
OXFORD, Mich. — A group of Oxford High School students walked out of class Thursday, gathering on the football field after leaving the building. Footage posted on social media from other outlets shows the students standing in a “U” shape after filing f…
Eminem releases expanded ‘Eminem Show’ for 20th anniversary
Eminem is celebrating the 20th anniversary of “The Eminem Show” with an expanded edition of the album, which features previously unreleased tracks, live recordings and instrumental tracks from the smash 2002 set. The collection’s 18 bonus tracks includ…
Michigan Senate Republicans block votes on gun storage bills after Texas school shooting
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt Wednesday to bring a set of bills to impose new storage standards for firearms up for votes in the state Senate, a day after a gunman killed 21 people at a Texas elementary school. Demo…