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AP-US-TEXAS-SCHOOL-SHOOTING-SCHOOL-JITTERS

After Texas shooting, schools around US boost security

U.S. schools have bolstered security in the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. Some of the changes include making visitors ring a bell and temporarily banning large backpacks. At least one district is ending the school year early. Administrators are especially jittery as more details about the shooting on Tuesday come out. Authorities say it took officers more than 45 minutes to confront the 18-year-old gunman who killed 21 at Robb Elementary School. The larger police presence at schools and a rash of copycat threats have only added to anxiety levels for students and educators.

FOUR KILLED-MICHIGAN

Sheriff: Husband suspected in killings of woman, 3 kids

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A central Michigan sheriff says a mother and her three young children were shot to death in their home and the suspected gunman has been hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the head. Mecosta County Sheriff Brian Miller said Saturday that the man suspected in the shooting Friday near Big Rapids is the woman’s husband. The suspect is being treated at a hospital in Ann Arbor. Miller says the children were all under 10. Big Rapids in Austin Township is about 180 miles northwest of Detroit.

ELECTION 2022-MICHIGAN GOVERNOR

Republicans kept off Michigan ballot turn to the courts

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan business owner has filed a lawsuit to try to get on Michigan’s August primary ballot. It’s the first of many likely legal challenges after five Republican candidates for governor were barred because of a lack of valid petition signatures. Perry Johnson is asking the state appeals court to order the Board of State Canvassers to put him on the ballot. Former Detroit police Chief James Craig also plans to turn to court. The state elections bureau said their petitions were rife with fraudulent names and signatures created by paid circulators, bringing Johnson and Craig below the 15,000-signature threshold needed to run in the primary. Johnson says the elections did not examine every line of the petitions. The appeals court is expected to make a decision next week.

SHOTS FIRED-DETROIT POLICE

Man accused of shooting at Detroit police officers arraigned

DETROIT (AP) — An 18-year-old man has been charged with assault with intent to murder after shots were fired at two Detroit police officers who were attempting to stop the vehicle he allegedly was riding in. The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says Deontay Hestle Jr. also faces weapons and fleeing and eluding charges. The prosecutor’s office said police tried to make a traffic stop about 4 a.m. Saturday on the city’s westside after officers saw a man sitting on the door sill as the vehicle passed them. Shots were fired by the man as the vehicle sped away. Hestle and the accused driver were arrested Tuesday and arraigned Friday.

GYM-DOCTOR-SEXUAL ABUSE-FBI

No charges for agents in botched Larry Nassar probe

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department says it won’t pursue criminal charges against former FBI agents who failed to quickly open an investigation of sports doctor Larry Nassar. Agents knew in 2015 that Nassar was accused of sexually assaulting female gymnasts. Nassar wasn’t arrested until 2016. The Office of Inspector General found that two former agents likely provided “inaccurate or incomplete information” when investigators subsequently tried to understand what happened. But the Justice Department says more would be needed to file charges. Nassar was a Michigan State University sports doctor as well as a doctor at USA Gymnastics. He is serving decades in prison for assaulting female athletes and possessing child pornography.

MICHIGAN MAN SLAIN-MUTILATED

Fall trial set for Michigan man in 2019 killing, mutilation

CORUNNA, Mich. (AP) — A judge has set an October trial date for a Michigan man charged in the 2019 killing of a man whose mutilated body was found hanging from the ceiling of a home. The Flint Journal reports that a Shiawassee County judge scheduled Mark Latunski’s jury trial to begin Oct. 18 on charges of open murder and mutilation of a body. Latunski allegedly killed 25-year-old Kevin Bacon in December 2019 and mutilated his body, which was found hanging from the ceiling of Latunski’s home in Bennington Township, 90 miles northwest of Detroit. If convicted, he could face life in prison.

BC-HKN-RED-WINGS-KONSTANTINOV’S-CARE

New law puts NHL great Konstantinov’s 24/7 care in jeopardy

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Red Wings star Vladimir Konstantinov is in danger of losing the round-the-clock medical care he has had since he nearly died in a 1997 limousine crash while celebrating the team’s championship. The disabled former defenseman is the public face of a predicament facing roughly 18,000 Michigan residents who suffered serious traffic injuries. Because of a bipartisan law that took effect last summer, they have lost their state-funded, unlimited lifetime medical care that every Michigan driver used to have to pay into by law. Although the change to the law helped lower Michigan car insurance rates, which had been the nation’s highest, it has left Konstantinov and others who relied on it with worse options.

MIDTOWN DETROIT FIRE

Blaze destroys landmark restaurant in Detroit’s Midtown

DETROIT (AP) — Fire has destroyed a landmark restaurant and brewpub in Midtown Detroit, but spared the neighboring Third Man Records store owned by musician Jack White as well as Shinola’s flagship watch store. Fire officials say no one was inside Traffic Jam & Snug at the time of the early Friday blaze and the restaurant was believed to be a total loss. No injuries were reported and the cause wasn’t immediately known. White, who was born in Detroit and founded The White Stripes, wrote on Instagram that “his heart and support goes out to them and their workers for this loss.” The blaze did not spread to the record store, the Shinola store or other nearby businesses.

MCDONALD’S SHOOTING-KALAMAZOO

1 person shot, 1 in custody in Kalamazoo McDonald’s shooting

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Police say one person has been shot and one person is in custody following a shooting at a McDonald’s in Kalamazoo. Lt. Lakisha McMillan of the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety confirms one person was shot and one person was in custody Thursday night, but could not immediately provide any details of the shooting or the two persons who were involved. She says the department planned to issue a news release on the incident later Thursday. She says initial reports of an active shooter were incorrect.

ELECTION 2022-MICHIGAN-GOVERNOR

Michigan GOP governor hopefuls off ballot, court fight next

Two of the leading candidates for the GOP nomination for Michigan governor will ask the courts to intervene after they were found ineligible for the August primary. Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who has led in primary polling, and businessman Perry Johnson, along with three other lesser-known candidates, did not qualify for the ballot. Craig called Thursday’s party-line decision by the bipartisan Board of State Canvassers a “travesty” and said he will file an immediate appeal in court. The state elections bureau said Monday it found thousands of forged or fraudulent signatures on petitions the candidates submitted. The board’s vote Thursday reshapes the race to take on Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the battleground state this fall.