Members of the U.S. House voted to pass a bill Friday that would appropriate $52 billion for domestic semiconductor chip manufacturing, teeing up debate with the Senate before the policy can become law. The provision is part of more expansive legislati…
Most Great Lakes won’t approach record highs in next six months, report finds
Most of the Great Lakes will remain above their long-term average water levels in the coming months but won’t reach the record highs of recent years, Army Corps of Engineers hydrologists said in their latest forecast. “We’re well below the record high …
‘Who We Are’ review: An important, if stiff, look at race in America
Jeffery Robinson connects the dots between America’s racist past and its present in “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” a thorough examination of our country’s history and its reverberations today. Early on Robinson, the deputy legal direct…
In new North American trade deal, autos create biggest flashpoints
A year and a half since the United States’ revamped trade agreement with Canada and Mexico went into effect, changes in the North American auto industry have created some of the greatest tests of the new deal. That was on display this week as thousands…
Auto review: 2022 Nissan Pathfinder hauls a tall family with ease
SEATTLE — The holiday season is behind us, and it’s a great opportunity to assess the family SUV. The holidays demand utility to take on relatives, grocery runs and foul weather. I scored a 2022 Nissan Pathfinder for a Payne family get-together in Amer…
Hybrid or EV? Pickups show how Toyota, Detroit Three differ on electrification
CARMEL VALLEY, California — Toyota is from Mars, Detroit automakers are from Venus. Toyota, America’s best-selling brand in 2021, makes rugged trucks in Texas for American buyers. But it has always pursued a more retail-focused strategy than Motor City…
Michigan Supreme Court dismisses Voting Rights Act challenge of redistricting maps
The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request by the Detroit legislative caucus to redraw Michigan’s new voting maps, finding the caucus didn’t prove the decrease in majority-minority districts violated federal protections for minority voters…
Lawyers for Oxford couple ask for delay in preliminary exam
DETROIT — A preliminary exam for the parents of a teenager charged in the Nov. 30 Oxford High School shooting could be delayed next week due to legal issues being raised by attorneys over evidence, witnesses and “love you” objections. Ethan Crumbley, 1…
Bob Wojnowski: Harbaugh is back at UM, and it makes sense for all parties
DETROIT — Jim Harbaugh took a look, as he said he would, and the Vikings looked too. Whatever they saw in each other wasn’t enough to make a fit, and the conclusion may have stunned some. It probably shouldn’t. Harbaugh will be back at Michigan, and th…
‘Moonfall’ review: A movie so bad it ruins the moon
There are no signs of intelligent life in “Moonfall,” a preposterous disaster movie that casts the moon — as in the actual moon in the sky, the one man landed on in 1969 — in the role of the villain. “Oh (expletive), the moon is rising!” That tasty nug…