Posted: 4:16 PM An intoxicated patient and an imaginary cigarette resulted in two people suffering burns and minor damage to a University of Michigan Hospital bed.

Posted: 11:00 AM The U.S. Justice Department has honored three federal prosecutors in Detroit for their work in the case of the underwear bomber.

Posted: 7:52 AM A man has been sentenced to life in prison in the murder, mutilation and burning of a 40-year-old man a year ago in Livingston County.

Updated: 10:05 PM Authorities are reporting a fifth Michigan death in a national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids.

Updated: 10:15 AM Two anonymous donors stepped forward to give back to their Michigan community.

Posted: 4:13 PM Authorities in western Michigan say a 48-year-old man deliberately started a fire that caused his house to explode, killing him.

Posted: 4:12 PM State regulators have created a new agency to focus on health care providers.

Posted: 7:08 AM Saginaw-born tennis star Serena Williams will be honored in absentia when she and seven others are inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

Posted: 9:57 PM The Michigan Senate has unanimously passed three Republican-introduced bills that supporters say would make it easier to prosecute people for child pornography.

Posted: 9:55 PM Saginaw-born tennis star Serena Williams will be honored in absentia when she and seven others are inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.

Posted: 9:52 PM Authorities are reporting 44 Michigan cases of fungal meningitis in the national outbreak, along with four non-meningitis infection cases related to the same contaminated steroids.

Posted: 4:07 PM Authorities say Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points in the latest month to 9.3 percent.

Posted: 12:03 PM Firefighters wearing biohazard suits have rescued a bed-ridden, roughly 500-pound woman from a filthy, bug-infested apartment in suburban Detroit.

Posted: 11:00 AM The Michigan Senate has honored a mid-Michigan girl named to her high school homecoming court as part of an apparent prank.

Posted: 10:18 AM Michigan is getting $3.5 million to support substance abuse prevention efforts for young people.

Posted: 7:25 AM A city clerk in Michigan says up to 650 people may have received absentee ballots without instructions.

Posted: 7:23 AM Law enforcement agencies across Michigan are conducting their ninth annual statewide sex offender sweep.

Posted: 10:10 PM A mid-Michigan woman faces seven criminal sexual conduct charges from her time as a house parent for a VFW National Home for Children.

Posted: 9:56 PM Gov. Rick Snyder has signed bills to create special courts to handle business disputes where more than $25,000 is at stake and cases involving veterans with mental health or substance abuse problems.

Posted: 9:54 PM The state Senate is poised to consider a proposed overhaul of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan after legislation was approved by a committee.

Updated: 6:16 PM The Michigan appeals court is hearing arguments in a case that could determine whether prisoners locked up for murder when they were teens will be given a shot at parole.

Updated: 5:02 PM The Michigan Legislature has been light on lawmaking during the past couple months but is gearing up for a heavy postelection session.

Posted: 7:23 AM Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation aimed at toughening the penalties for making false reports of crimes and other emergencies.

Posted: 10:31 PM Police in northern Michigan say several masked men brandishing handguns attacked and robbed operators of the Compassionate Caregivers medical marijuana dispensary.

Posted: 10:29 PM Police in suburban Detroit say a bar fight over a woman led to the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old Houston-area man and the wounding of two men from California in a parking lot.