Congress has approved a measure requiring the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to quicken development of a strategy for keeping the Great Lakes free of Asian carp.

A man accused of beating a 4-year-old Michigan boy before the child disappeared has appeared in court on assault charges.

Authorities say a man who set a Detroit house on fire committed suicide after learning that the arson killed an 80-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease.

A new art competition is open to those who live, work, or go to school in the Economic Growth Alliance region of Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Genesee, Lapeer and St. Clair counties.

The family of a 2010 Flint serial stabbing victim has a mixed opinion about the possibility that the murder case won't go to trial.

A family spokesman says the body of a 4-year-old boy missing in mid-Michigan has been found, a week after his disappearance.

Health authorities are investigating a suspected norovirus outbreak among girls attending a cheerleading camp at Davenport University in Grand Rapids.

ngress is on the verge of ordering federal engineers to speed up a study of how to keep Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes.

Hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents already have benefited from the law passed in 2010, according to the federal government. Some examples:

Authorities say a Flint man threatened the lives of three members of Congress during telephone calls to their offices.

The remains of a 23-year-old Marine who was killed in Afghanistan are scheduled to return to Michigan on Friday.

West Michigan authorities say a Ludington police officer who was shot in the upper torso while responding to a dispute between a husband and wife has left a hospital.

Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation making it a misdemeanor to disrupt a religious service in Michigan.

Fire has heavily damaged a pair of vacant houses that are part of Detroit's Imagination Station

The Michigan Court of Appeals says state officials can take away welfare benefits under a five-year federal limit even if recipients still qualify for cash assistance under state law.

A 20-year-old man has been charged in the shooting of two people during the 2011 Independence Day fireworks display in Grand Rapids.

Small Business Administration to issue a disaster declaration for Genesee County so residents and businesses can get help with repairs from early May flooding in the Flint area.

The public is getting a chance to comment on the state-managed Detroit Public Schools' proposed $784 million budget for 2012-13.

The state police will introduce public and law enforcement officials in Detroit and Wayne County to the agency's new forensic evidence academy.

Gov. Rick Snyder has approved loans to Michigan fruit farmers who sustained an estimated $210 million in losses following rough spring weather.

A federal judge has declared a mistrial in the bid-rigging trial of a Detroit contractor whose business flourished when Kwame Kilpatrick was mayor.

State police say a diver has died while exploring a shipwreck in Lake Superior off the Michigan coast.

Gov. Rick Snyder has signed bills banning so-called synthetic marijuana.

The $48 billion spending plan for the budget year that starts Oct. 1 is about to be signed into law.

Authorities conducting a drug raid in Michigan's Upper Peninsula found a 2-year-old girl at the site of a suspected marijuana growing operation.