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Ant Group founder Jack Ma to give up control in key restructuring
FILE PHOTO: Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma attends the Ant Financial event in Hong Kong, China November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
world
Key architect of Michigan governor kidnapping plot sentenced to over 19 years in prison
FILE - This photo combo of images provided by the Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice, respectively, shows Adam Dean Fox, left, and Barry Croft Jr. on April 8, 2022. The men who are accused of crafting a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 and ignite a national rebellion are facing a second trial with jury selection starting Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, months after a jury couldn't reach a verdict on the pair while acquitting two others in the case. (Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice via AP, File)
hockey
Canada looking for a ‘reset’ after humbling loss at world juniors
Canada's Dylan Guenther and Slovakia's Peter Repcik battle for position during first period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-tournament hockey action in Moncton, N.B., on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward
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Three men sentenced to prison for aiding plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
FILE PHOTO: A militia group with no political affiliation from Michigan, including Joseph Morrison (3rd R), Paul Bellar (2nd R) and Pete Musico (R) who were charged for their involvement in a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, attack the state capitol building and incite violence, stand in front of the governor's office after protesters occupied the state capitol building during a vote to approve the extension of Whitmer's emergency declaration/stay-at-home order due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. April 30, 2020. REUTERS/Seth Herald/File Photo
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Alleged leader of plot to kidnap Michigan governor should not get life sentence, U.S. attorney argues
FILE - This image provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Adam Fox. The attorney for Fox, the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says his client should not be sentenced to life in prison because prosecutors overstated his role in the plot and have created a “false narrative of a terrifying para-military leader." Attorney Christopher Gibbons said Friday, Dec. 9, 2022 in Fox's sentencing memorandum that the government had employed “histrionic descriptions” of Fox to overstate “his actual intentions or his actual capabilities.” (Kent County Jail via AP, File)
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Prosecutors in Whitmer kidnap plot say life sentence fits
FILE - In this courtroom drawing, from left, Brandon Caserta with his attorney Michael Darragh Hills, defendants Adam Fox, center, and Ty Garbin appear during a hearing in federal court in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Oct. 16, 2020. Federal prosecutors told a judge Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, that a life prison sentence would be justified for Fox, the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, saying his goal to turn the country upside down in 2020 was a forerunner of rampant anti-government extremism. (Jerry Lemenu via AP, File)
on the scene
The art of music and storytelling shine in Toronto
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football
Ohio State is No. 5 in second-to-last CFP rankings behind USC
COLUMBUS, OHIO - NOVEMBER 26: Kris Jenkins #94 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrates a 45-23 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium on November 26, 2022 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Ben Jackson/Getty Images)
football
LSU, USC move up behind UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU in CFP
LSU defensive end Ali Gaye (11) celebrates a sack of UAB quarterback Dylan Hopkins with safety Greg Brooks Jr. (3) during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
review
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra celebrates 100 years with moving, emphatically upbeat concert
Celebrate 100; A gala celebration with Yo-Yo Ma . Photo by Jag Gundu/ The Toronto Symphony Orchestra
football
Holding steady: UGA, Ohio St, Michigan, TCU remain CFP top 4
Georgia tight end Darnell Washington (0) catches a short pass against Mississippi State during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Starkville, Miss., Saturday, Nov. 12 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
u.s. politics
Abortion access proved to be a powerful force in 2022 U.S. midterm elections
Supporters react as preliminary results come in for Michigan Proposal 3 on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Detroit, Mich. Abortion rights supporters won in the four states where access was on the ballot Tuesday, as voters enshrined it into the state constitution in battleground Michigan as well as blue California and Vermont and dealt a defeat to an anti-abortion measure in deep-red Kentucky. (Ryan Sun/Ann Arbor News via AP)
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Gretchen Whitmer, Democrats get sweeping wins in divided Michigan
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, with Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, left, delivers her victory speech the day after Election Day at the MotorCity Casino in Detroit, Nov. 9, 2022. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)
football
CFP’s first top 4: Tennessee, Ohio State, Georgia, Clemson
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - OCTOBER 29: Tayven Jackson #3 of the Tennessee Volunteers reacts against the Kentucky Wildcats in the fourth quarter at Neyland Stadium on October 29, 2022 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images)
world
Three men convicted of supporting plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Joseph Morrison appears before Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wilson on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022 for trial in Jackson, Mich. Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico are charged in connection with a 2020 anti-government plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (J. Scott Park/Jackson Citizen Patriot via AP, Pool)
u.s. politics
Trump supporters in Michigan are mobilizing to give themselves authority over election results
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 03, 2020 a resident casts his vote at Berston Fieldhouse in Flint, Michigan. - A Republican victory in midterm elections would signal a grueling next two years for President Joe Biden's foreign policy team as lawmakers make full use of their power for oversight, but it looks unlikely to trigger any sharp shift in support for Ukraine (Photo by Seth Herald / AFP) (Photo by SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Michigan teen pleads guilty to charges in deadly 2021 school shooting
FILE PHOTO: Ethan Crumbley, 15, who is charged with the fatal shooting of four fellow students and the wounding of seven others, including a teacher at Oxford high school on November 30, 2021, is led away from the courtroom after a placement hearing at Oakland County circuit court in Pontiac, U.S. February 22, 2022. Picture taken February 22, 2022. David Guralnick/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
u.s. politics
In Michigan, Democrats campaign on abortion while Republicans downplay it
Demonstrators hold signs "Bans Off Our Bodies" as they protest during a rally for reproductive freedom and voting rights on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan on October 3, 2022. - More than 730,000 residents in Michigan signed a petition to get an amendment on November's ballot to enshrine reproductive rights into the Michigan's State Constitution. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Second man convicted in Whitmer plot gets four years in prison
FILE - This booking photo provided by the Kent County, Mich., Sheriff shows Kaleb Franks. Franks, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor in 2020, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Kent County Sheriff via AP, File)
u.s. politics
Trump eyeing midterm elections to boost support for election-denier candidates
Tudor Dixon (R), Republican candidate for Michigan Governor, speaks alongside former US President Donald Trump during a Save America rally at Macomb County Community College Sports and Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, on October 1, 2022. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Former Michigan State coach’s Larry Nassar-related conviction will not be reinstated
Kathie Klages looks at her attorney, Mary Chartier in the court of Judge Louise Alderson during the pretrial exam of Klages, former MSU women's gymnastics coach, in Lansing, Mich., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Klages is facing two counts of lying to a peace officer during the investigation of Larry Nassar's sexual crimes against female athletes. (Dale G.Young/Detroit News via AP)
world
Special prosecutor to investigate Michigan GOP candidate
FILE - Matt DePerno, Republican candidate for Michigan Attorney General, speaks outside before a rally at the Michigan Stars Sports Center in Washington Township, Mich., on April 2, 2022. A special prosecutor in Michigan has been appointed to investigate whether DePerno and others should be criminally charged for their attempts to gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election. (Junfu Han/Detroit Free Press via AP, File)
international business
Michigan signals intent to appeal decision keeping Line 5 pipeline dispute in federal court
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is shown in this file photo on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Nessel wants to appeal a judge's decision to keep the dispute over the cross-border Line 5 pipeline in federal court. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Paul Sancya
world
Storms blamed in deaths of three in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas
Looking more like a boat ramp, the receding Pearl River flood waters hide the parking lot of the athletic fields on Westbrook Road in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Jury weighs case against two accused of plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox. Jury selection started Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in the second trial of the two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors are putting Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on trial again after a jury in April couldn't reach a verdict. Two co-defendants were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty earlier. (Kent County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Prosecutors rest their case against two men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor
This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox. Jury selection started Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in the second trial of the two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors are putting Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on trial again after a jury in April couldn't reach a verdict. Two co-defendants were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty earlier. (Kent County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Michigan company cited for releasing industrial chemicals into Huron River system
This Wednesday, June 6, 2018 photo show one of the three waste stabilization lagoons in Three Oaks, Mich. Journeyman Distillery, a Michigan distillery may move if the village where it is located orders the company to stop releasing byproduct containing chemicals into the sewage system. (Michael Caterina/South Bend Tribune via AP)
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Two suspects sought to spark ‘second American revolution’ by kidnapping Michigan governor: prosecutor
This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox. Jury selection started Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in the second trial of the two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors are putting Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on trial again after a jury in April couldn't reach a verdict. Two co-defendants were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty earlier. (Kent County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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Jury picked for second trial in alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer
This combo of images provided by the Kent County, Mich., Jail. shows Barry Croft Jr., left, and Adam Fox. Jury selection started Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in the second trial of the two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 over their disgust with restrictions early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Prosecutors are putting Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on trial again after a jury in April couldn't reach a verdict. Two co-defendants were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty earlier. (Kent County Sheriff's Office via AP)
world
Two men face new trial over scheme to kidnap Michigan governor
FILE - This photo combo of images provided by the Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice, respectively, shows Adam Dean Fox, left, and Barry Croft Jr. on April 8, 2022. The men who are accused of crafting a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 and ignite a national rebellion are facing a second trial with jury selection starting Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, months after a jury couldn't reach a verdict on the pair while acquitting two others in the case. (Kent County Sheriff and Delaware Department of Justice via AP, File)
u.s. politics
Trump-backed Michigan attorney-general candidate involved in voting-system breach, documents show
Republican candidate for Attorney General of Michigan Matthew DePerno reacts as he is recognized by former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, U.S., August 6, 2022. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
international business
Billionaire Jack Ma reportedly plans to cede control of China’s Ant Group
FILE PHOTO: Jack Ma, billionaire founder of Alibaba Group, arrives at the "Tech for Good" Summit in Paris, France May 15, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
canada
UBC vice-chancellor Santa Ono named as president at University of Michigan
University of British Columbia president and vice-chancellor Santa Ono pauses while speaking during a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony between the Tsilhqot'in National Government and UBC, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.Ono is leaving his post, and Canada, to become president of the University of Michigan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Michigan panel wants details on Great Lakes oil tunnel plan
FILE - In this June 8, 2017, file photo, fresh nuts, bolts and fittings are ready to be added to the east leg of the pipeline near St. Ignace, Mich., as Enbridge Inc., prepares to test the east and west sides of the Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac in Mackinaw City, Mich. A Michigan regulatory panel said Thursday, July 7, 2022, that it needs more information about safety risks before it can rule on Enbridge's plan to extend an oil pipeline through a tunnel beneath a waterway linking two of the Great Lakes. (Dale G Young/Detroit News via AP, File)