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☆ Diary of Anne Frank: Demonstrators wave Nazi flags outside local theater performance in Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A group of people carrying Nazi flags demonstrated outside a community theater performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in Livingston County, Michigan, in a display of antisemitism. Several masked men showed up waving Nazi flags and reportedly shouted antisemitic and racist slurs outside the American Legion Post 141 in Howell on Saturday during the play, according to CNN affiliate WXYZ. “The Diary of Anne Frank” was published posthumously and has been translated into more than 70 languages in more than 60 nations, with several film and stage adaptations. Her diary is often a teen’s first introduction to the horrors of the Holocaust during World War II. In July, a statue of Anne in a local park was vandalized with the word “Gaza” scrawled in red paint.

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☆ How a one-time GOP critic found alliance with Trump in pivotal Michigan Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

For more on the US Senate race in Michigan, watch CNN’s “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” this Sunday at 8 a.m. The former Republican congressman blamed then-President Donald Trump’s “chaotic leadership style” for costing his party two critical Senate seats in Georgia. He said that “the spell” around Trump had been broken by the US Capitol attack, which, he said, Trump’s actions “clearly” provoked. “Well, you’re damn right you had responsibility for this,” Rogers said of Trump on January 12, 2021. A fraying Democratic coalitionAs both sides see the race as a deadheat, the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC linked to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, is dropping a staggering $27 million in the final six weeks of the campaign.

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Some attendees said they expected the evening to be like The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience, an event affiliated with Netflix and Shondaland that is held in various cities across North America. The Detroit Bridgerton Themed Ball is also not affiliated with the show. As far as how organizers can rectify the situation, many attendees said they want their money back. Screenshots shared by some attendees in a Facebook group for the event suggest the tickets ranged in price between $119 and $1,000. “I spent so much on a look for this event,” Whitfield said.

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☆ James and Jennifer Crumbley were both found guilty. But they took different paths to get there
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Eric Levenson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Now, James Crumbley is on trial 06:15 - Source: CNNThe major difference in the trials was Jennifer Crumbley’s decision to testify in her own defense, while James Crumbley did not. On the stand, Jennifer Crumbley pushed blame onto her son, her husband and the school, and she expressed no regret for her actions. James Crumbley, meanwhile, declined to testify. Smith released a statement Thursday saying she and Jennifer Crumbley will not be doing interviews at this time. On the stand, Jennifer Crumbley testified she believed these texts were Ethan “messing around” as part of an ongoing joke about their house being haunted.

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James Crumbley is set to be sentenced on April 9 at 9 a.m., the judge said in court. James Crumbley was shackled and escorted out of the courtroom after the verdict was read and affirmed by each juror. Nicole Beausoleil, the mother of Madisyn Baldwin, reacts to the jury's verdict in the trial of James Crumbley on March 14, 2024. In Michigan, a parent has a legal duty and James Crumbley did not meet that duty,” she said. “James Crumbley was presented with the easiest, most glaring opportunities to prevent the deaths of these four students, and he did nothing,” McDonald said.

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☆ Jennifer Crumbley, mother of school shooter, found guilty of manslaughter in test of who’s responsible for a mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Eric Levenson | Lauren Del Valle | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Jennifer Crumbley looked down at her clasped hands as the verdict was read. Live updates: Jury reaches verdict in Jennifer Crumbley trialJennifer Crumbley exits from the courtroom in shackles on Tuesday after her guilty verdict. Over a week of testimony, law enforcement officials, school employees, shooting victims and those who knew Jennifer Crumbley testified for the prosecution. Jennifer Crumbley took the stand in her own defense and, in a remarkable moment, expressed no regret for her actions. Jennifer Crumbley testified the school meeting was “nonchalant” and “brief.”“We agreed that it might stress him out more to do his school remotely the rest of the day.

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DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit man mauled by three dogs has died, his wife said. Harold Phillips, a father of six, died Friday evening, four days after he was attacked by the dogs as he walked home from a bus stop, Shauntaye Phillips said. “It’s with deep sadness that I announce Harold’s passing,” she said in a statement released by her attorneys. Our lives will never be the same.”The three dogs that attacked Phillips have been euthanized, and their owner, Roy Goodman, has been fined $5,000, WWJ-TV reported. “To the Phillips family, I’m so sorry,” Roy Goodman told WXYZ-TV.

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He said that so far, 20 cousins and other relatives have been killed since the start of Israel's campaign against Hamas following the militant group’s deadly Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel that set off the war. More than 1,200 people in Israel died, most of them in the Hamas attack, and about 240 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by Palestinian militants. They now live in the United States. The two communicate via text messages because listening to her tear-filled voice as the war rages is difficult, Shehada said. “The house next to my sister was struck by a missile where I had 12 relatives living there,” he said.

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☆ A Delta flight made an unscheduled landing after an 'unruly' passenger was reportedly restrained by other travelers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Delta flight had to divert to Canada after a passenger became unruly on the flight, the airline said. An airport official told WXYZ Detroit the passenger broke free of his restraints before the plane landed. A Delta flight made an unscheduled landing on Friday after a passenger reportedly became unruly and "broke free" of his restraints. "Delta has zero tolerance for unruly behavior, especially when it potentially compromises the safety of our customers and flight crew. Dena Haddad, a passenger on the flight, told WXYZ that the arrested man had been "violent and they wouldn't calm down."

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☆ Michigan man says posting a meme about pooping on company time led to him filing for bankruptcy after he was sued by his employer
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When a Michigan man posted a meme about work to Facebook in 2019, a lengthy legal battled ensued. In the ruling, the court said Hidalgo would have to pay $150,000 to Roman Stone Works. The viral post about the firing led to online harassment of Roman Stone Works from supporters of Hidalgo. The Roman Stone Works Facebook page still receives comments related to the situation, including one as recently as two weeks ago. Roman Stone Works did not immediately respond to Insider's request to comment.

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