Tropical Storm Moke formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean, the National Hurricane Center said, on track to bring another round of heavy rain and wind to Hawaii as residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala.

Moke was located about 595 miles (960 kilometers) southeast of Hilo and was moving west-northwest at 12 mph (19 kph). Maximum sustained winds were around 45 mph (75 kph), according to an advisory from the Miami-based hurricane center.

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Like with Hurricane Lala, the Big Island is again expected to bear the brunt of the storm. It battered Hawaii last weekend without making landfall, downing trees and leaving roads covered in mud and rocks.

Rain and heavy winds from Moke are expected to hit the Big Island late Saturday, with the storm continuing to move west across the islands through early Tuesday, said Casey Oswant, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Honolulu.

There will still be impacts, especially to the windward and southeast sides of the Big Island, but it will probably be a little bit more limited than what we saw with Lala, she said.

The northeast coast of the Big Island saw the heaviest rainfall from Lala, at 43.54 inches (1.1 meters), according to the weather service. The resulting flooding swept dozens of homes from their foundations and damaged roads and bridges. About 11,630 customers on the Big Island remained without power Friday, according to poweroutage.us.

Rainfall predictions for this weekend for the southeast and windward sides of the Big Island were 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 centimeters) of rain, with isolated amounts up to 15 inches (38 centimeters), Oswant said. Across the rest of the island chain, 1 to 2 inches (2 to 5 centimeters) of rain was expected to fall, though parts of east Maui could see up to 4 inches (10 centimeters), she said.

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There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect Friday evening, but people were urged to closely monitor the storm's progress. The rainfall has the potential to cause dangerous rip currents, life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in steep areas and places where the ground remains saturated in Lala's wake, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and other state officials held a news conference Thursday afternoon to update Lala recovery progress and urge people to prepare for the next storm.

Officials urged people low on emergency supplies to restock up to 14 days of food, medicine and other essentials and closely monitor the storms progress.

Theres definitely tension in the air at the thought of more rain in communities that floodwaters turned into rivers, said Tiffany Edwards Hunt, a teacher living in Keaau, on the east side of the Big Island. There were some areas that were completely washed out.

The Hawaiian Electric utility said it expects nearly all affected customers on the Big Island to have power restored, except for certain remote and severely damaged areas.

The United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday, and Canada immediately said it would retaliate, after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.

President Donald Trumps import taxes will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to the United States every year, including products ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.

Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement. The retaliation escalates the trade conflict and calls into question the future of a North American trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico that is crucial to industry in all three countries.

Canada sought concessions on Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber that the United States was unwilling to provide, a senior Trump administration official told reporters.

Tonight, Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week. Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk-backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement read to reporters on a press call shortly before midnight.

Carney blamed Washington for the breakdown, saying last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal. He said he had suspended negotiations and directed Canadas negotiating team to return to Ottawa.

The United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday, and Canada immediately said it would retaliate, after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies.

President Donald Trumps import taxes will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to the United States every year, including products ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.

Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement. The retaliation escalates the trade conflict and calls into question the future of a North American trade pact between the United States, Canada and Mexico that is crucial to industry in all three countries.

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Canada sought concessions on Trump tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber that the United States was unwilling to provide, a senior Trump administration official told reporters.

Tonight, Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week. Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk-backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement read to reporters on a press call shortly before midnight.

Carney blamed Washington for the breakdown, saying last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal. He said he had suspended negotiations and directed Canadas negotiating team to return to Ottawa.

Carney said his government would announce additional support for Canadian workers and businesses in the coming days.

Greer said the U.S. offer was forward-looking and included a historic economic and national security partnership.

No further talks have been planned. The breakdown in negotiations marked a sharp reversal from two days earlier, when officials from the two countries sounded as if they were headed toward a compromise.

Carney said Canadas goal throughout the negotiations had been to secure the best possible agreement, never a deal at any price or on any deadline.

A typically cooperative alliance goes sour

The political impact will likely be even bigger than the economic fallout. The countries sold each other $880 billion worth of goods and services last year.

The tariffs were initially supposed to kick in at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. But Trump extended the deadline for three days to allow talks to continue, but the two countries still could not reach an agreement in time.

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The two countries have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other over sore spots like Canadian softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canadas protected dairy market.

Somehow, they still managed to remain friends, allies and trading partners. Canadian soldiers fought alongside Americans in Afghanistan after 9/11. The 5,525-mile U.S.-Canada border is undefended, and nearly 330,000 people and $2 billion worth of goods cross it every day; 800,000 Canadians live in the United States.

Trumps approach to dealing with Canada marks an extraordinary departure from the traditionally cooperative relationship between the two countries. Trump has hit Canadian goods with tariffs in a push to bring manufacturing back to the United States and has repeatedly made inflammatory comments about turning Canada into Americas 51st state.

Carney said Canada had recognized that America has changed and that the two countries would not return to our old relationship.

Canadians and Americans are frustrated

The Canadian public is fed up. A petition to expel the U.S. ambassador, a Trump ally, has collected nearly 248,000 signatures since July 21. It accuses Ambassador Pete Hoekstra of having normalized Trumps talk of annexing Canada, among other things.

The two countries had good reasons to find a compromise.

Nearly 72% of Canadas goods exports last year went to the United States. And the Trump administration might be wary of imposing a hefty new tariff paid by U.S. importers who try to pass along the cost to consumers via higher prices ahead of Novembers midterm elections. American voters are already frustrated with the high cost of living.

Canada likely wanted further sector-specific relief than the U.S. was willing to offer, or Canadas concessions did not go far enough,'' said Ryan Majerus, a partner at King & Spalding and a former U.S. trade official. "Either way, I think both sides will be under immense pressure in the coming days to still find an off-ramp. But if Canada has agreed to also impose tariffs, the off-ramp may be even harder to find.

Candace Laing, president and CEO of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, called the tariffs a body blow to North American competitiveness, warning they would raise costs for Americans while threatening Canadian customers, investment and small businesses.

Trump has turned to Depression-era tariffs

Trump has made tariffs the centerpiece of his second-term economic agenda. Last year, he imposed double-digit import taxes on almost every country, justifying them by declaring the longstanding U.S. trade deficit a national emergency. The Supreme Court in February ruled that hed overstepped his authority, striking down those tariffs and setting the stage for the federal government to pay refunds to importers.

So Trump has looked for other legal authority to justify tariffs.

To hit Canada, he reached back to the Great Depression, invoking Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to threaten 50% tariffs on products that account for about 5% of Canadian exports to the United States.

Nearly a century ago, with the U.S. and world economies in collapse, Congress passed the 1930 tariff law, imposing taxes on imports from around the world. Known as the Smoot-Hawley tariffs after their congressional sponsors, they are notorious among economists and historians for limiting world commerce and making the Great Depression worse.

Section 338, which has never been used before to impose tariffs, authorizes the president to slap import taxes of up to 50% on imports from countries that have discriminated against U.S. businesses. No investigation is required to justify the levies. Nor is there any limit on how long they can stay in place.

The rift comes as the United States, Mexico and Canada are trying to renew a trade agreement that Trump negotiated in his first term and once praised as a triumph. The United States has begun formal talks with Mexico over revamping the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But talks with Canada have not begun, and escalating trade conflict casts doubt on whether they will.

Canada told the Americans in advance that if these tariffs landed, it would stop negotiating and retaliate,'' said Barry Appleton, senior fellow at the Center for International Law at New York Law School. The American trade representative said publicly he would not tolerate retaliation. Both sides have now committed themselves in public, which is how escalation stops being a choice.''

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a lawsuit the Trump administration filed against Washtenaw County over its immigration enforcement policies, ruling that the county’s sheriff, prosecutor and Board of Commissioners had not violated federal law.

The federal government filed the lawsuit in April, arguing that the county officials’ refusal to aid federal immigration enforcement officers posed a danger to public safety.

Washtenaw County argued that federal law did not require local governments to assist with immigration enforcement.

U.S. District Court Judge F. Kay Behm agreed, writing that the county was exercising powers afforded to it under the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

"Apparently flummoxed by the County’s decision to focus its resources on local priorities and public safety, the United States sues to demand Washtenaw County’s cooperation, the use of its jail cells, and its resources," Behm wrote.

The judge wrote that nothing in the Immigration and Nationality Act required the Washtenaw County sheriff to hold people in the county jail at the request of the Department of Homeland Security.

She also said the Trump administration was improperly attempting to compel local governments to “enforce the President’s priorities in the manner it wishes.”

The ruling represents the first major test of the administration’s legal effort to challenge Washtenaw County’s immigration enforcement policies.

A stolen car being chased by Redford police crashed into a Detroit man's truck early Monday morning, leaving the family frustrated and feeling forgotten by authorities.

Caronne Cannon said he had just gotten home from work and was making food when the stolen car ended up on his front lawn on Lenore Street in Detroit.

"When I open the door and I seen that the car had hit my truck and it was up here in my yard, I was mad. I'm not going to lie. I was very mad," Cannon said.

Redford police say the chase began after a resident called 911 to report several people trying to steal a car on Five Points Street. Surveillance video shows the suspect running from the crashed car after the collision.

The impact of the crash forced Cannon's truck into another car in the driveway, according to his fiance, Aiesha Heard.

"If it wasn't our car, it was our home," Heard said.

Cannon said the damage hit especially hard given recent history with the same truck.

"I was furious. I had just got this truck fixed out of my own pocket from it being stolen and damaged in previous months," Cannon said.

The family's children were also shaken by the crash.

"My kids were awake and they were terrified from this. My daughter stayed up all night. She didn't even want to go back to sleep," Cannon said.

Police eventually found the juvenile suspect and took them into custody. However, Cannon and Heard say they feel like they've been forgotten in the aftermath.

"They asked if I had insurance. That was it. And that I would have to take this up with my insurance company," Cannon said.

When asked, Cannon said he doesn't think it's fair.

"It's not fair at all. I was parked. I wasn't even driving my vehicle. In my driveway on my property. Why should I have to get my insurance involved?" Cannon said.

Heard said she wants more from the department.

"I just want them to take accountability. That's it," Heard said.

She also expressed concern that the situation would be dismissed.

"You can sweep stuff like this under the rug," Heard said.

7 News Detroit asked Redford police what they plan to do for the family and have not yet heard back.

Bullet holes still mark the dumpster and a window at the gas station where two Dearborn police officers were shot early Friday morning the culmination of a turbulent week in the city.

The shooting happened around 2:15 a.m. Friday when officers responded to the Pantheon Club for a report of a man brandishing a weapon. The suspect fled from officers in a flatbed tow truck.

Officers caught up with the suspect at a Citgo gas station at Inkster and Van Born roads. As officers attempted to take the man into custody, he opened fire, striking two officers. Other officers returned fire, leaving the suspect in critical condition. The suspect then fled again to Stanford Road in Inkster, where police took him into custody.

Both officers are now recovering at home. Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin said the officers' bulletproof vests likely saved their lives.

"This could've easily been a fatal encounter. Our officers are very lucky. It's a small miracle they're going to be OK," Shahin said.

While the officers recover, the suspect remains in the hospital fighting for his life. His father told 7 News Detroit late Friday he is unsure if his son will survive. When asked for his initial reaction to the shooting, the suspect's father said: "Nope, can't be my son. All he does is drive a tow truck and hang out with his family."

This is not the suspect's first run-in with law enforcement. Court records show he was arrested for an armed robbery at Lakeside Mall in 2014, eventually pleading guilty a year later.

The shooting capped off a difficult week for the city and its police department. On Tuesday, far-right nationalist and anti-Arab provocateur Jake Lang came to Dearborn and disparaged Arabs and Muslims at a city council meeting. Lang's arrival sparked a massive demonstration and counter protests. When it was all said and done, 22 people were arrested.

Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud reflected on the week's events.

"The events that unfolded over this last week are not new to our community. But I can tell you this police department our officers show up day in and day out without making any excuses," Hammoud said.

Shahin also addressed the treatment his officers endured during the week's unrest.

"My officers were yelled at, spit at, called all kinds of names it's terrible. But in spite of that, they come to work every single day and they conduct themselves with professionalism and integrity to keep this community safe," Shahin said.

Despite the week's events, Shahin expressed pride in his officers.

"I've always said I don't need to go to the movies to go see superheroes. I get to work alongside them every single day," Shahin said.

A Texas court on Friday slashed a $50 million judgment that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay families of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre over his false claims that one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history was a hoax.

The Infowars founder can only be forced to pay about $6 million, the Texas Third Court of Appeals ruled in a unanimous opinion, citing state laws that limit lawsuit damages.

The ruling does not affect a separate $1.25 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut, where he was also found liable for defaming and causing emotional distress to relatives of the 20 first-graders and six educators killed in the Newtown shooting.

The punishing financial verdicts against Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, in recent years have forced him into bankruptcy, led to some of his personal property being put up for auction and led to him leaving his Infowars platform. For decades, he used the platform to push conspiracy theories about the United Nations, the federal government, gun control and more.

Sandy Hook families have yet to collect any money from Jones, who has waged lengthy appeals in state and bankruptcy courts as his company faces liquidation. He remains on air after moving onto new websites and streaming platforms.

Friday's ruling did not throw out the trial court's finding of defamation against Jones. Still, he called it "a gigantic victory for the First Amendment, and said he will continue to appeal the case to the state Supreme Court to get the remaining damages thrown out.

I got lawyers who are good constitutional lawyers and they are not backing down, Jones said.

Jones has already tried to appeal the Connecticut judgment to the U.S. Supreme Court but was denied last year.

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The decision by the Texas Third Court of Appeals left intact more than $4.1 million in compensatory damages awarded by a jury to Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis for defamation and emotional distress. But it slashed more than $45 million in additional punitive damages down to $1.5 million to comply with the state's $750,000 cap for each plaintiff.

The court found Heslin and Lewis did not show evidence that the harassment following Jones hoax claims rose to a level that would allow them to exceed the cap. It also said the trial judge improperly allowed the parents to seek higher damages after trial.

Mark Bankston, an attorney for Heslin and Lewis in the Texas lawsuit, shrugged off the appeals court ruling as irrelevant given that Jones still faces massive financial judgments in Connecticut.

The families care not at all about this irrelevant ruling which affects only two of the 19 claims they all share. Jones still faces over a billion dollars of liability, so this changes absolutely nothing. All it does is highlight the absurdity of Texas law, Bankston said.

Newtown families harassed as Jones claimed the massacre was a hoax

Heslin and Lewiss 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was among those killed in the Sandy Hook attack. Their lawsuit against Jones and the 2022 verdict marked the first time he was held financially liable for peddling lies about the massacre, claiming it was faked by the government to tighten gun laws.

Jones portrayed the lawsuit as an attack on his First Amendment rights, but conceded during the trial that the shootings were 100% real and that he was wrong to have lied about them.

At the Texas and Connecticut trials, victims relatives testified that Jones followers -- believing his claims that the shooting didnt happen -- subjected them to death and rape threats, in-person harassment and abusive comments on social media. Jones argued there was no proof that linked him to those actions.

Heslin and Lewis told jurors that an apology wouldnt suffice and initially called on them to make Jones pay more than $150 million for the years of suffering he has put them and other Sandy Hook families through.

Almost immediately after the punitive damages in Texas were announced, Jones' trial attorney predicted the award would be reduced to $1.5 million on appeal.

Christopher Mattei, a lawyer for the Sandy Hook families in the Connecticut lawsuit, said Fridays ruling has no bearing on the ongoing lower court proceedings in Texas involving the liquidation of Infowars parent company.

The Onion steps in to mock Jones and help frustrated families

Jones and his company have filed for bankruptcy, and those legal proceedings continue. The satirical website The Onion also moved to take over Jones' Infowars platforms and turn his bullhorn of conspiracy theories into parody sites.

Jones took Infowars off the air in April and moved to a new location, switching his shows to new websites and posting them on his personal X account. The Onion, meanwhile, has set up its own Infowars webpage on its website, running videos of shows parodying Jones.

A proposed licensing deal that would give The Onion temporary authority to use Infowars trademarks, copyrights and intellectual property has been put on hold because the liquidation proceedings have been stayed during Jones appeals.

In November 2024, the Chicago-based satirical outlet was named the winner of a bankruptcy court auction of the assets of Infowars parent company, Free Speech Systems, aimed at helping pay some of the defamation judgments. A federal judge overturned the auction results, citing problems with the process and The Onions bid.

This week, the U.S. Treasury announced a plan to buy more bonds. It's having a direct impact on the economy and your wallet.

Here's the simplest way to think about it: When you take out a loan, the bank charges you interest. The U.S. government borrows money the same way. And right now investors are demanding a lot more to keep lending, which is driving up the cost of borrowing for all of us.

"The market is volatile. Things are changing very fast and we don't have a direction," said Karan Ramchandani, Managing Director at Post Oak Group.

How exactly does the bond market work? The government borrows money by selling bonds and investors buy them, expecting to get paid back with interest. Recently though, spooked by the size of the national debt, investors are selling those bonds off and demanding higher returns to keep buying new ones.

Those returns, called yields, are the benchmark banks use to set interest rates on your mortgage, your car loan, or your credit card.

Think of it like a seesaw. The less investors want to hold, the more the government has to pay to borrow, and the more you're often paying in interest.

This week's bond sell-off pushed the 30-year bond yield to the highest level since 2007.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tried to get ahead of it, announcing Wednesday the government would more than double how many bonds it buys back, looking to bring those yields down.

"It's a little bit like paying your mortgage with your credit card," said James Sullivan, JPMorgans co-head of global fundamental research, during an appearance on CNBC. "It can work for a while, but eventually the mismatch starts to become more obvious."

Bessent's moved worked for about a day. By Thursday, yields climbed right back.

"Anything that happens within a 24 hour period is noise," he said.

Even so, analysts say a short term fix can't outrun the bigger problem, the ever-growing government debt.

The Trump administration is standing by its approach. Vice President JD Vance gave a speech in Ohio Friday where he argued the White House has a plan to outgrow the debt. In the meantime, the tension is showing up on Main Street as a bigger monthly mortgage payment, a pricier car loan, and higher interest on your credit card.

Four people, including a child, were injured during a shooting in Detroit Friday evening, police said.

The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. on Haverhill Street near Windsor Avenue.

Police say the four victims were leaving a home when gunshots were fired at them from a vehicle. The victims are a 10-year-old, a man in his 20s, a woman in her 40s and a man in his 40s. Police believe they are family members.

The woman is in critical condition. The other victims are expected to be OK, police say.

Police say the woman is the child's mother. Additional details about the victims weren't immediately released.

What led up to to the shooting is unknown at this time. Police are continuing to investigate.

Suspect information is unknown at this time, however, a weapon was recovered.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.

State revenue in Michigan outpaced projections last month.

Reports from the nonpartisan House Fiscal Agency and Senate Fiscal Agency both show the state brought in around $3.1 billion in July. That translates to a nearly 7% jump in monthly revenue over July last year.

Consumption taxes, including sales, use, and so-called “sin taxes” on things like alcohol and tobacco, made up the largest chunk of revenue last month. That’s despite revenue in nearly each of those areas falling compared to this point in the last fiscal year.

Strong use tax and online gaming numbers combined with fewer dollars being issued in income tax refunds helped keep overall revenue numbers higher.

As far as business taxes go, the state has issued fewer refunds under the legacy Michigan Business Tax than it expected so far. That number could still fluctuate as refunds get claimed. Meanwhile, Corporate Income Tax Revenue fell slightly short of projections.

In all, the state’s general fund beat year-to-date revenue predictions by between $455 million and $459 million, according to the Senate and House estimates. The School Aid Fund received about $195 million to $220 million above projections.

In the bigger picture, the new revenue figures only landed a small percentage over the expected value. But at a time when Michigan will likely face tough budget years ahead, every little bit could help.

We call someone a "card” when they're especially funny or clever. However, that particular meaning of "card" comes from a much longer history of using the word to describe people with particular qualities.

Beginning in the 1500s, figurative uses of "card" grew out of card games. A “leading card,” for example, was the card used to start a round, and eventually came to refer to a strong point or advantage.

Fast forward to the 1830s, and "card" could describe someone who embodied a particular quality. You could be a “knowing card” or, more positively, a “sure card," i.e., someone you could depend on.

By the 1850s, "card" was also being used for someone who was clever or ingenious, and eventually for someone who was funny, eccentric or a bit of a character. That's the sense behind saying someone “is a card.”

There are plenty of other expressions built around the language of card games. “Trump card” dates to the 1820s, with "trump" being a shortened form of "triumph." And “playing the ___ card” emerged in the late 1800s as a way of introducing a topic in hopes of gaining sympathy or a political advantage.

Over time, that expanded into disparaging expressions such as “playing the gender card” and “playing the race card.”

To hear more about the "cards" our language holds and why someone who's a "card" might also be a "character," listen to the audio above.

A Michigan woman is celebrating her 110th birthday Saturday, a milestone so rare it places her among a group known as supercentenarians.

Family, friends and staff at Fountain Bleu Health and Rehabilitation Center in Livonia gathered to celebrate Lois McGarvey, who was born in Niles in 1916. That same year, the United States had not yet entered World War I, television did not exist and the Model T was rolling off factory lines.

When McGarvey was born, Woodrow Wilson was president. She has since lived through two world wars, two pandemics and more history than most can imagine.

Her daughter, Kathleen McGarvey Perkins, said the family was not certain this day would come.

"We didn't know if she'd make this far or not, but we're excited for her and we're excited to celebrate her special day," McGarvey Perkins said.

Talea Green, activities director at Fountain Bleu Health and Rehabilitation Center, said the occasion is one the facility does not take lightly.

"We actually don't have many residents that have been 100, let alone 110. So it's just a great honor to have her here in our facility to appreciate her and show her that she is appreciated," Green said.

McGarvey's son, Kenneth McGarvey, believes longevity may run in the family.

"My great grandfather, mom's grandfather lived to be 100. He had a daughter, my great aunt, who lived to be 102, so it's in the genes," Kenneth McGarvey said.

For her children, the birthday is about more than a number. It is about honoring the woman behind it. Her daughter Marilyn Kistler remembered her mother's outlook on life.

"I just remember mom always being positive about everything, and that was intentional," Kistler said.

McGarvey was married for 65 years. She had four children of her own and also fostered children.

"She loved children and she just loved working with children," McGarvey Perkins said.

Her family also remembers her sense of fun.

"I remember seeing her in the swimming pool one time when she was 99 and she was going down the water slide," Kenneth McGarvey said.

While McGarvey may not be able to share her own memories verbally, her family says she communicates through a smile or a look. Her birthday celebration began earlier this month with a family reunion.

Her children say her secret to a long life comes down to something she passed down through generations.

"Mom's faith, which she got from her parents and her grandparents and has given to us has been a fantastic thing," Kenneth McGarvey said.

The midterms are closer than you think and the stakes are even bigger than the headlines are letting on.

This week, Jon breaks down why control of Congress could flip on a handful of races nobody's talking about yet, sits down for an exclusive interview with Andrew Yang on where politics goes from here, and brings the panel in to unpack the cocaine scandal rocking Penn State's campus.

Jon Leiberman breaks down what happened so you are in the know on the most important, compelling, underreported and craziest stories of the week.

Ed Sheeran surprised a small crowd at a Detroit sushi bar Wednesday night, stepping up to the karaoke mic and performing a duet with a fan just minutes before closing time.

Kevin Reddy, a karaoke night regular at Sakazuki in Detroit's Book Tower, spotted Sheeran at Hiroki-San, the restaurant downstairs, and struck up a conversation.

"And so then towards the end of that conversation, I was like hey, you know, I did queue up 'Thinking Out Loud,' and he's like, 'let's do it.' And so he immediately was game and we walked up here and it was, I mean, probably only like six or seven people left because it was like 10:50 and they close at 11," Reddy said.

Naomi Scott, general manager of both Sakazuki and Hiroki-San, said her staff could hardly believe what was unfolding.

"They just were talking about what if he came up and he did his song for karaoke, and then little did they know, you know, he did," Scott said.

Scott said her team was elated as Sheeran performed for the handful of people still in the bar.

"It's just a once-in-a-lifetime experience for everyone, for the team, for all the guests, for all of our regulars that come every karaoke, every Wednesday," Scott said.

Tyler Hedley was in the bar and captured the moment on video. The clip has since racked up tens of thousands of likes on TikTok.

"I am the biggest fan. Like he's my all-time favorite. I stood right there and he was singing right there," Hedley said.

Hedley said he had hoped to get a little more out of the night.

"Maybe, I'll get to sing with him this time. That was what I really wanted," Hedley said.

Reddy said the impromptu performance was made even more memorable by how down-to-earth Sheeran was throughout the night.

"And just the fact that he was just so willing to get to know us and talk to us, just icing on the cake for sure," Reddy said.

Reddy said the two genuinely connected.

"I feel like at any point, he could have been like, you know, good to see you, have a good night, but he, I think it was just we built that rapport. I made him laugh, which is like crazy to say and then we had just a blast. I mean, you could see with the video, it was just an amazing, amazing time," Reddy said.

With Sheeran set to return to Detroit next Saturday for a concert at Ford Field, the staff at Sakazuki is hoping he stops by again maybe even for an encore.

On National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, a powerful memorial at a Utica intersection is drawing attention and starting difficult conversations about the ongoing fentanyl and overdose crisis and for some, it is inspiring them to seek help before it is too late.

If you have driven or perhaps even pedaled past Utica Trinity Lutheran Church this month, you have likely seen exactly what Jackie Salo wants you to see.

"I was trying to think of a way to bring awareness," Salo said. "A lot of people, if they're not dealing with drug addiction, they don't even really think about it until it happens to their family."

It happened to Salo and her family in 2017. Her son, Zachary Young, was just 22 years old when he died from a fentanyl overdose.

"He passed at home. He was incarcerated for theft, which a lot of them do to support their habit. He was supposed to go from Oakland County to rehab. They never set it up," Salo said.

In 2020, Salo thought of a way to keep his memory alive. That idea quickly grew to include others who lost their lives to addiction and overdose. Now, Young and nearly 800 other names are memorialized on crosses at the intersection of Hall Road and Van Dyke Avenue in Utica.

"Yeah, it's a busy corner. When you're coming to the light and stopping, it can raise the conversation, why are these crosses here?" Anamaria Kretschmann said.

Kretschmann's son shares a double cross with Young. The two were best friends.

Nearby resident Wayne said the display left an impression on him.

"I thought it was an outstanding memorial," Wayne said.

Christian Jones, an associate pastor at Trinity Lutheran in Utica, where the crosses are displayed annually, said the memorial carries a message he hopes reaches anyone who sees it.

"We know that drugs are a big struggle within our community. I as associate pastor, my role is with people who are struggling with drugs," Jones said. "If anyone notices a cross just once, any single name on the street and it changes their lives how they view alcohol and drugs. If they notice that just once and changes their attitude towards drugs, that would be life-changing," Jones said.

Salo said that life-changing impact is already happening some people who have seen the display have been inspired to go to rehab.

A vigil is planned for Saturday night to honor the nearly 800 Michiganders memorialized by the crosses.

"You hear great things about all these people on the crosses, we cry together, we hug, its a grieving process that you never get over," Salo said.

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Detroit Jazz Festival scheduled for the long Labor Day weekend? Who will be the established global stars and jazz world newcomers performing on the multiple stages in downtown Detroit? And what can you expect from the '"new" consolidated Hart Plaza experience this year? Chris Collins, Jazz Festival Foundation President and Artistic Director, will share the latest details.

Also, Spotlight will take you inside the multi-year plan for Wayne State Universitys first new school since 1985. What is it and why is this project so important to the State of Michigan? Dr. Barnard Costello, WSU Senior Vice President for Health Affairs, will tell us.

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Art banners on display at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti were slashed over the weekend in what organizers are calling an act of vandalism, forcing the organization behind the project to take them down early.

The banners had been up at Riverside Park since May and were scheduled to remain on display until October. The organization, Embracing Our Differences Michigan, decided to remove them ahead of schedule to prevent any further damage.

Nancy Margolis, executive director of Embracing Our Differences Michigan, said the vandalism has been difficult to process.

"We're so sad that this has happened. It doesn't look good," Margolis said.

Margolis described the project as more than just a display.

"It's an art and education program all about differences," Margolis said.

This is not the first time the organization's art has been targeted. Two years ago, their art installation at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor was defaced with politically charged messages. Margolis said she does not believe this latest incident is politically motivated.

"I just think it's some people who are unhappy people, maybe children who just have nothing else to do," Margolis said.

Lynne Settles, art director at Embracing Our Differences Michigan, said the banners were created by artists of all ages, including children as young as 8 and 9 years old.

"They are so amazed and so excited. I've had parents calling me and tell me they're child was just in tears or running around happy," Settles said.

Settles said the early removal is especially disappointing for the younger artists who will no longer be able to see their work on display.

"Whatever your reason for slashing this artwork, shame on you for taking it out on the kids," Settles said.

Despite the setback, Margolis said the organization has a plan to preserve the artwork and keep it visible to the community.

"We're going to reproduce their images on a foam core and have an exhibit somewhere in the city," Margolis said.

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For now, the heavy equipment set to take on border construction projects inside Big Bend National Park has gone silent.

Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Rodney Scott paused work to carry out what he calls a personal evaluation and to talk with those he describes as stakeholders in far west Texas.

A hearing is set for next week on multiple requests for an emergency restraining order to shut down the project amid a flurry of lawsuits.

But those with perhaps the biggest stake here have already been clear about how they feel.

Laiken Jordahl used to work in Big Bend National Park. Now he's one of those leading the effort to save it.

"We will fight this project until these contracts are canceled for good. None of it is justified or justifiable," Jordahl said.

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Critics say there are already deep scars in parts of the desert, where native plants and animal habitats have been destroyed.

The Big Bend sector is the longest section of the president's southern border security project, at more than 500 miles, but according to Customs and Border Patrol data, it has the fewest illegal crossings, at around 1%.

And so advocates continue to fight with the same grit and toughness as this place they're trying to protect. Like the land here, their struggle and emotions can be raw.

"Some of us have not stopped fighting it since February and now it's here and it's happening and there's so many people that care so much about this place," Natalie Newman said on Instagram.

Indigenous groups, local businesses and residents are all a part of the legal challenge to stop the project.

Russian drones struck the Sunny Gallery shopping center in Kryvyi Rih on Friday afternoon. Then, roughly half an hour later, a second drone hit the same building with firefighters and medics already inside. Ukrainian officials call it a double tap: a strike designed to kill the people who come to help.

The attacks killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 100.

Scripps News' Chief International Correspondent, Jason Bellini, breaks down what happened in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, why the timing of the second strike matters, and how this fits a pattern the U.N. has been tracking all year civilian deaths in Ukraine in 2026 now running at their highest level since the opening months of the full-scale invasion.

Kryvyi Rih sits about 40 miles from the front line and has been hit repeatedly. Last April, a ballistic missile came down near apartment blocks and a children's playground here, killing 19 people, nine of them children. This attack came a day after a Russian missile strike on Kyiv killed 17.

The rescue operation continued into the night. Officials expect the numbers to rise.