A Wayne County man has won a top prize of $4,000,0000 in an instant game after deciding to buy a ticket after he checked and saw none of the top prizes had been claimed yet.

I like playing the $30 games and saw on the prizes remaining page on MichiganLottery.com that $4,000,000 Winner still had all three top prizes remaining, so I went to the store to buy a ticket, said the 50-year-old player, who chose to remain anonymous, in a press release. The store had three $4,000,000 Winner tickets left, so I bought all three, scratched the barcodes, and scanned the tickets.

One of the tickets came back with a message to file a claim, so I knew I had to have won one of the big prizes, but I was too nervous to scratch the ticket," he continued. "The next day, once I calmed down a bit, I scanned the ticket on the Michigan Lottery app and started screaming when $4 million came up on the screen! It was unreal.

Checking the instant games prizes remaining page on MichiganLottery.com led this lucky player to trying a new game and scoring an incredible $4 million win! said Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli in the news release. Congratulations to Michigans newest millionaire on his life-changing prize!

The winning ticket was purchased at Superior Market at 5700 Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor.

The man claimed the prize at lottery headquarters, taking the one-time lump sum payment of about $2.7 million. He told lottery officials he plans to pay off his home, take a trip, and then save the remainder.

According to the lottery, players have won more than $72 million playing $4,000,000 Winner, which launched in December 2023. Each $30 ticket offers players a chance to win prizes ranging from $30 up to $4 million. More than $92 million in prizes remain, including two $4 million top prizes, 24 $15,000 prizes, and 132 $5,000 prizes.

The health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to have obesity, chronic diseases and mental health problems like depression, a new study says.

Much of what researchers found was already known, but the study paints a comprehensive picture by examining various aspects of childrens physical and mental health at the same time.

The surprising part of the study wasnt any with any single statistic; it was that theres 170 indicators, eight data sources, all showing the same thing: a generalized decline in kids health, said Dr. Christopher Forrest, one of the authors of the study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has brought children's health to the forefront of the national policy conversation, unveiling in May a much-anticipated Make America Healthy Again report that described kids as undernourished and overmedicated, and raised concerns about their lack of physical activity. But the Trump administration's actions including cuts to federal health agencies, Medicaid and scientific research are not likely to reverse the trend, according to outside experts who reviewed Mondays study.

The health of kids in America is not as good as it should be, not as good as the other countries, and the current policies of this administration are definitely going to make it worse, said Dr. Frederick Rivara, a pediatrician and researcher at the Seattle Children's Hospital and UW Medicine in Seattle. He co-authored an editorial accompanying the new study.

Forrest and his colleagues analyzed surveys, electronic health records from 10 pediatric health systems and international mortality statistics. Among their findings:

Obesity rates for U.S. children 2-19 years old rose from 17% in 2007-2008 to about 21% in 2021-2023.

A U.S. child in 2023 was 15% to 20% more likely than a U.S. child in 2011 to have a chronic condition such as anxiety, depression or sleep apnea, according to data reported by parents and doctors.

Annual prevalence rates for 97 chronic conditions recorded by doctors rose from about 40% in 2011 to about 46% in 2023.

Early onset of menstruation, trouble sleeping, limitations in activity, physical symptoms, depressive symptoms and loneliness also increased among American kids during the study period.

American children were around 1.8 times more likely to die than kids in other high-income countries from 2007-2022. Being born premature and sudden unexpected death were much higher among U.S. infants, and firearm-related incidents and motor vehicle crashes were much more common among 1-19-year-old American kids than among those the same age in other countries examined.

The research points to bigger problems with Americas health, said Forrest, who is a pediatrician at the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia.

Kids are the canaries in the coal mine, he said. When kids health changes, its because theyre at increased vulnerability, and it reflects whats happening in society at large.

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The timing of the study, he said, is completely fortuitous." Well before the 2024 presidential election, Forrest was working on a book about thriving over the life span and couldnt find this sort of comprehensive data on childrens health.

The datasets analyzed have some limitations and may not be applicable to the full U.S. population, noted Dr. James Perrin, a pediatrician and spokesman for the American Academy of Pediatrics, who wasn't involved in the study.

The basic finding is true, he said.

The editorial published alongside the study said while the administration's MAHA movement is bringing welcome attention to chronic diseases, "it is pursuing other policies that will work against the interests of children. Those include eliminating injury prevention and maternal health programs, canceling investments in a campaign addressing sudden infant death and fueling vaccine hesitancy among parents that may lead to a resurgence of deadly vaccine-preventable diseases," authors wrote.

Officials from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department did not respond to a request for comment.

Forrest said risks highlighted by the MAHA report, such as eating too much ultra-processed food, are real but miss the complex reality driving trends in children's health.

We have to step back and take some lessons from the ecological sustainability community and say: Lets look at the ecosystem that kids are growing up in. And lets start on a kind of neighborhood-by-neighborhood, city-by-city basis, examining it, he said.

President Donald Trump's administration sued the California Department of Education on Wednesday for allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams, alleging the policy violates federal law.

The move escalates an ongoing battle between the Republican administration in Washington and Democratic-led California over trans athletes competing in girls and women's sports.

The lawsuit filed by the Justice Department says California's transgender athlete policies violate Title IX, the federal law that bans discrimination in education based on sex. The department says California's rules "are not only illegal and unfair but also demeaning, signaling to girls that their opportunities and achievements are secondary to accommodating boys."

"These discriminatory policies and practices ignore undeniable biological differences between boys and girls, in favor of an amorphous 'gender identity,'" the lawsuit says. "The results of these illegal policies are stark: girls are displaced from podiums, denied awards, and miss out on critical visibility for college scholarships and recognition."

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California has a more than decade-old law on the books that allows students to participate in sex-segregated school programs, including on sports teams, and use bathrooms and other facilities that align with their gender identity.

Trump criticized the participation of a transgender high school student-athlete who won titles in the California track-and-field championships last month. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote in a letter after the meet that the sports body running the final violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution by allowing trans girls to compete against other female athletes.

The federal Education Department earlier this year launched an investigation into California's policies allowing athletes to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity. The agency said last month that the policies violate Title IX, and it gave the state 10 days to agree to change them. But the state this week refused.

Trump also sparred with Maine's Democratic governor over the state's transgender-athlete policies. Gov. Janet Mills told the president in February, "We'll see you in court," over his threats to pull funding to the state over the issue. His administration filed a lawsuit in April alleging Maine violated Title IX by allowing trans girls and women to compete against other female athletes.

Meantime, on his podcast in March, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., angered some party allies when he questioned the fairness of trans girls competing in girls sports. GOP critics have called on the governor to back a ban, saying his remarks do not square with his actions.

The issue is part of a nationwide battle over the rights of transgender youth in which states have limited transgender girls from participating on girls sports teams, barred gender-affirming surgeries for minors and required parents to be notified if a child changes their pronouns at school. More than two dozen states have laws barring transgender women and girls from participating in certain sports competitions. Some of the policies have been blocked in court.

Trump signed an executive order in February aimed at barring trans girls and women from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.

Proponents of a ban, including the conservative California Family Council, say it would restore fairness in athletic competitions. But opponents, including the LGBTQ+ advocacy group Equality California, say bans are an attack on transgender youth.

Four types of Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwich cartons are being recalled due to a packaging error that could pose a serious risk to people with peanut allergies.

The recall affects 8-count, 20-count, and 40-count boxes of Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches, as well as a 20-count Ritz Filled Cracker Sandwich Variety Pack. The issue stems from individually wrapped peanut butter crackers that may be incorrectly labeled as the cheese variety. Although outer cartons are correctly labeled, the internal mislabeling could lead to accidental peanut exposure.

No illnesses have been reported, according to the company.

The recall was initiated after Mondelz discovered that packaging film from a supplier may have been incorrectly labeled during production.

Peanut allergies can trigger severe, potentially life-threatening reactions. Consumers with peanut allergies are urged not to eat the affected products and should discard them immediately.

Only products with specific "best when used by" dates and plant codes displayed below are included in the recall.

Two unlikely visitors joined concertgoers at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado Tuesday night.

A viewer captured this video below of a pair of bears enjoying the view on a trail at the park.

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Jon Amundson snapped this photo of one of the bears walking along a sidewalk as fans filed in to see Russ and special guest Big Sean.

"Been to Red Rocks 100 times, finally seen a bear," Amundson wrote. "And yes it's a bear. There was two actually. Awesome."

Fans seemed to keep their distance, and the bears kept going on their merry way.

Even Mother Nature can agree: there's nothing better than a Red Rocks concert on a Colorado summer night!

This story was originally published by Sydney Isenberg with the Scripps News Group in Denver.

Chipmaker Nvidia became the first public company to top $4 trillion in value Wednesday after a two-year investor frenzy driven by the artificial intelligence boom.

Nvidia shares rose 2.5%, in early trading Wednesday, topping $164 each. At the beginning of 2023, Nvidia shares were around $14 each. The company's rise has been meteoric.

The Santa Clara, California, company, was founded in 1993. In just over a decade, it was worth $2 trillion. In June 2024, it reached $3 trillion.

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The companys invention of the graphics processor unit, or GPU, in 1999 helped spark the growth of the PC gaming market and redefined computer graphics. Now Nvidias specialized chips are key components that help power different forms of artificial intelligence, including the latest generative AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Googles Gemini.

Huang has dubbed AI the next industrial revolution, and Nvidias GPUs are designed to perform artificial intelligence tasks faster and more efficiently than general-purpose chips like CPUs. Tech giants are snapping up Nvidia chips as they wade deeper into AI a movement thats enabling cars to drive by themselves, and generating stories, art and music.

Nvidia's innovation powered its rise, rapidly outgrowing Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet. The stocks movement carries more weight on the S&P 500 than any other company.

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In its most recent quarter, Nvidia overcame tariff-driven turbulence to deliver another quarter of robust growth amid feverish demand for its high-powered AI chips. Nvidia notched a profit of $18.8 billion as its revenue surged 69% to $44.1 billion.

Nvidia reports its second-quarter results next month. Wall Street is expecting another quarter of record sales and profit for the company.

Nvidia and other companies benefiting from the AI boom have been a major reason the S&P 500 has climbed to record after record recently. Their explosion of profits has helped to propel the market despite worries about stubbornly high inflation and possible pain coming for the U.S. economy from tariffs and other policies of President Donald Trump.

Nearly 33% of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 17 have prediabetes, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The numbers, from 2023, highlight what the CDC calls a "critical warning sign" for youth health in America.

Prediabetes is a condition characterized by higher-than-normal blood sugar levels that increase a person's risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

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Risk factors for developing prediabetes include being overweight, having a close relative with Type 2 diabetes and being physically active less than three times a week.

Health experts emphasize that prediabetes can be prevented with diet and activity changes.

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The U.S. is having its worst year for measles spread in more than three decades, with a total of 1,288 cases nationally and another six months to go in 2025.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that the national case count surpassed 2019, when there were 1,274 cases for the year and the country almost lost its status of having eliminated the vaccine-preventable illness. That could happen this year if the virus has nonstop spread for 12 months.

This year's outbreaks, some of them interconnected, started five months ago in undervaccinated communities in West Texas. Three people have died two children in Texas and an adult in New Mexico and dozens of people have been hospitalized. Public health experts maintain the true case count may be higher than state health departments have confirmed.

North America has three other major measles outbreaks, with 2,966 cases in Chihuahua state, Mexico, 2,223 cases in Ontario, Canada and 1,230 in Alberta, Canada. Twelve other states have current confirmed outbreaks of three or more people Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Utah and four other states saw their outbreaks end.

The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles after two doses.

The World Health Organization said in 2000 that measles had been eliminated from the U.S.

The CDC identified 22 outbreaks in 2019, the largest being two separate clusters in New York 412 in New York state and 702 in New York City. These were linked because as measles was spreading through close-knit Orthodox Jewish communities, the CDC said.

It's a similar situation in North America this year, where the Canada, Mexico and Texas outbreaks stem from large Mennonite communities in the regions. Mennonite churches do not formally discourage vaccination, though more conservative Mennonite communities historically have low vaccination rates and a distrust of government.

A recent study found childhood vaccination rates against measles fell after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data, including in states that are battling outbreaks this year.

Only 92.7% of kindergarteners in the U.S. had the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in the 2023-2024 school year, below the 95% needed to prevent outbreaks. In Gaines County, Texas, the epicenter of the Texas outbreak, only 82% of kindergarteners were up-to-date with MMR vaccines.

State and federal leaders have for years kept funding stagnant for local public health departments' vaccination programs that are tasked with reversing the trend.

What were seeing with measles is a little bit of a canary in a coal mine,'" said Lauren Gardner, leader of Johns Hopkins University's independent measles and COVID tracking databases. "Its indicative of a problem that we know exists with vaccination attitudes in this county and just, I think, likely to get worse.

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The doctor for former President Joe Biden declined to answer questions during a deposition with the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, which is investigating whether there was a cover-up regarding Bidens alleged mental decline.

A source familiar with the testimony told Scripps News that Dr. Kevin OConnor invoked his Fifth Amendment right during the roughly hour-long session.

Republicans on the committee were quick to criticize the move.

The American people demand transparency, but Dr. OConnor would rather conceal the truth, said Committee Chairman James Comer. Dr. OConnor took the Fifth when asked if he was told to lie about President Bidens health and whether he was fit to be President of the United States.

Democrats, meanwhile, accused Republicans of engaging in partisan attacks.

Oversight Republicans could be working to lower costs for American families and conducting oversight of President Trumps corruption, but instead are obsessed with the past, said Rep. Robert Garcia, the committees ranking member.

Bidens health became a central issue during the 2024 campaign. He dropped out of the race after a widely criticized debate performance in which he appeared confused, at times, and lost his train of thought.

Biden has said the performance was affected by jet lag and a cold.

X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced in a post on Wednesday that she is stepping down as leader of the social media platform two years after taking the helm.

Yaccarino's resignation comes as users said X's AI chatbot Grok pushed out antisemitic tropes in its responses to some users.

Yaccarino made no mention of the recent controversy in her resignation letter.

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"Im incredibly proud of the X team - the historic business turn around we have accomplished together has been nothing short of remarkable," she said. "We started with the critical early work necessary to prioritize the safety of our usersespecially children, and to restore advertiser confidence. This team has worked relentlessly from groundbreaking innovations like Community Notes, and, soon, X Money to bringing the most iconic voices and content to the platform."

Prior to joining X, which was previously named Twitter, Yaccarino was a longtime media executive. She previously served as the chair of global advertising and partnerships at NBCUniversal. Yaccarino joined NBCUniversal in 2011 after almost two decades as a media executive at Turner.

On Tuesday, Grok connected several antisemitic tropes to an account it identified as being "Ashkenazi Jewish." That account stirred controversy with offensive comments posted online about the victims of the recent Texas floods. In an X post, people behind the Grok account said they are "actively working to remove the inappropriate post."

With fishing season in full swing, Bassmaster has unveiled its list of the 100 Best Bass Lakes in America, and Michigan is well represented.

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Lake St. Clair named among top 10 best bass lakes in the U.S.

According to Bassmaster Magazine, the 2025 rankings were developed through a combination of tournament data, fishery reports and feedback from thousands of anglers.

Lake St. Clair came in as the 10th best bass lake in the U.S., according to Bassmaster, the only lake from Michigan in the top 10.

However, several other lakes were ranked among the best bass lakes for the northeastern division. Those include:

No. 3 - Lake St. Clair No. 4 - Lake Erie No. 6 - Burt/Mullett Lakes No. 7 - Grand Traverse Bay No. 9 - Lake Charlevoix No. 10 - Bays de Noc No. 21 - Saginaw Bay

Below are the top 10 best bass lakes in the U.S. for 2025, according to Bassmaster

Clear Lake, California O.H. Ivie Lake, Texas Lake Fork, Texas St. Lawrence River (Thousand Islands), New York Lake Casitas, California Orange Lake, Florida Santee Cooper Lakes, South Carolina Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota Lake Erie, New York Lake St. Clair, Michigan

A fierce protest in Mexico City railing against gentrification and mass tourism was fueled by government failures and active promotion to attract digital nomads, according to experts, who said tension had been mounting for years.

The criticism comes after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum alleged that Friday's protest was marked by xenophobia, reviving a debate over an influx of Americans in the city.

Many Mexicans say they've been priced out of their neighborhoods in part because of a move made by Sheinbaum in 2022, when she was the Mexico City mayor and signed an agreement with Airbnb and UNESCO to boost tourism and attract digital nomads despite concern over the impact short-term rentals could have.

'Gringo: Stop stealing our home'

On Friday, that came to a head. A largely peaceful protest of hundreds of demonstrators marched through tourism centers of the city with signs reading "Gringo: Stop stealing our home" and "Housing regulations now!"

Near the end of the march, a group of protesters turned violent, breaking the windows of storefronts and looting a number of businesses. In one case, a protester slammed a butter knife against the window of a restaurant where people were hiding, and another person painted "kill a gringo" on a nearby wall.

"The xenophobic displays seen at that protest have to be condemned. No one should be able to say 'any nationality get out of our country' even over a legitimate problem like gentrification," Sheinbaum said Monday. "We've always been open, fraternal."

The frustrations were built upon years of mass tourism and rising rent prices in large swathes of the city. The influx of foreigners began around 2020, when Americans flooded into the Mexico City to work remotely, dodge coronavirus restrictions and take advantage of cheaper living costs.

In the years since, choice neighborhoods like Roma and Condesa, lush central areas dotted with cafes and markets, have grown increasingly populated by foreign tourists and the remote workers known as digital nomads, and there are more temporary housing units rented through companies like Airbnb that cater to tourists.

As they have, rent and living prices have soared and English has been increasingly common on the streets of those areas. Some groups have described the phenomenon as a sort of "neo-colonialism."

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Mounting tensions

The Mexico City Anti-Gentrification Front, one of the organizations behind the protest, it was "completely against" any acts of physical violence and denied that the protests were xenophobic. Instead, the organization said the protest was a result of years of failures by the local government to address the root of the problems.

"Gentrification isn't just foreigners' fault, it's the fault of the government and these companies that prioritize the money foreigners bring," the organization said in a statement. Meanwhile "young people and the working class can't afford to live here."

In its list of demands, the organization called for greater rent controls, mandates that locals have a voice in larger development projects in their area, stricter laws making it harder for landlords to throw out residents and prioritizing Mexican renters over foreigners.

Mexico's protest comes on the back of a wave of similar protests across Europe railing against mass tourism. Tensions in Mexico have also been compounded by wider inequalities and the Trump administration targeting Latino communities in the U.S. as it ramps up deportations.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security took a jab at protesters Sunday, writing in a post on the social media platform X: "If you are in the United States illegally and wish to join the next protest in Mexico City, use the CBP Home app to facilitate your departure."

Government failures

Protesters' cries against government failures were echoed by experts, who said that surging gentrification is a product of both the shortage of affordable housing in the city and longtime government failures to regulate the housing market.

Antonio Azuela, lawyer and sociologist and others said that they do see the protest as a xenophobic backlash, and around 2020 the core of the problem was the influx of "digital nomads" in the city, but it grew out of hand because of lax housing laws.

"What has made this explode is lack of regulation in the market," Azuela said.

Mexico City's government over the course of decades, has made a few efforts to control development and create affordable housing.

Legislators estimated there are about 2.7 million houses and apartments in the city, but it needs about 800,000 more. But such affordable housing developments that have popped up often are pushed off to the fringes of the city, said Luis Salinas, a researcher at National Autonomous University of Mexico who has studied gentrification in Mexico City for years.

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Taking advantage of 'insufficient' laws

Controls, meanwhile, have been marked by lack of enforcement, which developers travel services companies like Airbnb take advantage of, he said.

Today, more than 26,000 properties in Mexico City are currently listed on Airbnb, according to Inside Airbnb, an advocacy organization that tracks the company's impact on residential communities through data. That's compared to 36,000 properties in New York City and 19,000 in Barcelona, where protests have also broken out.

"The government has treated housing like it's merchandise," Salinas said. The actions the government is taking "are completely insufficient. The federal government needs to be intervening far more nowadays."

Airbnb said it helped contribute more than a billion dollars in "economic impact" to Mexico City last year and that spending by guests has supported 46,000 jobs in the city. "What's needed is regulation based not on prohibitions, but on respect for rights and transparency of obligations," it said in a statement.

Last year, Mexico City's government approved the most ambitious rent control law since the 1940s in an effort to control prices and also set caps on short-term rentals to 180 nights a year, but Salinas said that enforcement of short-term rental legislation has been put on pause until after the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

And even then, the country's government will have to take far greater actions to get the situation under control, said Azuela.

"This isn't going to end by just reigning in Airbnb," he said. "They're going to have to do a whole lot more."

Russia fired more than 700 attack and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, topping previous nightly barrages for the third time in two weeks, part of Moscow's intensifying aerial and ground assault in the three-year war, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday.

Russia has recently sought to overwhelm Ukraine's air defenses by launching major attacks that include increasing numbers of decoy drones. The most recent one appeared aimed at disrupting Ukraines vital supply of Western weapons.

The city of Lutsk, home to airfields used by the Ukrainian army, was the hardest hit, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. It lies near the border with Poland in western Ukraine, a region that is a crucial hub for receiving foreign military aid.

The attack comes at a time of increased uncertainty over the supply of crucial American weapons and as U.S.-led peace efforts have stalled. Zelenskyy said that the Kremlin was making a point with it.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces took aim at Ukrainian air bases and that all the designated targets have been hit. Meanwhile, Ukraine fired drones into Russia overnight, killing three people, officials said.

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The Russian attack, which included 728 drones and 13 missiles, had the largest number of drones fired in a single night in the war. On Friday, Russia fired 550 drones, less than a week after it launched 477, both the largest at the time, officials said.

Beyond Lutsk, 10 regions were struck. One person was killed in the Khmelnytskyi region, and two wounded in the Kyiv region, officials said.

Poland, a member of NATO, scrambled its fighter jets and put its armed forces on the highest level of alert in response to the attack, the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command wrote in an X post.

Russia's bigger army has also launched a new drive to punch through parts of the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, where short-handed Ukrainian forces are under heavy strain.

Trump says the US must send more weapons to Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was not happy with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hasn't budged from his ceasefire and peace demands since Trump took office in January and began to push for a settlement.

Trump said Monday that the U.S. would have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after Washington paused critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Trump has quite a tough style in terms of the phrasing he uses, adding that Moscow hopes to continue our dialogue with Washington and our course aimed at repairing the badly damaged bilateral ties.

Zelenskyy, meanwhile, urged Ukraines partners to impose stricter sanctions on Russian oil and those who help finance the Kremlins war by buying it.

Everyone who wants peace must act, Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian leader met Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a visit to Italy ahead of an international conference on rebuilding Ukraine.

Both Russia and Ukraine look to build more drones

Ukraines air defenses shot down 296 drones and seven missiles during the overnight attack, while 415 more drones were lost from radars or jammed, an air force statement said.

Ukrainian interceptor drones, developed to counter the Shahed ones fired by Russia, are increasingly effective, Zelenskyy said, adding that domestic production of anti-aircraft drones is being scaled up in partnership with some Western countries.

Western military analysts say Russia is also boosting its drone manufacturing and could soon be capable of launching 1,000 a night at Ukraine.

Russia continues to expand its domestic drone production capacity amid the ever-growing role of tactical drones in front-line combat operations and Russias increasingly large nightly long-range strike packages against Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, said late Tuesday.

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Ukraine has also built up its own offensive drone threat, reaching deep into Russia with some long-range strikes.

Russias Defense Ministry said Wednesday that air defenses downed 86 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, including the Moscow region.

Flights were temporarily suspended at Moscows Sheremetyevo airport and the international airport of Kaluga, south of Moscow.

The governor of Russias Kursk border region, Alexander Khinshtein, said a Ukrainian drone attack on the regions capital city just before midnight killed three people and wounded seven others, including a 5-year-old boy.

Meanwhile, Europes top human rights court ruled Wednesday that Russia had violated international law during the war in Ukraine, the first time an international court has found Moscow responsible for human rights abuses since the full-scale invasion in 2022.

The court also ruled Russia was behind the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the first time Moscow was named by an international court as being responsible for the 2014 tragedy that claimed 298 lives. Any decision is largely symbolic.

This story was first published by Aaron Mondry of Outlier Media. WXYZ is a proud partner of Outlier.

Starting in July 2023, a Florida-based real estate startup made a pitch to foreign investors: For as little as $50, anyone with a crypto wallet could buy into a portfolio of 39 homes on Detroits eastside.

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It was a rousing success for the company, RealT, which sells fractional ownership of properties in cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Chicago. Collectively, investors shelled out more than $2.72 million for the bundle much more than the $1.1 million RealT agreed to pay for the homes, according to the seller.

But the deal never closed. The deeds for all the homes still list the owner as Brewer Park Homes LDHA LP not RealT well over a year after investors bought up the last shares, called tokens. It doesnt appear that RealT has informed investors that the sale hasnt gone through.

RealTs owners, brothers Remy and Jean-Marc Jacobson, claim to operate the worlds largest real estate marketplace of its kind. The company buys properties, subdivides them into thousands of digital tokens, and sells them mostly to investors who pay in cryptocurrency. U.S. residents are barred from investing.

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Its unclear whether RealTs investors understand what theyre actually buying. Its doubtful many or any have seen the more than 650 tokenized properties scattered throughout Detroits neighborhoods. 

RealT also hasnt been transparent with investors, withholding or misrepresenting critical information. The company claims its tokenholders are legal owners of properties. But without deeds for the eastside homes or many others in its Detroit portfolio, its unclear how RealT can make that claim or back the value of investors tokens. 

Outlier Medias monthslong investigation into RealT reveals serious questions about the companys integrity and viability. RealT has sold digital tokens for Detroit homes it doesnt own, misled investors about their condition and occupancy, and continues to pay out dividends for properties that havent collected rent for months or years. Now RealTs tenants, real estate experts and even its own investors worry the enterprise might be a scam dressed up as tech innovation.

The City of Detroit is taking action as well. It filed, according to Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett, the largest nuisance abatement lawsuit in the citys history against RealT in Michigans 3rd Circuit Court last week. The suit seeks to compel RealT to bring its entire portfolio up to code. 

The citizens of Detroit are paying the price in the form of their neighborhoods being inundated with dangerous structures that invite squatters and criminal activity, the complaint says. 

Despite the litany of concerns, RealT continues to tokenize new properties almost every week: 87 so far this year. 

Were getting closer to a Ponzi/Madoff-type scheme, said a person claiming to be a longtime RealT investor who independently contacted Outlier by email. They declined to identify themselves, citing recent kidnappings and violence against crypto investors, but provided evidence to Outlier that they held RealT tokens. 

If this is true, the very notion of a Real World Asset is void, and I would call into question my entire investment strategy, they wrote. More clearly stated, Im withdrawing all my investments from RealT.

More properties, more problems

Detroit is ground zero for RealTs operations. It claims to own far more real estate in the city than any other location. The company is responsible for about 1,600 rental units in the city. 

Previous investigations by Outlier Media revealed that the company owes the City of Detroit millions in unpaid taxes and blight tickets, and its tenants have been clamoring for essential repairs. 

RealT doesnt appear to have filed property transfer affidavits, as required by state law, for hundreds of properties. Paperwork for state-subsidized housing is years overdue.

The companys business practices have alarmed and baffled industry experts.

You have absentee landlords that are not doing right by their tenants and not being held accountable, said Mark Hays, senior policy analyst with Americans for Financial Reform. On top of that, you have this distributed ownership model that introduces another layer of complexity, opacity and lack of accountability that could exacerbate either the abuses or make it harder to find accountability.

Caught in the middle

According to an offering memo sent to investors, RealT signs a purchase agreement with the seller before putting the property on its marketplace to raise funds. If enough tokens sell, it closes the deal.

Thats not what happened with the 39 eastside homes on Lillibridge and Fairview streets. RealT sold all the tokens it offered to investors between July 2023 and March 2024, according to a third-party platform that tracks RealT data. 

But the deal never closed. 

By all indications, Brewer Park Homes LDHA LP is still the legal owner of the homes. It holds the deeds, pays the taxes and receives the blight tickets. 

Kathy Makino-Leipsitz, the states listed owner of Brewer Park Homes, confirmed that RealT doesnt own the properties. 

Its been under purchase agreement for over a year but hasnt closed, Makino-Leipsitz said.

Shaun Wilson, a spokesperson for RealT, said in a brief emailed statement Tuesday that Makino-Leipsitz is to blame for not closing the deal.

The seller has not provided adequate documentation to allow Realtoken to exercise its last remaining option at this time, Wilson said. 

He added that RealT has until May 2026 to make a final payment on the acquisition and has already paid 80% of the purchase price an amount Makino-Leipsitz disputes.

Bottom line, theyre making excuses for not completing the purchase, she said. 

Brewer Park Homes may be the owner on paper, but residents say RealT has taken over day-to-day property management. 

Tenants like Chiona White are caught in the middle of this ownership limbo. She said she moved into a Brewer Park home with her two children in late 2023. 

She said she has no formal lease and has never received any maintenance from RealT. White said she and her father spent $5,000 on repairs themselves fixing broken doors and walls, electrical problems and plumbing. 

White didnt know who she was supposed to pay rent to when RealTs in-house property management company contacted her earlier this year. It never demonstrated that it was the owner because it couldnt. 

Then, in June, she got a notice to quit often used to initiate the eviction process saying she had until July 8 to move out.

No one has come to do anything, fix anything, White said. Ive spent my own money. I feel like Ive done more than what they were supposed to do.

More deed questions

In a January interview with Outlier, the Jacobsons blamed a local property manager for the problems in Detroit. They later sued Shawn Reed, claiming that he misused funds, fabricated receipts and neglected renovations. Reed denies the allegations. 

But even if everything in the lawsuit were true, it still doesnt explain basic inconsistencies in RealTs account of the situation.

Outlier examined all 25 properties RealT offered to investors in January long after it cut ties with Reed and several property management companies and started its own in-house property management company.

The same issues persist: 21 properties are already delinquent on taxes. Fourteen are vacant, according to U.S. Postal Service data provided by Regrid. RealT reported at the time of the offerings that 24 were occupied. 

In only three cases do records at the Wayne County Register of Deeds indicate that RealT is the owner. 

Instead, Coastal Line Homes LLC holds or recently held the deeds. The LLC is tied to Erdem Sezer, a Turkish real estate investor. 

Outlier was unable to reach him for this story. 

RealT spokesperson Wilson said in a statement that title issues were holding up the deed transfers, and that the company expects a resolution in the coming weeks. He didnt elaborate on the nature of the title issues.

Baffling business model

Investors told Outlier that RealT doesnt provide purchase agreements to prove how much it pays for properties. That allows the company to inflate the value of homes it puts on its investment platform. 

Darin McLeskey was astounded when he discovered that homes he sold in 2023 popped up on RealTs marketplace with price tags more than double what he sold them for. 

McLeskey, owner and principal broker of Denovo Real Estate, told Outlier he sold 45 homes in a bundle to another real estate investor, Jerry Watha, for a little over $20,000 each. 

Soon after, Watha transferred the properties to LLCs associated with RealT, which listed them at around $55,000 each. Watha did not return messages asking for comment.

I have no clue how someone can justify paying that much, McLeskey said. 

The properties are part of Ephesus Homes, a low-income housing development. McLeskey said the homes arent really designed to make money because tenants rents are capped. Yet RealT promised investors a 10% return. 

Its a physical impossibility (to get that much in rent) unless you have zero tax bills and do zero maintenance, McLeskey said.

RealT needs rental income in order to pay dividends to investors at least, in theory. 

The company has claimed a 2% vacancy rate when marketing properties to investors. But that doesnt square with U.S. Postal Service data showing around 20% vacancy. 

Yet, RealT continues to pay out dividends nearly every week, for nearly every property. 

Scrutiny builds

Detroits public nuisance lawsuit demands that RealT get certificates of compliance for all 408 properties mentioned in the complaint, and fix up the worst properties within 90 days or allow the city to make repairs at the companys expense.

Its also asking the court to hold the Jacobsons personally liable for the cost of bringing properties into compliance.

RealT could also face fines for failing to file property transfer affidavits for at least 300 properties it has tokenized, according to data from the city assessors office. The affidavits, which inform assessors about a change in ownership, must be submitted within 45 days of a purchase. 

Real estate experts told Outlier some buyers skip this requirement to avoid higher taxes.

The state is also watching. RealT owns at least six low-income housing developments comprising hundreds of homes. Those come with strict compliance rules, including annual reports and inspections overseen by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). 

Outlier obtained emails from MSHDA showing RealT is years behind on compliance for all six developments.

RealT is a relatively new owner and we are working with them to get paperwork back into compliance, said Katie Bach, MSHDAs communications director. They have inherited issues and are actively working through them. We have provided an action plan to RealT, and they have agreed to it. If they do not meet the submission dates, they will be sent a noncompliance letter, consistent with our policy.

A noncompliance letter would start the process that could lead to fees, recapture of tax credits from previous years and legal action from the states attorney general. 

This article first appeared on Outlier Media and is republished here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Barbie is getting an insulin pump! Mattel announced on Tuesday the first-ever Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes (T1D) as part of an effort to expand representation.

According to Mattel, the Barbie comes with an insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor and more.

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Barbie partnered with an organization that is focused on diabetes awareness and research  Breakthrough T1D  formerly JDRF.

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Introducing a Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes marks an important step in our commitment to inclusivity and representation, said Krista Berger, senior vice president of Barbie and global head of dolls. Barbie helps shape childrens early perceptions of the world, and by reflecting medical conditions like T1D, we ensure more kids can see themselves in the stories they imagine and the dolls they love.

On top of the CGM and insulin pump, Barbie is wearing a blue polka dot outfit. Both the blue and the dots are nods to global symbols that represent diabetes awareness.

She also has a purse "perfect for Barbie to carry any essentials, such as type 1 diabetes supplies or snacks, when shes on the go."

We were thrilled when Barbie approached us to collaborate on the development of the Barbie doll with type 1 diabetes, Breakthrough T1D CEO Aaron J. Kowalski said in a statement. I have lived with T1D since I was 13, and my brother since he was 3, so this partnership is deeply personal it means the world to be part of bringing greater visibility to a condition that affects so many families. Its an honor to work with a brand that shares our commitment to showing children that a life with type 1 diabetes can be full, vibrant, and empowering.

Related: Conor Daly, IndyCar driver with type one diabetes, meets with metro Detroit kids who have T1D

Barbie donated dolls to Breakthrough T1D 2025 Chidlren's Congress, which brings together 170 children living with T1D to meet face-to-face with Congress.

The organization also honored two T1D advocates Peloton Instructor Robin Arzn in the US and model Lila Moss in the UK with their own one-of-a-kind Barbie dolls.

After being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes a decade ago, I've found a lot of purpose in advocating for people with the condition and educating others about it because knowledge is power especially for young minds, said Arzn. Its an absolute honor to receive a Barbie doll as a part of the brands efforts to grow awareness and representation surrounding type 1 diabetes, so that we can help show kids that all types of challenges give us all the more reason to push forward and achieve our dreams.

"I am proud to use my platform to educate around type 1 diabetes and show that being different is cool. Receiving messages from people who see my patches and feel represented means everything to me. To be able to now see Barbie dolls with T1D, and to receive a Barbie doll that visibly looks like me even wearing her patches, is both surreal and special," Moss added.

Search and rescue teams are combing through debris in Texas as the state grapples with the aftermath of catastrophic flooding.

The death toll has climbed past 100, and more than 160 people remain unaccounted for a number that is expected to rise, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Among the missing are five campers and a counselor from Camp Mystic.

Crews equipped with heavy machinery are working tirelessly to remove trees, rocks, and debris in search efforts. With over 2,000 personnel deployed, the state is committed to locating and accounting for every missing individual. On Wednesday, officials asked locals not to clear debris on individual properties until cleared by search teams

The flooding, described by a former FEMA administrator as a "worst-case scenario," was exacerbated by historic rainfall that overwhelmed the area, particularly affecting communities like Kerr County, where Camp Mystic is located.

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"This tragedy struck when people were most vulnerablein the middle of the night," the former FEMA official noted, emphasizing the importance of ongoing local and state-led search efforts, with federal support as needed. Despite the challenges, Abbott has vowed to continue the search and rescue operations indefinitely.

Officials said on Tuesday that no one has been found alive in the flooding since last Friday.

Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha would not answer questions about who was in charge of emergency operations at the time of the flooding. He also would not answer questions on what measures were taken after the National Weather Service issued warnings.

He said answers to these questions would have to wait as his focus is on search and recovery operations, as well as notifying the next of kin of victims.

Leitha was asked whether there were any delays in relaying alerts to members of the public as the river swelled on Friday.

"There's gonna be an after-action (report). Those questions are going to be answered," he said. "We are not going to hide from anything."

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Here at 7 News Detroit, we want to make sure you start your day off on the right foot, informed about weather, traffic, the latest news and more. That's why we have the 7 Morning Digest, where we'll get you out the door informed and ready to go.

What's the weather for today? Metro Detroit Weather: A rainy day ahead

A few showers will linger into the morning commute, before we dry back out again mid-morning. Morning temperatures will be in the upper 60s, to near 70.

Showers and thunderstorms will redevelop Wednesday afternoon. A few could be strong, with gusty winds and small hail possible. Localized heavy rainfall in possible, with 1"+ as the storms move through. High temperatures climb into the mid 80s.

Drier weather moves in for Thursday and Friday, but and isolated shower or thunderstorm in possible late each day. High temperatures peak in the low to mid 80s.

A better chance for strong thunderstorms returns for Saturday, with drier weather Sunday.

Today: A chance for scattered showers and storms, more humidity with highs in the low 80s. Winds: S 5-10 mph.

The top stories to know about Grow Detroits Young Talent program returns, employing young people this summer Grow Detroit's Young Talent kicks off

A program that has put more than 87,000 Detroit young people to work during the summer kicked off on Tuesday.

This is year 11 of the Grow Detroits Young Talent program. Our Glenda Lewis with a young man who was one of the first to go through the program when it started in 2015 and now is a true success story today.

Teaching the ins and outs of technology through the nonprofit Journi is truly a full-circle moment for Matthew Jackson's life journey.

GDYT was my first-ever job. Worked here with Journi nonprofit back in 2015, and I was young. I was really not understanding of software development at the time, but it changed my life, Jackson said.

His journey since led him right back to head of the class.

I started engaging with the technology community in Detroit, started participating more in hackathons and inspired me to go to college for computer science. So I went to Morehouse College, studied there and I achieved a lot, Jackson said.

I was in Stanford Intelligence Systems Laboratory and did an internship there one summer. We did AI regulations on aviation. I worked with Accenture and McKinsey doing consulting for two years and I've just been traveling everywhere from Atlanta to New York to back home in Michigan now has been a great experience.

Now at 24 years old, he has a list of accomplishments that shows the Grow Detroits Young Talent program is really an investment in the city's future.

There's also a financial literacy component to the program, there's a digital literacy component to the program, a soft skills component to the program so that overall, these young people are not only working and earning a wage, but they're learning along the way, said Terri Weems, group executive of Workforce Development with the city of Detroit.

This program is truly a strategic investment in young people that is paying off in returns.

I know that the mayor wanted to make sure that every young person has an opportunity, Weems said. And with over 87,734 opportunities since 2015.

A press conference at Northwest Activities Center kicked off the 11th GDYT work experience, offering 8,054 summer jobs for Detroit young people. Mayor Mike Duggan on Tuesday launched his last year of the program he created.

In the city of Detroit, we've got the best summer jobs program in America where we put 8,000 people to work. That's what we're doing, Duggan said.

Livonia police remind residents about law regarding golf carts on public streets Livonia police crack down on golf cart drivers using public streets, residents oppose

Livonia police are reminding residents about a state law regarding golf carts on public streets.

The police department recently posted a public service announcement on Facebook reminding residents that golf carts are not permitted on public streets in the city.

"I honestly think they have nothing better to do. There are better things for them to be doing," Nick Copperstone said.

For many residents in Livonia neighborhoods, golf carts have become a convenient and economical way to travel short distances.

"I just like to drive around the neighborhood. I grew up in this neighborhood just a couple blocks away," Thomas Crowley said.

Residents claim they've been using golf carts for years without any issues until this recent enforcement effort.

The crackdown is citywide, but police identified community pools, like the one in Castle Gardens Park, as hot spots for golf cart drivers.

"This thing only goes 18 to 20 miles an hour. I'm not drag racing down the street by any means," Copperstone said.

Some residents expressed frustration about the enforcement priorities.

"I thought it was ridiculous. They should do more with the crotch rockets that go up and down the expressway and the freeways fast, zipping in and out of traffic," Donna Strauch said.

According to Michigan law, golf carts are legal to drive on public roads, but only in communities with populations under 30,000 people that have passed specific ordinances allowing their use. Additionally, golf carts can only be operated on streets with speed limits under 30 mph.

Livonia police confirmed they plan to continue enforcing golf cart regulations, while residents hope for policy changes.

Detroit cop arrested, suspected of stealing $600 from woman while bodycam rolling Detroit cop arrested, suspected of stealing $600 from woman while bodycam rolling

A Detroit police officer was arrested last month inside the citys 6th Precinct, accused by the department of stealing about $600 from a suspect.

The strongest evidence against the officer, the department says: his own body camera.

Our (internal affairs) lieutenant took a look at the video and immediately recognized that we had a criminal act here, Cmdr. Michael McGinnis said.

The officer has been suspended with pay, but has not been charged as of Tuesday. The Wayne County Prosecutors Office is reviewing a warrant, according to the Detroit Police Department.

The four-year veteran of the department was arrested after reporting for work in June over what he is alleged to have done during a traffic stop back on March 7.

According to officials, while near the intersection of Joy and Evergreen Road, a team of three officers observed what they believed to be a narcotics handoff. Two of the suspects involved drove off, police say, and when officers stopped their vehicle, they found drugs inside.

The driver and passenger of the vehicle were both arrested, later housed at the Detroit Detention Center.

After their release, however, the female passenger reported that there was money missing from her purse about $600 and filed a citizens complaint with the Office of the Chief Investigator.

When investigators pulled up the officers body camera, they say the theft was obvious.

You can see on camera an envelope of money contained in that purse. One minute you see it, next second its gone, McGinnis said.

He said the cash was not listed in any department inventory, mentioned in the police report or placed into evidence.

It was stolen, he said.

McGinnis said there is no evidence that the other two officers involved in the stop were aware of or involved in the alleged theft.

In his role overseeing the department, Commissioner Ricardo Moore says he has too often watched officers shut off body cameras during stops or arrests, or never turn them on in the first place.

That an officers alleged theft was caught by his own camera is in a way, Moore says progress. 

Im just happy that the body-warn camera situation worked, Moore said. Ive been lobbying because a lot of officers turn off the body-warn cameras.

The department says it is now conducting a wider review of the officers body camera, searching for similar alleged conduct. At the same time, theyre urging the public to come forward if they believe theyve been a victim of theft.

While the officer is currently suspended with pay, the department says it will plan to seek a suspension without pay at an upcoming Board of Police Commissioners meeting later this month.

I wouldnt be doing my job if I wasnt worried, McGinnis said.  

What worries me is that this is an officer wearing a police uniform stealing from the citizens. I see it as just him doing it, but the rest of the world sees it as Detroit police stealing. And thats just not the case.

The Detroit Police Officers Association did not respond to a request seeking comment.

Contact 7 Investigator Ross Jones at ross.jones@wxyz.com or at (248) 827-9466.

Four teens have been arrested after Warren police say they were stealing cars, before leading authorities on a chase and crashing into Brayz Hamburgers in Hazel Park.

See video from the scene and hear from the Brayz owner in the video below

4 teens arrested after stealing cars, crashing into Brayz Hamburgers following chase with Warren police

Warren police say that they got mutliple calls about people stealing Kias at Warren Manor Apartments, near 8 Mile and Dequindre.

When police got there, they saw a black Kia Optima fleeing the area and tried to pull them over before the chase started. The teens then drove north on Warner before turning onto 9 Mile towards Dequindre. At the intersection of those two roads, the teens ran a red light and crashed into the driver of a white Lincoln sedan heading south.

The impact from that crash caused the teens to crash into the restaurant.

All four teens tried to run on foot but were quickly arrested. Police determined that the car was stolen, finding a handgun in the vehicle. They also found another stolen Kia that was originally at Warren Manor Apartments.

The woman driving the Lincoln was hospitalized for what police call 'very minor injuries.'

"I don't know why they would chase in rain," the owner told us on Wednesday morning. "That made absolutely no sense to me, so, I don't know. I don't like this though, this is not right. I'll be honest with you, this is not right at all what they did."

Two men were injured after being shot while driving on I-96 on Tuesday night, according to Michigan State Police.

We're told the shooting happened just before 11 p.m., in the eastbound lanes of the highway between Davison and Livernois.

The men told police they were traveling in the right center lane when a vehicle approached them from the right lane, hearing four shots. That suspect vehicle drove away, with the men losing sight of the vehicle along eastbound I-96 and W. Grand Boulevard.

The men proceeded to dive themselves to the hospital. The 57-year-old driver was shot in the leg, and the 22-year-old passenger in the back seat was shot in the thigh. The 21-year-old in the front passenger seat did not get hurt.

We're told the freeway was closed for four hours to investigate the scene, with MSP saying that troopers and canine officers did not find any shell casings or evidence of a shooting.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call (855)642-4847 or Crime Stoppers at 1(800)773-2587.