Detroit Free Press Warnings about connected vehicle vulnerabilities have been a steady drumbeat for years. Now a consumer-advocacy group is putting it in starker terms, suggesting a mass cyberattack against such vehicles could lead to Sept. 11-level casualties.California-based Consumer Watchdog has issued a to allow vehicles to be disconnected from the Internet. The report highlights numerous widely reported instances of remote vehicle hacking, such as a 2015 demonstration involving a along a St. Louis-area freeway."Millions of cars on the internet running the same software...…Detroit Free Press Warnings about connected vehicle vulnerabilities have been a steady drumbeat for years. Now a consumer-advocacy group is putting it in starker terms, suggesting a mass cyberattack against such vehicles could lead to Sept. 11-level casualties.California-based Consumer Watchdog has issued a to allow vehicles to be disconnected from the Internet. The report highlights numerous widely reported instances of remote vehicle hacking, such as a 2015 demonstration involving a along a St. Louis-area freeway."Millions of cars on the internet running the same software...WW…

Get the newsShare This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutUAW engaged by safety measures as Ford prepares to reopen factories during pandemic.A link has been sent to your friend's email address.A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read theWelcome to our new and improved comments.This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.You do not need a Facebook profile to participate.You will need to register before adding a comment.Typed comments will be lost if...…Get the newsShare This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutUAW engaged by safety measures as Ford prepares to reopen factories during pandemic.A link has been sent to your friend's email address.A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read theWelcome to our new and improved comments.This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.You do not need a Facebook profile to participate.You will need to register before adding a comment.Typed comments will be lost if...WW…

Detroit Free Press LANSING – Gov Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic remain in force, despite the Legislature's refusal to extend Michigan's state of emergency, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday.In a letter to law enforcement officials, Nessel said Whitmer's stay-at-home order and order closing restaurants, gyms, theaters, hair and nail salons, barbershops and many other facilities, and restricting restaurants to carryout and delivery service, remain enforceable, "regardless of what you may have heard."Nessel said her office has...…Detroit Free Press LANSING – Gov Gretchen Whitmer's executive orders related to the coronavirus pandemic remain in force, despite the Legislature's refusal to extend Michigan's state of emergency, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Tuesday.In a letter to law enforcement officials, Nessel said Whitmer's stay-at-home order and order closing restaurants, gyms, theaters, hair and nail salons, barbershops and many other facilities, and restricting restaurants to carryout and delivery service, remain enforceable, "regardless of what you may have heard."Nessel said her office has...WW…

Detroit Free Press Amber Gorby ordered the beach towels, stuffed animals, smartphone chargers and the other doodads found by the cash registers at HomeTown Pharmacy's three dozen stores. So when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered businesses to “suspend in-person operations that are not essential to sustain or protect life” to help fight the spread of the coronavirus, Gorby figured she could finally work from home.And that’s the case she made at a staff meeting at HomeTown PHAR headquarters about an hour after the governor issued her “stay home, stay safe” order on March...…Detroit Free Press Amber Gorby ordered the beach towels, stuffed animals, smartphone chargers and the other doodads found by the cash registers at HomeTown Pharmacy's three dozen stores. So when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered businesses to “suspend in-person operations that are not essential to sustain or protect life” to help fight the spread of the coronavirus, Gorby figured she could finally work from home.And that’s the case she made at a staff meeting at HomeTown PHAR headquarters about an hour after the governor issued her “stay home, stay safe” order on March...WW…

Detroit Free Press Rapper Eminem, and his security force, foiled the plans of a intruder who broke into his Clinton Township home through a back door on April 5, police and people close to the artist said.The star, born Marshall Mathers, was awakened by a home alarm system about 4 a.m. that morning, ultimately confronting the bearded intruder in his living room.The man "was verbally and physically detained by Marshall, while security was alerted," an Eminem associate told the Free Press.Matthew David Hughes was charged in Macomb County District Court with first-degree home invasion and...…Detroit Free Press Rapper Eminem, and his security force, foiled the plans of a intruder who broke into his Clinton Township home through a back door on April 5, police and people close to the artist said.The star, born Marshall Mathers, was awakened by a home alarm system about 4 a.m. that morning, ultimately confronting the bearded intruder in his living room.The man "was verbally and physically detained by Marshall, while security was alerted," an Eminem associate told the Free Press.Matthew David Hughes was charged in Macomb County District Court with first-degree home invasion and...WW…

David EggertAssociated Press LANSING — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the creation of a Michigan commission to draw seats in Congress and the Legislature after the 2020 census, denying lawsuits filed by Republicans who say eligibility rules violate their constitutional rights.A voter-approved 2018 amendment to the state constitution took redistricting out of the hands of state lawmakers and placed it with a 13-member commission whose four Republicans, four Democrats and five independents will be selected at random among applicants. It was a bid to curtail...…David EggertAssociated Press LANSING — A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to block the creation of a Michigan commission to draw seats in Congress and the Legislature after the 2020 census, denying lawsuits filed by Republicans who say eligibility rules violate their constitutional rights.A voter-approved 2018 amendment to the state constitution took redistricting out of the hands of state lawmakers and placed it with a 13-member commission whose four Republicans, four Democrats and five independents will be selected at random among applicants. It was a bid to curtail...WW…

Port Huron Times Herald One of the owners of a downtown Port Huron restaurant was apologetic Thursday after facing some backlash over a controversial Facebook comment about Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Mark Wrubel, who co-owns Chef Shell’s, suggested the governor could “go and kill herself” and do the state “a huge favor” in a comment thread on a public St. Clair County page Wednesday.By Thursday afternoon, Wrubel posted an apology on his personal Facebook, which was also shared by the restaurant on its public page. Wrubel, who wasn’t immediately available for comment early Thursday evening, wrote...…Port Huron Times Herald One of the owners of a downtown Port Huron restaurant was apologetic Thursday after facing some backlash over a controversial Facebook comment about Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.Mark Wrubel, who co-owns Chef Shell’s, suggested the governor could “go and kill herself” and do the state “a huge favor” in a comment thread on a public St. Clair County page Wednesday.By Thursday afternoon, Wrubel posted an apology on his personal Facebook, which was also shared by the restaurant on its public page. Wrubel, who wasn’t immediately available for comment early Thursday evening, wrote...WW…

Get the newsShare This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutMary Schroeder, who photographed Kirk Gibson in the 1984 World Series, is a finalist for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020.A link has been sent to your friend's email address.A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read theWelcome to our new and improved comments.This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.You do not need a Facebook profile to participate.You will need to register...…Get the newsShare This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutMary Schroeder, who photographed Kirk Gibson in the 1984 World Series, is a finalist for the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020.A link has been sent to your friend's email address.A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the ConversationTo find out more about Facebook commenting please read theWelcome to our new and improved comments.This is a test to see whether we can improve the experience for you.You do not need a Facebook profile to participate.You will need to register...WW…

Kate Wells, Michigan Radio, and Robin Erb and Kelly House, Bridge Magazine Thousands of people are being recruited to participate in southeast Michigan clinical trials — touted as among the largest in the country — to test the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in the battle against COVID-19.But since a 3,000-person Detroit trial was announced April 2, an increasing number of reports have shed doubt not only on the drug’s effectiveness, but also its safety.Some warn of potentially deadly changes to the heart’s rhythm — an alarming side effect so widespread the U.S. Food and Drug...…Kate Wells, Michigan Radio, and Robin Erb and Kelly House, Bridge Magazine Thousands of people are being recruited to participate in southeast Michigan clinical trials — touted as among the largest in the country — to test the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in the battle against COVID-19.But since a 3,000-person Detroit trial was announced April 2, an increasing number of reports have shed doubt not only on the drug’s effectiveness, but also its safety.Some warn of potentially deadly changes to the heart’s rhythm — an alarming side effect so widespread the U.S. Food and Drug...WW…

The coronavirus shutdown has cost Nadine Maliniak all of her April and May bookings at the five-room bed and breakfast she runs in Lexington about two blocks from the Lake Huron shore."I need to get open, but I am a little bit afraid," said Maliniak, whose husband has health troubles.Mike Jones owns 10 cottages just south of Frankfort, a short walk from the shores of Lake Michigan. He's more confident, saying that with the right precautions, he can operate safely."It's gonna be a new, different normal, but I think we have to move forward. There's not much choice," Jones...…The coronavirus shutdown has cost Nadine Maliniak all of her April and May bookings at the five-room bed and breakfast she runs in Lexington about two blocks from the Lake Huron shore."I need to get open, but I am a little bit afraid," said Maliniak, whose husband has health troubles.Mike Jones owns 10 cottages just south of Frankfort, a short walk from the shores of Lake Michigan. He's more confident, saying that with the right precautions, he can operate safely."It's gonna be a new, different normal, but I think we have to move forward. There's not much choice," Jones...WW…