An elementary school teacher who suffered with flu-like symptoms later developed sepsis that left her with rotting legs before she had all ten toes amputated. Skeeter Hockett, from Michigan, booked an appointment with doctors in March who sent her home after dismissing fears that she had the flu. But the 42-year-old’s condition worsened in the … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground. The court without comment refused to call into question the the certification process in Pennsylvania. Gov. Tom Wolf already has certified Biden’s victory and the state’s 20 electors are to meet on Dec. … Read more
A pregnant mother who was intubated moments after giving birth to her son has died of COVID-19 without ever being able to hold the newborn in her arms. Erika Becerra, 33, died on Friday night in Detroit, Michigan, after testing positive for the virus three weeks ago; she was eight months pregnant at the time. As … Read more
TIME Magazine has announced its first-ever Kid of the Year – 15-year-old scientist and inventor Gitanjali Rao. Roa’s love for science began at the age of 10 when she discovered carbon nanotube sensor technology, which uses molecules to detect chemicals in water, and her passion grew from there. Prior to being named Kid of the Year, … Read more
The four-person split-party panel who certifies presidential elections in Michigan voted Monday afternoon 3-1 to confirm Joe Biden’s popular vote win in the swing state. The vote is yet another blow to Donald Trump’s pressure campaign to overturn the presidential election, which includes mounting several lawsuits in battleground states like Michigan. The Michigan Board of … Read more
The four members of the Board of State Canvassers in Michigan could come to a deadlock Monday, for what is believed to be the first time ever, which would delay the state certifying Joe Biden‘s victory there. The two-Democrat and two-Republican panel could come to a head during their Monday afternoon meeting as President Donald … Read more
The top Michigan Republican legislative leaders who met with President Trump at the White House as part of the president’s extraordinary move to try to overturn Joe Biden’s popular vote win in the state said Friday evening they will ‘follow the law.’ The lawmakers, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield, issued a … Read more
Donald Trump does have a precarious – and politically explosive – path to keeping the White House. To do it he needs to get Joe Biden’s wins in a series of states set aside. With his claim that the Supreme Court would do that looking to have evaporated, instead he has to use the procedures … Read more
Rate of suicidal thoughts among pregnant women and new mothers has TRIPLED and the rate of self-harm has doubled in the last decade Researchers looked at more than 595,000 women in the year before and after they gave birth from 2006 to 2017 Diagnoses of suicidality – meaning thoughts, plans and attempts – tripled from … Read more
Contestant Ryan Gallagher faced a difficult challenge on Monday’s episode of The Voice as he learned his mother was hospitalized with coronavirus. The 31-year-old member of Kelly Clarkson’s team had to sing Celine Dion’s I Surrender, but all he could think about was his mom and her diagnosis. Ryan, who hailed from Ada, Michigan, was … Read more