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2 injured in house explosion in Commerce Twp.; investigators speculate marijuana grow op inside

2 injured in house explosion in Commerce Twp.; investigators speculate marijuana grow op inside

Two people have been injured in a house explosion in Commerce Township overnight.

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by FIONA MCLOUGHLIN

Pro-Palestine protesters interrupted a holiday party for a Democratic congressional district Dec. 16 in Detroit, Michigan, according to multiple reports.

The party was hosted at the Common Pub for the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party, according to WXYZ News. Protesters began chanting for a ceasefire in Gaza after Shri Thanedar, a U.S. representative, addressed the crowd.

“Shri you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” protestors chanted in the video.

Videos on Twitter appears to show the commotion between guests of the party and protesters. People appeared to gather outside the bar, playing the drums and chanting. Footage from Bridge Michigan appears to show protesters banging on the windows.

Protesters continued to disrupt the party despite Jonathan Kinloch, the Chairman of the district, and the owner of the bar demanding they leave, WXYZ reported. (RELATED: Democrat Leadership Refuses To Condemn Violent Pro-Palestinian Protest Right Outside Their Own Headquarters).

“They were being disruptive,” Kinloch said, The Messenger reported, citing local reports. “The owner asked them to leave. I asked them to leave. They refused to leave, so they were removed from a place that they had no business and no legal right to be in.”

Bobbie Johnson, a local Democrat activist, was reportedly punched in the face as she and other party attendees attempted to remove protesters out of the pub, according to Bridge Michigan. She was hospitalized and suffered from two black eyes.

“This is not going to give you support for your cause,” Thanedar said in a press conference Monday, WYXZ reported. “I welcome them to come to my office. I welcome them to invite me to town halls where I could come and we can have a dialogue.”

No arrests were made, according to WXYZ. Police reportedly said the incident was under investigation.

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This week on Content Abnormal we present The Green Hornet in "Picture In The Dark"!

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American peeps help a girl out- if I watch ABC 7 wxyz Detroit - will I get 911 at 8pm (midnight for me) because right now the other streams are down but I can get that one working but its not matching up with the tv listings of what should be on so I'm super confuddled!!!

If I can't watch live I might cry 😭😭😭😭😭😭

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80′s/90′s Local Television Thanksgiving Station IDs/Bumpers Part 3 1. KABC-TV, Los Angeles, California, 1987 2. WCIX-TV, Miami/Ft Lauderdale, Florida, 1989 3. WPVI-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995 4. WCBS-TV, New York, New York, 1995 5. KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1988 6. KTTV-TV, Los Angeles, California, 1984 7. WBAY-TV, Green Bay/Fox Cities, Wisconsin, 1990 8. WABC-TV, New York, New York, 1995 9. WXYZ-TV, Detroit, Michigan, 1984 10. WLUK-TV, Green Bay/Fox Cities, Wisconsin, 1990 Part 1 (x) Part 2 (x)

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[UHQ] Action Sports Director Brad Galli talking with Darren Criss, a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning singer and songwriter who is performing at the Detroit tree lighting on Nov. 18, 2022. (Photos by WXYZ-TV) | Source

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On The Jukebox: “Asteroid City (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”

Time to head back to the 50′s.  Track listing as follows:

Alexandre Desplat - “WXYZ-TV Channel 8″

Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys - “Last Train To San Fernando”

Slim Whitman - “Indian Love Call”

Les Baxter - “April In Portugal”

Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys - “Ida Red”

Henk Bouman, Musica Antiqua Koln & Reinhard Goebel - “Canon and Gigue in D Major: I. Canon”

Alexandre Desplat - “Opening Ceremony With Awards Presentation (Keynote Speaker: General Grif Gibson)”

Tex Ritter - “Jingle Jangle Jingle (2000 Remastered Version)”

Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys - “Orange Blossom Special”

Tex Ritter - “High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (1991 Remastered Version)”

Burl Ives - “Cowboy’s Lament”

Alexandre Desplat - “Viewing of the Astronomical Ellipses (Opening Comments: Dr. Hickenlooper)”

Slim Whitman - “Rose Marie”

Slim Whitman - “Indian Love Call (1944 Version)”

Tennessee Ernie Ford - “Sixteen Tons (2000 Remastered Version)”

Eddy Arnold - “The Cattle Call”

Alexandre Desplat - “Special Seminar at the Playwright’s Request (Saltzburg Keitel’s Classroom)”

Asteroid City Cast - “Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)”

Johnny Duncan & The Bluegrass Boys - “Kaw-Liga”

Alexandre Desplat - “Emergency Assembly”

Alexandre Desplat - “A Bewildering and Bedazzling Celestial Mystery”

Les Paul & Mary Ford - “How High The Moon”

Bing Crosby - “The Streets Of Laredo”

The Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group & Nancy Whiskey - “Freight Train”

Jarvis Cocker - “You Can’t Wake Up If You Don’t Fall Asleep”

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WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7: How Bags to Butterflies helps formerly incarcerated women

WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7: How Bags to Butterflies helps formerly incarcerated women.

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Trudy Haynes (November 23, 1926 – June 7, 2022) was a news reporter. She became the nation's first African American TV weather reporter when she was hired by WXYZ-TV in Detroit in 1963. In 1965, she became the first African American TV news reporter for KYW-TV (now CBS-3), in Philadelphia, where she continued until her retirement in 1999. She received an Emmy Award as well as two Lifetime Achievement Awards during her 33-year tenure at KYW-TV and was hosting an online show called the "Trudy Haynes Show" at the time of her death. She was born Gertrude Daniels in New York City. The only child of Marjorie and Percy Daniels, she attended several schools but she graduated from Hills High School in Queens; racial segregation forced her to be bused to school. At Forest Hills, she became the only African-American cheerleader on her high school team. She was accepted to Howard University, where she studied sociology and psychology. She earned her BA in 1947. Before her work in news and network television, she started with the Ophelia DeVore Charm and Modeling Agency in the early 1950s. DeVore was known for being one of the first to market products to ethnic consumers and use African American models during the age of racial segregation and the civil rights movements. She appeared in several advertisements, most notably as the first African American to appear in poster advertisements for Lucky Strike cigarettes. She became an instructor for other trainees including Diahann Carroll and Beah Richards. She took her first steps towards her true calling in broadcasting when she was hired by WCHB, a black-owned radio station in Inkster, Michigan. WCHB was the first black-owned radio station north of the Mason–Dixon line. The station was created and operated by the father of one of her college classmates. She was hired as a receptionist; the director of the station took notice and asked if she wanted to be on a show. Accepting the position, she was named WCHB's "Women's Editor" and polished her interviewing skills while hosting a daily 90-minute program targeted at women. She had an affiliation with many professional associations. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTtNd2rNbz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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there's a press release on wxyz-tv, it's on YouTube. Governor, police, hospital leaders there detailing what little we know about the shooting. The doctor confirmed that all three deceased were msu students, as well as the five in critical condition. I'm very sorry if you've been personally affected by this. Please call a helpline in your state, or the national suicide prevention line if you feel in crisis/threat to yourself.

thanks, i don’t think i personally have any close friends/relatives that go to MSU but it’s really shocking and upsetting to see this happen so close to home AGAIN it’s only been a little over a year since oxford

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Newly released case-wrap hardcover copy of WYXIE WONDERLAND: 50-Year Diary of WXYZ Detroit by Dick Osgood. This volume is a thorough history of broadcasting from the foundation of old time radio.

Fifty years of national radio and television history — 1925 to 1975 — are reflected in the fundamental and accidental specifics of a single station — WXYZ Detroit from AM to FM and TV. The author, Dick Osgood was there through it all.

https://www.boldventurepress.com/wyxie-wonderland/

#radio history

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Jan 22, 2024

Dan Campbell gets choked up hearing Jared Goff called him 'greatest leader' he's been around | Brad Galli has more on the Lions from Allen Park

from WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7

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Federal building employees push for temporary closure over Legionella concerns

DETROIT (WXYZ) — Employees working at the Patrick McNamara Federal building in downtown Detroit are pushing to have it temporarily closed for Legionella concerns.

7 Action News first reported on issues within the building in December after the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) found elevated levels of lead, copper, and legionella in water in several sites throughout the building.

Ingesting copper, lead, and Legionella in drinking water can cause digestive issues, brain damage, and Legionnaire's disease among other health issues.

A group of employees working at the federal building say the 7 Action News December report was the first time they’d even been notified. At least two more agencies with office spaces at the McNamara building have moved to remote work or deployed workers to other facilities after hearing the report. Now employees say they want the building closed until GSA can 100% guarantee the building is safe.

"I don’t believe GSA is totally providing all information that they know. That makes it even scarier," said Monique Buchanan who has worked in the federal building for 15 years.

Buchanan is the president of AFGE Local 3239, which in part represents employees at the Social Security Field Office. She says she believes employees may have been ingesting the chemicals and bacteria for much longer than they realize.

"GSA has not identified at the earliest point that egionella and copper and lead has been in the water. My assumption is because we were on mandatory telework until about March of 2022, I am assuming when we re-entered the sites, this was there waiting on us. And I believe we’ve been taking in this water, washing our hands, breathing in the steam from hot water since at least March of 2022," said Buchanan.

Reports sent to building employees show over the last few months, GSA has run multiple tests at 120 sites. A November round of testing showed multiple sites with uncontrolled or poorly controlled levels of lead, copper, and Legionella.

Jan 2024 Report (December Testing) by WXYZ-TV Channel 7 Detroit on Scribd

After taking several problem fountains and bathrooms out of service and performing enhanced flushing, GSA sent a letter stating that a December round of testing showed only one site still had elevated levels of copper. The letter also showed five sites including the bathrooms on the 21st floor still have uncontrolled levels of Legionella. It's unclear what percentage of total sites the 120 samples represent.

Employees say it's especially concerning because they service so many vulnerable populations.

"We have a range of public that comes into our buildings that rely on us of course for service primarily but, secondly their assumption is that they’re in a safe facility because it’s a federal site," said Buchanan. "The public will not access water fountains and water sites that are closed off but the areas that have not yet been tested, which is 75% of the building, is not closed off. So there are sites where potentially there is harm."

Greg Senden represents employees at another office within the building and says GSA has not been transparent enough throughout this process.

"I guess our concern is that GSA is not doing the job that they should be doing to maintain and keep the buildings that they operate safe," said Senden. "I would like to see GSA be more forthcoming with information. I would like to have the public and the employees that work in this building be made aware of what the issues are so they can decide for themselves whether it’s safe for them to be in the building."

Friday morning, 7 Action News reached out to GSA for a comment on what has been done to remedy the water issues since our December report however no one was immediately available.

The agency sent the following statement last month:

The safety of federal employees, the public and contractors working in federal buildings is GSA’s highest priority. Water tests conducted on Nov. 8 at the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building in Detroit determined elevated levels of Legionella in specific test points. GSA follows CDC guidance in addressing the risk of Legionella related illness. Immediately after receiving these test results, GSA notified building occupants, shut off the affected water outlets and restricted access to the outlets. In addition, GSA is continuing to flush water through these points while developing a full building water flushing and sampling testing plan. Additional testing is being conducted on the elevated test points. GSA continues to keep building occupants apprised of the latest safety precautions in place. Tanya Schusler Regional Public Affairs Officer  U.S. General Services Administration

"The goal here is not to point fingers or blame anyone. The goal here is just to make sure we have a safe facility here," said Buchanan.

Employees say they have also reached out to lawmakers to put pressure on GSA to remedy the issue. Senator Gary Peters who also has an office in the federal building sent the following:

“This is simply unacceptable. Members of the public who visit this building to access critical services, as well as the dedicated employees who work there, need to know that the water they are using is safe. I’ll continue pressing the General Services Administration to quickly and completely resolve this issue, and ensure they are responding to concerns like these effectively moving forward.” Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Testing at water sites within the building is still ongoing. The next round is expected later this month.

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I, The Owner Of This Very Blog; Do Not Have Any Tolerance For Cultural Shifts

I, the owner of this very Blog; do not have any tolerance for cultural shifts. Including cultural shifts transcribed by this Article and News Report by a contemporary reporter employed by WXYZ-TV, while under the ownership of Scripps-Howard and not by ABC itself: https://www.wxyz.com/news/thanksgiving-night-more-tame-for-retailers-as-black-friday-culture-shifts