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Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly – places filled with children of tender ages, older students aspiring to new heights and t…

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For more than three generations, the Bernstein family has been practicing law in Michigan. With both a father, a grandfather, and two siblings working as lawyers, you would think that Richard Bernstein was destined to be one.

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Lauren Formosa is the newest addition to the Grand Haven Tribune newsroom. She is covering education, as well as the Village of Spring Lake.

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LANSING — The Democratic majorities in the House and Senate in their first three months of session have ditched a right-to-work law, revived the prevailing wage for state construction projects, scrapped an abortion ban, boosted low-income tax credits and cut taxes on residents receiving pensions.

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21-year-old woman killed in two-car crash in Muskegon

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A female shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday, authorities said. The suspect also died after being shot by police.

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ROME (AP) — The Florence museum housing Michelangelo's Renaissance masterpiece the David on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign.

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Canada has pledged a significant increase in spending to improve water quality in the Great Lakes following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden, whose administration also has boosted funding for the shared waters.

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Muslims around the world are welcoming the start of Ramadan, a month of fasting, increased worship, heightened charity, good deeds and community. Christians are also fasting during Lent, the 40-day period of penance and prayer ahead of Easter, which marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ fro…

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The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Ottawa and surrounding counties. 

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HOLLAND – The Hope College Jack Ridl Visiting Writers Series will conclude its 40th-anniversary season with series co-founder Jack Ridl in conversation with award-winning memoirist Anne-Marie Oomen on Wednesday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at Herrick District Library.

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Corrupt Detroit cop faces prison after pleading guilty in towing scandal

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Last week, students from Rebecca Williams’ first-grade class at Griffin Elementary School departed the school bus and filed into the Tri-Cities Family YMCA.

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LANSING — Michigan, long known as a mainstay of organized labor, on Friday became the first state in decades to repeal a union-restricting law known as “right-to-work” that was passed over a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Legislature.

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Friday passed a bill that would mandate local school systems give parents greater oversight over education, making good on a 2022 campaign pledge by Speaker Kevin McCarthy and providing fodder for a 2024 campaign battle over public schools.

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MUSKEGON — The City of Muskegon will continue its tradition of free concerts through the McGraft Park Summer Concert Series, which will feature seven performances this summer.

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The Ottawa County Department of Public Health announced Thursday that it will begin to close its COVID-19 community testing sites this week, marking the end of nearly three years of service.

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Oxford school shooter’s parents can face manslaughter trial

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The states that have legalized sports betting are reporting record levels of wagering and revenues, but with that growth comes questions about gambling addiction and whether regulators and sportsbooks are doing enough to fight it.

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The decision whether to indict former President Donald Trump over hush-money payments made on his behalf during his 2016 presidential campaign lies with a Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence in secret for weeks.

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WASHINGTON — Fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso used a White House visit Monday to encourage people, even in politically divided Washington, to make it a point to check in often with friends, family and co-workers to “ask how they’re doing, and listen, sincerely.”

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GRAND RAPIDS – Lakeshore Advantage, the nonprofit economic development organization for Ottawa and Allegan counties, was selected alongside Greater Muskegon Economic Development as winner of the MiBiz Deal of the Year Award in the Economic Development category.