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Detroit Tree Lighting 2024: Everything You Need to Know

The 21st annual Detroit Tree Lighting Ceremony returns to Campus Martius Park this November.

The annual event brings thousands of people to downtown Detroit to kick off the holiday season. This year, the tree is a 66-foot Norway spruce, grown in Michigan, decorated with ornaments and lit with thousands of multi-colored LED lights.

People planning to attend the event are encouraged to arrive early.

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The former Detroit Lions linebacker charged in the Jan. 6 riot, according to NBC News

According to NBC News, former Detroit Lions linebacker Leander Antwione Williams has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 riot.

Williams was arrested in Georgia on Thursday (November 14) for assaulting police officers during the attack on the US Capitol.

The 31-year-old was selected by the Lions in the fifth round (169th overall) in the 2016 draft.

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Monroe County man uses Roblox, Discord, Snapchat to sexually exploit children

A Monroe County man has been arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting numerous children online.

Sean Antony Stark, of Erie, was arrested for allegedly coercing children and telling them to send him sexually explicit photos of themselves.

The FBI filed a criminal complaint on November 14, 2024, saying Stark allegedly used various accounts through Roblox to tell children to talk to him on Discord and Snapchat and sexually exploited them from January 2023 to August 2024.

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What you need to know: DOJ launches investigation into Michigan psychiatric hospitals

The Justice Department has launched an investigation under the Americans with Disabilities Act into whether Michigan is “unnecessarily institutionalizing adults with serious mental illness” in psychiatric hospitals.

Officials will investigate whether the state is failing to provide mental health services to help residents transition from state psychiatric hospitals to stable community living once they are ready to go home.

“The Americans with Disabilities Act protects people’s right to receive mental health services in the community rather than remaining in hospitals when they are ready to go home,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division. Justice. “This investigation will assess whether Michigan is honoring the ADA’s promise that people with disabilities be served in the most appropriately integrated setting. The Civil Rights Division will continue to advocate for states to provide people with disabilities the services they need to avoid unnecessary institutionalization.”

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Times: From wet to foggy with a slightly warmer weekend in Metro Detroit

It’s a bleak start and it’s going to be a gray day. With the clouds hanging in today, smooth sprinkles or very light showers cannot be ruled out. There will be a very minimal rise in temperatures today, so what you wake up to is close to what it will feel like this afternoon.

Otherwise, mainly dry and mild conditions are expected today through Sunday. Cloudy with highs around 50 this afternoon. Lows will drop either side of 40 this evening.

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