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Rocket Companies stock soars 70% on speculative trading, mirroring GameStop rally
Stock in Detroit-based Rocket Companies mirrored the look of a Reddit-induced GameStop rally, as shares climbed a shocking 72% in trading shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday. Are we looking at the next GameStop wild ride here with more outlandish gains ahead? Rocket was trading at $38.05 a share before 3 p.m. Tuesday, up $13.75 a share or 56.58%. Will a stock in a mortgage company — much like one in a beaten down video game retailer — now soar to the stratosphere simply because Robinhood speculators are aiming their arrows at the stocks that the so-called evil hedge fund professionals expect to see g...
Detroit Free Press
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Paciente de transplante muere después de recibir pulmones infectados con covid
Médicos dicen que una mujer en Michigan desarrolló covid-19 y murió el otoño pasado, dos meses después de recibir un trasplante doble de pulmón de un donante que portaba el coronavirus que causa la enfermedad, a pesar de que no mostró signos de la enfermedad y que inicialmente dio negativo. Autoridades de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Michigan sugirieron que podría ser el primer caso comprobado en el país de covid en el que el virus se transmitió a través de un trasplante de órganos. Un cirujano que manipuló los pulmones del donante también se infectó y se enfermó, pero luego se ...
Kaiser Health News (Espanol)
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Organ Transplant Patient Dies After Receiving Covid-Infected Lungs
This story also ran on NBC News. It can be republished for free. Doctors say a woman in Michigan contracted covid-19 and died last fall two months after receiving a tainted double-lung transplant from a donor who turned out to harbor the virus that causes the disease — despite showing no signs of illness and initially testing negative. Officials at the University of Michigan Medical School suggested it may be the first proven case of covid in the U.S. in which the virus was transmitted via an organ transplant. A surgeon who handled the donor lungs was also infected with the virus and fell ill ...
Kaiser Health News
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John Oliver slams Mike Shirkey on 'Last Week Tonight' for false claim on US Capitol 'hoax'
Things aren't great at the moment for Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, who continues to take heat — this time on HBO's "Last Week Tonight" — for his false claims about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. On Sunday night's season premiere of the political comedy series, host John Oliver weighed in on the impeachment trial and acquittal of former President Donald Trump. Surveying the support for Trump that continues to exist in the GOP, Oliver slammed Shirkey's recent comments that the Capitol insurrection was a "hoax" and that it wasn't carried out by Trump supporters. Oliver ai...
Detroit Free Press
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Aretha Franklin's son puts upcoming 'Genius' series on blast, says family does not support
Aretha Franklin’s youngest son has slammed the forthcoming National Geographic series about the late star’s life and career. In an angry, all-caps post, Kecalf Franklin aimed sharp words at “Genius: Aretha,” the eight-part series scheduled to premiere March 21 with Cynthia Erivo as the Queen of Soul. He says the family does not support the project, contending a deal was “pushed through without our consent.” “If you are a true fan please do not support it!!!” wrote Franklin, 50. The youngest of Aretha Franklin’s four sons, he’s known informally as Kelf. In a footnote, he added that his criticis...
Detroit Free Press
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Susan Tompor: There's a nude photo scam going around — and it's as bad as it sounds
The AARP has a new bare bones warning that seems quite fitting around Valentine's Day. Hot off the scam alert: Don't send nude photos. Sure, it sounds a little wacky. The AARP advising its members ages 50 and older not to be flashing the flesh? But it's a new twist on the old romance scams that drive people to lose their shirts. Think about it: Do you want a picture of your junk to end up in the hands of your mother? Or your boss? Or your pastor? But that's exactly the kind of threat scammers will make to break your heart and extort the first $500 — and then another $500 and more. "Wow, wouldn...
Detroit Free Press
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Seeks Disbarment Of Lawyers Who Tried To Overturn 2020 Election
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is calling for the disbarment of four attorneys who fought for election fraud suits in the state. Alongside the governor, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) are also seeking the lawyers’ disbarment. The lawyers in question are Greg Rohl, Scott Hagerstrom and Stefanie Junttila, as well as Sidney Powell, who filed suit in several other states on behalf of former President Donald Trump. “The 2020 general election was the most secure in our nation’s history, and these lawyers abused their authority by filing meritl...
uPolitics.com
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Armed protesters gather in small groups at state Capitols across US
Armed groups descended upon state Capitols around the country on Sunday, ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. In Lansing, Michigan., men to believed to be part of the “boogaloo” seeking the overthrow of the U.S. government were seen at the Michigan Capitol, according to the Detroit Free Press. The group had about 10 to 20 men, an official was quoted as saying, some of them armed. “That’s why I’m here, because my vote got stolen,” a small business owner at the protest told the New York Times. “Biden is never going to be my president. I’m going to fight him whenever I get the ...
New York Daily News
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Michigan State stumbles in second half, gets upended by Purdue, 55-54
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State’s defense was on point again Friday night at the Breslin Center, but the offense decided to take most of the second half off as the Spartans hosted Purdue. That, and a decision to go small late in the game, cost No. 23 Michigan State as Purdue’s Trevion Williams hit a jumper with 4.5 seconds to play to give the Boilermakers a 55-54 victory. It was a stunning turnaround after Michigan State (8-4, 2-4 Big Ten) led by 17 early in the second half but then went more than 12 minutes without a field goal. Purdue took advantage, slowly chipping away, finally grabbi...
The Detroit News
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Do-It-Yourself Contact Tracing Is a ‘Last Resort’ in Communities Besieged by Covid
The contact tracers of Washtenaw County in Michigan have been deluged with work and, to cope, the overburdened health department has a new tactic: It is asking residents who test positive for covid-19 to do their own contact tracing. This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. Washtenaw is a county of nearly 350,000 residents who live in and around the city of Ann Arbor, about 45 minutes from Detroit. Until mid-October, a county team of 15 contact tracers was managing the workload. But by Thanksgiving, more than 1,000 residents were testing positive for the coronavirus every we...
Kaiser Health News
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