Sources: AP
Protests in Detroit, Michigan, are held against the U.S. strikes at Hart Plaza and Wayne State University. Additionally, a protest is held along Jefferson Avenue. 2026-02-28
American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX launches the second test flight of the Starship rocket, at Starbase in Texas, United States, reaching an altitude of 148 km. The Super Heavy booster explodes shortly after separation, with the second stage terminating itself eight minutes into the flight. 2023-11-18
Protests are held in the United States including Florida, Michigan, and Colorado. 2023-10-29
Two people are killed and ten others are injured by suffocation in a freight train in the U.S. state of Texas. 2023-03-24
The United States Census Bureau announces the country's total population to be over 331 million people, thereby marking the second-slowest growth rate in its history. It also announces that Texas will gain two congressional seats during the redistricting process, with Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon gaining one seat each; California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose a seat. 2021-04-26
Texas reports a record 12,293 new cases in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, there are 147,030 active COVID-19 cases across the state. 2020-11-19
Michigan becomes the fourth state in the U.S. to pass 5,000 deaths from COVID-19. The state has 5,017 reported deaths and 52,350 total cases. 2020-05-19
Michigan reports its first death from COVID-19, as the state reaches 110 recorded cases. 2020-03-18
The governors of the U.S. states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin say they will not accept Syrian refugees in response to the Islamic terror attacks in Paris. Twenty-three of the 24 governors are Republican with the other being Democrat (New Hampshire). 2015-11-16
Thirty people are reported missing in the Houston area as the flood water levels continue to rise as the death toll in Texas rises to 13. 2015-05-26