Residents in Wayne are hoping state officials will block plans for a concrete crushing facility proposed for wetlands behind their homes, citing concerns about noise, dust and increased traffic in their neighborhoods.

"We'd probably try to find a way to leave," one resident said about the potential impact of the facility.

Watch Meghan Daniel's video report below: Residents fight proposed concrete crushing facility in Wayne wetlands

Many neighbors first expressed their opposition to the plan in May when they spoke with our 7 Investigators, and their stance remains unchanged.

"I'd be stuck in the house more than I already am. We already have a bad air quality," said Robert Schwalm, a resident of over a decade.

The city of Wayne approved the plan for the facility in 2022, leaving the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy as the final authority needed to give approval to Van Born Investments, the company behind the application.

Watch the 7 Investigators' report in May on the Wetlands below: Wayne County neighbors trying to stop concrete crushing facility from destroying wetlands

EGLE held a Zoom hearing Thursday to discuss findings from a survey conducted by contractors hired by Van Born Investments and to gather public comment before making their decision.

Tony Calo, owner of Van Born Investments, has revised his plans to preserve more of the wetlands on the property.

Schwalm says his biggest concern is air quality.

"A lot of people in my family have COPD, so it would affect a lot of us," Schwalm said.

He believes the added pollution would severely restrict his ability to enjoy his home.

"I wouldn't be able to do anything. I wouldn't be able to cut grass. There'd be dust all over people's yards," Schwalm said.

He fears the situation could become life-threatening for him personally.

"Breathing that for a couple of weeks might put me on oxygen," Schwalm said.

Previous interview: 'There's gotta be a better place.' Vincent Harder shares more about concerns over wetland development Extended interview: 'There's gotta be a better place.' Vincent Harder shares more about concerns over wetland development

Other residents who attended the hearing voiced concerns about losing more of the area's already diminishing wetlands.

"We really have to protect all the scraps, because that's all we have left," one attendee said.

Representatives with EGLE told residents they haven't made a decision yet but will consider all input from the meeting.

Previous interview: Resident Theresa Landrum: "Put people over profit." Extended interview: 'Put people over profit.' Theresa Landrum talks more about concerns over wetland development

Van Born Investments did not respond to requests for comment.

Residents still have an opportunity to make their voices heard, as the public comment period remains open until Aug. 17.

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A man has died after he was found unresponsive in an apartment pool in Wixom Thursday evening, police said.

Officials were dispatched to the Bristol Square Apartments near Beck Road and Pontiac Trail around 7:20 p.m. They were told a person was unresponsive at the bottom of the complexs pool.

The Wixom police and fire departments got the victim, a 70-year-old man, out of the pool. They performed life-saving measures. The man was taken to the hospital, where he later died.

His identity is being withheld at this time as family members are notified.

Troy police are investigating several mailbox explosions. The incidents happened in late July.

Two occurred on Davis Court and another on Hubbard Drive, according to investigators.

Watch Darren Cunningham's video report below: Troy police investigating several mailbox explosions, say fireworks were placed inside

"It was raining a lot, and I just thought that it was a loud explosion. We thought like a transformer blew up or something like the power went out or something," Sohaib Khanzada, whose neighbor's mailbox was hit, recalled.

Ron Haiasha, another next door neighbor, said, "Yeah, I did hear something, but I didn't know what it was."

"I called the association and I think one of those people here called the police," he told 7 News Detroit.

Now, they're surprised to learn at least three mailboxes were hit the night of July 26. They found out the next day that someone thought it was a good idea to place fireworks in mailboxes.

Troy police said they appear to be selected at random, not targeted.

"So unfortunately, this is not uncommon. When the summertime hits, youths, teenagers, they have time on their hands and they find amusement in damaging other people's property. It's a prank to them, but let's be clear, it's a crime," Sgt. John Julian said.

He said, in addition to destructive, it's dangerous.

"You could have flying debris damaging the house, damaging vehicles, people walking the area or even start a fire," Julian said.

And of course, it's illegal.

"Technically, mailboxes are protected by federal law, and it could be a federal offense," he said.

"No mailbox, no mail. So someone could be missing important legal notices, medication, documents and that's interfering with their mail being delivered to their house. So we just want to remind everyone listening out there: respect your neighbors, respect your community and follow the law."

Julian said Troy police does extra patrols to make sure this is not recurring.

"And we'll do follow-ups as best we can. We're asking the community to provide Ring camera footage, any cellphone footage they might have, anything that can help lead us to who might have done this," he said.

Haiasha said, "Hopefully, it won't happen again."

Khanzada echoed, "Hopefully, they catch 'em. Hopefully, it stops."

If you have any information about these incidents, call Troy police at 248-524-0777 or email troycrimealert@troypd.gov.

OpenAI on Thursday released the fifth generation of the artificial intelligence technology that powers ChatGPT, a product update that's being closely watched as a measure of whether generative AI is advancing rapidly or hitting a plateau.

GPT-5 arrives more than two years after the March 2023 release of GPT-4, bookending a period of intense commercial investment, hype and worry over AI's capabilities.

In anticipation, rival Anthropic released the latest version of its own chatbot, Claude, earlier in the week, part of a race with Google and other competitors in the U.S. and China to leapfrog each other on AI benchmarks. Meanwhile, longtime OpenAI partner Microsoft said it will incorporate GPT-5 into its own AI assistant, Copilot.

Expectations are high for the newest version of OpenAI's flagship model because the San Francisco company has long positioned its technical advancements as a path toward artificial general intelligence, or AGI, a technology that is supposed to surpass humans at economically valuable work.

It is also trying to raise huge amounts of money to get there, in part to pay for the costly computer chips and data centers needed to build and run the technology.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the new model as a significant step along our path to AGI but mostly focused on its usability to the 700 million people he says use ChatGPT each week.

Its like talking to an expert a legitimate PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand, Altman said at a launch event livestreamed Thursday.

It may take some time to see how people use the new model now available, with usage limits, to anyone with a free ChatGPT account. The Thursday event focused heavily on ChatGPT's use in coding, an area where Anthropic is seen as a leader, and featured a guest appearance by the CEO of coding software maker Cursor, an important Anthropic customer.

OpenAI's presenters also spent time talking about safety improvements to make the chatbot less deceptive and stop it from producing harmful responses to cleverly worded prompts that could bypass its guardrails. The Associated Press reported Wednesday on a study that showed ChatGPT was providing dangerous information about drugs and self-harm to researchers posing as teenagers.

At a technical level, GPT-5 shows modest but significant improvements on the latest benchmarks, but when compared to GPT-4, it also looks very different and resets OpenAI's flagship technology in a way that could set the stage for future innovations, said John Thickstun, an assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University.

Im not a believer that it's the end of work and that AI is just going to solve all humanitys problems for it, but I do think theres still a lot of headroom for them, and other people in this space, to continue to improve the technology, he said. Not just capitalizing on the gains that have already been made.

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OpenAI started in 2015 as a nonprofit research laboratory to safely build AGI and has since incorporated a for-profit company with a valuation that has grown to $300 billion. The company has tried to change its structure since the nonprofit board ousted Altman in November 2023. He was reinstated days later.

It has not yet reported making a profit but has run into hurdles escaping its nonprofit roots, including scrutiny from the attorneys general in California and Delaware, who have oversight of nonprofits, and a lawsuit by Elon Musk, an early donor to and founder of OpenAI who now runs his own AI company.

Most recently, OpenAI has said it will turn its for-profit company into a public benefit corporation, which must balance the interests of shareholders and its mission.

OpenAI is the world's third most valuable private company and a bellwether for the AI industry, with an increasingly fragile moat at the frontier of AI, according to banking giant JPMorgan Chase, which recently made a rare decision to cover the company despite it not being publicly traded.

The inability of a single AI developer to have a sustained competitive edge could increasingly force companies to compete on lowering the prices of their AI products, the bank said in a report last month.

An active duty Army sergeant shot five fellow soldiers with a personal handgun Wednesday morning at Fort Stewart, a U.S. Army base in southern Georgia, according to officials.

The suspect was identified as 28-year-old Sgt. Quornelius Radford, who worked as an automated logistics sergeant assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team.

Scripps News spoke with Chris Swecker, a former FBI assistant director and a practicing attorney in North Carolina, about what will happen next in the case.

"Since he is in custody, he will have an initial appearance before a judge, a bond may or may not be set, unlikely. Now this is the military justice system, so he probably will not be released," Swecker said. "It's a totally different legal system than the civilian justice system. He'll be in pretrial detention or pre court martial detention. There's a preliminary hearing process in the military justice system that's a little different from the grand jury process in the civilian system where you actually have an adversarial hearing where the judge advocate represents both sides. So you'll have a JAG on one side and a JAG on the other side and they will make their arguments as to whether he should be brought up on formal charges."

"In the meanwhile, he has the same rights against self-incrimination and that sort of thing as a civilian would have. But in this case since it was all military, the perpetrator, military victims that's probably going to stay within the Uniform Code of Military Justice system," Swecker said.

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Radford was "immediately" subdued by other soldiers and apprehended, officials said Wednesday.

"Fortunately, no one was killed," Swecker said. "And that's probably through the heroic actions of those other soldiers. It'll be interesting to see who the intended victim was and how long this was in the works. Were there red flags? Was there a long trajectory of premeditation here? Who did he buy the gun from? Was he articulating his resentments and his feelings to the non-commissioned officers that are the first line of supervisor for these soldiers? The military should have a sort of early warning system, if you will, to detect when soldier is troubled, if you will, and maybe displaying some sort of rage or mental illness or that sort of thing and articulating the same so they can intervene and send him to get some counseling or intervention of some kind."

Watch the full interview in the video above.

So far the 2025 Atlantic tropical season has seen four named storms, none of them reaching hurricane strength.

But the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just released an updated Atlantic outlook for the rest of the season and forecasts storm activity is expected to remain above normal.

Scripps News spoke with NOAA's lead hurricane season forecaster Matthew Ronsenkrans to understand the changes in the forecast and what to expect for the rest of the season.

"We started out with 13 to 19 named storms and now we're forecasting 13 to 18. So just a slight bit down. Most things are still looking like on track. Its just been a little quieter at the beginning of the season that during most busy years," Ronsenkrans said.

What factors have kept storm development muted so far this season?

"There's been a lot wind shear in the Caribbean, which is kind of the difference between the winds at 5,000 feet off the ocean surface and 45,000 feet up in the air," Ronsenkrans said. "Those winds have been very different. So we haven't had any kind of development over the Gulf [of Mexico]. We've only had some very short-lived storms, that kind of formed right near the coast and the moved inland like [Tropical Storm] Chantal, or like Dexter and kind of just got swept out to sea."

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What is changing that could lead to more storm development through the rest of the season?

"Some of that wind shear over the Caribbean is coming down recently," Ronsenkrans said. "We're still seeing that sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic, looking at the entire North Atlantic, they're at the 93rd percentile, so the 3rd warmest on record in that period from 1981. And even the deep tropics, the waters that were cooler earlier on they've warmed faster than they would normally warm. So there are above normal as well. So a few factors have kind of moved in that positive direction compared to July time period."

Watch the full interview with Ronsenkrans in the video above.

DETROIT (AP) A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental impacts.

Wayne County Judge Kevin Cox said the risk was substantial and compelling and outweighed the financial harm to Wayne Disposal, a suburban Detroit landfill operated by trash giant Republic Services.

Cox's injunction, signed Tuesday, bars Wayne Disposal from accepting waste from Luckey, Ohio; Middletown, Iowa; Deepwater, New Jersey; Lewiston, New York; and St. Louis.

Those cleanup sites are managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and its contractors. The waste includes materials that were produced for weapons, early atomic energy and other uses before and after World War II.

Shipments have been halted and we are working closely with our contractors to determine the next steps, Jenn Miller, a spokesperson in the Army Corps environmental division, said Thursday.

Tainted soil in Lewiston is a legacy of the Manhattan Project, the secret government effort to develop atomic bombs during World War II.

While the lawsuit in Michigan was pending, officials recently decided to send Lewiston soil to a Texas landfill to keep the project moving, Miller said.

Wayne Disposal in Van Buren Township, 25 miles (40.2 kilometers) west of Detroit, is one of the few landfills in the U.S. that can handle certain hazardous waste.

Republic Services has repeatedly said the landfill meets or exceeds rules to safely manage hazardous materials. The company said the court order was "overly broad.

Responsible management and disposal of these waste streams is an essential need, and Wayne Disposal, Inc. is designed and permitted to safely manage this material, the company said.

But critics say there are too many homes, schools and waterways near the landfill, making any leak at the site possibly dangerous.

We stood strong with our community allies speaking collectively with one voice that we do not want this type of waste in our community," said Kevin McNamara, the elected supervisor in Van Buren Township.

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate a top economic adviser to the Federal Reserves board of governors for four months, temporarily filling a vacancy while continuing his search for a longer-term appointment.

Trump said he has named Stephen Miran, the chair of the White Houses Council of Economic Advisers, to fill a seat vacated by governor Adriana Kugler, a Biden appointee who is stepping down Friday. Miran, if approved by the Senate, will serve until January 31, 2026.

The appointment is Trumps first opportunity to exert more control over the Fed, one of the few remaining independent federal agencies. Trump has relentlessly criticized the current chair, Jerome Powell, for keeping short-term interest rates unchanged, calling him a stubborn MORON last week on social media.

Miran has been a major defender of Trumps income tax cuts and tariff hikes, arguing that the combination will generate enough economic growth to reduce budget deficits. He also has played down the risk of Trumps tariffs generating higher inflation, a major source of concern for Powell.

The choice of Miran may heighten concerns about political influence over the Fed, which has traditionally been insulated from day-to-day politics. Fed independence is generally seen as key to ensuring that it can take difficult steps to combat inflation, such as raising interest rates, that politicians might be unwilling to take.

Federal Reserve governors vote on all the central banks interest-rate decisions, as well as its financial regulatory policies.

Mirans nomination, if approved, would add a near-certain vote in support of lower interest rates. Kugler had echoed Powells view that the Fed should keep rates unchanged and further evaluate the impact of tariffs on the economy before making any moves.

Trump has said he will appoint Fed officials who will cut interest rates, which he says will reduce the borrowing costs of the federal governments huge $36 trillion debt pile. Trump also wants lower rates to boost moribund home sales, which have been held back partly by higher mortgage costs. Yet the Fed doesnt directly set longer-term interest rates for things like home and car purchases.

At its most recent meeting last week, Fed officials kept their key rate unchanged at 4.3%, where it has stood after three rate cuts late last year. But two Fed governors Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman dissented from that decision. Both were appointed by Trump in his first term.

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Still, even with Miran on the board, 12 Fed officials vote on interest rate policy and many remain concerned that Trump's sweeping tariffs could push inflation higher in the coming months.

Miran could be renominated to a longer term on the Fed once his initial appointment is concluded, or replaced by another nominee.

Powells term as chair ends in May 2026. Yet, Powell could remain on the board of governors until January 2028, even after he steps down as chair. That would deny, or at least delay, an opportunity for Trump to appoint an additional policymaker to the Feds board.

As a result, one option for Trump is to appoint Powells eventual replacement as chair to replace Kugler once the remaining four months of her term are completed. Leading candidates for that position include Kevin Warsh, a former Fed governor from 2006 to 2011 and frequent critic of Powells chairmanship, and Kevin Hassett, another top Trump economic adviser.

Another option for the White House next May would be to select Waller, who is already on the board, to replace Powell, and who has been widely mentioned as a candidate.

Marco Casigraghi, an analyst at investment bank Evercore ISI, noted that the choice of Miran could be a positive sign for Waller, because Trump did not take the opportunity to nominate someone likely to become chair once Powell steps down.

After the July jobs report was released last Friday, Miran criticized the Fed chair for not cutting benchmark interest rates, saying that Trump had been proven correct on inflation during his first term and would be again. The president has pressured Powell to cut short-term interest rates under the belief that his tariffs will not fuel higher inflationary pressures.

What were seeing now in real time is a repetition once again of this pattern where the president will end up having been proven right, Miran said on MSNBC. And the Fed will, with a lag and probably quite too late, eventually catch up to the presidents view.

Last year, Miran expressed support for some unconventional economic views in commentaries on the Fed and international economics.

Last November, he proposed measures that would reduce the value of the dollar in order to boost exports, reduce imports and cut the U.S. trade deficit, a top priority for Trump. He also suggested tariffs could push U.S. trading partners, such as the European Union and Japan, to accept a cheaper dollar as part of a Mar-a-Lago Accord, an echo of the Plaza Accord reached in the 1980s that lowered the dollar's value.

As a fellow at the conservative Manhattan Institute, Miran in March 2024 also proposed overhauling the Fed's governance, including by making it easier for a president to fire members of its board of governors.

The Feds current governance has facilitated groupthink that has led to significant monetary-policy errors, Miran wrote in a paper with Dan Katz, now a top official at the Treasury Department.

Most Americans get more than half their calories from ultra-processed foods, those super-tasty, energy-dense foods typically full of sugar, salt and unhealthy fats, according to a new federal report.

Nutrition research has shown for years that ultra-processed foods make up a big chunk of the U.S. diet, especially for kids and teens.

For the first time, however, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed those high levels of consumption, using dietary data collected from August 2021 to August 2023.

The report comes amid growing scrutiny of such foods by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who blames them for causing chronic disease.

We are poisoning ourselves and it's coming principally from these ultra-processed foods, Kennedy told Fox News earlier this year.

Overall, about 55% of total calories consumed by Americans age 1 and older came from ultra-processed foods during that period, according to the report. For adults, ultra-processed foods made up about 53% of total calories consumed, but for kids through age 18, it was nearly 62%.

The top sources included burgers and sandwiches, sweet baked goods, savory snacks, pizza and sweetened drinks.

Young children consumed fewer calories from ultra-processed foods than older kids, the report found. Adults 60 and older consumed fewer calories from those sources than younger adults. Low-income adults consumed more ultra-processed foods than those with higher incomes.

The results were not surprising, said co-author Anne Williams, a CDC nutrition expert.

What was surprising was that consumption of ultra-processed foods appeared to dip slightly over the past decade. Among adults, total calories from those sources fell from about 56% in 2013-2014 and from nearly 66% for kids in 2017-2018.

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Williams said she couldn't speculate about the reason for the decline or whether consumption of less processed foods increased.

But Andrea Deierlein, a nutrition expert at New York University who was not involved in the research, suggested that there may be greater awareness of the potential harms of ultra-processed foods.

People are trying, at least in some populations, to decrease their intakes of these foods, she said.

Concern over ultra-processed foods' health effects has been growing for years, but finding solutions has been difficult. Many studies have linked them to obesity, diabetes and heart disease, but they haven't been able to prove that the foods directly cause those chronic health problems.

One small but influential study found that even when diets were matched for calories, sugar, fat, fiber and micronutrients, people consumed more calories and gained more weight when they ate ultra-processed foods than when they ate minimally processed foods.

Research published this week in the journal Nature found that participants in a clinical trial lost twice as much weight when they ate minimally processed foods such as pasta, chicken, fruits and vegetables than ultra-processed foods, even those matched for nutrition components and considered healthy, such as ready-to-heat frozen meals, protein bars and shakes.

Part of the problem is simply defining ultra-processed foods.

The new CDC report used the most common definition based on the four-tier Nova system developed by Brazilian researchers that classifies foods according to the amount of processing they undergo. Such foods tend to be hyperpalatable, energy-dense, low in dietary fiber and contain little or no whole foods, while having high amounts of salt, sweeteners and unhealthy fats, the CDC report said.

U.S. health officials recently said there are concerns over whether current definitions accurately capture the range of foods that may affect health. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Agriculture Department recently issued a request for information to develop a new, uniform definition of ultra-processed foods for products in the U.S. food supply.

In the meantime, Americans should try to reduce ultra-processed foods in their daily diets, Deierlein said. For instance, instead of instant oatmeal that may contain added sugar, sodium, artificial colors and preservatives, use plain oats sweetened with honey or maple syrup. Read food packages and nutrition information, she suggested.

I do think that there are less-processed options available for many foods, she said.

Historic tall ships are sailing into Detroit this weekend as part of Sail Detroit, a maritime festival returning to the city's riverfront for the first time in more than two decades.

Four tall ships moved by Detroit's riverfront on Thursday, drawing crowds with cameras and phones eager to capture the majestic vessels.

Watch the video report below: Historic tall ships come to Detroit for the Sail Detroit festival

"They are big sailing ships. The mast reach to the sky. It is an incredible view and sight for our city," said John Jamian, director of maritime operations for Detroit Wayne County Port Authority.

The ships will remain docked outside the Detroit Wayne County Port Authority all weekend as the stars of the Sail Detroit Festival, which highlights the city's maritime history.

"That's the way they sailed in the old days. Port of Detroit, we used to have these ships. They were the cargo ships of the 1800s that called on our city and docked right here," Jamian said.

See video of the ships on the Detroit River below Tall ships arrive in metro Detroit

Visitors can view ships including Ernestina Morissey from Massachusetts, Alliance from Sutton Bay, Empire Sandy from Toronto and Pride of Baltimore II from Maryland.

Pride of Baltimore II is a 157-foot long and 108-foot tall reproduction of an 1812 Baltimore Clipper. The ship's captain says it takes 12 crew members on board to operate.

"A lot of teamwork. Everything is very physical, everything is man power. We don't have electric wenches or things of that nature," said Jeff Crosbey, captain of Pride of Baltimore II.

Despite the hard work involved, Crosbey finds sailing the vessel fulfilling.

"They're cool boats to sail. They kind of bring you back in time a little bit and give you a glimpse of where the maritime industry started in this country," Crosbey said.

Representatives with Tall Ships America, responsible for bringing the ships around the country, say seeing people engage with the crew and vessels is what the experience is all about.

"This is exactly why we partner with the Port Authority and the city of Detroit to bring these ships in and again to just highlight the rich history in Detroit," said Erin Short, the director of events and communications for Tall Ships America.

The ships can be viewed along the riverfront for free through Sunday. Those interested in touring one of the vessels can purchase tickets online.

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The University of Michigan is creating more opportunities for students with disabilities through its expanding adaptive sports program, which now includes the nation's first collegiate para powerlifting team.

Watch Jolie Sherman's video report: U of M adds Para-powerlifting to their adaptive sports lineup

The school's adaptive sports and fitness program, which began in 2019, already offered four wheelchair sports, including tennis, basketball, rugby, and track and field, before adding competitive para powerlifting this year.

Abbey Phillipson, who serves as both the strength and conditioning coach for Michigan's adaptive sports program and head coach of the new para powerlifting team, is proud of the groundbreaking initiative.

"Recently, we became the first ever and only collegiate para powerlifting program, which I had the opportunity to start," Phillipson said.

Phillipson has Classical Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and is a big advocate of the adaptive sports community. In high school, she had stage 5 spondylolisthese and used a wheelchair.

"I'm actually super stretchy and elastic," she said in reference to her skin. "My body doesn't deposit collagen correctly to my connective tissues."

The U-M grad teaches her eight athletes how to bench press without using their legs, which presents unique challenges.

"We see from research that 10-20% of your bench press max strength is from the use of your leg drive. So, we always look around at each other when our legs are strapped up on the table, and we're like, we must be pretty strong," Phillipson said.

For athletes like Caden Baxter, who suffered a spinal cord injury at age 15, the program has been transformative.

"Being young when I was injured, I wanted to get back into sports immediately, I just didn't see a way," Baxter said.

That changed when Baxter got into Michigan and discovered adaptive sports, specifically wheelchair tennis. During his senior year, he became one of the first adaptive wheelchair athletes to sign an NIL deal. Now pursuing a master's in sports management, he's joined the para powerlifting team.

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"This is an outlet that feels very similar to all the sports I've competed in when I was young. You're still able to train, you're still able to compete, you get the community aspect of sport," Baxter said.

The training regimen is rigorous, with athletes in the gym three days a week during the school year and early mornings throughout summer.

"We'll have small breaks in November, but then we'll be right back to it, national records don't wait for you," Phillipson said.

The team attended their first competition in June, where all members qualified for nationals. Last month, Jillian Crawford became a national champion by lifting 169 pounds.

"I was just really happy because all the work I did really paid off, and I can see how there's a big difference in how I used to lift," Crawford said.

Crawford, who is entering her senior year, says adaptive sports have transformed her life and helped her find community.

"It's something that I really enjoy, and something that gave me back movement and just having fun with sport," Crawford said.

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Standing in the middle of one of the grocery stores his family has run for decades, President & CEO Stew Leonard Jr. is surrounded by fresh produce, dairy products and meat most of them facing new steep increases from tariffs affecting imports, which took effect overnight Thursday. Until now, hes been absorbing the cost of tariffs alongside producers to avoid having to pass on prices to his customers, but he says that can only last so long.

For the last several months, the U.S. has been charging a 10% tax on most of what we import. Overnight Thursday, the rate increased to 15 percent on goods from Europe, Japan, and South Korea, and even higher tariff rates are hitting trading partners like Canada, Switzerland and Brazil.

This means that typical items on Americans grocery lists like produce, seafood, beef, wine and spirits, and even canned food and beverages are more expensive to ship in to the U.S.  resulting in an average tax of 18.6% for imported products, the highest rate in the U.S. since 1933.

We dont want to raise prices, but I have 2,500 people working here right now and labor costs have gone up too, Leonard told Scripps News, in between greeting customers shopping at his store. Were trying to negotiate the best deals, and were scrambling, trying to source product from different countries. But were almost hanging by a thread here and were getting ready to drop! Our suppliers brought a lot of product in pre-tariffs, but thats running out.

Its a problem small business owners are facing across the country, as they make up 97% of U.S. importers, according to Small Business for Americas Future, a national coalition of business owners. The group drafted a letter from more than 100 small business owners addressed to President Trump and Treasury Secretary Scot Bessent, among other lawmakers, describing the new tariffs as an immediate and severe crisis, and calling for tariff relief that recognizes the disproportionate burden these policies place on small businesses.

Nearly half of businesses are currently absorbing some of the costs of the tariffs, while 14% of businesses are currently passing the full costs of the increases on to their customers, according to a new study on tariff risks in the supply chain by CreditSafe.

But for Legrand Lindor, the owner of LMI Textiles, which primarily distributes medical supplies out of Massachusetts, his previously agreed upon rates and contracts with various health departments does not allow him to increase prices.

I tried to buy a large amount of inventory to get ahead of it, but the tariffs beat me, Lindor told Scripps News. So Im going to have to sit on this product and probably make no money on it and pray that tariffs go down. We have such a strong relationship with our supplier and the product we produce with them is unique, so I cant really do it anywhere else, unless I undercut them and start producing the stuff myself in Asia. I dont want to do that.

Before the tariffs, Lindor says he was exploring opening his own warehouse and hiring on more employees to work for him, but without stable income, hes had to put that hope on pause.

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Even while large corporations often have resources to navigate supply chain disruptions or absorb unexpected cost increases, these tariffs are impacting their bottom lines and operations as well.

Procter & Gamble announced price adjustments on a quarter of their products, indicating the change in cost will go into effect in the next few months, citing higher raw-material and supply chain costs, investments in product innovation and the impact of recently announced tariffs. Meanwhile, Walmarts CEO Doug McMillon warned of price hikes on food, toys, and electronics on the companys earnings call Thursday.

The merchandise that we import comes from all over the world; all the tariffs create cost pressure for us, McMillon said on the call.

Tariffs on goods from Mexico and China are still pending as the White House continues negotiations on a trade deal, which only adds to anxiety for companies.

There are still some ongoing negotiations and discrepancies about the deals that have been reached, leading to continued uncertainty around the final rates. There are also concerns about the impact of the different sectoral tariffs being considered and potential secondary tariffs over Russian oil, wrote Jon Gold, National Retail Federation VP of Supply Chain and Customs Policy, in a statement. Retailers have been able to hold the line on pricing so far, but the new increased tariffs will significantly raise costs for U.S. retailers, manufacturers and consumers. While we support better trade deals, we need to negotiate clear and binding agreements that all parties will adhere to."

With prices increasing for customers, the tariffs are expected to cost U.S. households on average $2,400 in 2025, according to new estimates from the Budget Lab at Yale University. The Lab warns shoppers should be prepared to pay more for apparel and shoes, as the combined tariffs disproportionately affect clothing and textiles.

If theres a silver lining though, Leonard pointed out, its the drop in prices for lobster while hoisting a live crustacean from the seafood counter onto his shoulder.

We used to sell all our lobster to China, but with the tariffs Trump imposed, thats gone way down and increased the supply in the U.S, he said. So the price of this guy has come down a little bit. Its a bumpy road with the tariffs, but I personally hope itll all be worked out ahead of Thanksgiving.

A disturbing scam is sweeping across social media, targeting people desperate to find their lost pets. Scammers are contacting owners of missing dogs and demanding ransom payments, while pretending to be from legitimate animal welfare organizations.

Watch Peter Maxwell's video report: Scammers demanding ransom for lost dogs by impersonating animal shelters

The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society has issued a warning after discovering scammers are impersonating their organization to extort money from worried pet owners.

"This is the perfect storm," said Corinne Martin from the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society.

The scam calls started earlier this week, with at least three people searching for their lost dogs being targeted. One man from Grosse Pointe Woods, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of being targeted again, began posting pictures of his lost dog Koko to social media.

"The following morning, midday, not hearing anything, not finding Koko, it was pretty apparent that we weren't going to find her without people's help," the resident said.

Like most pet owners, he included his cell phone number on the posting for PawBoost, a website for missing dogs. He received a call Wednesday from a number that appeared to be from the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society, which immediately raised concerns.

"They had a name for this woman, a location where they found the dog, and that Koko had been struck by a car," he said.

The scammers demanded he use Cash App to send them $400 as partial payment for veterinary emergency care.

"They're very intelligent. It's a well-thought-out scam," the Grosse Pointe Woods resident said.

Martin explained why the scam was so convincing: "It made perfect sense. We're local, we had the dog, it was probably injured, and we were going to do surgery, which made sense to him."

Thankfully, Koko's owner hung up and called the shelter directly, only to find out it wasn't actually them who called. They didn't have Koko, and it was a scam.

"The dog is still missing. It's microchipped, it's got ID on it. We don't know where the dog is," Martin said.

According to Martin, the scammers are finding photos of lost pets whose owners have posted their personal phone numbers, and they're calling those owners demanding money. They're also spoofing her organization's phone number, making it appear as if the call is legitimate.

"They've cloned our phone number, so the calls are coming from our number. So the call indicates it's coming from Grosse Pointe Animal," Martin said.

The organization is now in touch with police regarding this scam targeting vulnerable pet owners.

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Its one of the biggest automotive events in the country and it will be showcased right here in the Automobile Capital of the World. Get ready Detroit for the annual Woodward Dream Cruise!  This year, the 30

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anniversary of the biggest one-day cruise will take place on Saturday, August 16th.

The Dream Cruise is a free and fun family event. Its a nostalgic all-day extravaganza of classic cars and trucks, including some of the fastest muscle machines in America.

The Cruise is a world-class celebration of motor vehicles from every generation.  But the highlights will be the iconic cars and trucks Detroit churned out during its automotive heydaythe 1950s, 60s, and 70s. All will be on display for sixteen miles through nine Oakland County communities.  Woodward Avenue will be lined up with more than 1 million spectators and 40 thousand classic vehicles.

At WXYZ-Channel 7, we are proud to be the official television broadcast partner for the Cruise.  Dont miss this opportunity to catch all the action and make special memories with family and friends.  You wont want to miss our special broadcast of the Woodward Dream Cruise on Saturday August 16

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in primetime from 7-9 pm and streamed to your favorite app.

Channel 7 will also broadcast an encore performance on Sunday morning, the weekend of the cruise. Please let your friends around the country know that a special syndicated edition of the Woodward Dream Cruise will air in over 200 American cities from coast-to-coast.

Please join us for the worlds largest and best one-day automotive event.

Im Mike Murri, V.P. & Regional General Manager

Broadcast: August 7 - 10, 2025

On Ukraine's front lines, where Russian drones hunt from above and ambulances can't survive the journey, the "golden hour" of battlefield medicine the 60-minute window to get the wounded to advanced care is gone.

"There is no such term in our war," says an anesthesiologist with Ukraine's Azov Brigade. In some cases, wounded soldiers have waited not hours, but days or even weeks for evacuation.

To adapt, Azov's elite medics are reengineering how war medicine works. Their innovations include drone-delivered blood, battlefield transfusions performed in trenches, and rugged 4x4s turned into stealth medevacs.

Their first success came in a desperate moment: a soldier, hit in the neck by shrapnel, was bleeding out in a trench. Evacuation efforts had failed. Russian hunter-killer drones prowled the skies, destroying vehicles and blocking rescue attempts.

Azov's lead medical officer, call sign Rina, proposed a radical idea: send blood by drone directly to a medic on the front line.

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"It was the first time we tried it," she recalls. "We packed it so it wouldn't break." The transfusion was performed in the trench. Once night fell, the soldier was safely evacuated and survived. He's now in rehab and expected to return to duty.

"It's my main project in life," says Rina. "We started a few months ago because logistics is paralyzed."

Every drone mission carries a risk. Delivering blood could reveal troop positions to the enemy. But the team weighs that danger against the value of a life.

"If it's worth the risk," says Rina, "we go."

Azov medics now use tricked-out Toyota Land Cruisers fast, maneuverable, and equipped with oxygen, ventilators, and blood warmers. Ambulances are too slow, too obvious. Even a red cross can draw fire.

"Sometimes," says frontline driver Ryder, "we carry extra blood, not for the wounded, but for ourselves."

His partner, Brenik, explains the mindset: "When we have injuries, we work. We don't think about the danger. We can't."

From drone pilots once trained to kill, to combat medics now delivering blood by stealth aircraft, Ukraine is reshaping battlefield medicine out of necessity.

The golden hour may be dead, but innovation is giving the wounded a new chance to survive.

Shares of fitness company Peloton climbed on Thursday after the company forecast higher revenue for the coming year and announced layoffs that would affect 6% of its staff.

The company made surprise earnings for the quarter thanks to an increase in sales and a focus on cutting costs.

But Peloton said in its earnings report that it expects declining hardware sales and fewer subscriptions to its fitness software products.

The company also announced a restructuring plan to save at least $100 million through the fiscal year of 2026 by "reducing the size of our global team, paring back indirect spend, and relocating some of our work." Peloton expects to realize about half of that savings by laying off 6% of the workforce.

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That reduction follows a larger layoff in 2024 in which Peloton cut roughly 15% of its workforce, or about 400 positions. In 2022, the company cut about 1,300 staff.

The New York-based company saw sales of its stationary bikes and treadmills skyrocket at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when lockdowns left many American's stuck at home looking for ways to stay fit. However, sales began to plummet in 2021 as gyms reopened and people were able to return to their pre-pandemic lives.

The best bass fishers in the world are competing on Lake St. Clair as part of a four-day Bassmaster tournament, with the winner taking home a $100,000 prize.

Over 100 professional anglers have taken over Lake St. Clair off the shores of Chesterfield Township for the Bassmaster Elite Series, which began Thursday.

Watch the video report below: Top bass fishers compete on Lake St. Clair for $100,000 prize

The tournament is not only bringing top fishing talent to the area but also providing a significant economic boost to local businesses.

"We were very grateful and humbled that they chose to come here," Chesterfield Township Supervisor Brad Kersten said.

Kersten noted that Bassmaster has chosen Lake St. Clair for this elite series twice in three years.

"This is the premier location: we're right off of anchor bay, you have access to just about any waterway around the Macomb region," Kersten said.

According to Macomb County officials, Bassmaster reports close to $1 million in direct economic impact to the county. Fans, Bassmaster says, want to fish where the pros fish.

Video: Watch Chopper 7 over the event below Web extra: Bassmaster boats leave for Lake St. Clair

Local businesses are seeing the benefits. Sugarbush Tavern owner Brennan Richter says being by the lake during this tournament is paying off.

"We're right next to a couple of boat launches, so we seem to be a good spot to go to," Richter said.

The tournament has increased his business significantly, he said.

"At least adding on about half of our normal profits going on all week Monday through Sunday," Richter said.

Twenty-four-year-old Aaron Jagdfeld, a professional angler from Rochester Hills, let 7 News Detroit tag along for a closer look at the world's best anglers.

"I fish tournaments of my own. Those are the bass master opens, which is a step below the elites," Jagdfeld said.

Born to fish, Jagdfeld explained there's more to professional fishing than meets the eye.

"There's a lot that goes into it. It's more than just coming out here This yellow screen is called side imaging, and it's shooting a beam a hundred feet out to either side and it's showing us what's on the bottom," Jagdfeld said.

The champion the angler with the heaviest total weight of fish caught over the four-day period will be crowned on Sunday.

It's a title Jagdfeld hopes to catch himself in 2026.

"I'm getting closer for sure, but it's hard to say because it's all points based. Still have four tournaments left this year. You get four good tournaments in a row and can definitely make the elite series next year," Jagdfeld said.

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Tipping is a long-standing part of American culture, but as costs rise and checkout screens increasingly suggest preset gratuities, many consumers are left wondering who to tip, how much, and when its okay not to.

According to a new survey from Bankrate, 63% of Americans now have a negative view of tippinga 4% increase from last year. That growing dissatisfaction is contributing to what experts are calling tipping fatigue.

People are pretty annoyed about tipping, said Ted Rossman, Bankrate Senior Analyst. A lot of people just think tipping culture has gotten out of hand.

Many consumers in the survey cited frustrations with businesses relying on customers to supplement wages, as well as the pressure created by pre-entered tip suggestions on digital payment systems. Rossman says that instead of tipping being a reward for service, it's increasingly feeling like an obligation, regardless of the level of service or type of transaction.

Despite those frustrations, there are still many situations where tipping is expected.

Rossman says consumers should plan to tip at least 18-20% at sit-down restaurants. The same goes for services like rideshares, taxis, and personal grooming, including haircuts or spa treatments.

For food delivery, Bankrate recommends tipping either $5 or 20%, whichever is greater.

But there are also situations where tipping may not be necessary, like at coffee shops, food trucks, or fast food restaurants.

You dont always need to tip for quick counter service, Rossman said.

For people working in tip-reliant jobs, even small tips can make a big difference.

Sometimes its devastating when people dont tip, Ruben Carmona, a food delivery driver in Tempe, Arizona, and former server, said.

The waitress or waiter lives off of the tips, added Daniel Lopez, a former rideshare driver in Glendale, Arizona. If not, then we should change that altogether as a culture.

As tipping culture continues to evolve, financial experts say its worth taking a thoughtful approach: know where tipping is customary, plan it into your budget, and understand that while the expectations may feel unclear at times, your tip could have a real impact on someone elses livelihood.

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In todays Health Alert, a new CDC report finds most kids diets are packed with ultra-processed foods. So, what are they eating and why does it matter?

New CDC report shows more than half of our diets are made up of ultra-processed foods

This is not great news. The new CDC report looked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey collected between 2021 and 2023. And while numbers have dropped slightly over the last decade, theyre still way too high. The report found that ultra-processed foods made up almost 62% of daily calories for kids and teens. For adults, it was 53%. That means more than half of what many Americans eat comes from these foods. Thats concerning.

As for what kids are eating the most, the top five picks were sandwiches, including burgers, followed by sweet bakery products, savory snacks, pizza, and sweetened beverages. For adults, the list was similar, but instead of pizza, it was bread, rolls, and tortillas.

Ultra-processed foods are low in fiber and loaded with sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats. They pack a lot of calories into small portions, and theyre made to taste really good. Thats why theyre so easy to overeat.

As for how they affect our health, diets high in these foods have been linked to weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, depression, and even early death.

Now, the reality is, its hard to avoid ultra-processed foods completely. And I get that for busy parents, theyre very convenient, especially for school lunches or when youre on the run.

But heres what I do with my own kids.

I talk to them about why healthy foods matter. I explain that these foods give them real energy - not just for running around or playing sports, but to help them stay focused and do well in school.

We also grocery shop together, and I point out the nutritious stuff like fruits, veggies, lean protein, and whole grains. We also check labels. Fewer ingredients usually mean a better choice. And I let my kids make some of the decisions. It gives them a sense of independence and can help them try new things.

Its not about cutting out everything. It is about trying to make better choices, such as keeping more whole foods like fresh fruit, nuts, or yogurt around. Lastly, remember, kids notice what we do. When parents make healthy choices, kids are more likely to follow.

This Week on the Dr. Nandi Show

Are we doing enough to fix families in the midst of this addiction epidemic? Dr. Partha Nandi, MD, is joined by treatment and recovery leaders who talk bluntly about this deadly crisis and whats needed for a full recovery. Tommy Rosen, who faced an acute drug and alcohol problem, says addiction is often a failure to face up to pain or fear in ones life. Also, a woman who used cocaine in high school and later became addicted to heroin following a hospital stay for appendicitis. Tune in this Saturday, August 9th at Noon.