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LANSING, MI -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel will no longer enforce the governor’s executive orders by criminal prosecution, though she urges residents to continue following COVID-19 safety guidelines. The announcement from Nessel’s office comes after the Michigan Supreme Court decision on Friday, Oct. 2, ruled the governor does not have authority to extend emergency orders under two emergency acts -- the Emergency Management Act from 1976 and the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act from 1945. Neither act, the court ruled, gave Gov. Gretchen Whitmer the authority to continue declaring states of emergency or issuing unilateral orders under them...

MASON COUNTY, Wash. - The Mason County Sheriff's Office confirms one child was taken from a home where police are in negotiations with a man who claims he shot his family. Authorities report the man called 911 at 9:37 a.m. Friday, saying he shot his wife and children and was holding a gun to his head. There are unconfirmed reports that one child escaped. KIRO 7 Chopper video showed someone being led to an ambulance, but we do not know who this person is at this time. The sheriff's office says the child who was was taken from the outside...

<p>BELFAIR, Wash. -- Authorities say a gunman killed four people in a home in rural Washington state before fatally shooting himself after an hourslong standoff.</p> <p>Mason County sheriff's Chief Deputy Ryan Spurling says the gunman had called 911 on Friday to say he shot and killed his family. A girl who survived has been taken to the hospital.</p>