NEW POLL: Abdul El-Sayed leads Haley Stevens 54% to 39% in a new Emerson College/WLNS 6 News survey. Read more: https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/el-sayed-leads-michigan-democrats/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

6 News is previewing the candidates in the Aug. 4 primary. Read more about Perry Johnson: https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/meet-the-candidates/meet-the-candidates-perry-johnson/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox ended his Republican campaign for governor Friday. Read more: https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/mike-cox-drops-michigan-gop-race/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Election Day is Aug. 4, and 6 News is introducing you to the candidates on the ballot. Read more about Haley Stevens, who is running for U.S. Senate: https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/meet-the-candidates/haley-stevens-michigan-senate-primary/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

An appeals court on Friday reversed a lower-court ruling that would have required election officials to reject absentee ballots returned with a missing stub. https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/michigan-appeals-court-absentee-ballots/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Home care workers from across Michigan converged on the state Capitol on Thursday to press lawmakers for higher wages and full funding of the in-home care system. https://www.wlns.com/news/politics/home-care-workers-michigan-rally/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Lansing is beginning to send out absentee ballots this week. https://www.wlns.com/your-local-election-hq/lansing-mails-absentee-ballots/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Four Michigan residents were charged with healthcare fraud on Tuesday as part of a national crackdown. Read more: https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/healthcare-fraud-charges-michigan/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

The federal government has formally told a federal judge it will sell the Romulus warehouse. Read more: https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/romulus-warehouse-immigration-sale/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Attorney General Dana Nessel says ICE plans to sell the Romulus facility it purchased in February. https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/ice-will-sell-romulus-warehouse-and-abandon-plans-for-immigration-center-nessel-says/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Two Black men are suing the city of East Lansing demanding officials pay the restitution ordered by the Human Rights Commission. More: https://www.wlns.com/top-stories/exclusive-east-lansing-still-owes-2-black-men-50k-for-racial-discrimination-attorney-says/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

The East Lansing Human Rights Commission says proposed changes to Human Rights Ordinance are retaliation. More in the link in the comments

The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help identifying four people who allegedly broke into a private building in the Eureka area. Read the full story: https://www.wlns.com/news/local-news/eureka-building-break-in-suspects/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

State lawmakers are weighing changes to wrongful-imprisonment payouts, but many barriers would remain. Read the full story: https://www.wlns.com/news/politics/michigan-exonerees-compensation-reform/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Has it flooded in your yard or on your drive? Share your photos with 6 News and we might use them on the web and in newscasts! https://www.wlns.com/share?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ This one was sent in from Shelly in Lansing! Stay safe, everyone.

TODAY: Watch a live press conference with an update of Artemis II beginning at 3:20 p.m. ET. Coverage is available on WLNS+ (available for Roku, Fire TV, and Apple TV) or here: https://www.wlns.com/livestream/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Here's a look at a severe weather threat possible this week - see the full forecast in this story https://www.wlns.com/weather/weatherstories/isolated-severe-weather-threat-possible-this-week/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

"Every day you listen to the Trump administration talk about this issue, they change why they're doing this." Rep. Alabas Farhat doesn't think the administration can justify war with Iran, he tells our @bradlaplante.me. Watch now on WLNS+.

BREAKING NEWS: Potter Park Zoo’s 16-year-old tiger dies https://www.wlns.com/news/local-news/potter-park-zoos-16-year-old-tiger-dies/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Watch 6 News at 6 a.m. for the latest on 'major combat operations' in Iran by the U.S. https://www.wlns.com/livestream/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

"It makes no sense to me," former Ukraine Ambassador Bridget Brink tells our @bradlaplante.me of the Trump administration's foreign policy. Full episode: https://www.wlns.com/originals/moment/bridget-brink-democracy-at-stake/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Here's why a federal judge delayed sentencing of a mass shooting planner in Owosso https://www.wlns.com/6newsinvestigates/his-admitted-planning-an-antigay-mass-shooting-that-was-thwarted-why-is-a-judge-delaying-his-sentencing/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

BREAKING: USA wins GOLD beating Canada in men's hockey in overtime! https://www.wlns.com/sports/italy-olympics/jack-hughes-scores-in-overtime-as-us-beats-canada-for-gold-at-the-olympics/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

State Rep. Mark Tisdel talks with @bradlaplante.me about how he convinced Republicans to back his K-12 cellphone ban. Watch now on demand on WLNS+ for Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.

NEW THIS MORNING: Genesee County Animal Control rescues 64 animals, 27 found dead. https://www.wlns.com/news/michigan/genesee-county-animal-control-rescues-64-animals-27-found-dead/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

'Dawson's Creek' actor James Van Der Beek dead at 48: Reports https://www.wlns.com/top-stories/dawsons-creek-actor-james-van-der-beek-dead-at-48-reports/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

The city of Lansing has agreed to a settlement involving a 2020 death at the jail. https://www.wlns.com/top-stories/city-of-lansing-agrees-to-settlement-in-2020-jail-death/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Surveillance photos related to the Nancy Guthrie case were released by the FBI. https://www.wlns.com/top-stories/surveillance-photo-related-to-nancy-guthrie-case-could-be-released-soon-reports/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Grant Hendrickson: "Failure in this business happens more often than not." Tune in to the Jorma Duran Show on Monday at 8 a.m. on WLNS+ for Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.

A Lansing man is being called a Good Samaritan after pulling people from a burning home https://www.wlns.com/news/lansing-man-called-good-samaritan-after-pulling-people-from-burning-home/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_