Month: September 2026

By Elle Meyers

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    DETROIT (WWJ) — One state lawmaker said he didn’t see U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Metro Detroit’s Downriver area ahead of the August primary. After a roundtable discussion on Tuesday with other Black leaders, El-Sayed said he’s looking forward to further discussions.

“I hope that today is part of growing a relationship, not building a relationship, but growing a relationship so that when I’m in the U.S. Senate, when you give me a call, I know what it is you’re pointing to, and what it is I can do about it,” said El-Sayed during the discussion.

El-Sayed joined African American leaders from the state House and local mayors who represent the downriver area. He said the discussion helped him understand how the communities here feel overlooked.

“I learned a lot about the ways that some of the smaller predominantly Black communities in Wayne County feel like the federal government just doesn’t listen to them and they want a representative in the U.S. Senate who’s going to be thinking about how to make sure that they make sure they have the resources they need for their communities to thrive,” he told CBS News Detroit.

State Rep. Tyrone Carter said during the discussion that he hasn’t seen the El-Sayed campaign have a presence in Downriver.

“The message is, ‘You didn’t look this way, you overlooked us, and that’s maybe why people didn’t vote for you. People need to see you,'” said Carter.

Carter said the opportunity to talk to El-Sayed in a smaller setting was one he didn’t want to pass up.

“That was why it was important today to have the mayors of Ecorse and Rouge and myself here because we represent this area, but we hadn’t seen him,” Carter said.

He later added, “I think it was productive, it was opening, and I think we still need to have more conversations because the divisions within the party still exist.

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By Julie Sharp

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    LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — From the creator of the “Star Wars” movie franchise comes an other-galactical-looking museum in Exposition Park, which is ready to welcome the public starting September 22.

George Lucas and Mellody Hobson founded the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, dedicated to the universal tradition of visual storytelling, and the building is quite a visual itself.

It looks like a spaceship has taken up residence next to the L.A. Memorial Coliseum, but in fact the 13-acre campus is home to a museum with 30 galleries, with “Star Wars” filling 7% of the space, museum officials said.

“We really want people to come here and feel emotional here … it’s an incredibly engaging space,” Tracey Bates, CEO of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, said.

The media had the opportunity to take cameras inside the 5-story building on Wednesday, sharing a sneak peek inside and outside.

“We have over 30 galleries organized by theme, artist, genre, Norman Rockwell, Jessie Willcox Smith, Thomas Hart Benton, themes about love, childhood, sports, play –– genres like fantasy, adventure, comics, all exploring the universal art of storytelling,” Seth Fowler, Lucas Museum of Narrative Art senior director of communications, said.

Not only are there galleries, but also two cinematic theaters, a library and research center, places to eat and shop, as well as gardens and parks. There is plenty to see on campus before even getting to a gallery.

“We have a 300,000-square-foot campus here, but the parks and gardens are free for anybody to use; you don’t need a ticket to the museum, you don’t need a ticket to the museum for our research library or restaurants,” Bates said.

For locals, there is an LM37 pass, a free pass for residents of the 90037 ZIP code.

“They can register, then come with a guest, year-round,” Fowler said.

Tickets for the museum are $25 for adults; children 12 and under, and students with an ID are free.

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By Justin Razavi

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    INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Tuesday was the hottest day of 2026 so far in Indianapolis. The heat is adding another challenge for homeowners and volunteers cleaning up from last month’s historic flooding.

With temperatures hitting the mid-90’s, Frank Gounder of Ravenswood said his already overwhelming task of rebuilding his home, ruined by floodwaters, has become even more difficult.

“It’s exhausting,” Gounder said. “Every task is like 10 times harder. You’re having to stop more times to drink water and everything.”

Gounder explained the flooding ruined his heating, ventilation and cooling system, and he’s unsure when he’ll have air conditioning again.

“No idea, to be honest with you,” Gounder said. “My main priority right now is having this (house) habitable, and then I guess the first thing after that would be the air conditioning. It’s just one more thing that’s gonna get fixed after other things get fixed, and that’s not gonna be a cheap thing either.”

Gounder said he’s working hard in these conditions so his child and pregnant girlfriend can move back in as soon as possible.

“It’s definitely a lot harder to sleep at night, super sticky,” he said. “It’s definitely too hot for babies and kids.”

Elsewhere in the neighborhood, volunteers with Samaritan’s Purse carried on with their flood relief work, cleaning out damaged homes, despite the high heat.

“This heat does slow us down a bit,” Emily Clementz said, assistant program manager at Samaritan’s Purse. “Some of these houses, they don’t have air conditioning, and our workers might even be in Tyvek suits, and they’re wearing N95 masks, and so that can get hot quickly. Volunteer safety is a top priority of ours. Our team leads make sure they are taking adequate breaks, getting plenty of water and Gatorade, and even today, we’re giving them some popsicles.”

At Ravenswood’s hub for flood relief, a donation drop-off and pick-up center at the Glendale Christian Church next to Riverwood Park, organizers suspended volunteer operations for the day because of the heat, but noted the operation was still open for neighborhood flood victims.

“We did have some dangerous temps today, so we did go ahead and close down our volunteer operations for working out in the homes, and our donation hub as well, to allow our volunteers some relief from that heat,” April Vish said, volunteer commander at Ravenswood Community Group.

“Our tent outside is filled with cleaning buckets, basic supplies, water, and folks can come get that 24/7.”

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