Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news.
Jury in Michigan Gov. Whitmer plot deliberating for 2nd day
Jurors are returning for a second day of deliberations in the trial of four men accused of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Jurors asked for a definition of “weapon” Monday but otherwise gave no indication of the progress of their work. “We’ll do the same drill” Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker said.
Adam Fox, Barry Croft Jr., Daniel Harris and Brandon Caserta are charged with a kidnapping conspiracy. Three of them also face additional charges, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, namely an explosive. (Read more here)
Detroit is largest city to challenge 2020 census numbers
Majority-Black Detroit has become the largest U.S. city to challenge its figures from the 2020 census following a national head count in which the U.S. Census Bureau acknowledges that a higher percentage of African Americans were undercounted than last decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Leaders of Michigan’s largest city, which is more than three-quarters Black, had questioned the results of the 2020 census since last December when they released a report suggesting that more than 8% of the occupied homes in 10 Detroit neighborhoods may have been undercounted.
Detroit filed its challenge late last week, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. (Read more here)
Tigers land outfielder in late-night blockbuster
The Detroit Tigers have traded infielder Isaac Paredes and a draft pick to the Tampa Bay Rays for outfielder Austin Meadows. Meadows, 26, is coming off a season in which he hit 27 home runs and 29 doubles while posting a .234 batting average, a .315 on-base percentage and a .458 slugging percentage.
Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities
Ukraine’s president planned to address the U.N.’s most powerful body on Tuesday after even more grisly evidence emerged of civilian massacres in areas that Russian forces recently left. Western nations expelled dozens more of Moscow’s diplomats and weighed further sanctions as they expressed their revulsion at what they say are war crimes.