Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin,’” has died.

President Joe Biden delivered a defiant argument for a second term in his State of the Union speech Thursday night, lacing into GOP front-runner Donald Trump for espousing “resentment, revenge and retribution” and for jeopardizing freedom at home and abroad.

WDIV Insiders can enter to win a pair of front row seats to see Al Green at the Fox Theatre on Nov. 24, with dinner and a shuttle to the show!

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A Democrat who is the top official in Texas’ largest county on Thursday acknowledged problems around Houston on Election Day that included paper ballot shortages and delayed openings of polling locations.

Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and could decrease political representation for growing minority communities in the nation’s largest red state.

Progressive lawmakers have introduced a bill that would reimpose a nationwide eviction moratorium that lapsed last month.

Thousands of voting rights advocates are rallying across the country Saturday to call for sweeping protections against a further erosion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

A rare clash between the Biden administration and congressional Democrats may have created a blueprint for pressuring a White House that needs to walk a tightrope to satisfy all members of its party to pass its ambitious agenda.

A special election for a U.S. House seat in Texas is headed for a runoff.

The widow of a Texas congressman who died after contracting the coronavirus is carrying Donald Trump’s endorsement into a special election.

In this June 1, 2020, photo, people gather near the Cup Foods grocery store where George Floyd died in Minneapolis. And for George Floyd, it was an accusation he used a fake $20 bill at a grocery store. The Movement for Black Lives is behind a push for local communities to defund police departments nationwide, and reinvest in struggling black communities to address economic inequality and disparities in education and health care. That is a big piece that I think we need to focus on.Last week, Floyds family forwarded their pleas for racial justice to the United Nations. Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights lawyer and former president of the Minneapolis NAACP, said the demand that black lives are valued like white lives must begin at the community level.

(CNN) - One hundred and thirty seven House Democrats on Wednesday voted to kill an impeachment resolution against President Donald Trump in a vote that exposed party divisions on the issue in the House. The House easily defeated an effort from Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green to impeach Trump in the first vote that Congress has taken related to impeachment since Democrats took control of the chamber. Green was able to force the vote under House rules, in what amounted to the most direct challenge yet to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's handling of impeachment. Here is a list of the 137 Democrats who voted against the resolution. All rights reserved.

DETROIT - Here's what you missed on Local 4 News at Noon (watch the episode above).Highland Park Water Department: 9 homes have high lead levels in waterTesting revealed nine homes in Highland Park have a high level of lead in tap water, the Highland Park Water Department announced in a letter to customers on Wednesday. Bridge construction to close part of I-94 in Detroit this weekendA busy part of I-94 in Detroit will be closed this weekend as crews work on setting beams for bridges. Democratic lawmaker introduces articles of impeachment against TrumpDemocratic Rep. Al Green of Texas on Tuesday introduced his articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, which will force the House to take up the measure later this week. Metro Detroit weather: Remnants of Hurricane Barry keep it warm, muggyWednesday afternoon will have a mixture of sun and clouds and the weather will become very warm, rainy and humid, with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

Green is forcing the House to take up his impeachment articles because it's considered a privileged resolution under the House rules, which means the House has to act on it within two days that the House is in session. Democratic leadership did not say Wednesday how the House would act on the impeachment resolution. Green has dismissed calls from within his party to hold off on the resolution, which he introduced Tuesday evening, arguing that impeachment should follow Tuesday's House vote that condemned the President's racist tweets. Democrats have been wrestling with the question of impeachment since taking control of the House, and now more than a third of House Democrats publicly support opening an impeachment inquiry. He noted that his impeachment resolution is not connected to Mueller or the findings of his investigation.

DETROIT - Here's what's coming up on Local 4 News at Noon:Highland Park Water Department: 9 homes have high lead levels in waterTesting revealed nine homes in Highland Park have a high level of lead in tap water, the Highland Park Water Department announced in a letter to customers on Wednesday. Bridge construction to close part of I-94 in Detroit this weekendA busy part of I-94 in Detroit will be closed this weekend as crews work on setting beams for bridges. Democratic lawmaker introduces articles of impeachment against TrumpDemocratic Rep. Al Green of Texas on Tuesday introduced his articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, which will force the House to take up the measure later this week. Metro Detroit weather: Remnants of Hurricane Barry keep it warm, muggyWednesday afternoon will have a mixture of sun and clouds and the weather will become very warm, rainy and humid, with highs in the mid- to upper 80s. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.

(CNN) - Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas on Tuesday introduced his articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, which will force the House to take up the measure later this week. The House could vote to table, or kill, the resolution, but that would in effect put lawmakers on the record about impeachment. Green has previously introduced privileged resolutions forcing a floor vote on impeachment in December 2017 and January 2018. We will just have to deal with that," said Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos, the head of the House Democratic campaign arm. Green isn't the only one pushing for additional action following Tuesday's House vote in response to Trump's tweets.