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The man polls have tabbed as the front-runner in Michigan's Republican gubernatorial race offered up his views with local political and business leaders on the sun-splashed shores of Anchor Bay Thursday.Attorney General Bill Schuette was the keynote speaker at the Anchor Bay Chamber of Commerce's Business by the Bay event less than three weeks before the state primary, which is set for Aug.

NEW YORK>> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is clarifying his stance pertaining to Holocaust deniers after getting some blowback on social media.Zuckerberg, who is Jewish, said in an interview with Recode that Facebook posts denying the Holocaust took place would not be removed automatically. Zuckerberg said he thinks that there are things "that different people get wrong," and that he doesn't think they are "intentionally" getting it wrong.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico>> Ten months after Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico's electric grid, the local agency responsible for rebuilding it is in chaos and more than $1 billion in federal funds meant to strengthen the rickety system has gone unspent, according to contractors and U.S. officials who are anxious to make progress before the next hurricane.

Due to a continuing power outage, Macomb Community College Center Campus in Clinton Township, including the Macomb University Center, will remain closed again Friday after it first closed Thursday. All classes are cancelled.MCC's South Campus in Warren will remain open.MCC spokesman Sean Patrick said a contractor working on Garfield Road cut an electrical line to Center Campus, and repairs cannot be completed in time to reopen Friday.

NEW YORK>> Comcast is dropping its bid for Fox's entertainment businesses, paving the way for Disney to boost its upcoming streaming service by buying the studios behind "The Simpsons" and X-Men.Comcast can now focus on its pursuit of European pay-TV operator Sky, a deal that would give the Philadelphia-based cable and media company a larger presence outside the U.

Here's the latest batch of concert announcements for the metro area. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 20 unless otherwise noted...• Grits & Biscuits, Aug. 3 at Saint Andrews Hall. $20. On sale now. Visit saintandrewsdetroit.com.• Lil Baby and YK Osiris, Aug.

For victims of crime on U.S. soil who are living here illegally, a special visa program encourages them to help solve their cases and catch criminals, and often provides their only clear path to citizenship.But as Republican President Donald Trump's administration has taken a harder line on immigration, U.

A regional transit proposal will not appear on November's ballot. On Thursday, the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan's funding allocation committee wasn't able to come to a unanimous 5-0 vote, which means the Connect Southeast Michigan plan won't go forth for a public vote in 2018.

Chippewa Valley Schools is in the early stages of preparing a new bond issue question to be brought before voters. On July 16, the Chippewa Valley Schools Board of Education approved an application for preliminary qualification of bonds. As part of the motion, the board also approved submission to the state Department of Treasury.

Cher joins the gang for another ramp through the ABBA song catalog in "Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again," which will tell us if Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth took singing lessons during the 10 years since the original. Rated PG-13.Also Showing:• "Unfriended: The Dark Web:" An online horror story from Timur Bekmambetov, producer of "Get Out" and "The Purge," about the dangers of what might hide in your laptop.