2 adults, 6 children found dead following house fire in West Michigan, sheriff’s office says

July 24, 2026 | 8:43 PM

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GRAND HAVEN TOWNSHIP, Michigan (WWJ) — Authorities are investigating the “suspicious deaths” of a family of eight, including six children, following a house fire Friday morning in Grand Haven Township, Michigan.

According to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, authorities first received calls between 8:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. local time about a smell of smoke in the area of Riverside Trail. Deputies assisted the Grand Haven Fire Department, but no fire was immediately located.

The sheriff’s office says deputies and fire personnel returned to the area at about 11:42 a.m. after receiving calls about white smoke coming from a residence in the 14900 block of Riverside Trail. Fire crews were able to control the fire and checked the home for any victims, locating them inside.

Their identities are currently unknown.

The sheriff’s office did not release any additional information at this time.

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Trump speaking at White House Correspondents’ Dinner redo after April attack

July 24, 2026 | 9:59 PM

▶ Watch Video: WHCA President Weijia Jiang speaks at rescheduled dinner 3 months after shooting Washington — President Trump is speaking at take two of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after April's event was upended when an armed assailant rushed through a security checkpoint and the U.S. Secret Service opened fire on the gunman.Three months after the suspect was stopped outside the Washington Hilton's ballroom, Mr. Trump attended the White House Correspondents' Association's do-over of the dinner at a different Washington hotel — the Waldorf Astoria, which was once a Trump Organization hotel. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president "looks forward to finishing what he started before a despicable assassination attempt derailed the original event back in April," and promised the evening will be "very entertaining and memorable."At times, the event highlighted the president's sometimes-tense relationship with the press. Mr. Trump has sparred with many of the journalists who spoke or accepted awards during the dinner — though he didn't visibly express frustration while seated on stage, and he shook the award-winners' hands. The president smiled as CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer described the fallout from The Wall Street Journal's reporting on Mr. Trump's past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein."This has not been an easy evening," Mr. Trump later joked during his speech, referring to the award-winners.Weijia Jiang, the correspondents' association's most recent past president and CBS News' senior White House correspondent, said at one point during the event: "There is ... an existential difference between criticizing the press and trying to undermine it. One is healthy and it makes all of us better. The other is exactly what the founders hoped to prevent."Mentalist Oz Pearlman is scheduled to perform, after his set during April's dinner was called off due to the attack."We can't wait to see what you reveal, but you can skip the part where you guess the president's phone number because half the reporters in this room already have it," Jiang said.Secret Service officials have warned that nationwide threats have reached an unprecedented level, with agents opening roughly 10,000 protective intelligence cases since January — a nearly 40% increase from the same period last year. The Secret Service has been preparing for the makeup dinner, and Secret Service Director Sean Curran told reporters in a briefing Wednesday that every venue is reevaluated before every presidential visit."We will always evaluate every site, and right now we have an advance team there, and they will take back, and they will set up a plan to set that site up for success, just like we did at the White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Hilton," Curran said. "That is a success."On Friday night, the White House Correspondents' Association presented an award for exceptional service to the Secret Service officer who was struck in his protective vest at the April dinner, along with the entire Washington Hilton staff."I do think their bravery should be recognized, and I'm really looking forward to giving out those two awards," Jiang said. Jiang said Friday night's program is "very much the same" as April's, although the size will be smaller."There are enhanced security measures," Jiang told C-SPAN. "We have a private security firm that has worked closely with Secret Service. There are new measures that every single dinner guest has to take."Attendees will have to present a unique QR code with a government-issued photo ID to get through ticketing, and go through layers of security to enter the ballroom, she said. The association worked extensively with the Secret Service."It was incredibly important to have the safety of our guests to be the top priority," she said.

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