Several people were stabbed on an Amtrak near Niles, Michigan, on Friday night, according to early reports.
The suspect in the case has reportedly been custody, according to ABC News in Chicago.
Police said “multiple people” were stabbed in the incident. The attack took place at around 7 p.m. EST.
There was no information on the victims’ conditions.
Niles is located about 11 miles north of South Bend, Indiana, in Berrien County.
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Associated Press update: Michigan considers ban on student-athlete unions
DETROIT (AP) — College sports may be a multibillion-dollar business, but the athletes are students, not public employees, and shouldn’t have the right to unionize, according to a Republican lawmaker in Michigan.
His bill to block collective bargaining for athletes is on the fast track during this lame-duck legislative session, though there are no reports of such efforts at any of Michigan’s public or private universities and opponents say it’s a non-issue in their state.
But unionization efforts have started to the west of Michigan, where Northwestern University football players held a secret vote in April over whether to form the nation’s first union at the private Big Ten school, a case in which the National Labor Relations Board could rule as early as this month.
Major college sports conferences have spoken out against unionization while calling on measures to improve the working conditions of student-athletes. The NCAA also opposes player unionization, saying it could lead to fewer scholarships and eliminate funding for some sports.
The bill appears to be zooming through Michigan’s Republican-led Legislature. Introduced Tuesday, it won committee approval on a party-line vote Wednesday. The Legislature’s postelection “lame duck” session ends in two weeks.
“The discussion of this issue really begs an answer to the bigger question: What is the intended purpose of college?” bill sponsor Rep. Al Pscholka said. “Is it about making money, or is it about getting an education? Are student-athletes there to learn, guaranteeing the best shot at future success in life? Or are they enrolled as employees, just there to pull in money and attention for the university?”
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