safety equipment. in michigan, three african americans carrying large rifles escorted state representative sarah anthony, who's also african american, into the state capitol in lansing on wednesday. michigan state law but allows people to carry firearms inside the capitol building, though it bans protesters from carrying signs. last week, a large crowd of heavily armed white protesters swarmed into the building and tried to take the senate floor. on tuesday, governor gretchen whitmer condemned the protesters, saying some of them carried nooses, confederate flags, and swastikas. they were calling for the reopening of michigan. in colorado, medical workers celebrated at a va hospital in aurora wednesday as covid-19 patient reverend terrance hughes was released. the 56-year-old leader of denver civil rights community was the aurora ba's first coronavirus patient admitted on march 9. he spent seven weeks on a ventilator and at one point,