The Flint, Michigan, City Council is contemplating embracing a new way to save the town: Scientology.

"The Way to Happiness" program was written by Scientology creator L. Ron Hubbard. A nonreligious moral code, it describes 21 different principles, including "Don't Be Promiscuous," "Be Temperate," and the always-hard-to-remember "Do Not Murder." Scientologist Monika Biddle introduced the council to the book during an Aug. 22 meeting, saying it could really curb the high rates of crime and poverty.

"The moral fiber of our community is so decayed it will take years" to change, Councilwoman Monica Galloway told MLive.com."We need to sow [values] into these children [because these] are things they are not getting."

The Way to Happiness Foundation says it has distributed 100 million copies of the book all over the world. The organization tries to get the book out into communities, and suggests that police officers hand them out to children and neighborhood watch groups. Police Chief James Tolbert thinks it's worth a shot to at least try using the program. "From the information I've seen, apparently it works," he said. "I'm for anything that works." Catherine Garcia

An unidentified vandal destroyed the face of pop singer Justin Bieber carved in a large sand sculpture at the New York State Fair this week. Authorities said Friday they have a partial description of the person responsible and welcome input from anyone who can provide further information on this heinous crime.

The sculpture features the faces of a number of entertainers who performed at the state fair grounds in years past. Bieber appeared in 2010. See his visage before and after demolition below. Bonnie Kristian

Republican Donald Trump visited Detroit, Michigan, a majority-black city, on Saturday to bolster his minority outreach efforts. While there, he visited an African-American church, where he did an interview with the church's pastor (who is also a media personality) and gave a brief, scripted speech at a service in which he declared his desire to learn from black Americans:

"Our nation is too divided," said Trump, who spoke in a measured tone. "We talk past each other and not to each other. And those who seek office do not do enough to step into the community and learn what's going on. I'm here today to learn, so that we can together remedy injustice in any form, and so that we can also remedy economics so that the African-American community can benefit economically through jobs and income and so many other different ways."

"I believe we need a civil rights agenda for our time," added Trump, whose remarks were warmly received by the congregation. [Click on Detroit]

Trump's visit was met with angry protesters who chanted, "What do you have to lose? ... Everything," referencing Trump's recent comment that black voters should take a chance on him because they have nothing to lose. Trump's support among black voters nationally is in the single digits. Bonnie Kristian

Hillary Clinton's campaign announced Thursday their candidate would begin flying on a larger plane with room for media to tag along starting on Labor Day. That's newsworthy because it has been nine months since Clinton held a press conference, and what interactions she does have with the media are notoriously well-controlled by her staff.

In New Hampshire last year, Clinton's aides actually used a rope to hold reporters away from her, an experience that is more the rule than the exception. In that vein, Politico has compiled a fascinating list of other times the campaign made covering Clinton "like a sensory deprivation experience" for print pool journalists. Here are a few of the most bizarre anecdotes:

Drowned Out By a Jet Engine, Aug. 31: Clinton’s plane landed in Cincinnati, from East Hampton, ahead of her speech to the American Legion. On the tarmac, Clinton was greeted by a group of county Democratic party chairs. But, "your pooler was not close enough to hear any conversations over the noise of the plane."

They Paved Paradise and Put up a Parking Lot, Aug. 30: Clinton hit up three big fundraisers in the Hamptons. ... Pool reporters were stationed about 400 yards away from the house, "among the parked cars."

Chocolates > Questions, Aug. 25: Clinton popped into Hub Coffee Roasters after a rally in Reno. There, she ignored questions about Donald Trump lobbed at her from the reporters in the coffee shop. Instead, she encouraged them to sample Dorinda’s Chocolates. "It's really good!" she said.

Magic Johnson’s Driveway, Aug. 22: After a fundraiser at Magic Johnson’s house, pool "was able to see Magic wave goodbye to HRC from the driveway." [Politico]

Read the rest of the list from Politico here. Bonnie Kristian

Controversial music manager Jerry Heller died Friday of unspecified causes in a Thousand Oaks, California, hospital, his cousin told Billboard. He was 75 years old.

Heller was best known as the manager of N.W.A., a groundbreaking hip hop group from Compton, California, that was key the development and popularization of gangsta rap. The original N.W.A. lineup featured Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, and Ice Cube. Before getting into rap and hip hop, Heller worked with artists including Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Who, Elton John, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and Marvin Gaye.

In his later years, Heller was embroiled in disputes pertaining to his management of N.W.A., including an unfavorable portrayal in 2015's N.W.A. biopic, Straight Outta Compton. Heller sued the film's producers over its perceived inaccuracies, protesting the depiction of him underpaying artists and pocketing the difference. "I've been in the business for six decades. I've probably represented almost every major artist in the world, either directly or peripherally, at one time or another," Heller said of his lawsuit. "I have a certain reputation, and that reputation certainly doesn't entail the things that they said about me. It was very hurtful." Bonnie Kristian

On August 20, the world's longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge opened spanning a valley in Zhangjiajie in China's Hunan province. The engineering feat — tested for safety with demonstrations including driving a car on on the glass and repeatedly hitting it with large hammers — was immediately popular.

But now the attraction is closed until further notice, and it's not entirely clear why. One official told CNN the bridge is temporarily shut down not because of any structural defects or cracks but because the landmark is "overwhelmed by the volume of visitors." The bridge is designed to hold 8,000 people per day, but the official said as many as 80,000 tourists are showing up daily. Meanwhile, the BBC reports other Chinese officials said the bridge was indeed closed for repairs.

One thing is certain, though: Tourists who already made plans to visit the bridge are not happy. After the closure was announced on Weibo, a Chinese social network similar to Twitter, one user angrily replied, "I have booked everything and now you are saying you are closed... Are you kidding me?" Bonnie Kristian

Vacationers hoping to enjoy a final weekend of summer at Mid-Atlantic beaches will be sorely disappointed this Labor Day weekend, as Tropical Storm Hermine will drench coastal areas with heavy rains and potential flooding over the next few days.

After beginning as a Category 1 hurricane in Florida on Friday, the storm was downgraded when winds slowed but still left tens of thousands without power in the Carolinas. Now it is moving northward and may pick up enough speed to be classified as a hurricane once again.

"The combination of a storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline," said a statement from the National Hurricane Center. "There is a danger of life-threatening inundation during the next 24 hours in the Hampton Roads [Virginia] area." Watch footage of conditions in nearby Virginia Beach below. Bonnie Kristian

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake rumbled through America's Great Plains region at 7:02 a.m. Central time on Saturday morning, with shocks felt from Nebraska through northern areas of Texas.

The epicenter was in north-central Oklahoma, near a town called Pawnee, and it was among the largest in recorded Oklahoma history. Similar quakes in Oklahoma have been linked to underground wastewater disposal from oil and natural gas production.

No major damage has been reported, though aftershocks could still be on the way. Bonnie Kristian