The breakdown: An assistant football coach for a Detroit high school, Aaron Matthew Wright, was charged with 17 counts after allegedly shooting a woman and her 7-year-old daughter during an argument over a fight between children. Police say Wright forced his way into the woman’s apartment near Fa...
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This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan , a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. To get regular coverage from Bridge Michigan, sign up for a free Bridge Michigan newsletter here . Local officials on Wednesday approved the final site plan for Google’s propos...
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The Breakdown: A federal jury awarded Bishop George Bloomer, of North Carolina, $62.2 million in his discrimination lawsuit against Detroit media executive Kevin Adell and The Word Network Bloomer alleged Adell harassed and retaliated against him after he expressed that a meme Ad...
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You have probably noticed it on a hot summer day: A basement feels cool even when the air outside is baking. The ground does not heat up and cool down as fast as the air does. A few hundred feet down, it stays close to the local yearly average all year, which can be around 50 deg...
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Corporations given lucrative government contracts to carry out President Trumps immigration agenda have contributed millions of dollars in campaign donations to Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm election. A Scripps News review of Federal Election Commission records shows The ...
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What to know: Michigan’s attorney general is suing HailgateA2 LLC and its owner, John Klein, alleging they took payment for University of Michigan tickets and memorabilia customers never received. The lawsuit seeks damages, civil fines, dissolution of the business, and a ban on K...
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From Detroit to the UP, Michigan is investing millions in projects that range from capping I-75 downtown, to upgrading a greenbelt, to building a nuclear workforce. Here’s a look at the nine projects that received special funding this week....
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In the years leading up to this weeks fatal accident at its Georgia theme park, Six Flags has been accused of failing to maintain its parks amid hundreds of reports of injuries and dangerous malfunctions on its aging thrill rides, according to a CNN analysis of public records and...
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A Detroit man who is an assistant football coach at a Detroit high school has been charged in connection with the shooting of a 33-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter earlier this week. Watch below: Suspect in Custody After Mother and 7-Year-Old Girl Shot in Detroit Suspec...
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The 17th annual Detroit Fall Beer Festival from the Michigan Brewers Guild will return to Eastern Market on this October. Nearly 90 breweries from across the state will gather in Shed 5 for the festival, which takes place Saturday, Oct. 24 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. You can see the fu...
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Federal authorities are investigating letters with "suspicious substances" that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as "potentially hazardous." An FBI statement said the bureau and the U.S. Postal Inspe...
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A fire that broke out inside a home on Detroit’s west side Thursday morning is now under control. Emergency crews responded to the scene at Burlingame Street and Dexter Avenue around 10:30 a.m. after a neighbor spotted flames and called 911. Dark smoke could be seen for miles bil...
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The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 other people in the deadliest incident of its kind in the country, authorities and a hospital official said. The...
