Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison is now the focus of an investigation by the city's office of inspector general after calls he made to citizens requesting they remove posts made on social media.
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Detroit reports 101 properties damaged after EF-2 tornado Detroit’s storm response update shows 101 properties damaged by the Sept. 3 EF-2 tornado — the city’s first since 1997 — with the hardest-hit areas including McDougall-Hunt, Islandview, West Village, Indian Village, East V...
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The Southeast Michigan Ford Dealers are on a mission to help fight hunger across metro Detroit. The Southeast Michigan Ford Dealers have launched a dealer-led food drive in the month of September to benefit local food banks and food pantries. The initiative will be part of a glob...
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A former Metro Detroit doctor was sentenced this week to 108 months -- or about nine years in federal prison -- after pleading guilty in May to a federal child sex abuse charge. The charge stemmed from a multi-state investigation into the sexual exploitation of children involving...
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Human rights experts commissioned by the U.N.s top human rights body say they have found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Irans theocratic government ...
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Artificial intelligence could kill the entire human species, according to people in the artificial intelligence industry. Specifically, they say, it could exterminate humanity within the decade. Politicians, major news organizations, and Sheryl Crow reacted with alarm last week a...
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American Girl has announced its 2027 Girl of the Year doll — and she's the first one from Wisconsin.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro placed some of the blame for the states recent measles outbreak on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., citing Kennedys mixed messaging on vaccine efficacy. Speaking to CNN, Shapiro discussed four recent measles deaths in the s...
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As the Detroit school district marks its first month of the 2026-27 school year, more than half of its schools now have full air conditioning throughout the building, according to superintendent Nikolai Vitti. Vitti gave an update on Detroit Public Schools Community District’s on...
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Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin spoke to the media for the first time since it was reported this summer that he was requesting a trade from the team. Larkin has not been traded and is reporting to training camp, but has an upper body injury so he is not skating. The team a...
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A man was rushed to the hospital Thursday after a car went into the water in Ecorse. According to police, a car went through Dingell Park at Southfield Road and Jefferson Avenue at around 12 p.m. on Sept. 17 and into the Detroit River. A man who was inside the car was taken to a ...
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Wisconsin Republican Congressman and gubernatorial nominee Tom Tiffany is recalling the moments the plane he was on crashed into Lake Wausau . Tiffany said he braced for impact just seconds before the plane hit the water. "I yanked that seatbelt tight, and I would guess it was no...
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An Ohio man being transported from a courthouse to prison made a dramatic attempt to escape after breaking free from his restraints and assaulting deputies....
