What to know: One of the men charged in connection with a 2025 shooting at Skinner Park that took the lives of a 4-year-old and an 18-year-old has been sentenced. William Wheeler, the alleged driver in the drive-by shooting, was sentenced to 16 to 40 years in prison after taking a plea deal. Bran...
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Five people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a market square in Krakow, Poland, police said. The gunman aimed at random people as he drove into the city's Main Square, a major tourist destination, Krakow police said. Polic...
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Drone and missile attacks struck across Ukraine on Saturday, wounding at least nine people, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States. Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. are to meet on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Ara...
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The Capuchin Soup Kitchen is preparing for Thanksgiving with community food drives, holiday boxes, and catered dinner packages to support families ans individuals in Detroit. The nonprofit is offering pre-cooked holiday turkey dinner packages available for purchase, which help su...
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Twice a day, every day, National Weather Service offices across the country release a weather balloon. Each one carries a small instrument package called a radiosonde. As it rises more than 100,000 feet, it measures temperature, humidity, air pressure and wind at every level of t...
business
DTE Energy announced Thursday that it’s selling its non-utility DTE Vantage business to help fund infrastructure investments needed to strengthen the grid, build renewables, and accommodate data centers . This story also appeared in Planet Detroit DTE expects to finalize an agree...
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SATURDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. High: 51. Winds: NW 10-15 MPH. SATURDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear skies. Low: 35. Winds: W 5-10 MPH. SUNDAY: Mostly sunny skies. High: 56. Winds: W 10-20 MPH, gusts to 30 MPH. SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy skies. Low: 40. Winds: W 5-15 MPH. MONDAY: Mostly s...
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What to know: Neighboring businesses say B&W Comfort Spa on Kelly Road has drawn suspicious short-stay customer traffic for years, raising safety and reputation concerns. Eastpointe police say the spa operated without a business license and undercover officers were offered sexual...
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A 50-year-old St. Clair County man is facing multiple drug charges stemming from the alleged sale of methamphetamines in the area. Police say Jason Durham was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 3, following a search warrant by the St. Clair County Drug Task Force that turned up a “dealer’...
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What to know: Former 36th District Court Judge Kahlilia Davis received an 2023 six-year suspension for misconduct, including disabling courtroom recording equipment and threatening colleagues. A 2024 ruling sought to keep her off the ballot, but Davis sued in 2026; a judge then a...
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One of the men charged after allegedly carjacking a father and daughter at gunpoint, then later crashing a different car during a police chase, has pleaded guilty. Robert Bates, 37, of Detroit, and Skylar Carlisle, 28, of Eastpointe , were charged with multiple felonies stemming ...
