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A 27-year-old man was shot and killed inside a clothing store in Detroit, and the killer remains at large. Ali Aoun was found shot inside Goodfellas Wear on Woodward near Chicago Boulevard. A source says Aoun's father reached out to another employee to check on his son after he s...
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This past weekend, Fifth Third officially converted 600,000 customer accounts over from Comerica Bank. For several local customers, the merger has turned into massive frustration. 7 News Detroit spoke with some of those customers, as well as Fifth Third Bank leadership, about the...
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Saint John’s Resort in Plymouth is set on 200 acres and is a former Seminary turned into a hotel. It’s known for wedding venues and meeting spaces -- and its profits go to fund local and global non-profit causes. “This day is about packing lunches and meals for Leo’s Soup Kitchen...
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A former school building in Southwest Detroit is getting a new life as a center for infants, toddlers and their families. Starfish Family Services and Brilliant Detroit have partnered to renovate the building next to the former Saints Andrew and Benedict Church. The newly renovat...
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Over the summer, Keego Harbor residents and business owners were asked to fill out a survey to understand the community's vision for the former Roosevelt Elementary School property with many wanting it to be something the city has never had: a downtown. Keego Harbor Interim City ...
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GROSSE POINTE WOODS, MICH A fire destroyed the clubhouse at the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods on Wednesday, and club leadership says the building is a complete loss. Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety says the first calls came in at 2:41 p.m. about a fire that started in th...
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DETROIT, Mich. (WXYZ) Detroit's University District is hosting its 2026 Home Tour on Saturday, giving the public a look inside some of the city's most historic properties. Six homeowners will open their doors to the community from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., showcasing the unique architec...
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America’s longtime favorite sport may be losing its grip. New polling reveals Americans' favorite sports to watch in 2026.
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Key figures from Europes space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continents ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States. The two-day International Space Summit that started Wednesday gathers officials, a...
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According to police, the possibility of multiple people sought by federal law enforcement fleeing on foot near the school prompted the alert to schools. A photo taken by witness Chris Stellman at Festival Park on St. Clair Drive showed several individuals in handcuffs alongside f...
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Neighbors and club members spent the day Thursday walking up to the gate of the Lochmoor Country Club, some of them even carrying their golf clubs. Everyone was coming to grips with Wednesday’s fire, which reportedly started in the kitchen and decimated the 109-year-old private c...
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Marisa Calliea was arrested in southwest Wyoming on Monday after traveling there with her son Liam amid a custody dispute, reports the Cowboy StateDaily. A Flock camera in Northville registered a hit on Calliea's GMC Terrain she was driving, after failing to show at the arranged ...
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Woah! Hundreds of millions of birds were migrating across the country on Wednesday night, with the highest concentration over Wisconsin.
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On Thursday morning, SkyFOX flew over the site which revealed the full scope of the fire's devastation once daylight set in. Large sections were completely gutted with the roof gone and largely just rubble remaining at the historic site, much of which withstood a century. The all...
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Michigan voters will decide in the November election whether to hold a constitutional convention. Rewriting the state constitution would bring substantial risks for climate action and environmental protections, according to experts who spoke with Planet Detroit. Civic Action Tool...
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A child's future can be shaped by many things. A caring teacher. A supportive family. A community that believes in them - or something as simple as a book. That's why everyone at Channel 7 and The Spot Detroit 20, are so proud to support our " If You Give A Child A Book " campaig...
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As 9/11 becomes history for younger Americans, states are taking different approaches to teaching students about the attacks and their lasting impact.
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The search is intensifying for a Royal Oak man who went missing after a solo hiking trip to Isle Royale National Park in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Craig Berg, 70, arrived on the remote Lake Superior island Aug. 27 and was expected to leave Sept. 5. His family last heard from hi...
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Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran keeps clogging the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened worries about inflation and cranked up pressure within the bond market, helping to send stocks lower agai...
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Omaha Steaks is slashing its menu and expanding its retail footprint as beef prices continue to soar. The business will trim its offerings from 500 items down to about 120 and put more focus on cheaper cuts of meat, as consumers are now paying about 27% more for beef than they di...
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More than a dozen former hockey players are suing the University of Michigan, alleging years of sexualized hazing.
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Fox 2’s Ronia Shamona sits down with entrepreneur, podcaster, author, and high-performance coach Ken Joslin to explore the power of relationships, the lessons from his journey and his new book, “14 Frequencies of Proximity”...
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Here's Fox 2's Ronia Shamona with the $5,000 question to political strategist Richard Buckman: What happens next?
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One of the organizers who said she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader Csar Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. The complaint filed last week in Southern California is the first legal action since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez were first repo...
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Here’s our weekly round-up of what illnesses are spreading the most in Metro Detroit communities, according to our local doctors and hospitals. WAYNE COUNTY – Seasonal allergies, stomach viruses, e-bike injuries, asthma flare-ups Dr. Luda Khait-Vlisides -- DMC Sinai-Grace Hospita...
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A Macomb County man has died Tuesday after he was struck by lightning in Florida. According to WDIV Local 4’s affiliate in Florida , a 20-year-old Shelby Township man was found unresponsive on a walking path behind a hotel in the area of 700 Bloom Street in Osceola County, Florid...
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Seat belts and a flight attendant call button from the doomed United Airlines Flight 93. A purse filled with keys and a wallet recovered from the World Trade Center site. The telephone that sat on U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson's desk when his wife, Barbara, called from a hijac...
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One private company is benefiting financially from ICE increasingly using GPS ankle monitors to track immigrants awaiting legal proceedings instead of a less expensive smartphone app. B.I. Incorporated won a contract in September 2025 initially valued at $1.02 billion to provide ...
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Ypsilanti Township residents confronted University of Michigan officials at a town hall Wednesday over plans for a $1.2-billion computing center project on the Huron River that would be operated alongside the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Civic Action Toolbox Why it matters Res...
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Friday marks 25 years since thousands of Americans lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on September 11, including a reported 42 people with close ties to Michigan. Here is a look at remembrance ceremonies happening across metro Detroit....
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Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.98 million ...
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The fight between LSU and the Southeastern Conference might be over for now. This comes after the LSU football team filled out its roster for the season. This ends any possibility of adding players who played for the NFL or went to NFL training camps this summer. RELATED STORY | ...
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Twenty-five years after September 11 became one of the darkest days in American history, Arab and Muslim Americans in Dearborn say they grieved alongside the rest of the country but in the years that followed, many found themselves defending something they never thought they'd ha...
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An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on President Donald Trumps executive order limiting mail voting, a decision that comes as the Supreme Court considers the same case and states have already started sending out ballots for the high-stakes midterm elections. The three-jud...
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What started as a typical Sunday evening for a Milwaukee-area family quickly turned into a shocking discovery over Labor Day weekend: a four-foot boa constrictor hiding under the hood of their car. When it first moved, I literally screamed and jumped and said, No, that is alive, ...
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Deaths from ectopic pregnancies are rising across the U.S., with the sharpest increases occurring in states with strict abortion bans. A ProPublica analysis found nearly 200 women died from ectopic pregnancies between 2020 and 2025 nearly double the number recorded during the pre...
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer penned a letter to Enbridge Inc.’s CEO on Wednesday, calling on the Canadian energy company to begin pursuing alternatives to its plan to replace the aging Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac with a tunnel under the lakebed. “Every day, oil continues ...
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Its something every dog owner knows but now we have the science to prove it: Dogs really can tell when were happy or sad. Scientists have scanned the brains of dogs to reveal how they process various human expressions, including happiness, sadness, anger and fear, according to a ...
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A possible human case of West Nile Virus was detected in Oakland County, according to officials Thursday. According to the Oakland County Health Department, Michigan reported six West Nile Virus and one eastern equine encephalitis human cases in 2026. Oakland County reported a pr...
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The new venue includes a dome screen that "merges the virtual and physical worlds" in the hope of replicating the feeling of being at a live event.
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For Andrew Cheney, tennis is a family tradition. His parents introduced him to the sport, and now he's passing it down to all three of his kids. "Actually when all three were born, I had Penn balls in the little baby crib," Cheney, of Scottsdale, Arizona, said. With an entire fam...
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September is Healthy Aging Month, and we dedicate the entire show to the topic of aging and caregiving in the African American community. This story also appeared in Detroit PBS - American Black Journal Host Stephen Henderson sits down with Detroit Area Agency on Aging President ...
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The pest's spread in Michigan is not surprising, but represents another challenge for officials hoping to slow the tide of invasive species moving into the state....
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Hurricane Lowell's intense winds and storm surge that battered Hawaii's western islands this week are suspected in the deaths of at least two people. On the island of Kauai, the storm damaged oceanfront resorts while on Lanai, a cargo port where much of the island's food and supp...
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Former President George W. Bush gave rare insight into his experience on Sept. 11, 2001, as the U.S. came under attack by al-Qaida. Appearing with Condoleezza Rice, who served as his national security adviser, Bush spoke Wednesday from his presidential center two days before the ...
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In an inconspicuous building on the western edge of Boston, scientists are using lasers to separate atoms and develop one of the most powerful machines ever created. Once fully operational, it could be able to create new, lifesaving medicines. It could also become the most devast...
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Tightening global copper supply, robust demand from the AI boom and uncertainty over tariffs are all whipping up a frenzy for the red metal. Its sending prices soaring to their highest levels ever. Copper futures traded in New York settled at $6.89 per pound on Wednesday, their h...
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Cosm Detroit's 85-foot dome screen merges the virtual and physical worlds and starting tonight, the Cadillac Square location opens its doors to the public....
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A federal immigration operation unfolding in New Baltimore led to the local school district being put on hold amid uncertainty from law enforcement.
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Michigan State Sen. Jim Runestad has introduced a bill that would ban children from riding e-bikes on public sidewalks, roads or trails. The bill comes after a rise in e-bike and e-moto-related incidents across Michigan, with schools taking action. Watch below: Berkley considers ...
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The two NASA astronauts who led the Artemis II moonshot earlier this year are stepping away from spaceflight. NASA announced Wednesday that Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and pilot Victor Glover will no longer serve as active astronauts but will continue to support the moon ex...
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Here’s your weekly GO Guide to what’s happening across Metro Detroit this weekend. Arts and Apples Festival Rochester | Friday - Sunday Rochester Municipal Park will become a 30-acre celebration of creativity. Browse work from more than 200 fine-art exhibitors, enjoy tasty eats a...
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President Donald Trump announced that his administration will send $500 refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans who he says were overcharged for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, commonly referred to as Obamacare. Trump said the payments stem from...
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The U.S. Supreme Court again rejected a push to use Missouri congressional maps backed by President Donald Trump on Thursday, a loss for Republicans trying to maintain control of the House in the fast-approaching midterm elections. The decision appears to clear the way for use of...
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A Flock camera in Northville registered a hit on Calliea's GMC Terrain she was driving after failing to show at the arranged drop-off with the boy's father....
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Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus. August's sizzle also helped push the ...
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Button batteries power many everyday items around the house, but they can pose a serious danger to young children. Beyond the risk of choking, swallowing one can cause severe internal burns and, in some cases, death. Consumer Reports says new technology may make these batteries s...
