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The Los Angeles Rams' dismal season opener in Australia and their proliferating injury woes were nothing Davante Adams and Matthew Stafford couldn't overcome back home with a vintage performance against the Giants. And after New York lost Jaxson Dart on the opening drive, it didn...
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The Michigan Sex Offender Registry was nearly cut in half due to a recent ruling by the state's supreme court.
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Michigan's official Christmas tree has been chosen! According to the state, a 60-foot spruce from Iron Mountain will be on display during the holiday season in Lansing. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget said the tree was donated by the Larry Riccio family...
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Two metro Detroit hotels have been awarded Michelin Keys, which are given to the hotels providing the best hospitality around the world. This is the third straight year that the Shinola Hotel in Downtown Detroit has been honored. It was Detroit's first Michelin Key hotel in 2024....
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A Republican senator is calling for President Donald Trump's eldest son to be subpoenaed following reports, first reported by ProPublica, that a Russian oligarch with ties to Vladimir Putin helped pay for celebrations surrounding Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding. Sen. John Curtis, R-Ut...
safety
A man accused of ramming his car into a police cruiser at the Roseville Police Department and approaching officers with a knife has pleaded no contest to his charges. Daniel Minnick, 37, was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, two counts of assault with...
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A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the Massachusetts mother of murder in the deaths of her three young children. In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy's lawyer asked the court to quest...
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An Auburn Hills man who pleaded no contest to a criminal sexual conduct charge while he was on probation for a separate criminal sexual conduct charge has been sentenced to probation again. Ian Matthew Johnson, 21, pleaded no contest to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct after...
business
One of the largest U.S. franchisees for Wendy's has filed for bankruptcy protection after the restaurant chain tried to terminate its franchise agreement. Meritage Hospitality Group, which operates 314 Wendys restaurants in 15 states, said in a statement last week it intends to k...
parks
DETROIT (AP) Michigan U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed said Tuesday that he wants Kamala Harris' midterm campaign stop in Detroit to unify Democrats in the key swing state where their party's factions were on full display in a hotly contested primary earlier this year and in Ha...
safety
From 1976 to 1977, four children were abducted along the Woodward corridor in Oakland County and later killed. Their killeror killershave never been arrested for their murders. Related: 'Let him face justice.' Michigan pedophile ring victims question delays in search for key susp...
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Damaged communications lines at a key air traffic control facility in Philadelphia had been repaired, allowing airports across the U.S. Northeast to resume operations after hours of disruptions, the nation's transportation secretary said Monday evening. Hundreds of flights were c...
safety
Maldonado, 32, was arrested following an investigation initiated by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the ICAC Task Force.
business
Employers are bracing for double-digit increases in healthcare costs, and small businesses could face the biggest squeeze. A new survey from consulting firm Marsh shows employers expect health benefit costs to rise 8.2% per employee in 2027 the highest increase since 2003. Withou...
Local
Fall officially arrives today, and the weather across Metro Detroit certainly feels more like the season. Temperatures will remain seasonably cool in the 60s for much of the week before warming back toward 70 degrees this weekend. Aside from a low chance of rain tonight and Wedne...
safety
Hes been on the run for five decades. In 1976, Dyer Grossman was charged with sex crimes in Michigan, but skipped town before police could lock him up. Now the 7 Investigators have learned that prosecutors and police have recently been working to bring the key suspect in a pedoph...
government
Tuesday, Sept. 22, is the first day of fall. The best fall feelings and memories are often associated with cider mills. Are you searching for a cider mill to visit this season? Blake’s Orchard & Cider Mill in Armada is the winner of this year’s Vote 4 The Best category for best c...
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A Canton Township man is facing multiple charges for allegedly possessing child pornography. Julio Cesar Maldonado, 32, was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct, aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material, aggravated sexually abusive activity and using...
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The Detroit Tigers and Fifth Third announced Monday that Comerica Park will become Fifth Third Park, marking a new chapter for one of Detroit’s most iconic landmarks. The naming rights transition follows Fifth Third’s merger with Comerica earlier this year. “As a life-long Michig...
schools
Carhartt is known for making clothing built to withstand the demands of a job site. Now, students at a Detroit design college are getting the opportunity to learn how to create that kind of apparel themselves. Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design, also known as PLC Detroit,...
safety
Family and friends gathered to honor and remember a Detroit woman who police say was killed in a random stabbing outside her workplace. Detroit police said Jaquoya Wix was attacked while on a break from her job at a Chipotle restaurant in downtown Detroit. Investigators said the ...
government
Ann Arbor is launching a new kind of municipal utility , using locally generated solar power and battery storage to give residents another option for clean energy. The Ann Arbor Sustainable Energy Utility, or SEU, began its first installations in the city’s Bryant neighborhood th...
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Family, friends, and downtown restaurant employees gathered in downtown Detroit on Monday to remember Jaquoya Wix, a 34-year-old mother who was fatally stabbed in a random attack while on break from her job at Chipotle. The stabbing happened at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the alle...
safety
The driver was identified as 59-year-old Dwayne Antonio Harvey from Detroit. Oak Park police say Harvey was a teacher at Oak Park High School and was working evenings as an Uber driver....
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Bedrock CEO Jared Fleisher talks with FOX 2 about their plans for the Renaissance Center as major construction details continue to release.
parks
Comerica Park, which has held its name for over 25 years, will become Fifth Third Park starting next season when fans come downtown for a Detroit Tigers game. The Tigers and Fifth Third Bank announced the name change Monday afternoon. For some fans, the news is hard to swallow. "...
Local
A Detroit family says their mother was cremated by mistake and now, more than 72 hours after the story broke, the family still does not know where her cremated remains are....
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On Monday, a family member says they have not been given the cremated remains of Kimberly Moore and the funeral home says something entirely different....
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The window is now open for people who purchased certain recent iPhone models to begin filing claims to receive their share of the quarter-billion-dollar settlement fund established in the wake of the class-action lawsuit filed against Apple, accusing the tech giant of false adver...
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MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies. Chilly temperatures. Low: 49. TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. Dry for most of the day, a chance of a few rain showers late. High: 62. TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies. Low: 52. WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of rain showers. High: 62. ...
business
The Go 4 It spirit is alive and well in Detroit. For weeks, Local 4 has followed efforts to remove a fallen tree from the home of Markita Ray and her family . The tree came down during storms several weeks ago, leaving the home unsafe to enter. Ray, her newborn, and her 6-year-ol...
Local
Three years after a promising young life was cut short, an Ecorse community and a grieving mother are still searching for answers. Dennell Kemp Jr., 18, was shot and killed in Detroit on September 19, 2023. Now his mother, Nikeya Smith, is speaking out about the pain of an unsolv...
safety
It's a world on fire. Ukraine on Sunday launched more than 1,000 drones at Russia, hundreds of them toward Moscow. The city's mayor said the barrage damaged the Moscow Oil Refinery and a residential building. Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called it an "unprecedented attack." Two people w...
government
NEW YORK (AP) President Donald Trump's trip to New York for a speech at the United Nations started Monday with a detour to Gracie Mansion for an hourlong chat and a trip down memory lane with Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The president, appearing with Mamdani after their meeting , remini...
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Residents of a Clawson neighborhood were blindsided when they learned nearly every mature tree on their block had been marked for removal — all as part of a larger city infrastructure project. The City of Clawson has contracted with Mark Anthony Contracting, Inc., to replace wate...
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Some residents of the Lincolnshire Village Apartments in Canton say they are living with conditions they describe as unsafe and unhealthy. These include what they said is mold, electrical issues, and water damage, and they want help from elected officials. One resident, who asked...
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Dolly Parton’s nephew, who announced the singer's death last month, was removed from his longtime security role, according to a termination notice obtained by TMZ....
safety
Jaquoya Wix’s family says she had made meaningful changes in her life before she was killed Sunday afternoon in what police describe as a random attack in downtown Detroit. Update: Family, friends hold vigil for mother killed in random stabbing outside of her job in downtown Detr...
government
Novi voters will decide whether to renew a one-mill capital improvement tax that has funded parks, trails and public safety apparatus in the city over the past decade. The millage, first passed in 2016, is set to expire. City leaders are asking voters to extend it for another 10 ...
Local
A Farmington Hills man accused in a federal child sexual abuse investigation has pleaded guilty. Justin Miller, 23, pleaded guilty in federal court in Detroit . Federal authorities say Miller was involved with members of the 764 network, which investigators have described as a gr...
government
This story also appeared in Bridge Michigan Bridge Michigan reporters have spent months fact-checking claims by the gubernatorial and Senate campaigns and researching ballot measures. Unsure about a claim you’ve seen in political ads or on TV? Here’s everything you should know be...
safety
It’s been seven weeks since two young adults were gunned down in Oak Park and still no arrests. On Monday night, the parents of the victims spoke with FOX 2....
safety
It’s been seven weeks since two young adults were gunned down in Oak Park and still no arrests. On Monday night, the parents of the victims spoke with FOX 2....
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DETROIT (WXYZ) A Detroit homeowner near the Avenue of Fashion is breathing easier after a burned-out alley light that had been dark since July was finally fixed Monday. Sherry Short, who has lived on West Outer Drive since 1988, said the light in the alley near her home went out ...
Local
It may still feel warm outside, but across metro Detroit, fall traditions are already in full swing. Apple orchards are entering the heart of picking season and while families are filling bags and enjoying cider, farmers say this year's harvest still depends heavily on one thing ...
News
A civil lawsuit has been filed against GLP-1 drugmakers over the potential risk of sudden vision loss, according to multiple reports.
business
A 34-year-old mother was stabbed to death behind a downtown Detroit Chipotle restaurant while on a smoke break during the final 30 minutes of her shift, and her family is now speaking out about the woman they say had turned her life around. Jaqouya Wix was attacked Sunday afterno...
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Loved ones and the community are preparing to honor the life of 34-year-old Jaquoya Wix, the woman stabbed to death outside a Chipotle in downtown Detroit while on her lunch break....
safety
The controversy continues after a video went viral of a heated encounter between the activist organization New Era Detroit and members of the Arab American community....
safety
The heated dispute took place earlier in September in Detroit near Paul Street and the Southfield Freeway. A police investigation shows that’s where a crash took place after an Arab American driver allegedly ran a red light and hit a vehicle driven by an African American female....
Local
As historic sites across Detroit age and deteriorate, the city is asking residents to help identify places that hold significance for local communities. Preserve Detroit is developing a community-based strategy to identify and protect historic sites and the stories connected to t...
schools
Volunteers are spending two days transforming the courtyard at Osborn High School in Detroit, planting native and sensory gardens, cleaning out a greenhouse, adding a mural celebrating school pride and restoring a pond. The project is funded through Ford Philanthropy. The nonprof...
safety
Dashaun Green and Teris King had so much life to live, successful students with big plans. Their parents were so excited about their college careers, all of it cut short on Aug. 3 when they were killed, leaving their loved ones devastated....
