A 70-year-old Romeo man is sharing his story after narrowly avoiding the loss of $30,000 in an online scam, thanks to quick action by Romeo police. Watch Simon's story in the video player below: Police stop senior from being scammed out of $30,000 The victim, who asked not to be identified, said...
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As President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, a sensitive question hangs over the visit: whether Chinese companies are helping arm two of Americas adversaries. Recent reporting and trade data reviewed by weapons analysts point to a continuing flow of...
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The FBI says they’ve recovered a 15-year-old girl who was being trafficked online and now an Inkster man has been arrested and charged.
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Amid the investigation, threats of a lawsuit, and other controversies, Mayor Mary Sheffield spoke to FOX 2. The interview was brief, but the mayor took a moment to speak with FOX 2 about all the headlines lately....
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The FBI says Green’s phone number was listed when agents reached out to inquire about the ad. The next day, they had Green’s apartment on Tobin Drive under surveillance, saw the 15-year-old and a second woman and moved in....
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A jury has awarded roughly $897 million to a family of a child severely injured when a high-speed vehicle crashed into a guardrail during a 2023 field trip at a test track in Auburn Hills. The verdict came more than three years after what was supposed to be a fun and educational ...
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Investigators with the Texas Rangers say adults at Camp Mystic were "aware of and consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death to the campers in their care." Twenty-five young campers, two teenage counselors and Dick Eastland, the director of the all-girl...
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Delenia Howell has spent the last three years trying to rebuild a life that was nearly destroyed. “After incarceration, a lot of people don’t see us, they don’t hear us, they don’t know what our issues are,” Howell, 36, said. “They don’t care.” She’s a peer leader with Nation Out...
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Two members of the Detroit Fire Department have been placed on leave without pay following allegations of improper conduct during a medical run earlier this month. The incident is now under investigation by the Detroit East Medical Control Authority, known as DEMCA, as well as th...
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DETROIT, Mich. (WXYZ) The Blue Bird Inn, a historic jazz club on Detroit's west side, is being restored and is expected to reopen as a live music venue, community space, and archive. The nonprofit Detroit Sound Conservancy purchased the Tireman Avenue venue in 2018 after it close...
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Everything is more expensive these days — and more people are turning to credit cards to get by. A recent WalletHub report looked at 182 U.S. cities, and Detroit came in dead last for credit scores. The city’s average credit score is 570. Compare that to Chicago at 630 and Grand ...
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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, colds, influenza, scooter & e-bike injuries, respiratory illnesses, asthma flare-ups, stomach viruses...
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Families of missing and murdered people who have been waiting for answers, sometimes for decades, are seeing a new push for results. Michigan State Police said they have around 200 open cold cases at any given time, and with September being National Cold Case month, they’re worki...
