A 101-page lawsuit was filed against Cornell University, Chi Phi fraternity organizations, Tri Delta organizations, a nightclub and several Cornell students. The victim, only identified as Jane Doe, filed the suit in September 2026 saying she was sexually assaulted in October 2024.
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A Detroit woman says she was surrounded by a mob of men and subjected to racial slurs following a crash at Southfield Service Road and Paul on September 12, and her attorneys are calling for hate crime charges. Susan Glass-Smith and her attorneys held a press conference Tuesday e...
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A farming accident in Sanilac County left a teen dead on Monday afternoon.
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Attorneys for a Detroit woman who says she was targeted with racial slurs after a September crash are urging prosecutors to treat the confrontation as a hate crime and hold more of the people involved accountable. Susan Smith’s attorneys, Johnny Hawkins and Vonda Evans, made the ...
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Michigan is launching a new public-private partnership aimed at helping manufacturers and suppliers grow, address supply-chain challenges, and create more high-paying jobs. Ford, JPMorganChase, the state of Michigan, Michigan Central and Newlab are behind the new initiative, call...
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The University of Michigan is abandoning a pilot program that would have replaced traditional letter grades with a pass/fail model for first-semester students in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts. The program, announced in August, was set to launch in the fall of 20...
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Lincoln Park is the latest Metro Detroit community to cover its Flock Safety license plate reader cameras as city officials consider whether to continue the program. The Lincoln Park City Council approved the move Monday night, citing privacy concerns and camera vandalism. The li...
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This story also appeared in Chalkbeat Detroit The Detroit School Board race might be the most important race in the midterm elections. Five of seven seats on the Detroit School Board are up for election this November. That means Detroit voters are choosing a new majority. Why doe...
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Fat Stax, on Telegraph Road in Carleton recently shut down and the owner, Barb Little, was spending the day cleaning it out. Little says they were open a month and doing well. "The Burger Review" came out recently, tried a burger and gave it a 9.3 out of 10. However, Little says ...
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She says immediately after the crash, dozens of men living in the neighborhood came out, removed the 18-year-old driver from her car and then turned their attention to her, verbally insulting her and threatening to attack her with a baseball bat while she waited for police to arr...
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he and a large group of leaders of artificial intelligence companies had signed a voluntary accord that will include internal and external reviews during a meeting at the White House aimed at addressing Americans' fears about the techno...
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South Lyon has become the latest Metro Detroit community to end its contract with Flock Safety, as the City Council voted 5-2 Monday night to reject renewing the agreement. The council also ordered police officers to stop using the cameras immediately and directed that the camera...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people. The ban on shock gloves will take effect next year and remain in place until 2030. It comes weeks afte...
