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Cost of insurance forcing many in Detroit to ‘drive dirty’
DETROIT (AP) — Like most Americans, the drivers of Detroit are required to carry auto insurance whenever they get behind the wheel, but many law-abiding residents can’t afford the Motor City’s...
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Public health emergency declared due to lead in Flint water
DETROIT (AP) — Officials in Michigan declared a public health emergency Thursday over the city of Flint’s water, after months of resident complaints about its smell and taste, in response to tests that...
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Woman charged in shots fired at suspected shoplifters
DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman licensed to carry a concealed weapon was charged after authorities say she shot and flattened an SUV’s tire to stop two suspected shoplifters fleeing a Home...
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Detroit survivors wary as city’s recovery threatens to push them out
A new Detroit city fund using private capital supports minority small-business owners who primarily employ minority employees. Another program, fueled with private and public funds, pairs tenants and...
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Detroit shows improvement, promise 1 year out of bankruptcy
DETROIT (AP) — A year after its exit from a brief but embarrassing bankruptcy, Detroit suddenly has something it long lacked: money to spend. After paying down debt and other expenses, the city’s...
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Mother: Unarmed son fatally shot by police was mentally ill
DETROIT (AP) — An unarmed black man who was fatally shot by suburban Detroit police suffered from mental illness and wasn’t a threat to officers, his mother said Thursday. Valerie Johnson told The...
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Detroit sees drop in homicides, overall crime in 2015
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit saw a drop in most violent crimes in 2015, the second consecutive year in which homicide totals in the city dipped to pre-1970 levels, according to newly released data. The...
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Dozens of Detroit schools close due to teacher protest
DETROIT (AP) — A wave of teacher absences described by an activist as “rolling strikes” shut down more than half of Detroit’s 100 public schools Monday, keeping thousands of students at home as a...
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Detroit mayor: Dead mouse, cold kids, bad floor in schools
DETROIT (AP) — Mayor Mike Duggan said he saw a dead mouse, children wearing coats in cold classrooms and a gym floor too warped for play during a tour of some Detroit public schools Tuesday, amid a...
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Detroit schools sue to try to stop teacher absences
DETROIT (AP) — Faced with another massive sick-out by teachers, the Detroit school district filed a lawsuit Wednesday to try to stop absences that have kept thousands of students at home and left...
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Problems in Detroit, Flint show rift over emergency managers
DETROIT (AP) — Darnell Earley didn’t come up with the plan to channel corrosive river water into Flint’s old lead-lined water pipes, causing a health emergency. And he certainly can’t be blamed for the...
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Judge denies request to force end to teacher sick-outs
DETROIT (AP) — A judge denied a second attempt by the Detroit Public Schools on Monday to obtain a temporary restraining order against teacher sick-outs that have closed dozens of buildings this month...
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Restaurant owner charged in fire that killed immigrants
DETROIT (AP) — Federal officials charged a suburban Detroit restaurant owner and his wife Friday with harboring immigrants who were in the U.S. without legal permission after a fire at a house he owned...
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Testing change possible after Flint-area Legionella outbreak
DETROIT (AP) — Michigan, seeking to prevent another oversight fiasco after lead poisoning in Flint and a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in the area, is considering new water testing rules for...
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Court: Reassess block of PTSD testimony in immigration case
DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a lower court judge must reconsider a decision blocking testimony by an expert in post-traumatic stress disorder in the case against a Chicago...
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Ex-basketball star Mateen Cleaves charged with sex assault
DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors on Tuesday charged former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves with sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman who said she was driven to a Michigan motel and attacked....
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Banks finding opportunities to lend again in Detroit
DETROIT (AP) — Banks are seeing something in Detroit that few once believed existed — opportunity. Financial institutions seeking reward after risk are extending loan and grant programs into some of...
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Frantic calls made to 911 during Kalamazoo shooting rampage
DETROIT (AP) — Chaos and confusion can be heard in a series of 911 calls released Tuesday from the day of a shooting rampage in southwestern Michigan, as dispatchers field frantic calls about a crazed...
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Detroit school board names Gov. Snyder in federal lawsuit
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit school board has named Gov. Rick Snyder in a federal lawsuit that in part blames the district’s deep financial troubles on Michigan’s emergency manager law. The lawsuit was...
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High copper or lead levels seen in 19 Detroit schools’ water
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s hard-pressed school system has found elevated levels of lead and copper in nearly a third of its elementary schools, contamination that one expert says could be found...
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