Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

Detroit

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Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker

The site of a transient motel in Detroit where three young Black men were killed, allegedly by white police officers, during the city’s bloody July 1967 race riot has received a historic marker

Site of 3 killings during pivotal, bloody 1967 Detroit riot receives historic marker
Americas|News

Workers link US, Canadian sides of new Gordie Howe International Bridge over Detroit River

Workers have linked the U.S. and Canadian sides of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge spanning the Detroit River

Workers link US, Canadian sides of new Gordie Howe International Bridge over Detroit River
News

Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park

A monument has been unveiled in Detroit that commemorates a white mother slain while doing civil rights work in Alabama in 1965 and the Black friend who helped raise her children after her death

Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park
News

Detroit casino workers to vote on authorizing strikes this Friday

Workers who staff the majority of operations at the three casinos in Detroit will vote on Friday to authorize potential strikes, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union said.

Detroit casino workers to vote on authorizing strikes this Friday
Business

Detroit casino workers approve strike authorization at three casinos

Workers at three Detroit casinos have voted in favor of authorizing a strike, if necessary, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on Saturday.

Detroit casino workers approve strike authorization at three casinos
Business|News

Striking auto workers and Detroit companies appear to make progress in contract talks

Meaningful progress has been made in the negotiations between the striking United Auto Workers union and Detroit’s three auto companies

Striking auto workers and Detroit companies appear to make progress in contract talks
Business|Entertainment|News

Temptations, Four Tops on hand as CEO shares what's going on with Motown Museum's expansion plans

The CEO of the Motown Museum says full construction on the final phase of the Detroit facility's expansion will get underway in the spring of 2024

Temptations, Four Tops on hand as CEO shares what's going on with Motown Museum's expansion plans
Business

Thousands of Detroit casino workers threaten to go on strike on Tuesday

About 3,700 Detroit casino workers are set to strike on Tuesday noon, if a contract deal is not reached, the Detroit Casino Council (DCC) said on Monday.

Thousands of Detroit casino workers threaten to go on strike on Tuesday
Entertainment

A new memoir serves up life lessons from a childhood in a Chinese restaurant

Curtis Chin has been championing other Asian Americans for over 30 years

A new memoir serves up life lessons from a childhood in a Chinese restaurant
News|Political

A Detroit synagogue president was fatally stabbed outside her home. Police don't have a motive

Police say a Detroit synagogue president has been found stabbed to death outside her home

A Detroit synagogue president was fatally stabbed outside her home. Police don't have a motive
News|Political

No evidence of hate crime, police say as slain Detroit synagogue president mourned as devoted leader

Family, friends and some of Michigan's top elected officials paid respects Sunday to a Detroit synagogue president who was found fatally stabbed at her home

No evidence of hate crime, police say as slain Detroit synagogue president mourned as devoted leader
News

Detroit police say they've identified several people of interest in synagogue president's killing

Investigators say they have identified several people of interest in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue president

Detroit police say they've identified several people of interest in synagogue president's killing
News

Detroit police say no reason to believe antisemitism behind synagogue leader's killing

Officials investigating the killing of a synagogue leader in Detroit over the weekend said on Monday that the crime does not appear to have been motivated by

Detroit police say no reason to believe antisemitism behind synagogue leader's killing
Business|News

Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs

Britney Johnson is among the thousands of Ford Motor Co. workers who went on strike to force the automaker to improve pay for all

Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs
Business|News

Auto strike settlements will raise costs for Detroit's Big 3. Will they be able to raise prices?

From generous pay and benefits to stronger job security, the United Auto Workers union won significant concessions in tentative settlements that have ended their strikes against Detroit’s automakers

Auto strike settlements will raise costs for Detroit's Big 3. Will they be able to raise prices?
Environment|Technology

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street west of downtown Detroit

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive
Business

Fire at Detroit-area EV plant likely caused by forklift hitting batteries - GM

General Motors said on Wednesday a fire at its Factory Zero Detroit-Hamtramck was likely caused by a forklift accidentally puncturing a container with battery materials, according to the

Fire at Detroit-area EV plant likely caused by forklift hitting batteries - GM
Business

Big Detroit auto show abandons September date and will move back to its roots in January

Detroit’s big auto show is returning to January after an ill-fated two-year move to warmer September in an effort to create more outdoor experiences and draw more consumers

Big Detroit auto show abandons September date and will move back to its roots in January
Political

An independent commission is racing to redraw Detroit’s voting maps under a federal court order − but the change may not elect more Black candidates

The commission has tight deadlines to finalize new maps. 2 voting rights experts explain the messy situation.

An independent commission is racing to redraw Detroit’s voting maps under a federal court order − but the change may not elect more Black candidates
Economy

Yellen says US inflation trend is down, 'mistake' to focus on minor fluctuations

U.S.

Yellen says US inflation trend is down, 'mistake' to focus on minor fluctuations
News|Sports

Police say former NFL player Braylon Edwards is a hero for saving a man during YMCA assault

Police are praising former NFL player Braylon Edwards for stopping an attack on an 80-year-old man at a YMCA in suburban Detroit

Police say former NFL player Braylon Edwards is a hero for saving a man during YMCA assault
Sports

Pro Women's Hockey League explores new markets with neutral site games in Detroit and Pittsburgh

The Professional Women's Hockey League has no designs on expanding its six-team base for the foreseeable future

Pro Women's Hockey League explores new markets with neutral site games in Detroit and Pittsburgh
Business|News

Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments

Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofits serving young people start endowments

Bill and Lisa Ford to raise $10M for Detroit youth nonprofit endowments
News

Children race to collect marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at a Detroit-area park

It has been raining marshmallows in suburban Detroit

Children race to collect marshmallows dropped from a helicopter at a Detroit-area park
News

Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94

Thomas Gumbleton, a Catholic bishop in Detroit, has died

Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94

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