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Southfield mayor turns down sex doll 'brothel'
The mayor of Southfield insists the city will not, in fact, be home to the nation's first sex doll "brothel"— and that there will never be such a business in the city."This is never going to happen to...
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Duggan-influenced commission prevents federal probe of Chief Craig
A Detroit police commissioner on Thursday called for a federal investigation to determine whether Police Chief James Craig and his top brass falsified crime statistics. …
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Could Trump be running a criminal enterprise like former Detroit mayor...
Perhaps President Donald Trump and former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick aren't so different. Both are charismatic figures — Trump as a celebrity businessman, Kilpatrick as Detroit's former "Hip-hop...
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Movers made disturbing discovery at retired Detroit police detective's home
A former Detroit homicide detective is under criminal investigation after a moving company on Thursday discovered a locker containing evidence of murder cases in his home on Detroit’s west side. …
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Michigan had its first-ever girls high school wrestling state championships
Here's a bittersweet ending to one of our recent cover stories: The Michigan High School Athletic Association finally held its first-ever girls high school wrestling state championships. The match was...
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Former Rep. John Dingell obits whitewash his conservative side
When former Rep. John Dingell died last week, headlines hailed him as a "civil rights icon" and an uncompromising supporter of progressive causes. But his 60 years in Congress were far more complicated.…
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Detroit's Breakthrough Towing doesn't have a license to operate
Here's more bad news for Detroit's embattled Breakthrough Towing. A spokeswoman for Michigan State Police confirms that the company failed to renew its Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Division license...
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EMU student investigated for hanging black doll from a dorm shower rod
Eastern Michigan University has launched an investigation after a black doll was found hanging from a shower rod in a dormitory. …
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This Michigan seminar on marijuana and the workplace was half-baked
With recreational, adult-use marijuana now legalized in Michigan, businesses and their human resources professionals now have to reconsider rules about pot and the workplace. That was made pretty...
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Journalism has a problem — and journalism’s problem is democracy’s problem
On Feb. 2, Jane Elizabeth, the managing editor of the Raleigh News & Observer and Durham Herald-Sun in North Carolina's Research Triangle, tweeted that a "good portion" of the paper's staff — and...
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Savage Love: How can I find love if I am wheelchair-bound?
I am a 56-year-old heterosexual man, and I have lived with ALS for the past six years. I am either in a wheelchair or in a hospital bed, and I have very little motor ability in my limbs.…
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Comics: ‘Trump tax scam’
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Councilwoman calls for federal probe of Detroit demolition program
Detroit Councilwoman Mary Sheffield is calling for a U.S. congressional hearing over the city’s federally funded demolition program. Sheffield submitted a request for a hearing Monday, a day after the...
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Ex-Gov Snyder pardoned 'career drunk driver' who wanted lucrative promotion
This is what privilege looks like. Just before Christmas, Gov. Rick Snyder pardoned a 54-year-old Royal Oak man with a felony drunken-driving conviction because he wanted a lucrative promotion at the...
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Duggan's team denies lax oversight of Detroit demos
Mayor Duggan’s administration fired back at claims that the demolition program was lax in ensuring clean dirt was used to fill holes from demo sites. The city’s response Wednesday comes one day after...
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Michigan GOP shoots down order to strengthen environmental oversight
The state of Michigan may still be cleaning up after the Flint water crisis, figuring out how to address the growing PFAS crisis, and dealing with toxic fumes choking Southwest Detroit, but the...
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Michigan’s low immunization rates threaten measles outbreak
The recent measles outbreak in Clark County, Washington - which borders Portland, Oregon - has reached 50 cases as of last week and health officials fear it will worsen. Most of the cases involve...
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Developers propose transforming Detroit Art Deco landmark into apartments
The towering, long-vacant Lee Plaza on Detroit's west side could soon become home to 180 apartments with retail space. The city announced plans Thursday to sell the 15-story, Art Deco landmark on West...
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'Totally disturbing' discovery made at former mortician's home in Detroit
Detroit police made some unsettling discoveries this week at the former home of a mortician on the city's west side. In an alley outside of the home on Rosemont Avenue was a dirty, aging casket with...
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