The Latest Breaking News from Detroit

Detroit to pay $7.5M to man who claims cops switched bullets

Detroit has agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit by a man who claimed police switched bullets to pin a murder on him in 1992

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Former Michigan Gov. Snyder's ex-chief of staff: State ignored Flint's lead concerns

DETROIT — A top aide to former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder took the stand in an Ann Arbor courthouse this week and described his frustrations with state agencies during the height of the Flint water crisis in 2015.

Tribune News Service · Jul 13, 2022

Detroit to reform cash bail system to end practices that jail people ‘too poor to purchase their freedom’

Overhaul is the result of a lawsuit and is intended to challenge two-tier system where low-income people are jailed for lack of funds

The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2022

Goaltender Ville Husso excited about opportunity waiting with Red Wings

DETROIT — Ville Husso knew he was likely headed out of St. Louis. The Blues had made a big financial commitment to goaltender Jordan Binnington, and keeping Husso would re-signing Husso would be an expensive luxury.

Tribune News Service · Jul 11, 2022

Buttigieg makes Michigan his official home; experts assess political effect

DETROIT — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten are officially Michiganians — a move that may help bolster the former South Bend, Indiana mayor's future political prospects.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Feds open investigation of former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick to recoup taxpayer money squandered in scandal

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors opened an investigation Thursday in an effort to force former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay restitution to taxpayers amid questions about whether he had started paying $1.7 million debt to the city and Internal Revenue Service.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Lions secondary ranks high among the most mistake-prone in coverage

The Detroit Lions secondary ranks high among the most mistake-prone in coverage in a study from Pro Football Focus

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 8, 2022

A road that charges your EV as you drive? An engineering firm is working on that

A 1-mile stretch of roadway in the heart of Detroit could become the proving ground for a technology that promises to zap away electric vehicle owners’ fears of running out of juice.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Michigan's GOP-led Legislature asks appeals court to reject injunction blocking state abortion ban

DETROIT — Michigan's Republican-controlled Legislature has asked an appellate court to overturn a judge's preliminary injunction currently stopping Michigan's abortion ban from being enforced.

Tribune News Service · Jul 8, 2022

Detroit chief: Slain officer was `ambushed' by man, 19

Detroit's police chief says a city oficer fatally shot Wednesday as he responded to reports of a man firing a weapon was “ambushed” as he arrived at the scene by a 19-year-old man armed with a semiautomatic pistol

The Independent UK · Jul 7, 2022