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Activists call for gun violence prevention funding after teen & 4-year-old shot

As two families grieve the loss of their children, community activists in Detroit are mobilizing in hopes of slowing violence in the city.
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Suspected Bank Robber Lured by Police With Cartoonish Strategy — And It Worked

How an hours-long hostage situation came to a merciful end.
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Older adults should take extra precautions during extreme heat this summer

Michigan has seen some extreme weather the past few weeks, with temperatures rising recently into the upper 90s and a heat index pushing 100 degrees. Older adults are more susceptible to heat exhaustion or heat stroke during these periods of extreme heat. Temperatures are expected to remain high this week...
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Police used Faygo soda to lure suspect from bank before shooting him during hostage...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM/Gray News) - Michigan State Police released new information about a suspect who was killed after holding an employee hostage at a bank on Friday. State police said 31-year-old Quinton Marquese Allen, from the Detroit area, took a Mercantile Bank employee hostage in Saginaw Township. Allen did...
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2 Detroit men caught in the act, arrested and charged in string of air...

Two Detroit men have been arrested and charged in connection with a string of air conditioning unit thefts in Metro Detroit. Police say they were caught in the act.
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Video captures robot strolling on 7 Mile in Detroit

A video that’s now going viral shows a full-sized robot casually walking down 7 Mile Road near Lahser in Detroit. The clip, which has been widely shared on social media, robot moving through the street, leaving many residents stunned. The robot isn’t part of a movie set—it’s part of...
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Redford Township man arrested after two people injured in shooting

An arrest has been made in the aftermath of a double shooting early Monday in Redford Township.
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Metro Detroit medical and nursing home providers charged with federal healthcare fraud

Eleven residents of Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties are among more than 300 in the nation who have been accused of committing health-care fraud and a half-dozen area nursing homes resolved federal civil claims, all as part of Monday’s national “Health Care Fraud Takedown.”. Federal authorities charged 324...
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2,000 gallon tank of sulfuric acid is a concern as crews battle massive industrial...

Detroit Fire Department crews spent several hours battling the flames after a large industrial fire broke out Monday morning on Detroit’s east side.
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Plymouth Twp. cold case cracked: Body found rolled in carpet ID’d after 28 years

PLYMOUTH TWP. — After nearly three decades, investigators have identified a man whose skeletal remains were discovered in a Plymouth Township field in 1997. The remains, wrapped in carpet in a wooded area near the railroad tracks off Plymouth and Haggerty roads, belong to Benjamin Harrison Fountain, a Detroit man...

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