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The challenger in the race for the United Auto Workers’ top leadership post claimed victory Saturday in a close election that is likely to give his slate of candidates control of the huge union.

Protests against a plan to build a new training center for police and firefighters in Atlanta have spread to major cities all over the country. Some critics are wary that, if successful, the center could create a precedent for others to follow.

A 13-year-old girl was pronounced dead and five others were injured after a fleeing suspect's Jeep Gladiator caused a four-car pileup in Walled Lake, Michigan.

Progress has been rapid for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a $4.5 billion project named after the legendary hockey player that will provide a passageway for travelers between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

A public health emergency has been declared for a Michigan jail for children that is overcrowded. Nearly 140 young people currently reside in the jail.

Wayne County Executive Warren Evans announced a public health declaration as the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility in Detroit is overcrowded and understaffed.

Pete Maravich’s career men’s college basketball scoring record is safe for the foreseeable future. Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis ended the 2022-23 regular season just three points shy of tying Maravich’s record of 3,667 points. But the school’s season is now officially over after they were not invited to the third-tier College Basketball Invitational or part of an inaugural postseason college basketball tournament. How would Davis’ record have been perceived? You can totally understand why Davis is upset that he won’t have a chance to play college basketball again and have an opportunity to break the record after coming up agonizingly short.

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has asked California for permission to test the cars across the entire state.

They had draft capital and plenty of cap space for free agency. The Lions came into free agency with a major need in the secondary, and they've fixed it. Here are the rest of the winners and losers from the first week of free agency:WINNERS49ers defense: The San Francisco 49ers landing the best defensive player in free agency came out of nowhere. There are still a lot of needs, especially on both lines, and not much left in free agency. Denver got out the credit card for free agency.

Considered one of the most damaging snails in the world, the U.S. has worked spent over a $1 million over decades to eradicate them.

"This homicide was not random and had nothing to (do) with music or a performance," police said on Twitter.

Richard Phillips was arrested for murder in 1971 and exonerated in 2018 after 46 years of wrongful incarceration.

A Detroit man was shot in the chest and arrested after trying to rob a man at gunpoint who ended up having a concealed carry permit and firing back during the robbery.

Former Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco has been sentenced to three months in custody Thursday for politically-charged threats against a developer.

A Dearborn, Michigan police officer will not be charged for killing Ali Naji, who entered a police station lobby in December and attempted to shoot him.

Former police officer Daniel Vickers was sentenced to over two years in prison for his role in a towing bribery scheme. Vickers accepted money in exchange for towing service referrals.

Andre Hardaway, 55, of Detroit, has been charged for shooting and injuring two Michigan State Police troopers while barricaded inside a home.

BOSTON — (AP) — The Boston Bruins' T-shirt factory is struggling to keep up with all the milestones the team is cruising past on its way to the Presidents' Trophy. The Bruins became the first team to clinch a playoff berth this season, earning their spot when the Capitals beat the Islanders 5-1 on Saturday night. Boston's win also made it the fastest team to 50 wins in NHL history. The 50 wins in 64 games broke the record of 66 set by the 1995-96 Red Wings and matched by the 2018-19 Lightning. Lindholm scored with seven minutes gone in the second, and the Red Wings appeared to respond quickly.

The Boston Bruins became the first NHL team to clinch a playoff berth this season.

Two Michigan State Police Troopers were shot on Friday night, but both have non-life threatening injuries and are expected to survive, a spokesperson said,

Monique Owens, a mayor in Michigan, was charged with fraud relating to a COVID-19-relief grant. Owens fraudulently applied for COVID-19 grants in 2020.

A Detroit man was charged with murder after allegedly fatally assaulting a 1-year-old girl while be was babysitting her in November 2022.

Romain Grosjean opened his third season in IndyCar by winning the pole in qualifying on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg.

Katelyn Jones pleaded guilty to threatening a Michigan election official in 2020. The Republican was upset an official refused to certify Wayne County's election results.

GM making some performance-related job cuts

Michigan police arrested a naked woman who was armed with a machete on Saturday. Officials said the woman was pointing the machete at cars.

Michigan police arrested a naked woman who was armed with a machete on Saturday. Officials said the woman was pointing the machete at cars.

Detroit-based DTE Energy said Monday afternoon that service had been returned to more than 95% of its more than 600,000 customers who lost power during Wednesday’s ice storm. Another 46,000 were out Tuesday following a second ice storm on Monday. Jackson, Michigan-based Consumers Energy had restored power to about 260,000 customers who had lost service before Monday's storm knocked out electricity to another 45,000 homes and businesses. DTE Energy officials have said the problems caused by Wednesday's ice storm are the worst in about 50 years. DTE Energy has about 2.3 million electricity customers in southeastern Michigan.

Experts say changing and increasingly severe weather patterns and an electrical infrastructure designed for a different time and climate can be blamed for power outages that left more than 800,000 Michigan homes and businesses in the dark over several days.

The leadership shuffle follow a years-long federal investigation that uncovered systemic corruption involving bribery and embezzlement by top UAW leaders.

Longtime friends Brandon Colvin and Jacob Smith saw a gap in understanding between their communities as an opportunity to build a bridge across their cultures.

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Malik Monk scored a career-high 45 points, De’Aaron Fox had the go-ahead basket and finished with 42 and the Sacramento Kings beat the Los Angeles Clippers 176-175 in double overtime in the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. Detroit beat Denver 186-184 in triple overtime on Dec. 13, 1983, in the highest-scoring NBA game. The Kings are third on the scoring list with the 176 points and the Clippers fourth. The Clippers had a 175-169 advantage with 1:57 remaining before the Kings scored the final seven points, including Fox's jumper with 36.5 seconds remaining. Kawhi Leonard scored a season-high 44 points for Los Angeles and Paul George added 34.

More than 600,000 customers of Detroit-based DTE Energy lost power when the storm plowed Wednesday into southeastern Michigan, while Jackson-based Consumers Energy said about 237,000 of its customers lost electricity. DTE Energy said more than half of its customers who lost power should have it back by Friday night. A December 2013 storm knocked out power to nearly 600,000 homes and businesses in Michigan. Service to about 90,000 Consumers Energy customers had been restored by late Friday, according to the utility. They are really shifting the burden on the homeowner.”Calling DTE Energy provides no relief, according to Angela Marin, 73, of Novi.

Frustration and anger are mounting among some Michigan utility customers who are still waiting for power to be restored after a massive ice storm this week damaged electricity lines.

A man in Michigan was arrested after allegedly peeking into the windows of multiple homes in the Detroit area for the past three months.

Hundreds of people, including Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, gathered for the Tuesday funeral of slain Michigan State University student Arielle Anderson.

Police have released the identifies of the two Detroit officers found dead in a Livonia apartment Sunday afternoon. Their deaths are believed to be a result of a murder-suicide.

Mourners filled a Detroit church for the last funeral for three students who were killed in a shooting last week at Michigan State University.

Police have not released the identifies of the two Detroit officers found dead in a Livonia apartment Sunday afternoon. Their deaths are believed to be a result of a murder-suicide.

Rather than being threatening, New Era Detroit’s open display of guns — broadly legal in Michigan — is hailed by many people for protecting Black women in dangerous neighborhoods at night.

The group, New Era Detroit, has been carrying out this kind of public safety work in the city's most crime-ridden streets for almost a decade. “We do this out of love,” Nilajah Alonzo, one of the leaders of New Era Detroit, told Yahoo News. “We have a good relationship with New Era Detroit,” Detroit Police Department spokesperson Sgt. It just hasn’t had us in mind — or protecting us in mind,” Williams told NBC. The original Detroit group, under the umbrella New Era Nation, has formed more than a dozen chapters, in cities including Dallas, Atlanta, Cleveland and Baltimore.

Defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon during the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

The former Michigan State Spartan and NBA player pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge.

Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling pleaded guilty to a murder and firearm charges in the 2021 shooting of a Detroit man, according to the Detroit Free Press . Appling pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge and a felony firearm charge in Wayne County, Michigan, court in the killing of 66-year-old Clyde Edmonds in 2021. She pleaded guilty last year to a count of lying to a police officer, and was sentenced to 18 months of probation. Appling played at Michigan State from 2010-14, and averaged 10.6 points and 4.5 assists per game throughout his career there. The former Mr. Basketball in Michigan briefly played for the Orlando Magic, too, but appeared in just five games before he was waived.

A former Michigan State University basketball star pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and a firearm charge in the fatal 2021 shooting of a Detroit man.

The Detroit Land Bank Authority has reached an agreement with the federal government to cover the cost of uncollected invoices for dirt used in a demolition program.

There are many different kinds of pizza beyond Chicago deep dish and the New York slice. National Pizza Day is a great opportunity to try out some new kinds of pie.

Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker went missing after a canceled show in Detroit in January, authorities said, and were found dead earlier this month.

Police in Detroit, Michigan say they have arrested a family member accused of child abandonment after a 6-year-old boy died in a house fire over the weekend.

Mortgage executive and former Michigan State guard Mat Ishbia is the new majority owner of the Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, after the NBA’s board of governors approved his plan to purchase the controlling stake of those franchises from Robert Sarver, a person with knowledge of the matter said Monday night.

A Michigan 81-year-old man died Sunday after his iceboat crashed while sailing on frozen Pontiac Lake. The man fell and hit his head with a force hard enough to kill him.

The luggage was unaccompanied on an international flight re-entering the U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now in possession of the skull.

A person of interest is in police custody in connection with the disappearance of three Michigan rappers who vanished while in Detroit.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — (AP) — Three bodies found in a vacant Detroit-area apartment building have been identified as those of three aspiring rappers who went missing nearly two weeks ago, police said Friday. Michigan State Police said Friday afternoon on Twitter that investigators identified the bodies as those of Armani Kelly, 27, of Oscoda; Montoya Givens, 31, of Detroit; and Dante Wicker, 31, of Melvindale. Their bodies were found Thursday in the basement of an abandoned, rat-infested apartment building in Highland Park, near Detroit. Earlier Friday, state police said the Wayne County Medical Examiners Office would conduct autopsies on the bodies. Kelly, Givens and Wicker met while in prison, and Kelly and Givens were on parole at the time of their disappearance, according to the state corrections department.

Major League Baseball has formed a new economic study committee in light of a possible bankruptcy for the company that owns local broadcasting rights to 14 of 30 teams.

Authorities on Friday confirmed that they have found the bodies of three Michigan rappers who were reported missing last month. >> Read more trending newsThe men, Armani Kelly, 28; Dante Wicker, 31; and Montoya Givens, 31; had been scheduled to perform at a Detroit club on Jan. 21, but the show was cancelled, according to CNN. Update #3: The victims in this homicide investigation have been positively identified by investigators. They are:Armani Kelly, Male, OscodaMontoya Givens, Male, DetroitDante Wicker, Male, MelvindaleWe offer our condolences to their family and friends. pic.twitter.com/MvvoxQ4ahr — MSP Second District (@mspmetrodet) February 3, 2023Check back for more on this developing story.

The Treasury Department said Friday it is making more electric vehicles — including SUVs made by Tesla, Ford and General Motors — eligible for tax credits of up to $7,500 under new vehicle classification definitions.

A Michigan judge says a second-degree murder charge against former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr will go to trial.

Armani Kelly, Montoya Givens and Dante Wicker went missing after a canceled show in Detroit on Jan. 21, police said.

Three aspiring rappers in Michigan have been missing for almost two weeks. Authorities found "multiple bodies" at a vacant apartment building near Detroit.

HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. — (AP) — Authorities searching for three aspiring rappers who have been missing for nearly two weeks found "multiple bodies" Thursday at a vacant Detroit-area apartment building. State police cautioned that the identities of the bodies had not been confirmed. “Once information is confirmed we will update.”Taylor Perrin, the fiancee of Armani Kelly, told the Detroit Free Press that police informed Kelly's family about the discovery. “Thank you for all the love and prayers during this extremely difficult time,” Kelly's mother, Lorrie Kemp, said on Facebook. State police said “multiple victims” were found in an abandoned apartment building in Highland Park, near Detroit.

Judge blasts Kwame Kilpatrick, says he's still living large, ignoring his debts and refusing to own up to his crimes.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 20 of his 29 points in the first quarter, returning to the lineup after a five-game absence to lead the Milwaukee Bucks in a 150-130 win over the Detroit Pistons.

The winners of this year’s Elevate Prize include social entrepreneurs who help Detroit children prepare for school, build technology labs in rural Kenya, and improve road safety in India.

Antoine Davis scored a season-high 42 points and has moved into second place on the NCAA all-time scoring list behind only Pete Maravich.

Antoine Davis of Detroit Mercy set the NCAA record for career 3-pointers on Saturday, hitting a career-best 11 3s and scoring a season-high 41 points in an 87-75 win over Robert Morris.

The Seattle Seahawks are in the playoffs after beating the Los Angeles Rams 19-16 in overtime and the Detroit Lions beating the Green Bay Packers.

When Scott Steffes leaves Michigan’s Parnall Correctional Facility this month he expects to walk into a new life with a new career that will take him upward of 25 feet above ground.

Justin Fields won’t get a chance to break the single-season rushing record for an NFL quarterback.

Detroit guard Killian Hayes and Orlando’s Moritz Wagner were each given multi-game suspensions for their roles in a scuffle, while the NBA suspended eight Magic players one game apiece for leaving the bench area during an altercation.

Three players were ejected after a fight between the Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons late in the first half of their game.

Diego Pavia threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns, and New Mexico State held off a late rally by Bowling Green to win the Quick Lane Bowl 24-19.

A person familiar with the deal tells AP that right tackle Jack Conklin has agreed to a four-year, $60 million contract extension with the Cleveland Browns.

Green Bay’s Elgton Jenkins has signed a contract extension that assures the Packers won’t lose one of the NFL’s most versatile offensive linemen to free agency.

Detroit guard Cade Cunningham is planning to have season-ending surgery to repair his left shin, a person with knowledge of the situation said.

Jared Goff threw for 330 yards and three touchdowns, leading the surging Detroit Lions to a 34-23 win over the NFC North-leading Minnesota Vikings.

A burger restaurant that started in Detroit and currently operates out of Tennessee is getting ready to open a Central Florida location just down the street from Universal Orlando.

Attorneys for the family of a Black motorist who was shot and killed by a white police officer during a traffic stop in Michigan's second-largest city, Grand Rapids, say the officer had no reason to pull him over.

They want money — that’s what they want, that’s what they want.

The Rolling Stones plan to release what they’re calling their “ultimate live greatest hits album” with appearances by Lady Gaga, Bruce Springsteen, Gary Clark Jr. and The Black Keys.

A person with direct knowledge of Von Miller’s injury told The Associated Press that tests showed no tear to the anterior cruciate ligament in the injured right knee of the Buffalo Bills star pass-rusher.

Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller injured his right knee in the second quarter and was ruled out for the rest of the game against the Detroit Lions.

Thanksgiving will be filled with food and winning football teams.

The Buffalo Bills employed a massive operation to get all of their players and staff dug out of the snow to depart to Detroit for their relocated home game against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

The NFL is relocating the Bills home game against the Cleveland Browns to Detroit on Sunday because of a lake-effect snowstorm set to hit the Buffalo region.

General Motors expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025.

Voters did not encounter widespread problems on Election Day.

Alex Ovechkin tied Gordie Howe for the most goals scored for one NHL team and Andrew Copp had a go-ahead goal with 3:50 left, helping the Detroit Red Wings beat the Washington Capitals 3-1.

Tua Tagovailoa threw a go-ahead, 11-yard touchdown pass to Mike Gesicki late in the third quarter, capping the Miami Dolphins’ rally from a double-digit, second-half deficit for a 31-27 win over the Detroit Lions.

Two right-wing operatives have pleaded guilty in Cleveland to single felony counts of telecommunications fraud for having placed thousands of hoax robocalls in Ohio during the runup to the 2020 general election.

Cloned key fobs, high-powered Hellcats and thieves daring police and risking arrest are part of a trend in which vehicles are being stolen from factory lots and dealer showrooms only to be later sold on the street for tens of thousands of dollars less than their worth.

A man accused of killing a suburban Detroit hotel employee and barricading himself in a room for hours has been charged with murder.

If there’s anything that Lizzo can do, it is making anything she does look super cool, and that includes twerking while playing a flute.

It wasn’t until after the sixth song during MUNA’s nearly sold-out show at the Majestic Theater in Detroit Tuesday night that I looked at my friend and mouthed the word, “Wow,” because that was all I could say.

An armed man accused of shooting and wounding one person and who then barricaded himself inside a room at a suburban Detroit hotel has surrendered and has been taken into custody.

The Detroit auto show has returned with a roar.

Detroit is suing the U.S. Census Bureau over population estimates from last year that show the city lost an additional 7,100 residents.

A parts shortage that has thousands of Ford’s most-profitable vehicles sitting on lots waiting to be fully assembled has forced the automaker to slash its third-quarter earnings forecast.

A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money.

When it came time to showcase its electric Chevrolet Equinox SUV to the public this year, General Motors decided against doing so at the big Detroit auto show, as it typically would have done in the past.