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A young child plays in the water at the fountain in front of GM Headquarters in Detroit.

From left, Isabella Mary Meteer, 18; Mary Elizabeth Harder, 17; and Mackenzie Lynn Snitgen, 17, appear for a pre-exam hearing Tuesday morning with their attorneys in 36th District Court.

A Head Start volunteer helps a child brush her teeth at Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church at 2080 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit on Wednesday, March 13, 2013.

Detroit honors some of its best with monuments and courthouses. We honor one of the worst with a convention center.

L'Tonya Ford of Detroit gives a tour of her residence, Martin Luther King Apartments.

The beleaguered city says a water shutoff is essential to recoup $89m in overdue bills.

After the American Airlines/US Airways merger this spring, the U.S. Department of Justice forced the two airlines to forfeit dozens of routes from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va.

The tedious process of selecting a jury in the case against Theodore Wafer, the 55-year-old Dearborn Heights man accused in the porch-killing of Detroit teen Renisha McBride, could take up to four days, Wayne County Circuit Judge Dana Hathaway says.

Dear Traveler: I can hardly stand to fly because the person sitting behind me always punches their seat-back entertainment screen so hard I can feel it through the seat into my back.

I thought it'd be nice to have a dog that would grow up with our children, that would be a best... Hundreds participate in a march and rally calling for a moratorium on water shutoffs on Friday.

Nine persons were arrested at the entrance to Homrich, a demolition contractor working on a $5.6 million deal to perform the water shutoffs on residents.

Detroit mental health clinic now offering primary ...: Long time Detroit mental health clinic now offers primary care, as well.

A northwest Detroit man died Saturday night when he and his wife were shot after an argument with a neighbor, police say.

Federal agents have arrested a man the Irish government calls a suspect in the abduction, torture and killing of two Irish United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon 34 years ago.

Detroit police precincts will be on high alert for any suspicious activities after gun shots were heard outside the Northwestern District police station shortly before 3 a.m. today.

He seems to have come up with the right strategy to begin reaching that goal. The only way to grow Detroit -- a prediction this week from the U.S. Census Bureau states the city will have just 610,000 residents by 2025 -- is to get more people to move into the city by ridding it of blight and filling up redeemable homes that have been abandoned.

Clevelanders who love new inventions, electronics and science & technology projects while having a Do-It-Yourself mindset should check out the Maker Faire Detroit event being hosted by The Henry Ford Museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan on Saturday, July 26 and Sunday, July 27. It will prove to be an unique and interesting way to spend a weekend ... (more)

Detroit has gone from almost no bicycle lanes on city streets five years ago to 154 miles today.

The Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band from Sommerville, Mass., marches past the Michigan Central Station on Saturday at the first Crash Detroit festival, which celebrates street bands.

On the second day at Netroots, which was held in Detroit, Michigan, about 300 attendees at this liberal conference took to the streets to protest the proposed water-shut-offs.