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The city's nine Democratic state House members announced an auto insurance reform package Monday that seeks to drive down the rates Detroiters pay as well as make public information from a $14 billion fund for catastrophic accident claims.

An effort to execute an arrest warrant ended in death early Tuesday morning at a home in the city's Corktown area.

DETROIT, MI - Video surfaced Tuesday of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addressing a Detroit church last week and it gives his take on the city's challenges and what needs to happen for residents to overcome them.

IT AND UPDATES COMING UP ON LOCAL 4. Karen: CLOSER TO HOME AT THIS HOUR, MISSING 3-YEAR-OLD DROPPED OFF AT A RELATIVE'S HOME THIS MORNING, AT ONE POINT THE SUBJECT OF AN AMBER ALERT.

Detroiter Monifa Sims and her husband, Will, walk onstage were guests on the 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.' THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO -- Episode 4457 -- Pictured: on May 8, 2013 -- For many aspiring actors and entertainers in Hollywood, the big break comes in many forms - sometimes unusual and even unbelievable.

Mayor Dave Bing speaks with the Detroit Free Press from his office in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit, Monday, April 29, 2013.

Editor's note: Information for this story was provided by The Henry Ford. Attention all makers, tinkerers, inventors, hackers and do-it-yourselfers: The call for entries is now open for Maker Faire Detroit 2013 at The Henry Ford in Dearborn.

A large fire in Highland Park on Hamilton and Woodrow Wilson Streets sent dark smoke into the air for miles.

Timarra Davis, 11, works with Walter Richey, 17, both of Detroit to plant basil at the Brightmoor Youth garden in Detroit on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

You get to be in charge, except for the guy who is really in charge. You get to spend the money, but only if the other guy says OK.

Sean Gossman, 24, of Adrian, who has distinctively bright red hair, made his initial appearance May 16, 2013 in U.S. District Court in Detroit wearing a dingy white camisole and jeans, appearing pale and disillusioned before the federal magistrate.

Patrick Lynch, left, from Plymouth plays disk golf with Shannon Slebodnick and other friends while enjoying a warm day Monday May 20, 2013 at the Hines Park disk golf course in Northville.

A group of state lawmakers from Metro Detroit plan to unveil a package of bills seeking to reduce auto insurance rates.

Three animal rescue groups in the Metro Detroit area have been chosen as the newest recepients of the Pedigree Feeding Project .

An all-night house party erupted into violence over the weekend when four men were struck by gunfire as a minivan passed by, police said.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a three-year-old girl from Detroit who is believed to be an endangered missing child.

Roosevelt Par miniature golf: Detroit's free miniature golf course is next door to the Imagination Station on 14th St.

Detroit's pension assets are a big, inviting honey pot. And a lot of folks lately have put their hands in the honey jar.

Thousands of students in Detroit schools are tapping their toes to Mozart this year, thanks to Mary Callaghan Lynch and her Opera on Wheels outreach program.

The KIDZ BOP kids and Jump With Jill are this year's headliners at the Kidz Fun Fest at Fifth Third Ballpark on May 24 - 26.