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A mistrial has been declared in the case of a 22-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting, killing and then setting fire to a 5-year-old girl in Detroit.

Amid international attention to Detroit's policy of cracking down on water customers with overdue bills, the city's emergency manager this morning granted fuller authority to Mayor Mike Duggan to manage the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

Inspired by Howard Zinn's populist "People's History of the United States," Detroit filmmaker and artist Nicole Macdonald created a series of enormous paintings of Detroit heroes past and present -- telling the city's history, in her words, "from the ground up."

Jayru Campbell's lawyer Jeff Edison tells the Detroit Free Press his client turned himself in Monday.

There was once a time when Detroit was the center of not only the automotive world, but the aviation world, too.

Atwater Brewing founder Mark Reith has come a long way in a short time, but says fewer regulations would help craft brewers like himself.

A proposal has been delayed to transfer 301 Detroit-owned properties to the Michigan Land Bank in exchange for $1.4 million from the Canadian government as part of plans for a $2 billion international commuter bridge.

Wade McCree Jr. lost his job, but he won't lose his shirt. The disgraced judge -- who once texted a shirtless photo of himself to a female court bailiff -- had an affair with a woman while overseeing her child custody case, had sex with her in his chambers and sexted her from the bench.

Neither do shortages of buses and primary care doctors, nor the scarcity of retail and amenities outside of Detroit's central neighborhoods.

Authorities say a 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder and torture in the slaying of his 30-year-old sister in suburban Detroit.

The development has some in mostly white Grosse Pointe Park cheering the quieter pace of less traffic along Kercheval while some in mostly black Detroit see the change as a hostile act, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday.

Detroit -- The city's water department will rebid next month a pair of contracts for sewer line repairs at the direction of Detroit's City Council, following a protest over how the agreements were awarded.

Pardon her language, but follow her etiquette advice, says native Detroiter and self-proclaimed Advice Goddess blogger Amy Alkon, the author of a well-received book called "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes say F*ck."

I got to the hotel just before four o'clock. The excitement that is felt just before registration was palpable.

I recently visited my old neighborhood near Balfour and Morang on the city's east side, which has been in the news this year.

Plans unveiled for $650 million Detroit Red Wings arena and entertainment district Here , we wonder aloud whether the Detroit's latest sports-related project will be the development catalyst that its proponents argue justifies spending $285 million in public money.

Kevyn Orr rode into Detroit on the wheels of a financial calamity and was given carte blanche by the governor to fix the financial mess while also fixing what caused it.

Detroit Club is going to public auction: The historic Detroit Club in downtown is headed for online public auction this week.

Detroit has drawn fire from all over the world for shutting off water to customers delinquent on their bills, but the city isn't unique.

Carmen Morris from Shelby Township sports a large hat with a parrot at the Jimmy Buffet tailgate event on Saturday at Comerica Park in Detroit.