By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A fight is emerging over whether a son of Aretha Franklin could be put in charge of the late singer’s estate […]
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Emergency Managers Charged over Flint’s Lead-Tainted Water
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general filed more criminal charges Tuesday in the investigation of lead-tainted water in Flint, targeting two former state-appointed emergency managers who were running the […]
Quadruple Murder Case Dismissed Against Detroit 23-Yr.-Old Man Who Served 8 years
DETROIT (AP) — A judge dismissed charges Tuesday and closed a murder case against a young Detroit man who went to prison as a teen for four slayings that were […]
Trial Opens for Detroit Officer who Killed 7-Yr-Old Girl During Raid
In this May 18, 2010 file photo, Dominika Stanley and Charles Jones hold a photo of their 7-year-old daughter Aiyana Jones in an attorney’s office in Southfield, Mich. Aiyana was […]
Detroit-Area Man Gets 17 Years in Porch Murder of Renisha McBride
Theodore Wafer is led out of the courtroom by Wayne County Sheriff, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, 2014, in Detroit, after he was sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing […]
Lawyer: Rosa Parks Artifacts Sold for $4.5M
A few of the items belonging to civil rights icon Rosa Parks that were sold at auction to Warren Buffet. Shown are a pair of eyeglasses and and a typing […]
Mich. Porch Killer of 19 Yr. Old Black Woman Convicted of Murder
Theodore Wafer stares straight ahead after being convicted of second-degree murder and manslaughter as his attorney Cheryl Carpenter comforts him. DETROIT (AP) — A jury convicted a suburban Detroit homeowner […]
Another Man Gets Jail Time for Detroit Motorist Mob Beating
James Davis stands with attorney Jason Malkowicz in court. DETROIT (AP) — A man who pleaded guilty in a mob attack on a Detroit-area motorist has been sentenced to a […]
6 Ft. 10 Inch, 340 Lb. Man Convicted of 1st Degree Murder in Killing of 4 Women from Online Escort Site
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — Loud cheers and sobs broke the calm of the courtroom Friday as a Detroit-area man was convicted of killing four women in his basement and […]
Trial Nears End in Detroit-Area Car-Trunk Deaths of 4 Women
MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area man who met four women through an online escort site killed them in his basement and then stuffed their bodies like “garbage” into […]
Mich. Man Who Shot Black Woman on Porch, on Trial for Second-Degree Murder
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich.— A Detroit-area man who fatally shot a drunk, unarmed woman on his porch will stand trial for second-degree murder, a judge said Dec. 19, rejecting a self-defense […]
Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced to 28 years in Prison
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a series of scandals destroyed his political […]