Owner: Liquor store closed for “break” when it erupted on fire, injuring 2 firefighters in Detroit
“We don’t know what happened,” the owner said in broken English. “We were on our way back and saw the fire in the front. It could have been anything.”
Traffic lights in downtown malfunctioned all night as Detroit boosters tried to impress ESPN
ESPN officials must decide whether Detroit’s financial crisis and crumbling infrastructure would make the city the best host of the Summer X Games in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Maybe it will help?
Photos: Thousands gather downtown in bid to host X Games
What Detroit lacks in luster, it makes up for in sweat.
Abandoned Packard Plant up for auction in September. New life for lawless wasteland?
Packard owner Dominic Cristini was shocked to hear the news when we contacted him this afternoon.
Former DMC CEO Arthur Porter arrested in Panama on charges tied to $22.5M in kickbacks
Porter’s meteoric rise from the war-torn country of Sierra Leone to the center of Canada’s business and political establishment is nothing short of spectacular and tragic.
Detroit to make sensational pitch tonight to host X Games as event organizers gather downtown
The bid is a big deal in a city trying to rebrand itself and avoid bankruptcy.
Tigers Cabrera hits way to becoming one of best baseball players ever
Miguel Cabrera may go down as the greatest Tiger or even the greatest athlete in Detroit history. Best hitter in baseball history? It’s possible.
Kid Rock mural among dozens of recent targets of fire extinguisher graffiti – or ‘pissing’
In under a minute, someone armed with a paint-filled fire extinguisher can spray 20-foot-tall streaks of paint on buildings and never been seen.
U.S. Rep. Conyers to Nation of Islam leader: Stop the racism, anti-Semitism & homophobia
Minister Farrakhan continued his tirade against “Satanic Jews,” saying they’ve plotted to control the world through trickery and evil.
Detroit mayoral candidate Duggan remains on ballot with split Election Commission ruling
Former Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan did not violate minimum residency requirements to become an official candidate in the race to replace outgoing Mayor Dave Bing, the Detroit Election Commission ruled Thursday.