Tenants at the historic Leland House just can’t catch a break

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Kronk Gym is back.  The legendary home of the late Emanuel Steward, who trained a number of World Champions and Olympic medalists, has officially reopened in the historic Brewster Wheeler Recreation Center at 670 Wilkins St. The gym is now open for new members and has even introduced new Kronk-branded merch. The original Kronk Gym […]

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U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, who is running for an open Senate seat in Michigan, introduced articles of impeachment Tuesday against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., accusing him of endangering public health, dismantling scientific institutions, and slashing critical medical research. Stevens, a fourth-term moderate Democrat who represents portions of Oakland County, said […]

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This is the fifth installment in “Exploring Integrity: Reviewing Wrongful Conviction Remedies,” a series examining the impact of conviction integrity units on the American judicial system’s rate of wrongful conviction. Presented by the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism, the investigation is supported by Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Even with a plea deal that spared him […]

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Before she takes office next month as Detroit’s first woman mayor, Mary Sheffield quietly got married over the weekend. The news was confirmed Monday in a statement by Sheffield’s transition team, Rise Higher Detroit. “Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield and her fiancé, Rickey Jackson, Jr., exchanged vows in a private ceremony over the weekend in Detroit,” the […]

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The first floor of the historic Leland House in downtown Detroit felt as cold as the street outside. That’s where Dianne Lamb stood on a recent morning, bundled in a hooded winter coat, her breath visible in the unheated air. She’d slept two hours and was worn out from packing. For the past 12 years, […]

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan had an opportunity this weekend to say whether he thinks President Donald Trump’s threats of jailing and executing political opponents has gone too far. 

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Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Monday she plans to conduct more sweeping, system-wide reviews of past convictions after a newly released report detailed how an innocent Detroit man spent nearly nine years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit.

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After two weeks of warning that Dearborn was edging closer to “Muslim infiltration” and Sharia law, Republican gubernatorial candidate Anthony Hudson walked into three mosques, met with residents, and realized none of it was true. 

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As the Red Wings celebrate its 100th season, the Detroit Historical Museum is looking back at a century of Motor City hockey. Detroit Red Wings at 100: Becoming Hockeytown is set to open at the museum on Thursday, Nov. 20. The multi-media exhibition features rarely seen artifacts, uniforms from some of the team’s most legendary […]

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On Nov. 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior, killing its entire crew of 29 and becoming the largest shipwreck in the Great Lakes. The tragedy was immortalized in a Gordon Lightfoot ballad, and in the decades since a number of theories have been put forth about what caused the ship to […]

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Mexican artist Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals stand tall and proud inside the Detroit Institute of Arts, a monument to the power of workers and a city long associated with organized labor. Those murals, in part, have inspired DIA workers to move to form a union. The DIA Workers United effort was announced Tuesday by […]

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The name, email address, and home address of Republican state Rep. Bryan Posthumus of Kent County, along with a credit card bearing his name, appear in data from Ashley Madison, a website for people seeking affairs. 

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Detroit City Council President Mary Sheffield will become the first woman mayor of the city after handily defeating Rev. Solomon Kinloch Jr. in Tuesday’s general election. 

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Autonomous car company Waymo says it plans to deploy its “robotaxi” service in Detroit this winter. In a series of announcements Monday, Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent company Alphabet Inc., said it planned to launch the service in Detroit, in addition to San Diego and Las Vegas: Waymo is headed to Motown! Detroit is […]

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Highland Park activist Robert Davis is suing Detroit mayoral candidate Solomon Kinloch Jr. for slander and defamation, claiming the megachurch leader maliciously lied about him during and after a recent debate. 

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A banner ad reading “Diversity is the Trojan horse of terrorism” appeared on the front page of the Sturgis Journal on Tuesday, prompting outrage and accusations of racism across Michigan. 

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As Detroiters prepare to cast their votes in the 2025 Detroit municipal election, one City Council candidate’s record raises serious questions about her ability to represent the people of Detroit.  State Representative Karen Whitsett currently holds public office, and her actions during her time in Lansing demonstrate a disregard for the needs and values of […]

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A coalition of Detroit activists is denouncing a proposed city ordinance that would require some police footage to be made public, saying the measure would still protect officers who engage in misconduct. 

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