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The mayor of Detroit, Michigan, is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden ahead of his city hosting the second Democrat presidential debate next week.

Rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of the AfroFuture music festival in Detroit in protest at their policy of charging white people double the price for tickets.

The AfroFuture music festival in Detroit is charging white people double the price for a ticket compared with people of color, in a move they claim will ensure marginalized groups are given “equitable chance at enjoying events in their own community.” 

General Motors (GM) executives announced this week that two of their vehicles will be produced in South Korea as American workers in Lordstown, Ohio are left jobless after their GM plant closure and other Americans’ jobs at the corporation hang in the balance.

Multinational automaker General Motors (GM) removed its made-in-Mexico red Chevrolet Blazer SUV from a display at Detroit, Michigan’s Comerica Park this week after backlash from American workers. 

Passengers on a flight from Indianapolis to Detroit had to restrain a woman who allegedly attempted to open a plane’s exit door mid-flight on Monday evening.

Nearly 5-in-10 Michigan voters said they will likely vote to replace President Trump in the upcoming 2020 presidential election as General Motors (GM) continues layoffs in the state and keeps working class communities in the dark about future layoffs.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will reopen an idled Detroit engine plant, invest billions into five existing Michigan plants, and create about 6,500 U.S. auto jobs in a move reflecting President Trump’s economic nationalist agenda.

Multinational corporation General Motors (GM) was blasted for its outsourcing of U.S. and Canadian jobs to Mexico during the 2019 NFL Super Bowl game. 

Executives at General Motors (GM) announced Friday that about 4,250 white-collar workers would be laid off, the vast majority of which are in the United States, as the multinational corporation continues shifting production overseas and to Mexico.

Michigan residents risk brief interruptions of natural gas service for heat amid bitterly cold weather if they don’t help reduce energy use.

A 14-year-old high school student from Detroit was caught on camera Thursday allegedly assaulting a 63-year-old substitute teacher, according to cell phone video of the incident.

The multinational corporate business model of outsourcing and offshoring Americans’ jobs overseas to cheap labor foreign countries is responsible for General Motors’ recently announced mass layoffs of American workers, a trade analyst says.

Fiat Chrysler plans to build the first new assembly plant in the U.S. from a major automaker in over a decade.

The Detroit City Council unanimously passed a “Bullet Bill” ordinance that creates an ammunition tax and requires a mental background check for bullet purchases.

A federal judge is facing a public outcry after he threw out federal charges against several Muslims who are suspected of cutting girls’ genitals to minimize future sexual desires.

HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson may have his name dropped from a Detriot high school in protest of the Trump administration’s policies. 

Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Michigan and Wisconsin on Friday, clinging on to hope for the future of the Democratic party.

Former President Barack Obama griped about the media and Fox News on Friday, returning to old complaints he expressed as president.

At least 1,400 noncitizens, who registered to vote in the Detroit metropolitan area, were removed from the voter rolls since 2011, according to a new report that also reveals concerns over voter duplications and registrants with implausible dates of birth, some dating back to the 1800s.

A Detroit woman discovered a smelly surprise Saturday when video footage showed her neighbor smearing dog feces on her front door, according to a video of the incident.

The owner of Rocky’s Road Brew food truck is making clear that she will not be serving any police officers.

The star of the Marvel series Luke Cage apologized Saturday for posting a tweet appearing to condone a bishop groping singer Ariana Grande during Aretha Franklin’s funeral on Friday.

The Detroit Public School system has turned off hallway drinking fountains over fears of contaminants such as lead and copper in the water.

A Detroit, Michigan, shopkeeper pleaded guilty Tuesday to orchestrating a $2 million food stamp fraud scheme.

A Detroit police officer died Sunday, four days after suffering gunshot wounds to his head and chest while on duty.

Authorities are accusing a man of sexually assaulting a sleeping woman on a Spirit Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Detroit.

A Christmas toy giveaway in Detroit, Michigan, devolved into a massive brawl Saturday night, leading to the arrest of one woman, police said.

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has been hospitalized in Detroit in what a consultant said is stress related because of ‘media assault.’

The Detroit Police Department is conducting an internal investigation after two of its officers allegedly got into a fight over a drug bust gone wrong.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) targeted Steve Bannon this week in a fundraising email to keep struggling Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in office.

A male passenger aboard a Delta Airlines flight claimed that a woman accused by passengers of performing oral sex on him “had fallen asleep in his lap,” according to a police report.

Two Delta Airlines passengers are facing criminal charges after a woman was caught allegedly having oral sex with a man she just met on a flight from Los Angeles to Detroit.

A group of black firefighters from Detroit are backing their white colleague after he was fired on his first day for bringing a “racially insensitive” watermelon to work.

A Detroit firefighter was fired before he officially began his first day on the job for bringing a watermelon to work.

A Detroit-area teacher has been placed on leave for allegedly using physical force to make an 11-year-old student stand during the Pledge of Allegiance.