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Hide Video Detroit Metropolitan Airport officials have temporarily shelved plans to build a fifth runway, easing concerns of community leaders who opposed the project.

A 23-year-old soldier from Fort Drum will spend 18 months in prison and then be kicked out of the Army for running down a group of pedestrians outside an upstate New York nightclub.

If true, this is pretty damning direct evidence: Toi Whitfield, 20, of Detroit, and Quiana Pugh, 25, of Dearborn, said they applied for jobs at the McDonald's on Ford Road in the eastern section of Dearborn, but were told by the store manager "you're not going to work here if you don't remove" the headscarf, known as hijab. According to the women, he also said he couldn't "really hire you due to your scarf." However, such direct evidence won't necessarily be dispositive.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick traveled to Windsor on Wednesday to meet with Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis and lawyer Cliff Sutts, Windsor's lead negotiator in talks surrounding a proposed $65 million deal for ...

The Michigan State Police are investigating a possible assault by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on a deputy accompanying a process server Thursday at the home of the mayor's sister, Sheriff Warren Evans said.

The Wayne County Airport Authority on Thursday approved a two-pronged deal on the controversial new runway proposed for Detroit Metropolitan Airport .

A student group is suing Wayne State University over the denial of money for a week of anti-abortion events.

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the City of Detroit did not violate Detroit firefighters' arbitration rights when the city tried to implement layoffs in 2005.

Two 18-year-old Pontiac men face multiple charges after a brief crime spree that left one man dead and three others wounded by gunfire.

A man suspected of several bank robberies in the Detroit area acknowledges he's the guy known as the "Heavy D Bandit." The disclosure was made in an FBI affidavit filed today to support a bank-robbery charge ...

Tiger Stadium is one step closer to complete demolition. A Detroit City Council committee voted to accept a recommendation to not preserve any of the ballpark.

An audit has found that Detroit Public Schools may have misused about $53 million in federal funds designated for low-income children from 2004 to 2006.

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A Wayne County judge on Friday threw out a Detroit lawyer's lawsuit aimed at recovering millions of dollars he claimed was defrauded from city taxpayers by Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff ...

It's looking like concerns over a possible fifth runway at Detroit Metro Airport could be worked out between airport officials and surrounding communities by a meeting Thursday on the proposal.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said today he plans to meet with Gov. Jennifer Granholm this week about his plans for the expansion of the Cobo Center in Detroit.

City police arrested a suspected serial bank robber today as he tried to case the Key Bank at Telegraph and Cherry Hill, FBI officials confirmed.

Police have five people in custody and are still looking for at least one more they said carjacked a vehicle in Dearborn and led police on a chase that ended in Detroit's west side.

Detroit, Michigan stars EMINEM and KID ROCK have been challenged to a freestyle rap battle, which could pocket their chosen charities $1 million .