Heartfelt thanks to brother Jakkar Aimery for highlighting our interfaith rally in Dearborn, MI. We gathered to demand an end to the siege in Gaza and to call for the invocation of the Genocide Convention, a vital step towards global justice. This is about recognizing and

Iraqi Prime Minister محمد شياع السوداني made a quick visit Thursday to Metro Detroit, a trip that local leaders say underscores the influence of the region's Middle Eastern community.

My latest with Louis Aguilar in The Detroit News: detroitnews.com/story/news/loc…

Democrats have won back a majority in the Michigan House and restored their party’s full control of state government thanks to victories in two special elections Tuesday.
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The General Motors announcement about moving from Renaissance Center to the new Gilbert tower comes on the same calendar date, April 15, that the Renaissance Center opened in 1977. Here's a The Detroit News 'special color report' on April 15, 1977.

Breaking: General Motors will move its global headquarters to the Hudson’s Detroit development, while it works with billionaire mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert's real estate firm to redevelop the Renaissance Center, according to sources.
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O.J. Simpson has died of cancer at 76
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NEWS: A day after Donald Trump touted a claim that 'three illegal alien migrants' had been recently arrested in Michigan for 'soliciting sex from children,' the sheriff who ignited the viral story acknowledged Wednesday it was inaccurate. detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Fam, I wasn’t ready.

NEW: Ex-President Donald Trump “capitalizing on horrible tragedy”in slaying of Ruby Garcia during his Michigan visit, Governor Gretchen Whitmer tells CNN

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via Jakkar Aimery & The Detroit News

Feels like society has moved beyond the need for April Fools

Police tactics like physical restraints and Tasers aren’t supposed to end in death, but they can.

The U.S. government struggles to track these cases, so a reporting team led by AP investigated and documented more than 1,000 deaths from 2012 through 2021. apne.ws/3aeoiVo

Biden's campaign considered meeting at a Black church in Saginaw last week, but ultimately went to the front porch of two white local leaders. The move angered some leaders in the majority Black community, a group vital to Biden’s chances in Michigan.
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Breaking: James Crumbley was found guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the deaths of four #Oxford school students his son fatally shot in 2021.
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BREAKING: Judge overseeing Georgia election interference case dismisses some of charges against Trump apnews.com/article/georgi…

BREAKING: The House passes a bill that would lead to a nationwide ban on TikTok if its Chinese owner doesn’t sell. The bill faces an uncertain path in the Senate. apnews.com/article/tiktok…

Would you look at the time? The clock strikes coney on '313 Day.' ⌚️🌭

Detroit-based watchmaker ⁦Shinola⁩ is teaming up Wednesday with one of the Motor City's historic coney islands to hand out coneys for #313Day

More deets here: detroitnews.com/story/business…

Happy 313 Day, Detroit!

BREAKING: HUD Secretary Fudge announces resignation in late March apnews.com/article/housin…

Massive industrial fire and explosions in Clinton Township sends debris a mile away

On witness said he found hundreds of pieces of metal littering nearby roads that ranged in size from a spray can to a car wheel.

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via Jakkar Aimery The Detroit News