Metro Detroit home values rebound

Home values are on the rise this year across Metro Detroit, with the biggest gains seen in many inner-ring suburbs hit hardest by the 2008 recession

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Million-dollar home sales in Metro Detroit herald rejuvenated market

Last year 394 homes in the four-county area sold for $1 million or more. That's four times the number that sold in 2010

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Wayne County’s Conviction Integrity Unit has high demand

Since the unit began work in early 2018, it has received about 1,200 requests to review convictions, processing about 500 cases a year

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Dearborn museum’s founding director named Arab American of the Year

Anan Ameri “dedicated her career to advocating for social justice and equity, immigrant rights and uplifting and preserving Arab American stories.”

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Tlaib protests with airline workers at Detroit Metro

Eight airline workers with Unite Here were arrested Friday while protesting at airport

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No charges in demolition of lawmaker’s Detroit house

Wayne County Prosecutor's Office said demolition company's owner admitted he 'jumped the gun' by razing state Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo

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Class action lawsuit: Detroiters prevented from appealing inflated tax assessments

Chicago law firm Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP filed the lawsuit against the State Tax Commission, Wayne County and Detroit officials Thursday

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Metro Detroit imam, advocacy group criticize screening

'People like me are not security threats,' says mosque leader questioned returning from peace conference

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Eastern Market Antiques gets a new name and space

Longtime antiques market gets a new lease on life around the corner as Vintage Eastern Market

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Highland Park board seeks to build new high school, launch adult ed center

The effort follows the district, which exited state oversight in 2018, pushing a strategic plan focusing on long-term stability, including enrollment

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Remains of Detroit seaman killed at Pearl Harbor ID’d

Navy Seaman First Class Edward Wasielewski, 21, was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma in Pearl Harbor during the 1941 attack

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Overtaxed Detroit residents file lawsuit

Community activists announced a class action lawsuit arguing property owners were "illegally" prevented from appealing inflated tax assessments

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Potential tax cut for low income Detroiters passes Senate

Low income Detroiters facing foreclosure are closer to getting significant relief from back property taxes.

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DeVos family pumps $800k into Senate race

Members of west Michigan's influential DeVos family have given $800,000 to a group that's focused on unseating Democratic U.S. Sen. Gary Peters.

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Pittsburgh-area official pleads to misdemeanor in police scuffle case

Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace related to a 2019 hotel incident in Detroit

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Detroit school board approves major overhaul to schools

The school board hopes the changes will increase the rigor at several of its high schools and boost K-12 enrollment in the state's largest district

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Embattled Romulus judge stepping back from bench

Romulus Judge David Parrott faces domestic violence charges and a drunken driving case

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Livonia police release video of two-year-old’s near drowning, rescue

Boy was found unresponsive at bottom of motel's pool

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Klobuchar plays up Midwest roots in bid for Michigan victory

Klobuchar's third place finish in New Hampshire boosted her uphill Democratic presidential bid for critical states like Michigan

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Tlaib pushes feds to lend to distressed cities

Tlaib challenged the federal reserve chairman to examine ways the central bank could lend to distressed local and state governments such as Detroit

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1,000 bottle liquor display memorial for Detroit uncles

Nearly 1,000 bottles grace outside of abandoned home in Detroit to honor Emmanuel Humes' two late uncles and represent push for neighborhood revival

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Detroit inspector general accuses health leader of ‘abuse’ of power

Dr. Khaldun abused her power by crafting a job for a Detroit Health Department employee, according to the city's inspector general

Detroit’s decline helps inspire Yang $3T a year jobs plan

Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang's witness of Detroit's decline inspired a trillion-dollar plan to deal with the loss of jobs to automation

Driver back behind wheel after beam crashes through windshield on I-96

Johnnie Lowe, 49, of Wayne said his life flashed before his eyes

Two charged in armed robbery of Redford mobile phone store

Police continue to search for a third suspect in Feb. 6, 2020 theft

Young life hangs in balance as tighter rules restrict path to transplants

A 25-year-old woman in need of a liver transplant has been blocked by Medicaid and hospital policies in Michigan

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Democrats, Flint pediatrician push U.S. EPA to adopt Michigan water rules

Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, whose research helped expose the Flint water crisis, will push lawmakers to take heed of what Michigan has done

Judge charged with domestic assault also faces DUI case

Police were sent Saturday evening to the home Judge David Parrott, 59, shares with his partner, a 55-year-old woman who reported multiple injuries

Bicyclist critically hurt in Dearborn hit-run

Cyclist on westbound shoulder of Warren Avenue when he was struck by vehicle that fled scene, police say

Detroit high school students to do free tax returns through April 2

From Feb. 10 to April 2, about 40 students at King and Southeastern high schools will prepare and file tax returns for their community

‘I’m not going to stop’: Trenton mom continues search for missing daughter

Crime Stoppers has offered a $7,500 reward for tips to find Amaria Hall. Her disappearance was mentioned last week on “In Pursuit with John Walsh”

Nursing home union workers rally in Detroit demanding better pay, benefits

About 200 nursing home workers wore purple and chanted, "If we don't get it, shut it down. Detroit is a union town."

Northville Downs project holdup gives racing a reprieve

The redevelopment hit a snag last year when Northville rejected Farmington Hills-based Hunter Pasteur Homes' plan calling for homes, commercial space

House approves 20% hike in Great Lakes cleanup aid

The U.S. House measure extends extends for another five years clean-up funding for waterways that was set to expire and hikes aid to $375 million

Howes: Iowa’s caucus crash could be Michigan’s gain

Unlike the cornfield capital of America, the home of the Motor City ticks boxes today’s Democrats theoretically want, even need, in a go-first state

WXYZ’s Prakash announces she’s leaving station

Anu Prakash made the announcement on Facebook on Thursday. She has been with the station since December 2002.

US Marshals offer $5K reward for River Rouge double homicide suspect

US Marshals offer $5K reward for River Rouge double homicide suspect

Protesters in Dearborn push back at Mideast peace plan

"This is going to unify all of us around the idea that Palestine must and will be liberated," Khalid Turaani, an American-Palestinian activist

‘It’s been over’: Metro Detroiters react to Trump’s impeachment acquittal

Metro Detroiters seemed to have a mixed reaction as the Senate voted 52-48 to acquit Trump on abuse of power and 53-47 on obstruction of Congress

Appeal denied: DMC neurosurgery training loses accreditation

The Detroit Medical Center's training program for neurosurgeons will lose its accreditation in June after the hospital chain was denied on appeal