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Ex-Wayne County court clerk charged with embezzling more than $60,000 from a judge

Steven Allen is accused of using a judge’s ATM card to make illegal purchases

By Steve Neavling

Jan 23, 2024

A former Wayne County Circuit Court clerk is accused of embezzling more than $60,000 from a judge. Steven Allen, 42, of Detroit, was arraigned Monday on four felony counts, including forgery, using a computer to commit a crime, and embezzlement...

Three Wayne County workers are being charged with larceny.

Detroit’s QLine says ridership is up, wait times are down

Operator M-1 Rail is touting the streetcar ahead of a proposal to hand it over to the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan

By Lee DeVito

A crowded QLine car.

‘It only makes sense’: Houses of worship adding solar arrays

People of faith have spoken out and taken action on environmental issues for decades. But the discussion has drastically shifted as more people have accepted that climate change is a reality.

By Izzy Ross, Interlochen Public Radio

Solar panels sit outside the First Lutheran church in Muskegon.

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Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife buys enormous house in Novi despite former mayor’s unpaid restitution

By Steve Neavling

Jan 19, 2024

Kwame Kilpatrick’s wife buys enormous house in Novi despite former mayor’s unpaid restitution

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff.

By Robert Stempkowski

Jan 19, 2024

Say what you will about the old Detroit Lions. This is a new pride.

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Get ready to clean your car off again this week.

By Layla McMurtrie

Jan 22, 2024

Stay warm! More snow is on its way to metro Detroit

Factory farms have recently begun using mechanical anaerobic “digesters” to turn some of the animal waste they generate into “biogas.”

By Michael Betzold

Jan 17, 2024

Environmentalists oppose legislation to classify factory farm ‘biogas’ as clean energy

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Lapointe: For a true evangelical, weaponized religion is a big sin

By Joe Lapointe

Jan 22, 2024

Lapointe: For a true evangelical, weaponized religion is a big sin

Future Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo attends the GOP gubernatorial debate at the Mackinac Island Policy Conference, June 2, 2022.

By Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance

Jan 8, 2024

MIGOP members vote to remove Karamo, her supporters rip the effort as ‘illegitimate’

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Hot Bones Detroit

2895 E Grand Blvd., Detroit; hotbonesdetroit.com

At this infrared hot yoga and pilates studio, most classes are heated between 75°F and 95°F. Infrared heat is supposed to help with flexibility, detoxification, cardiovascular health, and weight loss. Hot Bones classes include a range of styles like HIIT pilates, slow burn yoga, restorative yoga, yoga for seniors, power yoga, and prenatal yoga. They also are planning to open a bone broth bar in the studio in 2024 serving beef, chicken, and vegan options.

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Shawn Fain and Rashida Tlaib spoke at 2024's Detroit MLK Day rally.

Detroit’s MLK Day rally gathered community to denounce war

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Shawn Fain, United Auto Workers 
After winning election on a union reform platform, the president of the UAW led a significant and successful strike against the Detroit Three of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis. Now, he hopes to organize non-union auto companies under the Solidarity House umbrella. It is too early to tell if Fain’s militant labor movement spreads among those employed in the gig economy or simply those not sharing in the prosperity of the recovery. But when a labor leader wears an “Eat the Rich” T-shirt, it indicates that the mood in the land might be moving toward a more equitable distribution of wealth.

Lapointe: From a Detroit point of view, the winners and losers of 2023

Project Censored 2023: Corporate abuse and environmental harm dominate top 10 stories

Project Censored 2023: Corporate abuse and environmental harm dominate top 10 stories

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