COREY WILLIAMS

Heat wave forecast prompts Chicago public housing checks
Public housing officials in Chicago are planning wellbeing checks on residents as the heat and humidity are expected to mount to dangerous levels. Its part of a wave of sweltering weather covering a substantial portion of the U.S.
 
Land deals, incentives OK’d for new auto plant in Detroit
Fiat Chrysler can move forward with plans to build a new, $1.6 billion assembly plant in Detroit and invest $900 million to retool and modernize another.
 
Detroit reaches land deals for new Fiat Chrysler plant plan
Land deals that will allow Fiat Chrysler to build a new assembly plant in Detroit are expected to cost the city and state about $107 million.
 
Attorneys seek 25 years for man in Michigan airport stabbing
Lawyers for a Montreal man convicted of stabbing a police officer at an airport in Flint, Michigan, have asked the judge to sentence him to 25 years in prison. Amor Ftouhi was convicted in November on several charges in the June 2017 attack.
 
Lightfoot’s win stirs hope for change in a divided Chicago
Lori Lightfoot’s victory in the Chicago mayor’s race signaled hope among voters that the nation’s third-largest city may someday move beyond long-entrenched divides, racial and otherwise.
 
Report blasts Michigan State’s handling of sex cases
A U.S. Department of Education report says Michigan State University’s failure to detect and stop sexual assaults by now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar indicates a lack of institutional control.
 
Polar blast envelops Midwest, strains aging infrastructure
The polar air that enveloped much of the Midwest cracked train rails, broke water pipes and strained electrical systems with some of the lowest temperatures in a generation. The deep freeze closed schools and businesses and canceled flights.
 
Franklin attorney: $3 million in back taxes paid to IRS
An attorney says Aretha Franklin’s estate has paid at least $3 million in back taxes to the IRS since her death in August.
 
GM plant closing not expected to stall Detroit’s rebound
General Motors’ planned shutdown of its Detroit-Hamtramck plant would leave only one auto assembly factory in the city known for “putting America on wheels,” but the closure and job losses are not expected to stall-out Detroit’s remarkable comeback following its 2014 bankruptcy exit.
 
Detroit police, firefighters honored for life-saving efforts
First responders in Detroit will be recognized during an annual awards ceremony for efforts that resulted in saving the lives of residents or fellow police officers and firefighters.
 
Identifying remains found in ceiling could take months
A medical examiner says it could take months to identify the remains of 10 fetuses and one full-term infant discovered hidden in a former funeral home in Detroit.
 
Grand jury indicts Detroit councilman on bribery charges
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Detroit city councilman on corruption charges tied to $15,000 in bribes and free auto body work solicited and accepted from a business owner in return for help on a property issue. The U.S.
 
Amway founder and Magic owner Richard DeVos dies at age 92
Billionaire Richard DeVos, co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway and owner of the Orlando Magic, has died. He was 92. Family spokesman Nick Wasmiller says DeVos died Thursday at his western Michigan home due to complications from an infection.
 
Video shows Detroit cop beating naked woman in hospital
A Detroit police corporal has been suspended after cellphone video emerged showing him beating a naked, unarmed and possibly mentally-ill woman inside an emergency room triage unit as another officer and hospital security restrained her.
 
AP news guide: Ford’s plans for Michigan Central station
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to release details of its planned conversion of the long-vacant Michigan Central train station just west of downtown Detroit.
 
Vacant for decades, Detroit’s train station may get new life
People living and working near the Michigan Central Station in Detroit are excited that Ford Motor Co. is considering buying the massive old building that’s been vacant for 30 years.
 
Lawyer on familiar ground in Sacramento police shooting
Attorney Benjamin Crump has stood in Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma and now Sacramento, California alongside grieving relatives of unarmed black men who were killed by police.
 
Selling public service or Rams? Firm defends Super Bowl ad
A 60-second spot aired during the Super Bowl shows a rugged Ram pickup truck along with people doing service-oriented tasks.
 
Jesse Jackson’s decades in public eye shaped by many roles
In a public life that has spanned more than 50 years, Jesse Jackson has taken on numerous roles as an activist, two-time presidential candidate, civil rights icon and family man. Jackson recently disclosed he has Parkinson’s disease.
 
Census figures show drop in Detroit poverty rate
Updated estimates show fewer people living in poverty in Detroit. Statistics released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau place Detroit’s 2016 poverty rate at 35.7 percent, down from nearly 40 percent the year before.
 
Prosecutors: Flint airport stabber celebrated 9/11 attacks
Federal prosecutors have told a judge that a Tunisian-born man who stabbed a police officer at a Michigan airport subscribes to Osama Bin Laden’s ideology and celebrated the 9/11 attacks.
 
VW executive pleads guilty in emissions scandal
A German Volkswagen executive has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges in Detroit in a scheme to cheat emission rules on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles.
 
Michigan man convicted on single hair freed after 41 years
A Detroit man who spent four decades in prison was freed on Thursday after prosecutors agreed that his 1976 murder conviction hinged on the flimsiest of evidence: a single hair.
 
Detroit Packard car plant still in ruins 3 years after sale
It’s been more than three years since a Peruvian developer bought the massive Detroit Packard car plant, and signs of his promised development have yet to rise from the rumble.
 
Sylvia Moy, Motown songwriter and producer, dies at age 78
Motown songwriter Sylvia Moy, who penned or collaborated on several hits by recording stars like Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye, has died at age 78.
 
Mother of slain Detroit man files lawsuit against ICE agent
A Detroit mother is suing a U.S. customs agent who fatally shot her 20-year-old son. The wrongful death lawsuit that attorneys filed Thursday in federal court in Detroit on Nelda Kellom’s behalf names Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Mitchell Quinn and two Detroit police officers.
 
Detroit Tigers, Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch dies at age 87
Billionaire businessman Mike Ilitch, who founded the Little Caesars pizza empire before buying the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers, is being praised in the wake of his death.
 
Detroit demolishes thousands of structures; many more to go
Crews on Wednesday started knocking down a vacant building that likely will be the last structure demolished this year under Detroit’s expansive blight elimination program.
 
Some blacks applaud Castro legacy of racial equality
Some African Americans are remembering late Cuban President Fidel Castro and his efforts to end racial segregation on the Caribbean island following the country’s 1959 revolution. Castro sought out black leaders.
 
Man arraigned in fatal shooting of Detroit college officer
An ex-convict has been arraigned on murder and other crimes in the death of a Detroit college police officer who was shot in the head while trying to arrest the man.
 
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