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Detroit’s next mayor? Meet the Motor City’s top candidates

The city of Detroit stands at a turning point. With Mayor Mike Duggan stepping down after more than a decade in office, the 2025 mayoral election presents a rare opportunity to reimagine the city’s future. For the first time in more than a decade, the field is wide open — and Black Detroiters are leading...

‘Abhorrent’: Texas Nurse Charged After Lying About Checking on Vietnam Vet Who Was Found Dead with Charging Cable Around His Neck at VA Hospital
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‘Abhorrent’: Texas Nurse Charged After Lying About Checking on Vietnam Vet Who Was Found Dead with Charging Cable Around His Neck at VA Hospital

James Duplechain spent his last night alive in a VA Hospital in Houston, alone. Prosecutors say when his body was found last July, hanging from a phone charging cable wrapped around his neck, it had been eight hours since anyone at the hospital had checked on the 74-year-old Vietnam vet. Duplechain’s family has been looking...

‘Really Hit Me In the Gut’: Longtime Advance Auto Parts Employee Shocked After Being Fired After Trying to Stop a Thief from Stealing from Store, He Says
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‘Really Hit Me In the Gut’: Longtime Advance Auto Parts Employee Shocked After Being Fired After Trying to Stop a Thief from Stealing from Store, He Says

A Navy veteran who spent more than two decades managing Advance Auto Parts says he was fired for doing what the military taught him best: stepping up when it counted. Greg Pinson said he was just following his military training. He served in the US Navy for 24 years. Greg Pinson says he was fired...

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Detroit’s next mayor faces crisis and opportunity

As Mayor Mike Duggan prepares to vacate the office after an unprecedented three-term tenure, Detroit is entering a critical political season. With nine candidates now certified for the Aug. 5 primary, the 2025 mayoral election is shaping up to be a defining moment for a city in flux — one that has emerged from bankruptcy,...

‘Deliberate Indifference’: Amazon Worker Went Blind After Missouri Cops Mistook His Stroke for DUI and Detained Him for 8 Hours, Lawsuit States
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‘Deliberate Indifference’: Amazon Worker Went Blind After Missouri Cops Mistook His Stroke for DUI and Detained Him for 8 Hours, Lawsuit States

An Amazon worker is suing a Missouri sheriff’s office for detaining him for nearly eight hours under the suspicion that he was drunk driving when he was actually suffering a stroke. Paul Espinosa, 54, and his wife filed the lawsuit against Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott, several deputies and detention officers, as well as a...

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How far can courts go to block a president?

The Supreme Court convened a special Thursday morning session to examine the scope of nationwide injunctions that have prevented the Trump administration from implementing its policy to deny automatic citizenship to children born to undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors on American soil. This critical hearing represents the first time justices are considering arguments related to...