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Detroit Evening Report: Hamtramck student kidnapped at bus stop

Nargis Rahman April 13, 2026

A 16-year-old student was kidnapped from a bus stop in Hamtramck at gunpoint this morning. Classmates tracked the student through...

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  • The Metro

The Metro: Detroit’s crime is down. Can the evidence hold up?

Robyn Vincent, The Metro April 7, 2026

Detroit’s police department has been collecting wins. Homicides in 2025 hit their lowest point since 1965. Carjackings dropped by nearly half. ...

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Drone
  • The Metro

The Metro: Drones are coming to a police department near you. Is the privacy tradeoff worth it?

David Leins, The Metro March 17, 2026

The cities of Dearborn and Warren, MI have launched Drone-as-a-First-Responder programs. In Dearborn, a drone can now reach a 911...

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Immigration Enforcement Minnesota
  • Immigration
  • Politics, Government & Finance
  • The Metro

The Metro: The inner workings of ICE and the origins of immigration policing

Robyn Vincent, The Metro January 28, 2026

The killing of two American citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers has forced the country to look more closely...

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  • Immigration
  • The Metro

The Metro: A reporter’s view from Minneapolis with lessons for Detroit

Robyn Vincent, The Metro January 27, 2026

What does it feel like when a city has its breath taken away—not just by frigid weather, but by sudden...

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DET Protest 06/05/2020
  • The Metro

The Metro: Fewer killings in Detroit and what made it possible

Robyn Vincent, The Metro January 15, 2026

Detroit ended 2026 with fewer people killed than it’s seen in decades: 165 homicides. That number carries an enormous amount...

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Gabriela Santiago Romero
  • The Metro

The Metro: Santiago-Romero presses Detroit to define limits on ICE activity

Robyn Vincent, The Metro January 14, 2026

During President Trump’s second term, immigration enforcement has become more dangerous and more visible.  Detention has expanded rapidly. Last year...

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  • Politics, Government & Finance
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  • Racial Attitudes
  • The Metro

The Metro: Are Detroit police responsible for preventing violent crime?

Sam Corey, The Metro October 16, 2025

Even though violent crime has been falling fast in Detroit over the last decade, the city still has a crime...

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Brick houses in the Bagley neighborhood.
  • Detroit Documenters
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  • Youth

The Metro: Detroit community still seeking solutions to teen violence

John Filbrandt, The Metro, Nadia Ziyad July 23, 2025

The Detroit Police Department is asking city council to increase its enforcement of the city’s youth curfew. Fines for the...

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Ford Motor Company NAIAS Auto Show 1/22/2019
  • Auto
  • News

Ford recalls more than 694,000 Bronco Sport, Escape vehicles due to fuel injector issue

Associated Press July 21, 2025

Ford is recalling more than 694,000 Bronco Sport and Escape vehicles because the fuel injector may crack and leak, which...

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The parents of four students killed in a shooting in Michigan more than two years ago are interviewed Monday, March 18, 2024 in Pontiac, Mich. From left, Steve St. Juliana, Buck Myre and Nicole Beausoleil called for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting, saying a local criminal probe that netted three is not enough to close the book.
  • News
  • Public Safety

Court of Appeals allows lawsuit by Oxford family against Michigan State Police

Rick Pluta July 19, 2025

The Michigan Court of Appeals is allowing a case filed by the family of a murdered Oxford High School student...

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Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison discusses the city's new Summer Teen Safety Violence Prevention Plan, July 7, 2025.
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  • The Metro
  • Youth

The Metro: How Detroit plans to curb youth gun violence this summer

Robyn Vincent, Sam Corey, Nadia Ziyad, The Metro July 15, 2025

Last week, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison joined Mayor Mike Duggan and other officials in announcing the launch of a...

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