DETROIT—Shen Yun Performing Arts is letting the world know what China was like before communism, a place where traditional values were important. “It’s very important for the world today,” Matt Pollick, a chief operating officer (COO) for an automotive industry company, said of the portrayal of such values. “If you look at the … reduced…

DETROIT—About a dozen people were hurt in an apartment building fire early Friday morning on Detroit’s west side. Twenty people were displaced and 11 people suffered injuries including smoke inhalation, bumps and, bruises, Fire Chief James Harris told The Detroit News. Detroit firefighters battle a large fire in Detroit on April 7, 2023. (Andy Morrison/Detroit…

DETROIT—About a dozen people were hurt in an apartment building fire early Friday morning on Detroit’s west side. Twenty people were displaced and 11 people suffered injuries including smoke inhalation, bumps and bruises, Fire Chief James Harris told reporters. The blaze was reported around 3:30 a.m. It left the five-story building heavily damaged. At least…

DETROIT—A Detroit-area man who was captured on a Syrian battlefield in 2018 has been convicted on charges of providing support to the ISIS terrorist group and attending one of the group’s training camps, prosecutors said. A federal jury convicted Ibraheem Izzy Musaibli, 32, on Monday of charges of providing and attempting to provide material support…

Former Detroit Lions linebacker Jessie Lemonier has died at the age of 25, the National Football League (NFL) team said on Thursday. Lemonier began his professional career with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020. He played seven games for the Lions in the 2021 season. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing…

DETROIT—A man who told police that he placed a teenager’s body in a trash bin, a disclosure that led to an extraordinary but unsuccessful search of a suburban Detroit landfill, has been released from prison after less than a year. “I’m livid. I’m absolutely livid,” said Cierra Milton, the mother of Zion Foster of Eastpointe,…

DETROIT—A man who told police that he placed a teenager’s body in a trash bin, a disclosure that led to an extraordinary but unsuccessful search of a suburban Detroit landfill, has been released from prison after less than a year. “I’m livid. I’m absolutely livid,” said Cierra Milton, the mother of Zion Foster of Eastpointe,…

Wild Lights, the Detroit Zoo’s annual holiday light display presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions, receives glowing reviews each year by visitors who have made it a holiday tradition. Guests this year will again enjoy masterfully designed light displays and festive vignettes featuring millions of twinkling LED lights illuminating buildings, trees, sculptures, and a walk-through light…

Wild Lights, the Detroit Zoo’s annual holiday light display presented by Strategic Staffing Solutions, receives glowing reviews each year by visitors who have made it a holiday tradition. Guests this year will again enjoy masterfully designed light displays and festive vignettes featuring millions of twinkling LED lights illuminating buildings, trees, sculptures, and a walk-through light…

A judge has rejected a request by Michigan secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo to reject mail-in ballots from Detroit for the midterm elections. Karamo, a Republican, filed a lawsuit several weeks ago seeking to disqualify absentee ballots in only Detroit, which overwhelmingly votes for Democrats, and require them to show up in person on…