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Police: Early morning shootings leave 5 wounded in Detroit

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Protesters march on the MacArthur Bridge across the Detroit River during a rally in Detroit, Friday, June 5, 2020 over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Protesters hold peaceful march across iconic Detroit bridge

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Detroit business leaders pledge to support peaceful protests

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Summit to focus on solutions to effects of virus on Detroit

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Protesters revel after they turned over and ultimately set it ablaze in the 100 block of S. Washington Avenue in downtown Lansing, Mich., Sunday May 31, 2020. The protest against police violence began at 11 AM at the Capitol and was mostly peaceful without incident. Ralliers then walked to the East Lansing Police Department where an ELPD vehicle was extensively damaged. (Matthew Dae SmithLansing State Journal via AP)

Detroit avoids violence; Grand Rapids chief meets protesters

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

In this May 29, 2020, photo, a police officer grabs a protester during a rally calling for an end to police violence and justice for George Floyd in Detroit. (Nicole Hester/Mlive.com/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Chief: Most arrested at Detroit protest are not from city

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2019, file photo, Steve Yzerman walks into the news conference where he was introduced as the new executive vice president and general manager of the Detroit Red Wings NHL hockey club in Detroit. The Red Wings could actually benefit from an adjusted draft lottery that gives him better odds at the top pick, likely Alexis Lafreniere. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Yzerman-led Red Wings sticking to long-term plan to rebuild

By LARRY LAGE - Associated Press

Survey: Pandemic caused job losses for 4 of 10 Detroiters

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In this photo provided by the Michigan Executive Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks during a news conference Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. Whitmer announced that people who leave their home for work or those who have coronavirus symptoms can be tested without needing a doctor's note. It was the state's latest move to expand COVID-19 testing, which is seen as a critical to slowing the virus particularly as the governor loosens stay-at-home restrictions. (Michigan Executive Office of the Governor via AP)

Whitmer: People can get virus test without doctor’s note

By DAVID EGGERT and ED WHITE - Associated Press

Detroit’s census headcount critical as population decreases

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Man, 20, arrested in nursing home assault captured on video

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In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Whitmer said that auto and other manufacturing workers can return to the job next week, further easing her stay-at-home order while extending it through May 28 because of the coronavirus pandemic. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool)

Michigan unemployment rate hits all-time high amid Gretchen Whitmer coronavirus shutdowns

By Ed White - Associated Press

New virus deaths in Michigan down; zero reported in Detroit

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In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Jeep vehicles are parked outside the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit. Defying a wave of layoffs that has sent the U.S. job market into its worst catastrophe on record, at least one major industry is making a comeback: Tens of thousands of auto workers are returning to factories that have been shuttered since mid-March due to fears of spreading the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Auto workers’ tenuous return a ray of hope in jobs crisis

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 1, 2020 file photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, The state of Michigan has announced a settlement in a lawsuit over poor reading skills that was filed on behalf of Detroit schoolchildren, weeks after a federal appeals court issued a groundbreaking decision recognizing a constitutional right to education and literacy. Whitmer and the plaintiffs announced the agreement early Thursday, May 14. They say the settlement “will help secure the right of access to literacy for students in Detroit who faced obstacles they never should have faced.” (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool, File)

Michigan settles suit after landmark right to read ruling

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In a file photo from Thursday, May 5, 2016, students enter the Cass Technical High School in Detroit. A lawmaker warned Tuesday, May 12, 2020, of a potential 25% cut in state funding for K-12 schools because of economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, saying he is not &quot;banking&quot; that Congress will send additional coronavirus aid to states or give flexibility to use previously passed rescue money. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Senator warns of potential 25% cut in Michigan school funds

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, in Nashua, N.H. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

Joe Biden pressed to choose a black woman as his running mate

By Kat Stafford and Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Registered nurse Gayle Novack watches a procession outside St. John Hospital &amp; Medical Center in Detroit on Monday, May 4, 2020. Representatives of law enforcement agencies drove by the hospital to salute and honor medical and front-line personnel during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

State: Docs have discretion; order eases burden on morgues

By DAVID EGGERT - Associated Press

FILE - In a Sept. 11, 2010, file photo, Temeka Williams, right, of Detroit, uses her bridge card tokens for a purchase from Elizabeth and Gary Lauber from Sweet Delights at the Farmer's Market in Detroit. Farmers, growers and operators of open-air markets are heading into a busy time of the year, in early May 2020, as many states still are under stay-at-home orders for residents and non-essential businesses to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Shoppers venturing out are just as likely to come across tables of hand sanitizer and face mask-wearing produce peddlers as they are to see bushels of corn, quarts of blueberries or flats of petunias. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Farmers markets scaling down with eye on safety due to virus

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

Detroit mayor: Reopen health care to people without virus

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