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The Latest: VW executive pleads guilty in emissions scandal

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The Latest: Mental exam ordered for man in officer’s slaying

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Raymond Durham appears in court in Detroit on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2017. Authorities charged Durham with first-degree murder Thursday in the slaying of Wayne State University police officer Collin Rose near campus, the third officer he is accused of shooting in Detroit. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)

60-year-old man charged in slaying of Wayne State officer

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could return to the Motor City on Aug. 23 for a court date. He is serving time in a federal prison in Oklahoma after being convicted in 2013 in a corruption probe. (Photo: Associated Press)

Half of mayoral candidates in Detroit have criminal past

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Museum explores Detroit’s hip-hop scene through portraits

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Ex-Michigan State star Appling sentenced to a year in jail

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Fishbones employees wait across the street from the restaurant after an explosion in Detroit's Greektown caused evacuations on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017. Authorities say an underground electrical cable failure caused explosions in downtown Detroit that sent manhole covers into the air and prompted the evacuation of the restaurant and the Atheneum Suite Hotel. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)

Electrical cable failure causes downtown Detroit explosions

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Employment event seeks to connect city residents with jobs

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ADVANCE FOR USE TUESDAY, AUG. 1, 2017 AND THEREAFTER-Earl Rice Jr. steps out of his home in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, May 18, 2017. Jailed at 17 for a purse-snatching that took a woman's life, he is 61 now. &quot;For 43 years I'm behind a wall or some kind of a fence with guard towers ... and then you come out here,&quot; he says. &quot;I can imagine what Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong and them felt like going to the moon, because that's what it seems like. I'm on a different planet!&quot; (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Teen criminals savor freedom as parole ends life sentences

By ADAM GELLER and SHARON COHEN - Associated Press

Wilson, Avila excited to play for contending Cubs

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

Girl, 2, taken from Detroit home recovered after Amber Alert

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DTE seeks permission for nearly $1B natural gas power plant

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FILE - In this July 21, 2017, file photo, Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila and relief pitcher Justin Wilson celebrate the team's 6-3 win over the Minnesota Twins, in a baseball game in Minneapolis. The rolling Chicago Cubs got a big lift Monday, July 31, 2017, when they acquired reliever Justin Wilson and catcher Alex Avila in a trade with the Detroit Tigers, bolstering their chance for another long playoff run. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn, File)

Cubs acquire LHP Wilson, C Avila in trade with Tigers

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros, Sunday, July 30, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Verlander’s pitching, Upton’s slam lead Tigers past Astros

By DAVE HOGG - Associated Press

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matthew Boyd throws during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, July 29, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Iglesias, Boyd lead Tigers to 5-3 victory over Astros

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This is a 2017 photo of Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions NFL football team. With one year remaining on his contract, Stafford is doing his best to keep a lid on any speculation about negotiations for a new deal. He says they’re ongoing, his agent handles them, and he has no specific timetable for reaching an agreement. The Detroit Lions reported for training camp Saturday, July 29, 2017 and when Stafford spoke to reporters, he immediately faced questions about his contract. (AP Photo)

Stafford trying to stay focused amid contract uncertainty

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press

Houston Astros starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel throws during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Friday, July 28, 2017, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Reddick drives in 5, Astros rally for 6-5 win over Tigers

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press

FILE- In a July 25, 2011, file photo, Alphons Iacobelli, Vice President Employee Relations, Chrysler speaks at a news conference at the start of national contract negotiations at Chrysler Group LLC headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich. Iacobelli has been charged in Detroit with giving $1.2 million in various gifts to a UAW vice president and other senior union managers. Iacobelli was indicted Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in an alleged conspiracy involving UAW vice president General Holiefield and Holiefield's wife, Monica Morgan. Holiefield died in 2015. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Ex-Fiat Chrysler executive charged in union official payoff

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Cast members from the movie &quot;Detroit&quot; pose on the red carpet at the Fox Theatre, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, in Detroit. The movie, directed by Kathryn Bigelow is set in the summer of 1967 where rioting and civil unrest teared apart the city of Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

“Detroit” director, stars hope film spurs talk about race

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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2013 file photo, director Kathryn Bigelow accepts the &quot;John Schlesinger Britannia Award for Excellence in Directing&quot; during the 2013 BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bigelow directed the upcoming film, &quot;Detroit.&quot; (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

In ‘Detroit,’ Bigelow revisits still-burning flames of 1967

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press