July 5, 2017 Michigan attorney general sues 2 companies over Flint water Michigan's attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against two water engineering companies, saying their negligence caused and exacerbated Flint's lead-tainted water crisis and demanding what could total hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
July 5, 2017 Driver who killed 5 bicyclists was high on drugs, prosecutor claims A prosecutor says a man accused of plowing his pickup truck into a group of Michigan bicyclists, killing five, was under the influence of drugs.
July 5, 2017 Energy firm to pay $61M penalty for costliest inland oil spill in US history Enbridge Energy Partners will pay a $61 million penalty for the costliest inland oil spill in U.S. history -- a pipeline rupture in southwestern Michigan that polluted a nearly 40-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River, federal officials said Wednesday.
July 5, 2017 Imam comes clean about Michigan man's claim that mom died due to travel ban A man in Dearborn, Mich., who claimed his mother died because of President Trump's travel ban -- preventing her from returning to the U.S. for medical treatment -- lied to the media, it has since emerged after the leader of a nearby mosque spoke out.
July 5, 2017 7 children found living in squalor in Detroit home Authorities executing a search warrant Tuesday on an abandoned home on Detroit's west side looking for narcotics instead made a startling discovery -- seven children inside living in squalor.
July 5, 2017 Fiat Chrysler announces $1 billion investment in US manufacturing, 2,000 new jobs Fiat Chrysler said Sunday it would spend $1 billion on U.S. manufacturing, including modernizing plants in Michigan and Ohio, in a move that’s set to add 2,000 new jobs, Reuters reported.
July 5, 2017 Suspect who tried disguising terror trip as getting 'teeth fixed' pleads guilty, feds say A man in Michigan pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents after he said he tried flying to Lebanon to join the terror group Hezbollah, but told the feds the purpose was to "get his teeth fixed."
July 5, 2017 Michigan gunman who killed 2 bailiffs faced multiple felony charges Two court bailiffs were killed and a deputy sheriff shot Monday inside a southwestern Michigan courthouse when an inmate broke loose and got his hands on an officer's gun, officials said.
July 5, 2017 Detroit EMTs save 9 people from firebombed house Two Detroit EMTs are being called heroes after saving nine people from a house that had just been firebombed.
July 5, 2017 Detroit apartment fire: 5 dead, 4 injured Five people have been killed in an apartment fire on Detroit's east side Wednesday afternoon, a source with the fire department tells FOX 2. At least four others have been injured.
