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Michigan residents evacuated over sinkhole hope to return to homes within week

January 2, 2017

Michigan residents evacuated over sinkhole hope to return to homes within week

The new public works commissioner in a suburban Detroit county is declaring "all hands on deck" to fix a broken sewer line that has created a major sinkhole and forced the evacuation of 22 homes.

List: Ban 'echo chamber,' 'post-truth,' 'bigly' and 'dadbod'

December 31, 2016

List: Ban 'echo chamber,' 'post-truth,' 'bigly' and 'dadbod'

You, sir, (or ma'am): Focus, if you will, on a historic, on fleek listicle containing words nominated for bigly banishment.

Prospective buyer discovers rotting body in Detroit home for sale

December 30, 2016

Prospective buyer discovers rotting body in Detroit home for sale

Police say a prospective home buyer made a gruesome discovery Thursday afternoon when a mummified and badly decomposed body was found inside a car in the home.

Firefighters rescue dog that fell through ice into lake

December 30, 2016

Firefighters rescue dog that fell through ice into lake

Three Michigan firefighters used rope and their wits to rescue a 90-pound retriever that fell through the ice about 100 yards from shore on a western Michigan lake.

Detroit demolishes thousands of structures; many more to go

December 30, 2016

Detroit demolishes thousands of structures; many more to go

Crews are knocking down a vacant industrial building that likely will be the last structure demolished this year under Detroit's massive blight elimination program.

Sinkhole disrupts holiday season in Detroit suburb

December 29, 2016

Sinkhole disrupts holiday season in Detroit suburb

A major sinkhole has disrupted the holiday season in Fraser, a suburb of roughly 14,500 people about 15 miles north of downtown Detroit.

Former 'Survivor' contestant gets prison for child porn

December 27, 2016

Former 'Survivor' contestant gets prison for child porn

A former contestant of the CBS TV show "Survivor" has been sentenced to at least a year in prison for possessing child pornography.

Sinkhole forces workers to pump sewage into Michigan river

December 26, 2016

Sinkhole forces workers to pump sewage into Michigan river

Officials say crews have begun pumping sewage into a Detroit-area river to prevent flooding after a sinkhole forced people from their homes and closed roads.

Sinkhole forces evacuations of some Detroit-area homes

December 25, 2016

Sinkhole forces evacuations of some Detroit-area homes

More than a dozen homes north of Detroit have been evacuated after a sinkhole opened in the ground nearby.

Prosecutors: Man amassed weapons cache for Islamic State

December 23, 2016

Prosecutors: Man amassed weapons cache for Islamic State

Federal prosecutors say a Detroit man accused of amassing weapons and buying explosives did so on behalf of the Islamic State and is backed by a group of supporters in Maryland.