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Global Microsoft outage causes delays at Detroit Metro Airport, businesses, banks
A computer update Friday wreaked havoc on systems throughout metro Detroit — and worldwide — that affected airlines, infrastructure, banks and health care, delaying flights at Detroit Metro Airport, causing traffic to slow on the Ambassador Bridge to and from Canada and even closing a Dearborn community college. The software glitch created confusion...
Long range forecast: Michigan weather outlook for August 2024
What sort of August weather should we expect around Michigan this summer?. The National Weather Service and NOAA released their monthly weather outlook for August 2024 this week. The predictions are based on probability vs. normal averages, and can help show possible trends in the longer range forecast. Here’s what...
Green infrastructure job trainings aim to support growing field
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Insurance reforms were supposed to bring relief. Detroiters still pay more
The high cost of auto insurance pushed Clarissa Williams to move out of Detroit and all the way to California, where she thought it more likely she could get to work. She was right.
Detroit man shot to death on front porch in likely targeted drive-by, police say
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A man in his 20s was shot and killed on Detroit's east side - murdered while sitting on his front porch Thursday. Detroit police say the victim was shot and killed on Omira Street near State Fair on the east side at about 1:20 p.m. Investigators...
MLB trade deadline 2024: Which Tigers are most likely to be moved?
DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers have 12 games remaining before the July 30 trade deadline. Could they go 12-0; surge to a 59-50 record; sit on the cusp of the last Wild Card spot; and totally upend expectations for this year’s deadline?. Sure, anything’s possible. But it’s more...
Intangible impact DJ Reader can have on Lions defense highlighted again
Coming off a torn right quad tendon that ended his 2023 season with the Cincinnati Bengals early, the Detroit Lions had defensive tackle DJ Reader in for an old-school free agent visit during the first week of free agency, They literally did not let him leave town without a deal in place (two-year, $27.25 million, with $9 million guaranteed.
Samantha Woll murder trial: Here are the 4 crimes the jury decided
The jury has delivered a mixed verdict in the murder trial of Samantha Woll, the beloved Detroit synagogue leader and political activist whose 2023 stabbing death devastated the metro Detroit Jewish community and her still-grieving family. The jury acquitted the defendant of the most serious charge, deadlocked on two other counts and convicted...
5 things to do this weekend in Metro Detroit: Concert of Colors, Ann Arbor Art Fair, Detroit Book Fest & more
Looking for something fun to do this weekend in Metro Detroit? Check out WWJ’s Don’t Miss List to find out about great events happening around town. This weekend, there’s Concert of Colors, Ann Arbor Art Fair, Detroit Book Fest and more.
Scott Harris has already let Tigers fans down if he considered trading Tarik Skubal
With the first half of the 2024 MLB campaign in the rearview, the clock is ticking for clubs around the league. Time to make a postseason push is running out, and more pressingly, the July 30 trade deadline is rapidly approaching. In the coming days, some organizations will make an...
Detroit Tigers' 2025 schedule release: Earliest start ever, on the West Coast
The Detroit Tigers’ 2025 season will have one of the earliest starts in franchise history — and probably a late start, as well. According to the schedule released by MLB on Thursday, the Tigers are set to open 2025 with a road interleague series against Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers in Los Angeles on March 27. That’s a day earlier than the franchise’s previous earliest start, March 28 (this season and 2019). No times have been released for Opening Day.
Street on Detroit’s east side hit by flooding, illegal dumping
DETROIT – A neighborhood in Detroit is dealing with intense flooding that turned a street into a pond. Residents said enough is enough and reached out to Hank Winchester for help. Things have gotten so bad on Louisianna Street that people have started to drive the wrong way on...
Saving a small-town newspaper; Kamala Harris visits; People Mover shutdown; more
Good morning! Today is Thursday. ⛅ Weather: Today's expected high is 74 degrees. It'll be partly sunny, cooler and less humid. 🎧 Prefer to listen to the news? Here are today's top stories. Saving the paper. This story resonated with me because it shows the power of what one...
Skilla Baby Baffled By Baby Mama Rumor: “I Don’t Even Know That Lady”
Skilla Baby reacted to a rumor about him supposedly expecting a child with a woman he claims he doesn’t know. Skilla Baby denied a social media post claiming he’s expecting a baby. The Detroit-bred rapper called out the Instagram account UrFavesBeforeIG for spreading misinformation on Wednesday (July 17).
Guy Completely Whiffs on Eminem’s Relationship with Detroit
It's not unheard of for talent to leave the place that raised them and give nothing back to the community. It's understandable to a degree. Celebrity life gets hectic, and time is stretched thin. But one of Detroit's biggest stars is a shining example of how to keep a great relationship with the city that made him.
Red Wings Hoping Rychlovsky Ends European Free Agent Drought
To be fair, Jakub Rychlovsky probably wasn’t aware of what he was getting himself into when he was opting to sign a free-agent pact with the Detroit Red Wings. Detroit’s history when it comes to inking European free agents is, shall we say, a checkered past. Well, that’s not entirely true.
Justin Verlander tells funny story about his old Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland
DETROIT. (WILX) - Jim Leyland was the first manager Justin Verlander ever had in the Major Leagues. Verlander played for the former Detroit Tigers skipper from 2005–2013 and, during that time, went to two World Series. Now Jim Leyland is going into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown...
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