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What are the street closures for the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix?
DETROIT (WXYZ) — If you're headed to Downtown Detroit over the next few weeks, you're going to have to deal with road closures because of the 2024 Grand Prix. The city will begin closing streets Tuesday, May 28 for the event, which runs May 31st through June 2. However,...
Baldwin House senior apartment tower in Birmingham ends daily meals, special bus in cuts
Decades ago, she imagined having a senior apartment tower near Birmingham City Hall. She fought for it as the embattled mayor. These days, she's embattled again, trying to keep the quality of life she envisioned for that senior tower, where now she lives. But for how much longer? Dorothy Conrad, with a worried glance, deflects the question. ...
This Michigan City Was First in the World to Get Phone Numbers
The city of Detroit had many firsts, but this one changed the world fast. The history of the telephone is surprisingly complicated. We know for sure that Alexander Graham Bell got the first U.S. patent for the telephone IN 1876. However, it appears that the first phone was actually created by Italian inventor Antonio Meucci in 1849.
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