Detroit

A fire at a suburban Detroit warehouse known to stock combustible materials ignited explosions, sending gas canisters and debris shooting far into the air, authorities said.

A 4-year-old boy playing in his backyard was fatally mauled by one or two dogs, Detroit police said.

The five puppies — Labrador and golden retrievers, and a papillon among them — bounded through the airport, earning more than a few quizzical glances from airline passengers

The auto workers’ strike against Detroit’s Big Three is now in its fourth day. There were no signs Monday of an early breakthrough that might end the strike, and the United Auto Workers have threatened to escalate their walkout against Ford, General Motors and Stellantis.

Striking autoworkers want to be paid more. They also want to be paid more equally.

The United Auto Workers strike has exposed tensions between President Joe Biden’s goals of fighting climate change and supporting unions.

Nearly one in 10 of America’s unionized auto workers went on strike Friday at Detroit’s three automakers.

President Joe Biden announced Friday his administration is sending top aides to Detroit to help with the contract negotiations between United Auto Workers and the three major automakers, saying employers should share profits with unionized workers.

About 13,000 U.S. auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay.

The United Auto Workers and Detroit automakers remain far apart ahead of the union potentially striking the companies after Thursday’s deadline. Judy Ancel, the former director of the Institute for Labor Studies at the University of Missouri, reflects on the history behind those talks.

It would be the first time in the union’s 80-plus-year history that it struck all three companies at the same time.

About 146,000 U.S. auto workers are set to go on strike this week if General Motors, Ford and Stellantis fail to meet their demands for big pay raises and the restoration of concessions the workers made years ago when the companies were in financial trouble.

UAW members overwhelmingly granted union leaders authorization to strike during ongoing contract negotiations with GM, Ford and Stellantis, if warranted.

A woman in suburban Detroit says she got a scare when she discovered a live frog in a container of spinach she had just bought at a grocery store.

A Detroit woman is suing the city and a police detective after she was falsely arrested because of facial recognition technology while she was eight months pregnant, according to court documents.

Thousands of Detroit city employees and retirees lost when Detroit became the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy. A decade later, the Motor City has balanced budgets but some workers feel left behind.

A Detroit man who was caught on video setting fire to a gas station on Tuesday was arrested, police said.

An enormous freighter packed with salt got a little too close to the shore in the Detroit River on Wednesday.

Parents should look out for flulike symptoms among children ages 4 to 7, the Health Department said.

Public health officials in Detroit are investigating an outbreak of unidentified illnesses at an elementary and middle school after a kindergartner died.