(CBS DETROIT) Several charitable organizations are helping a Southfield family have a slightly better holiday season. A previously homeless family received food and furniture donations from Picking Up The Pieces in collaboration with The Dre Project. Shana White is finishing up a gallery wall for one of her customers. “They had nothing at all when...
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Slumping Red Wings drop 5th straight with loss to Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche defeated the struggling Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on Saturday night, with Valeri Nichushkin scoring his third goal in two games and Alexandar Georgiev recording 28 saves. Colorado’s power play was scored by Cale Makar. With 35 points (nine goals, 26 assists) in 28 games, Makar leads all NHL defensemen. Detroit had dropped...
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Cunningham’s triple-double leads Pistons to 120-111 victory over Knicks
On Saturday night, the Detroit Pistons defeated the New York Knicks 120-111, led by 29 points, 15 assists, and 10 rebounds by Cade Cunningham. The Pistons ended a three-game losing run with 16 points from Jaden Ivey and 23 points from Malik Beasley, who came off the bench. Cunningham trailed league leader Nikola Jokic by...
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Wrong-way driver killed after hitting DDOT bus on Lodge Freeway
(CBS DETROIT)According to Michigan State Police, a wrong-way motorist killed a DDOT bus early Saturday morning when he collided with it head-on on the Lodge Freeway. Around 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, a 58-year-old man’s Ram pickup was heading north in the southbound lanes of the Lodge Freeway close to Log Cabin Street when it crashed....
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Michigan high school choir performs holiday tunes from a towering Christmas tree
A cherished singing Christmas tree is celebrating its 40th year in a village in western Michigan. Standing 15 rows tall and including a 180-student high school choir, the Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree performed 19 holiday songs at a Muskegon theater this week and was scheduled to do two more concerts on Saturday. Loads of...
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Metro Detroiters speak out after appeals court upholds TikTok ban in U.S.
(CBS DETROIT)The federal ban on the social networking app TikTok, which is set to go into effect in January, was maintained by a federal appeals court. Both major U.S. parties have long expressed concern that the Chinese government may use TikTok to secretly influence the American people by amplifying or suppressing specific material, or it...
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Wayne County prosecutors charge Detroit-area man for alleged human trafficking, prostitution operation inside home
(CBS DETROIT)A 70-year-old man has been charged by the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office with operating a prostitution and human trafficking ring out of his house. Michael Richard Navoy, 70, of Allen Park, is accused of accepting a prostitute’s earnings, engaging in human trafficking through forced labor that leads to commercial sexual activity, using a computer...
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Michigan State Police troopers recognized for saving woman found unresponsive in vehicle
CBS Detroit, SAULT STE. MARIE, MIA woman who became unconscious in a car on Thursday was saved by two Michigan State Police troopers in the Upper Peninsula. MSP’s eighth district troopers Rachel Olesen and Noah Misiak were called to a complaint of a woman in the passenger seat of a vehicle on Sault Ste. Marie’s...
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Oakland County sheriff opposes proposed bills that would ease bail regulation in Michigan
(CBS DETROIT)The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is opposing a set of proposals that would restrict the court’s power to detain people in Michigan jail who are charged with crimes. The wife of deceased Deputy Brad Rackling joined Sheriff Michael Bouchard on Friday to oppose legislation that would limit the court’s use of a defendant’s criminal...
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Detroit Lions no longer satisfied with just making the playoffs
Making the playoffs was a big day for the Detroit Lions for the majority of a century. All of a sudden, it has become outdated. The Lions only participated in 13 postseason games over the following 75 seasons after capturing their final NFL championship in 1957. They only triumphed once, against the Dallas Cowboys, 38–6...