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Traffic Finally Flows Across Gordie Howe Bridge

After 8 years of construction and quarrels, span opens to international traffic

(Newser) - A major new bridge linking Canada and the US at Detroit opened Monday to trucks, cars, and other vehicles, the climax of a yearslong project that lately had been snagged by international politics . Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey Hall of Famer whose name is on the bridge, were among...

Bridge Opening Leaves US Out
Bridge Opening
Leaves US Out
Jul 24, 2026 5:00 PM CDT

Bridge Opening Leaves US Out

Toll-sharing dispute and Trump's tariff threats overshadow cross-border project

(Newser) - Canada opened its newest link to the US on Friday—with the Americans pointedly absent. The Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, marked its milestone with a Canada-only ceremony after a fight over toll revenue and fresh tariff threats from President Trump chilled cross-border ties. Ottawa...

A 'Most Significant Smoke Event' Is Set to Consume NYC

More than 115M affected as smoke from Canada/ Minnesota wildfires hits Midwest, NE, mid-Atlantic

(Newser) - If the Midwest, Northeast, and mid-Atlantic states look a little hazy, it's not your eyes: A vast plume of Canadian and Minnesota wildfire smoke trapped lower to the ground by a heat dome is set to envelop more than 115 million people through Friday, with some of the worst...

The Best US Cities for the Family-Minded

California's Fremont is WalletHub's top pick, while Detroit comes in last

(Newser) - For families eyeing a move in 2026, the California city of Fremont could prove an appealing pick. WalletHub analyzed 182 of the most populated US cities using 45 metrics across five broad categories—family fun, health and safety, education and childcare, affordability, and socio-economics—to see which urban hot spots...

Fugitive in 1993 Detroit Band Murder Is Found in Panama

Richard Werstine was arrested at a dog park

(Newser) - A three-decade manhunt for a Detroit murder suspect ended at a dog park in Panama. US officials say 56-year-old Richard Werstine, wanted in the 1993 killing of his roommate, Detroit musician Rodney "Rawn Beauty" Barger, was arrested April 29 in Panama City. He allegedly had falsified identification on him,...

First-Time Homebuyers Have the Best Shot Here

Florida city of Jacksonville tops Zillow's list of best metro areas for those making big first purchase

(Newser) - As Zillow notes , it's only natural to want to try to buy your first home where you're already working and living—but your best bet may be in a completely different city. The real-estate market company looked at 50 of the biggest metro areas in the US, using...

Shooter Won't Be Charged in Killing of 3 at Detroit Gas Station

Prosecutors decide shooting was self-defense

(Newser) - No charges will be filed in the fatal shootings of three people at a Detroit gas station after a middle-of-the-night car crash following an illegal drag racing event, authorities said Wednesday. There is not enough evidence to overcome a self-defense claim by the 22-year-old suspect, the Wayne County prosecutor's...

Community Comes Together to Save Abducted Teen

Fellow students, gas station clerk help police arrest sex offender in Michigan

(Newser) - Michigan police officers, students, and a gas station clerk are credited with helping save a 16-year-old girl who was kidnapped at gunpoint on her way to school. Authorities say a stranger forced the girl into his van as she waited for a bus on the morning of April 13, sexually...

Administration Demands Detroit Turn Over All 2024 Ballots

Michigan officials call DOJ request 'absurd'

(Newser) - The Justice Department is pressing officials in the Detroit area to turn over every ballot cast in the 2024 election, a move Michigan Democrats say is an unfounded federal intrusion into their voting system. In a letter sent Tuesday and released Sunday by state officials, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K....

Governor: 'It Was Hate, Plain and Simple'

Michigan's Whitmer praises synagogue security for stopping assailant from reaching school

(Newser) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer condemned Thursday's synagogue attack in suburban Detroit with in blunt, succinct language on Friday: "Yesterday's attack was antisemitism—it was hate, plain and simple," she said at a Jewish community center in West Bloomfield, about a mile from Temple Israel, reports the...

Police: 3 Men Found Dead in 'a Brutal Scene' in Detroit

Victims had been beaten, stabbed, assistant chief says

(Newser) - Police looking for a missing person found the bodies of three men in a Detroit house, authorities. The victims, ages 65, 66, and 72, were bludgeoned and stabbed late Tuesday or early Wednesday, Assistant Police Chief Charles Fitzgerald said Thursday. "It was a brutal scene inside—just awful,"...

Report: Trump Official Met Billionaire Before Canada Bridge Threat

GOP donor has long opposed rival Detroit-Windsor crossing

(Newser) - A Detroit billionaire with a lot riding on the US-Canada border appears to have had the president's ear just before a new cross-border bridge came under fire. Matthew Moroun, whose family controls the privately owned Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, met Monday in Washington with Commerce Secretary Howard...

Trump Says He'll Block Opening of Canada-US Bridge

Trump demands compensation, cites unfair treatment from Canada

(Newser) - President Trump is now threatening to shut down a major cross-border project he once championed, the CBC reports. The US president said in a lengthy post on Truth Social Monday he would block the opening of the new Gordie Howe International Bridge between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, unless the...

Chaotic Friday at This Airport Wasn't Due to the Weather

Car crashes into entrance at metro Detroit airport, injuring 6

(Newser) - A car crashed through the entrance of the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on Friday evening, striking a ticket counter and injuring six people, airport officials said. The driver was taken into custody, the Wayne County Airport Authority said in a statement. The cause of the crash wasn't yet...

10 Best Cities in America If You're Hunting for a Job

Arizona's Scottsdale is No. 1 on WalletHub's list, while Detroit brings up the rear

(Newser) - If you've been fretting about the job market, a bit of hope: This year is set to be a "landmark year" for those on the hunt, leading to a "new era of opportunity," per Mental Floss . How those opportunities unfold for you, however, may depend what...

Passenger's Rowdy Flight Lands Him in Prison

Mario Nikprelaj reportedly threatened to kill a flight attendant, tried to open plane door

(Newser) - If Mario Nikprelaj felt trapped on a plane, he's not going to like where he'll be for the next 18 months. The 24-year-old Michigan man who tried to open a plane's exit door during a July flight from Nebraska to Detroit, forcing an emergency landing in Iowa,...

More Than $430K Raised for Worker Flipped Off by Trump

Union says it is standing by Ford worker TJ Sabula

(Newser) - The Ford truck plant worker in Michigan who insulted President Trump on Tuesday and apparently got flipped off in response tells the Washington Post he has been suspended from his job pending an investigation. The heckler identified himself as TJ Sabula, a 40-year-old United Auto Workers Local 600 line worker....

11-Foot RoboCop Finds a Home in Detroit
RoboCop Takes
His Stand in Detroit
Dec 4, 2025 6:02 PM CST

RoboCop Takes His Stand in Detroit

With crime falling, city embraces statue of guardian in 1987 film

(Newser) - RoboCop has finally found a permanent home in Detroit. A statue looming 11 feet tall and weighing 3,500 pounds began standing guard over the Motor City on Wednesday. "It was snowstorm, dark and below 30 degrees Fahrenheit and there was a steady stream of people driving by,"...

Operatives Sentenced in Scheme Targeting Black Voters

Judge imposes probation for robocalls spreading false claims in Detroit area

(Newser) - Two political operatives sentenced Monday to a year of probation for their role in a robocall campaign that spread false information to thousands of Detroit-area voters ahead of the 2020 election. Jacob Wohl and John "Jack" Burkman accused of creating the calls, which targeted primarily Black voters and claimed...

Cities Young Adults Want to Flee
Cities Young Adults
Want to Flee
Nov 22, 2025 5:30 AM CST

Cities Young Adults Want to Flee

Nearly 62% of childless Baltimore residents ages 18 to 34 hope to get out, per Gensler survey

(Newser) - Where do all the young people want to live? Not Baltimore, per a new Gensler survey gauging which cities are seeing the most potential defections of childless young adults (those between the ages of 18 and 34, for the purposes of this poll). More than 2,200 respondents across 27...

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