Public Safety

A CSX train derailed in Romulus around 9:30 but most of the cars were empty and officials believe there is no immediate threat to public health.

There is no evidence of any deaths or injuries from contaminated Halloween candy. Why are people still afraid of it?

"Had proper threat assessment guidelines been in place and district threat assessment policy followed, this tragedy was avoidable,” the investigation concluded.

Metro Detroit chefs collaborate on a benefit dinner for Palestine. Also, the dangers along abandoned lakeside piers along the Great Lakes. Plus, a conversation with the founder of Ballet Folklorico de Detroit.

Increased security measures and concerns in Arab American communities and the danger of the dehumanization of Palestinians, a conversation with a 2023 Whiting Award for Poetry winner, and a thriller penned by a Michigan resident to be adapted into a feature film.

Heightened emotions and incendiary rhetoric following the attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens earlier this month have stoked fears that violence will spill over into local Muslim and Jewish communities.

The legislation is part of a bill package meant to curb prejudice-related crime.

The bullying often comes from city council members themselves. But some council members say they are receiving an increasing number of credible threats from the general public.

Legislation to support crime victims made it out of the Michigan Senate on Thursday.The package would give crime victims the right to testify remotely and have their faces blurred during court streams.

Events across southeast Michigan call for end to Middle East violence, as Israel-Hamas war hits close to home for many.