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Urban communities that lack shade sizzle when it's hot. Trees are a climate change solution
DETROIT (AP) — Along a busy road in west Detroit, there's little respite from the sun for residents stopping for gasoline, attending places of worship or bringing children to daycare. But a budding canopy of trees planted this year will change the look and feel of this corridor. ...
Orioles wrap up top AL wild-card spot, ending Twins' playoff hopes with 7-2 victory
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cade Povich pitched shutout ball into the sixth, Ryan O’Hearn and Colton Cowser homered and the Baltimore Orioles eliminated the Minnesota Twins from postseason contention with a 7-2 victory Friday night. The Orioles wrapped up the top AL wild-card spot, and...
Michigan's top court won't intervene in dispute over public records and teachers
ROCHESTER, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Supreme Court is staying out of a dispute over whether class materials prepared by public school teachers are available under the state's records law. The justices ruled in a one-sentence order Wednesday that they won't disturb an appeals court...
Marlins push Twins to brink of elimination with 8-6 win in 13 innings
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Otto Lopez doubled home the go-ahead run in the 13th inning as the Miami Marlins beat the reeling Minnesota Twins 8-6 on Thursday night. Carlos Correa homered for the Twins, who were 2 for 19 with runners in scoring position and stranded 15 on the night. ...
Court throws out manslaughter charge against clerk in Detroit gas station shooting
DETROIT (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals threw out a manslaughter charge against a Detroit gas station clerk who locked the door before an angry customer shot three bystanders, killing one. Prosecutors have argued that clerk Al-Hassan Aiyash's actions make him criminally...
US resumes hazardous waste shipments to Michigan landfill from Ohio
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A federal agency said it has resumed sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill from Ohio while communities in suburban Detroit continue their legal fight to bar waste from a World War II-era site in New York. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Detroit judge who put teen in handcuffs during field trip is demoted to speeding tickets
DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit judge who was temporarily removed after ordering a teenager into jail clothes and handcuffs during a field trip is back on the bench but assigned to speeding tickets and other relatively minor offenses. Judge Kenneth King lost courtroom duties in August...
Man charged with killing 13-year-old Detroit girl whose body remains missing
DETROIT (AP) — A man already in jail on sexual assault charges was charged with murder Thursday in the disappearance of a 13-year-old Detroit girl who has been missing since leaving school in January. The “overwhelming evidence” shows that Na'Ziyah Harris is dead, though her...
Twins snap a three-game skid with 8-3 win over Miami and send the Marlins to their 100th loss
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's Manuel Margot scored from second in a five-run seventh inning on one of four Miami errors and the Twins rallied to beat the Marlins 8-3 on Wednesday night. Christian Vázquez’s sacrifice bunt in the seventh was thrown wide of first base, allowing...
Royals ride bullpen to 3-0 win over Nationals after Lorenzen's early exit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five Kansas City relievers pitched 6 2/3 innings of two-hit ball after starter Michael Lorenzen's early exit, Robbie Grossman hit a two-run single, and the Royals held on to the second American League wild card with a 3-0 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. ...
