Thousands of people swarmed Cobo Hall in chaos this morning trying to get applications for housing and utility payment assistance from the city of Detroit. People fainted, others fought as the Detroit Police Gang Unit tried to keep people in line — some since last night — and in check. “It’s a disaster here,” former assistant Detroit Police chief and city council candidate Gary Brown said,... 

The ACLU is demanding that schools in Michigan stop expelling violent out of control students. Claiming that it has to be white people’s fault that some black students are committing violent crimes and getting kicked out of school! Schools are not using enough discretion under Michigan’s zero-tolerance expulsion law and are disproportionately kicking out black students who ultimately end... 

At age 88, John Kalymon is a man stuck in the past. He lost his U.S. citizenship two years ago after the government said he shot Jews while working in a Nazi-controlled police unit during World War II. Now, Poland is conducting a criminal investigation into what happened nearly 70 years ago in a town called L’viv. The Justice Department has agreed to help Poland by questioning Kalymon about murder,... 

Detroit — Detroit Public Schools’ emergency financial manager on Wednesday said he plans to send layoff notices to 600 teachers and close Chadsey High School, Guyton Elementary and 21 other schools in the fall because of plummeting enrollment and a mounting deficit. Robert Bobb, the manager, also announced plans to plow more than $200 million into existing buildings by enhancing security and making... 

In another blow to the Motor City’s tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation’s most dangerous city, according to a private research group’s controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. The study drew harsh criticism even before it came out. The American Society of Criminology launched a pre-emptive strike Friday, issuing a statement attacking...