Judge Orders Attorney Fees Paid In Toy Ape Case
A judge has ordered the Michigan Department of Human Services to pay nearly $50,000 in attorney fees in a case brought after someone placed a 5-foot toy ape atop the cubicle of a black employee.
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A judge has ordered the Michigan Department of Human Services to pay nearly $50,000 in attorney fees in a case brought after someone placed a 5-foot toy ape atop the cubicle of a black employee.
A Detroit suburb did nothing illegal when it refused to allow a group to add an anti-religion message to a Christmas display at city hall, a federal appeals court said Monday.
The Flint school district has agreed to pay $600,000 to a teacher who said she was coerced into a sexual relationship with a principal.
The court says anyone with "ordinary intelligence" would know that water running off vehicles at a car wash would likely form ice.
A metro Detroit restaurant is facing a lawsuit after management allegedly kicked out some kids.
An African-American nurse claims a Michigan hospital agreed to a white man's request that no black nurses would care for his newborn.
A judge has fined the Michigan Department of Human Services $21,000 after someone placed a 5-foot toy ape atop the cubicle of a black employee.
An Ingham County judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging Michigan's right-to-work law.
State Attorney General Bill Schuette is appealing the dismissal of conspiracy charges against two former aides to a Detroit-area congressman accused in an election scandal.
The Humane Society of the United States and other groups are suing to restore federal protections for wolves in the western Great Lakes region.
A man says his civil rights were violated in a child support case because a Wayne County judge was having a sexual relationship with the mother of his child.
7 Detroit School board members will stay on the job after an appeals court ruled in their favor in a lawsuit filed by the State Attorney General.
Some Wayne County communities are suing over whether they can hold back millage money that voters approved for the Detroit Zoo and DIA.
The lawsuit claims Albom broke terms of an agreement about running the orphanage after the devastating January 2010 earthquake.
The Michigan Supreme Court won't hear an appeal over the sale of a Detroit-area school for a mosque and Islamic community center.
The President of the Detroit Firefighters Association said the union is suing the city for negligence.
The city of Kalamazoo will pay $130,000 to settle lawsuit filed by an African-American man who says he was falsely arrested and discriminated by a Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer.
A student whose chest and face were burned can't sue a Detroit-area teacher who lit a dish of alcohol and copper chloride, the Michigan appeals court said
An Ohio woman who says she was strip-searched at Detroit Metro Airport has filed a lawsuit against an airline and federal law enforcers.
An Ohio woman who claims she was illegally arrested, detained and strip-searched at Detroit Metro Airport on the tenth anniversary of September 11 is ready to file a lawsuit.
The lawsuit alleged that Ahmed Ahmed bought a chicken sandwich in 2011 at a Dearborn McDonald's but found it didn't meet Islamic dietary requirements.
The deputies said the then-sheriff and undersheriff listened to conversations on what employees believed were private phone lines.
A Leelanau County jury has awarded $650,000 to a teenager whose leg was crushed in a cherry orchard accident two summers ago.
The pit below the floor at an oil-change shop is an obvious hazard, the Michigan appeals court said in dismissing a lawsuit from an elderly woman who stepped over the edge and fell.
A jury's pledge to justly hear a criminal case is a mandatory part of any trial, the Michigan appeals court said Friday as it threw out a conviction in Jackson County because jurors were not given the oath.
Abby, a chimpanzee who has spent the last 38 years at the Detroit Zoo, has died, zoo officials announced on Thursday.
A significant weather shift is heading to Southeast Michigan over the next few days.
Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.
Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons dominated the second half, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-94 to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference second-round series.
The department confirmed to CBS News Detroit that the woman, 28-year-old Khaira Howard, died on May 13.
After a man was caught on camera during an attempted break-in at a Livonia home, police say they are now investigating a second incident they believe may be connected.
A Davison Township police chief released body camera video showing how a senior "water wars" prank brought an officer within milliseconds of opening fire on a student.
Abby, a chimpanzee who has spent the last 38 years at the Detroit Zoo, has died, zoo officials announced on Thursday.
A suspect is dead after a shooting involving Michigan State Police and Waterford Township police Thursday night in Waterford, the agencies said.
A significant weather shift is heading to Southeast Michigan over the next few days.
Michigan is demanding repayment of $35 million from the American Center for Mobility, a key player in autonomous vehicle development.
A bipartisan bill introduced in Washington, D.C., by Michigan Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman John Moolenaar would prohibit the importation, manufacture or sale of Chinese cars in the United States.
Michigan's average diesel price on Sunday is $6 — the highest ever recorded by the American Automobile Association.
Ford Motor Company is recalling over 179,000 vehicles due to a front seat issue that can increase the risk of injury in a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said.
A vote by UAW Local 2093 members will be on May 11. The UAW says that if approved, workers could walk out of the Three Rivers facility starting on May 31.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
With summer not far behind, the city of Detroit is preparing for the highly anticipated 2026 Ford Fireworks next month.
Motown may be Detroit's most famous sound, but it's far from the only one.
Gene Simmons visited Detroit Rock City to celebrate the grand opening of a restaurant co-founded by him and his Kiss bandmate Paul Stanley.
The moon music tradition started more than 50 years ago, NASA said as it shared the Artemis II crew's playlist this week.
Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.
Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons dominated the second half, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-94 to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference second-round series.
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
The Supreme Court has maintained mail access to the abortion pill mifepristone, setting aside for now a lower court order that blocked abortion providers from prescribing the widely used drug through telehealth and shipping it to patients.
Teen tobacco use in Michigan is rising again, prompting calls for increased prevention spending.
A Texas couple is filing a lawsuit accusing the AI company of guiding their teenage son in using drugs, resulting in a fatal overdose.
An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
More than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing with an outbreak of the rare and deadly hantavirus are set to be disembarked.
In 2002, Zermeño found out he contracted hantavirus after cleaning the family house following the death of his mother and sister. He had been exposed to rodent droppings and became infected.
Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.
Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons dominated the second half, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-94 to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference second-round series.
Women's hockey pioneer Manon Rhéaume has been named the GM of the PWHL's Detroit expansion team.
The Detroit Lions released their official 2026 season schedule, with the first matchup set at home against the New Orleans Saints.
The Detroit Lions will host the defending NFC North champion Chicago Bears in Detroit's annual Thanksgiving Day game.
This week on Michigan Matters, the roundtable talks about the governor's race and the impact of former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.
The roundtable discusses the impact of rising gas prices and friction at the federal level with Canada and the U.S., and how it affects tourism.
Life Directions has been helping guide and mentor young people in Detroit.
Robert Costa, the award-winning national correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and chief Washington analyst for CBS News, talks about Michigan's role in this critical midterm election.
Diallo Smith, CEO of Detroit nonprofit Life Remodeled, talks about its new opportunity hub on the east side of Detroit called Anchor Detroit.
The Michigan Department of Corrections says a female inmate's death at the Huron Valley Correctional Facility is under investigation.
Cade Cunningham scored 21 points and the top-seeded Detroit Pistons dominated the second half, beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 115-94 on Friday night to force a Game 7 in their Eastern Conference second-round series.
The heat is on, and so are the latest storm chances.
A suspect is dead after a shooting involving Michigan State Police and Waterford Township police Thursday night in Waterford, the agency said.
A Davison Township police body camera video shows how close a high school senior's "water wars" prank came to a deadly outcome — and the chief of police is now using the footage as a warning.