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1 week ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
The Taylor Police Department has become the second law enforcement agency in Michigan to sign an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In 1996, Congress passed an immigration reform law, which included the 287(g) program. The agreement allows officers to act as immigration agents. Under the agreement, there are three models, and the Taylor Police Department signed the Task Force version. "It does not change our day-to-day activities.
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1 week ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
A program designed to prevent school shootings has made its way to the Metro Detroit area. Prevent 2 Protect identifies at-risk youth and provides services to stop violence from ever happening. Lincoln Park Public Schools is the newest school district to enroll in Prevent 2 Protect. It started earlier this school year and joins 30 others across the state. Prevent 2 Protect Program director Alyse Folino Ley says the program has made a big difference in the 18 months since its launch.
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1 week ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
A 7-year-old boy from Detroit is stealing hearts with his incredible talent for music and bowling. Kalvin "KJ" Gupton is a musical prodigy. "I practice almost every day. Practice makes you better at things," Kalvin Gupton said. Musical talent runs in the family. "Me and my brother, we both play the drums, and then my dad, he's mostly getting on the keyboard or the organ," Kalvin Gupton said.
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1 week ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
Artists in Detroit are celebrating 39 years of creative minds with the Heidelberg Project. Officials with the project held a birthday party on Saturday in honor of the milestone. The art environment located between Heidelberg Street and Elba Place attracts tens of thousands of people every year. "It was started by Dr. Tyree Guyton, who grew up on that street, and in what is now known as the Daddy Wadi house," Andy Sturm, executive director of The Heidelberg Project, said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
President Trump announced that a new fighter mission is coming to Selfridge Air National Guard Base. It's welcome news for the people who live and work on and around the base in Macomb County. According to Michigan leaders, Selfridge has an $850 million economic impact in Michigan. Twenty-one brand new F-15EX Eagle II fighter jets will live here at Selfridge. "This will keep Selfridge at the cutting edge of North American air power," Trump said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
Detroit Lions superstar Amon-Ra St. Brown is helping young athletes strengthen their skills on the gridiron. The Wide receiver spent the weekend traveling all over Michigan to host youth football camps. On Sunday, he was in Bloomfield Hills at Brother Rice High School. More than 600 kids wait on the field for St. Brown to make his appearance. "He seems like a cool guy, to be nice, to meet him, play with him a little bit," Jaxson Langlois, 13, said.
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2 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
Detroit mayoral candidates participate in first forum For the first time since the filing deadline, all the major candidates for the 2025 Detroit mayoral election appeared together at a forum Saturday afternoon. A room inside the Riverside Marina clubhouse was full of voters, including the undecided. "I want to find out their qualifications, what their concerns are, and how they apply to me and my community," said Caryl Conway, an undecided voter.
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3 weeks ago | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
Dearborn high school students participate in driving simulator A new initiative to educate young drivers will give high school students in Dearborn, Michigan, hands-on experience behind the wheel. The Dearborn Police Department partnered with Dearborn Public Schools, the Oakland County Police Academy, and AAA to bring a driving simulator to the district's schools. The driving simulator will be used for a week at Fordson, Dearborn and Edsel high schools.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Aaron Navarro |Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega |Nikki Battiste
Some Michigan voters who either sat out the election, voted for a third-party candidate or voted for President Trump are now revisiting their decision after he proposed Tuesday that the United States "take over" the Gaza Strip, rebuild it and relocate Palestinians elsewhere. In the town of Dearborn, Michigan, which has the largest Muslim population per capita in the country, 43% voted for President Trump in the 2024 election.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Veronica Ortega |Verónica Ortega
ROCHESTER, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) — A Rochester bakery has seen tremendous success since it created a window display featuring Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. The life-sized edible cake has gotten a lot of attention even from the player himself. St. Brown partnered with the bakery to give away tickets to Saturday's NFC divisional game against the Washington Commanders, and there's still one more day for you to enter.
