CHICAGO — Looks who’s going back to the All-Star Game for the first time since 2016. That’s right, at age 39, Miguel Cabrera was named to the American League All-Star team Friday morning. Cabrera and St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols were selected to …
Ford recalls more vehicles for under-hood fire risk
Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles in the U.S. for potential under-hood fire risk, the Dearborn automaker said Friday, including an expansion of an earlier recall. The company issued a recall for 100,689 Lincoln Corsair, Ford Escape…
Ford recalls more vehicles for under-hood fire risk
Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 125,000 vehicles in the U.S. for potential under-hood fire risk, the Dearborn automaker said Friday, including an expansion of an earlier recall. The company issued a recall for 100,689 Lincoln Corsair, Ford Escape…
Feds open investigation of former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick to recoup taxpayer money squandered in scandal
DETROIT — Federal prosecutors opened an investigation Thursday in an effort to force former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay restitution to taxpayers amid questions about whether he had started paying $1.7 million debt to the city and Internal Rev…
Michigan’s GOP-led Legislature asks appeals court to reject injunction blocking state abortion ban
DETROIT — Michigan’s Republican-controlled Legislature has asked an appellate court to overturn a judge’s preliminary injunction currently stopping Michigan’s abortion ban from being enforced. The Michigan House and Senate argued in their Wednesday app…
Red Wings select center Marco Kasper with first-round pick in NHL draft
In an NHL Entry Draft filled with surprises, the Red Wings didn’t. They drafted with the first-round pick, the eighth overall, center Marco Kasper. The Austrian center played in Rogle (Sweden) last season, where he had seven goals and four assists in 4…
‘Too much gun violence in city,’ Detroit chief says as officer fatally shot
DETROIT — A Detroit officer and a suspect, who police said was “indiscriminately” firing shots, were killed Wednesday night on the city’s west side, the police chief said, prompting him and other city leaders to decry rising gun violence. Standing outs…
Family of Paul Whelan ‘astonished’ after Biden calls Brittney Griner’s wife: ‘What are we to think?’
WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan’s Paul Whelan was “astonished” Wednesday after President Joe Biden called the wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner but did not also call the Whelans. Both Whelan and Griner are imprisoned in Russia, but Griner was arres…
Miguel Cabrera drives in three, helps lead Tigers to four-game sweep of Guardians
DETROIT — The crowd was modest, per usual these days. But it also was into it, not per usual. Miguel Cabrera had a two-out single in the fifth inning, drawing a roar much louder than you’d expect from a crowd of 17,829, and Kody Clemens homered as the …
Carlos Santana collapses on stage at Michigan show
DETROIT — Rock legend Carlos Santana collapsed during a performance Tuesday night at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston when he was overcome by the heat, his management team confirmed on Facebook early Wednesday. The 74-year-old musician was singing …