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• UN human rights officials visit Detroit to assess impact of water shutoffs

  20 Oct 2014: Human rights experts, who call situation ‘a man-made perfect storm’, travel to bankrupt city withholding water from late payers

• Detroit jury deadlocked again over fatal shooting of child by police officer

  10 Oct 2014: Mistrial declared in trial against Joseph Weekley marking the second time a verdict couldn’t be reached in the case

• Detroit officer has charge dismissed in fatal shooting of seven-year-old girl

  3 Oct 2014: Judge throws out most serious charge against police officer who killed Aiyana Stanley-Jones during a raid

• Russia ends US student exchange in part over 'friendly relations' of gay men

  2 Oct 2014: Longstanding study abroad program ends as Kremlin official claims student was persuaded to ask for US asylum by Michigan couple

• Detroit bankruptcy manager cites 'slow emails' in bid to stave off creditors

  1 Oct 2014: Kevyn Orr, tasked with managing historic city bankruptcy, testifies before judge in creditor case about crumbling conditions

• Detroit-area doctor pleads guilty to widespread cancer treatment fraud

  30 Sep 2014: Dr Farid Fata put people through unnecessary treatments, including chemotherapy, and then billed insurers for millions

• Blow to Detroit's poorest as judge rules water shutoffs can continue

  29 Sep 2014: Judge hearing historic bankruptcy case says city can continue to shut off water access to residents behind on payments

• Detroit demolishes its ruins: 'The capitalists will take care of the rest'

  28 Sep 2014: Detroit is knocking down 200 houses a week, with 40,000 to go and $1bn in the program. The city’s controversial plan aims to bring more wealthy investors but critics say will drive out black residents
  

• Backlash at Catholic high school over firing of pregnant gay teacher

  26 Sep 2014: Detroit school to review its ‘pick and choose’ morality clause after Barb Webb was fired after revealing she was pregnant

• Federal agency brings first US lawsuits over firings of transgender workers

  25 Sep 2014: Michigan funeral home and Florida eye clinic sued in first federal lawsuits to protect transgender employees

• Detroit official insists that water shutoff plan is 'absolutely working'

  23 Sep 2014: Critics of the controversial water shutoff plan are asking a judge to stop shutoffs for six months and order water be restored

• Detroit authorities defend water shutoff policy in bankruptcy court

  22 Sep 2014: Attorneys for city and opponents of shutoffs to customers with unpaid bills present evidence before a federal judge

• Trial restarts for Detroit policeman who shot seven-year-old girl during raid

  19 Sep 2014: Aiyana Stanley-Jones, killed by a member of elite police team, was victim of what prosecutors consider involuntary manslaughter

• Detroit judge refuses timeout in bankruptcy trial

  15 Sep 2014: Bond insurer Financial Guaranty Insurance, said it needs more time to craft trial strategy – but judge Steve Rhodes refused

• World's tallest dog dies aged five

  12 Sep 2014: Great dane from Kalamazoo, Michigan, who was 218cm tall on his hind legs, dies two months before his sixth birthday

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