Detroit
Top story
-
Detroit residents make emotional appeals at bankruptcy hearing
19 Sep 2013:Some used canes, some wore their Sunday best – but all told the bankruptcy court what Detroit's $18bn debt would mean for them
Most recent
-
6 Nov 2013:Duggan will become city's first white mayor since 1974, leading polls by a comfortable margin over his African American rival
-
5 Nov 2013: Andy Dillon had expressed concern eight days before bankruptcy filing, according to email revealed in court Tuesday
-
5 Nov 2013:
Americans head to thousands of voting sites Tuesday for various local elections coming to a close this evening, including the gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, and the mayoral race in Detroit, Boston, and the country's biggest city, NYC
-
5 Nov 2013: The bankrupt city is drawing young, high-earning professionals, who are snapping up homes for as little as a few hundred dollars
-
29 Oct 2013:
Bankruptcy lawyer frustrates judge with vague testimony about negotiations leading to the city's Chapter 9 filing
-
28 Oct 2013:
Governor Rick Snyder expected to testify as city seeks to show it is broke and has tried to negotiate with creditors
-
23 Oct 2013:
Protesters surround courthouse in which judge will decide whether city meets the requirements for Chapter 9 bankruptcy
-
22 Oct 2013: An unusual trial starting Wednesday to determine whether Detroit may scrub its books in the largest public bankruptcy in US history
-
10 Oct 2013:
Kwame Kilpatrick convicted of racketeering conspiracy, fraud, extortion and tax crimes in plot that steered city into crisis
-
8 Oct 2013: Prosecutors suggest a five-year sentence for Leo Sharp, second world war veteran who helped distribute 1,400 pounds of cocaine
-
3 Oct 2013:
Kwame Kilpatrick's 24 charges include racketeering conspiracy and fraud – ultimately spending $840,000 beyond his salary
-
27 Sep 2013:
Obama adviser says: 'It's the largest city bankruptcy in the history of our country … and we've got to do something'
-
26 Sep 2013:
Crowdfunding site raises money in just six days to build 10ft bronze statue of RoboCop ahead of movie remake with Joel Kinnaman
-
19 Sep 2013:
Some used canes, some wore their Sunday best – but all told the bankruptcy court what Detroit's $18bn debt would mean for them
-
18 Sep 2013:
Donor offers $10m, but zoo in bankrupt city must still raise $8m on its own for top-of-the-line aquatic penguin home
1-15 of 166 for Detroit
;