Detroit

Developers unearth amazing treasures during renovation of Detroit Hotel in St. Petersburg Florida

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Technically it’s a hotel renovation – but it’s turned into a treasure hunt. Developers renovating a historic hotel in Florida once visited by John F. Kennedy have been startled by a series of incredible discoveries, unearthed as walls have been taken down and wallpaper peeled away. They’ve found a hand-cranked elevator, a staircase leading to nowhere, … Read more

Mom of Detroit woman, 20, wrongly declared dead by paramedics is ‘devastated’ by daughter’s ordeal

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The mother of a 20-year-old Michigan woman with special needs says she’s ‘devastated’ by the ordeal her daughter went through after she was declared dead Sunday, only for funeral home staffers to find the woman with her eyes open and breathing later that day.    ‘I’m devastated that my daughter is going through what she’s going … Read more

Up to 12 injured as Detroit police car charges into crowd of screaming protesters

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Up to 12 injured as Detroit police car charges into crowd of screaming protesters before speeding away with demonstrators STILL clinging to the hood Witnesses said car hit 10-12 protesters as it went forward, trapping man on hood In the clip, one man manages to roll out of way of the car’s encroaching wheels One witness, … Read more

More than 40% of Detroit ICU patients with coronavirus died – most of whom were African American

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More than 40% of coronavirus patients in one Detroit hospital system’s ICUs died – and three quarters of its critically ill patients were African American Researchers looked at 463 patients with coronavirus evaluated at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan Of 141 who needed to be placed in the ICU, 80% needed mechanical ventilation … Read more

George Floyd death: Man shot dead in Detroit as protests spread

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Donald Trump has put the Army on notice to be deployed to US streets for the first time since the 1992 LA riots as Minneapolis erupted for the fourth night and violent protests intensified over the killing of George Floyd. A 19-year-old protester was shot dead in Detroit last night, while soldiers in North Carolina … Read more

Eminem donates ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ to frontline caregivers in Detroit

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‘Our #HealthcareHeroes ‘lost themselves”: Eminem donates ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ to frontline caregivers in Detroit as state records 34,000 COVID-19 cases and 2,813 deaths ‘Mom’s Spaghetti’ infamously featured in the lyrics to Eminem’s Lose Yourself  The rapper – real name Marshall Mathers – was raised in Detroit in his teen years  Individual portions of pasta and tomato … Read more

Disturbing photos show ‘bodies piled up in vacant rooms at a Detroit hospital’

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Harrowing photos allegedly taken at a Detroit hospital where coronavirus patients have died in emergency room hallways show bodies stored in vacant rooms and piled on top of each other in a mobile morgue, CNN reports.   An emergency room worker at Sinai-Grace Hospital shared the shocking images with the outlet, which published them on Monday.  In … Read more

Experts warn US coronavirus hotspots including Detroit and New Orleans could be WORSE than NYC

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The coronavirus death toll in America doubled in the span of just two days as new potential hotspots emerge in urban centers around the country.  The US currently leads the world in coronavirus infections with 123,778 reported as of Sunday morning. The death toll surpassed 2,100 on Saturday, doubling figures reported two days earlier.   New … Read more