Mercedes rolls out luxury electric car in duel with Tesla
FRANKFURT, Germany — Daimler AG on Thursday unveiled a battery-powered counterpart to its top Mercedes-Benz luxury sedan as German carmakers ramp up their challenge...
Walmart invests in GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle subsidiary
DETROIT — Walmart and some institutional investors have joined the latest investment in Cruise, bumping the capital influx into the General Motors autonomous vehicle...
Safety groups, unions urge US to fix recalled gov’t vehicles
DETROIT — More than a dozen consumer groups and three federal employee unions are asking the U.S. government to stop using vehicles in its...
Mobile sports betting money tempts cash-strapped states
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — States around the country are realizing what gamblers figured out long ago: The future of sports betting — and tax...
Man, 5-year-old girl fatally shot in home; boy, 3, wounded
DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two people — a man and a 5-year-old girl — have been shot to death and a 3-year-old boy critically...
Many say now is the time to fight racial bias in foster care
Cheri Williams looks back with regret at the start of her career as a child welfare caseworker in 1998. Systemic racism is a major...
US agency probing air bag failures in 750,000 GM vehicles
DETROIT —
The U.S. government's highway safety agency is investigating...
Michigan police shocked by convicted murderer’s release
DETROIT — A Detroit-area man who was convicted of killing his first wife and whose second wife died under suspicious circumstances was granted an...
Michigan woman sues official who showed rifle during meeting
A 74-year-old woman filed a federal lawsuit Monday against her Michigan county and a county commissioner who displayed a rifle during a live-streamed public...
GM’s Cruise to operate all-electric driverless cars in Dubai
NEW YORK — Dubai said Monday that U.S. self-driving car company Cruise will become the first to operate autonomous taxis and ride-hailing services in...
