Detroit Free Press Mayor Mike Duggan gratefully accepted nearly a half million masks and goggles Thursday, then urged the governor to allow hospitals to resume routine medical procedures.The 350,000 N-95 masks and 100,000 goggles . Joe Tsai is co-founder of Chinese online marketplace Alibaba and owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. Tsai held a small business forum in Detroit in 2017 and said he and his wife's fond memories of the city include dinner at Selden Standard and a trip to Avalon Bakery. "We asked ourselves, 'What are the cities that are hardest hit in America?'"...…Detroit Free Press Mayor Mike Duggan gratefully accepted nearly a half million masks and goggles Thursday, then urged the governor to allow hospitals to resume routine medical procedures.The 350,000 N-95 masks and 100,000 goggles . Joe Tsai is co-founder of Chinese online marketplace Alibaba and owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets. Tsai held a small business forum in Detroit in 2017 and said he and his wife's fond memories of the city include dinner at Selden Standard and a trip to Avalon Bakery. "We asked ourselves, 'What are the cities that are hardest hit in America?'"...WW…

Detroit Free Press Detroit's downtown TCF Center field hospital, built to handle 1,000 coronavirus patients, "officially closed down" Thursday after the last patient was discharged."April 1, I said to the people of this city, 'Your report card is going to sit right down the street at the TCF Center,'" Mayor Mike Duggan said Thursday during his daily briefing. "And we got our report card today, and it was remarkable."On April 1, the number of COVID-19 cases in Detroit was soaring, prompting state officials to announce that they would convert the downtown...…Detroit Free Press Detroit's downtown TCF Center field hospital, built to handle 1,000 coronavirus patients, "officially closed down" Thursday after the last patient was discharged."April 1, I said to the people of this city, 'Your report card is going to sit right down the street at the TCF Center,'" Mayor Mike Duggan said Thursday during his daily briefing. "And we got our report card today, and it was remarkable."On April 1, the number of COVID-19 cases in Detroit was soaring, prompting state officials to announce that they would convert the downtown...WW…

Detroit Free Press UPDATE:The coronavirus outbreak that sentenced some of Kwame Kilpatrick's fellow inmates to death may help set the former Detroit mayor free next month — 21 years early.Kilpatrick supporters and his former brother-in-law said Friday that Kilpatrick will soon be freed from Oakdale minimum security prison in western Louisiana. He will spend about three weeks in quarantine before being released to live with his mother, former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, who moved to Georgia from Detroit several years ago.Kilpatrick, 49, was scheduled to be released from...…Detroit Free Press UPDATE:The coronavirus outbreak that sentenced some of Kwame Kilpatrick's fellow inmates to death may help set the former Detroit mayor free next month — 21 years early.Kilpatrick supporters and his former brother-in-law said Friday that Kilpatrick will soon be freed from Oakdale minimum security prison in western Louisiana. He will spend about three weeks in quarantine before being released to live with his mother, former U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick, who moved to Georgia from Detroit several years ago.Kilpatrick, 49, was scheduled to be released from...WW…

Detroit Free Press Disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not be freed 21 years early, as his family and supporters said would happen, after the federal Bureau of Prisons on Tuesday announced they had denied his application for home confinement.A little-known non-profit called the Ebony Foundation set off a frenzy Friday morning that Kilpatrick would be released after serving just seven years of a 28-year sentence for public corruption.Michigan state representatives Sherry Gay-Dagnogo and Karen Whitsett, both Detroit Democrats who had personally appealed to President...…Detroit Free Press Disgraced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not be freed 21 years early, as his family and supporters said would happen, after the federal Bureau of Prisons on Tuesday announced they had denied his application for home confinement.A little-known non-profit called the Ebony Foundation set off a frenzy Friday morning that Kilpatrick would be released after serving just seven years of a 28-year sentence for public corruption.Michigan state representatives Sherry Gay-Dagnogo and Karen Whitsett, both Detroit Democrats who had personally appealed to President...WW…

Detroit Free Press Detroit's political leaders and longtime community activists don't always agree, but Saturday they spoke with one voice to blame suburbanites for the violence that marred a rally against police brutality. "These outsiders put our community in harm's way," said the Rev. Charles Williams of the Michigan Chapter of the National Action Network, speaking of suburbanites who joined Detroiters late Friday during a downtown standoff with police.But unlike other cities where peaceful protests turned violent, Detroit officials said they do not have...…Detroit Free Press Detroit's political leaders and longtime community activists don't always agree, but Saturday they spoke with one voice to blame suburbanites for the violence that marred a rally against police brutality. "These outsiders put our community in harm's way," said the Rev. Charles Williams of the Michigan Chapter of the National Action Network, speaking of suburbanites who joined Detroiters late Friday during a downtown standoff with police.But unlike other cities where peaceful protests turned violent, Detroit officials said they do not have...WW…