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A small Detroit enclave is considering municipal bankruptcy to help rid itself of a water debt that has grown to about $20 million and threatens to swamp the already financially struggling city (May 19)(AP video: Mike Householder)
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With pedestrian deaths in the U.S. at their highest point in four decades, advocates and urban residents across the nation are urging city councils and state lawmakers to break from transportation spending focused on road improvements and car culture. …

Charlotte Fire Department Chief Reginald Johnson says two construction workers are unaccounted for after a massive, fast-moving fire broke out at a construction site. (May 18)

Thousands evacuated in Italy disaster zone

Here’s the latest for Thursday, May 18: Girl from Panama dies in US border patrol custody; Rescue crews search flooded Italian towns; Man charged in death of Cash App founder pleads not guilty; Mastodon bones found by Michigan work crew.
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Protesters marched against the construction of a luxury condo on the site of an ancient Native American settlement in Miami. (May 18) (AP video: Daniel Kozin)

The show must go on, even when its Ukrainian director is drafted by the army weeks before opening night. “Silence, Silence, Silence, Please,” a play that tackles the war in Ukraine had its world debut in Portugal last week, but its chief creator was co…

World leaders on Thursday arrived for a Group of Seven meeting in Hiroshima, the site of the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with Russia’s war in Ukraine expected to be high on the agenda. (May 18)

Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors’ Equity Association labor union says owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood withdrew their opposition. A formal vote coun…

Flooding ravages parts of the Balkan states