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DETROIT (AP) - Jurors couldn't reach a verdict and the judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a Detroit police officer who fatally shot a 7-year-old girl. Jurors were in their third day of deliberations for Joseph Weekley. He accidentally fired his gun, killing Aiyana Stanley-Jones, while leading officers on a raid to find a murder suspect in 2010.
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan's Court of Appeals has ruled that ex-Detroit Medical Center chief Mike Duggan's name shouldn't appear on the city's August mayoral primary ballot. Today's ruling says Duggan didn't meet the residency requirement. Mayoral candidate Tom Barrow successfully challenged Duggan's ballot placement on the grounds that he hadn't lived in Detroit a full year before filing. Duggan had been considered a leading candidate.
DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler says it has resolved differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. Earlier this month the company refused the government's recall request. Chrysler maintains that the vehicles aren't defective.
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Digging has resumed at a field 25 miles north of Detroit where a reputed Mafia captain says Jimmy Hoffa is buried. FBI agents have returned to the site in Oakland Township to search for the ex-Teamsters boss who vanished in 1975.
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