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A Marine veteran, 92-year-old Norbert Miller has fought his battles and his latest was COVID-19. And this fight, he won - after 51 days in the hospital. 

In December, FOX 2 featured Pastor Barry and their Affordable Housing Initiative - their business incubator in the basement of the church, and their successful efforts to find and create meaningful employment to lift people out of poverty. That story - went viral.

In late March, Darlene's son found her clinging to life, suffering from coronavirus. She was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac.

Owner Luigi Cutraro said his wife came up with the idea. Instead of removing tables from this authentic Italian restaurant, they decided to social distance with ghosts - as white sheets cover some of the chairs creating a safe distance.

The all-inclusive playground is named after Scarlet Clark, who has spinal muscular atrophy - a disease that has left her in a wheelchair and has kept her from playing with other children, until now.

Reynolds, a 32-year-old father of five from Detroit, can't believe how defeated he felt just 24 hours ago. He had gotten a call early Thursday morning that the home he had been working to fix up - day and night - for the last several months, had burned.

They are still looking for a virtual alternative but the problem is, that golf outing usually brings more than forty thousand dollars so now they're trying to do something else, collecting returnables at their church Orchard Grove Community Church in Walled Lake.

Police say a 68-year-old driver tried to run down a protester as the crowd was walking back to their cars at the conclusion of the event that drew hundreds outside Somerset Mall.

Some have birth defects or injuries to their limbs or wings. Matt says many are domestic ducks people bought for their kids for Easter - then abandoned.

A split second decision by Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson diffused tension between protesters and police over the weekend - when he joined a march.

Cromartie, 18, was diagnosed with the coronavirus about a month and a half ago. For three long weeks, Cromartie was on a ventilator at Detroit Children's Hospital of Michigan.

It's not every day you're awarded $5,000 from the Community Choice Foundation to head to college in the fall. 

The family has been forced to split their time between Mott Children's Hospital and being sequestered in their home. But once a socially distanced Spiderman showed up, they got to forget all of that - at least for a little while.

Ida puts the rocks in front of her Royal Oak home and there's a sign telling people what to do.

New Beginnings Child Care and Academy is fighting COVID-19 with cash, softening the pandemic's financial blow on vulnerable Detroiters. 

Students stuck at home and missing their friends are wishing they were still learning at school, rather than online. Enter Big Buddies of Bloomfield.