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Detroit freeway could be renamed for Franklin

DETROIT

Officials in Detroit are considering another way to remember legendary Motown singer Aretha Franklin.

Detroit Democratic Rep. Fred Durhal III has proposed renaming a portion of M-10 for the Queen of Soul. The stretch would be from 8 Mile to Interstate 94.

Franklin died in August at age 76 after battling pancreatic cancer.

The road is now known by various names such as Lodge Freeway for a former Detroit mayor. Durhal says the section is near Franklin’s father’s church.

The measure has 80 co-sponsors and could be heard before the legislature adjourns its two-year session late this year.

The Detroit City Council acted last year to name a downtown street for Franklin and recently approved memorializing her in a city park.

Kim Kardashian West sues former guard

WILMINGTON, Del.

Reality-TV star Kim Kardashian West is suing a former security guard over an incident in Paris in which she was bound and robbed of jewelry that was worth millions of dollars.

The News Journal reported Friday that West and an insurance company filed the suit in New Castle County Superior Court in Wilmington, Del. It alleges negligence and misconduct and demands $6.1 million.

Court documents name Pascal Duvier and his company, Protect Security Inc., as the defendants.

The lawsuit states that armed men stormed West’s Paris hotel room in 2016. Insurer AIG Property Casualty Co. paid out $6.1 million to cover the losses.

The lawsuit claims that Duvier failed to address several security breaches at the hotel.

Associated Press