Detroit Free Press staff Published 10:18 AM EST Jan 23, 2019 UPDATE: Detroit Metro Airport is back open after 14-hour weather closure Nasty winter weather has closed Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The Federal Aviation Administration said the airport was shut down at 8 p.m. Tuesday due to ice and snow. The website Flightview showed several dozen delayed or cancelled flights. Travelers in Detroit and elsewhere lamented the closure on social media. One Twitter user, @ClayDowling, took a photo out of his airplane window and tweeted it with the message: "This appears to be my home for the night. DTW is too icy so we sit in our plane in Cincinnati." The FAA reported that the airport is expected to reopen on Wednesday morning. A spokeswoman for DTW emailed the following statement: "At approximately 8 p.m., all taxiways and runways at Detroit Metropolitan Airport closed due to the icy conditions. For several hours prior, maintenance crews actively … [Read more...] about Detroit Metro Airport closed for 14 hours after ice, snow
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The Latest: Derby favorite Justify wins Run for the Roses
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Saturday's 144th running of the Kentucky Derby (all times local):7:10 p.m.Justify splashed through the slop to win the Kentucky Derby by 2 1/2 lengths, becoming the first colt in 136 years to wear the roses after not racing as a 2-year-old.The colt that began his racing career in February improved to 4-0 and gave Bob Baffert his fifth Derby victory on Saturday. That snapped a tie and left the 65-year-old trainer trailing only leader Ben Jones with six.Mike Smith earned his second Derby victory. The 52-year-old jockey crossed the finish line at Churchill Downs with only a few specks of mud on his white and green silks in the rainiest Derby in the race's 144 -year history.Justify, the 5-2 favorite in the field of 20, ran 1 ¼ miles in 2:04.20.Good Magic finished second and Audible was another head back in third.———6:40 p.m.At least one record was broken at the 144th Run for the Roses — and not one anyone will be … [Read more...] about The Latest: Derby favorite Justify wins Run for the Roses
The Latest: Justify social media favorite to win the Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on Saturday's 144th running of the Kentucky Derby (all times local):6:20 p.m.Justify is the social media and betting favorite to win the Kentucky Derby.The unbeaten colt, which remained the 3-1 betting pick less than an hour before the 144th Derby despite the rain throughout the day and the track downgraded to sloppy, was the runaway choice on social media with 14,700 mentions, according to Talkwalker. The analytics firm measured data across social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook and found that users' opinions differed from the oddsmakers.Justify had 3,400 more mentions than Bolt d'Oro (9-1), followed by Magnum Moon (11,000) and Mendelssohn (10,100), the site found. Those secondary choices differ from the early line, which listed Mendelssohn (5-1) second and Magnum Moon (6-1) third with My Boy Jack and Audible each at 8-1.Audible had the fourth-most mentions on social media (8,500) while My Boy Jack was far back in 16th with … [Read more...] about The Latest: Justify social media favorite to win the Derby