Detroit files for bankruptcy

Detroit files for bankruptcy

TOKYO, Japan - A February 2012 file photo shows an obsolete factory in Detroit, Michigan. The city filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on July 18, 2013, marking a dark new chapter for the Motor City, once the engine room of the country's economy.

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