Detroit Lions tight end Brock Wright and his fiancée, Carley Johnston, are urging Michigan’s top lawmakers to approve legislation that would ban painful experiments on dogs at taxpayer-funded institutions, joining a growing push that has already drawn support from Wright’s teammate Sam LaPorta and several high-profile Michigan natives.

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It’s an old saying in the cycling community: “There is no bad weather, only bad clothing.” Detroiter and nationally known cycling advocate Mark “Marco” Speeks is on a mission to prove there’s truth in the adage, as he bikes year-round, including frigid Michigan winters. It’s both a personal lifestyle and model for empowerment in his […]

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A driver slammed a Mercedes through the entrance of Detroit Metropolitan Airport’s McNamara Terminal Friday evening, crashing into a Delta Air Lines ticket counter before being taken into custody by authorities. The dramatic incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the terminal’s check-in area, sending shockwaves through travelers and airport staff. Video footage captured by a […]

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have become crueler, more aggressive, and more deceptive in Michigan, increasingly making arrests that draw less public attention and leave families blindsided, immigration attorneys say. 

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Desmond Burks pleaded guilty this week to second-degree murder in the killing of Detroit neurosurgeon Dr. Devon Hoover, abruptly ending a case that had been moving toward a lengthy jury trial. The plea came just two days into jury selection, cutting short proceedings that were expected to last several weeks and bringing resolution to a […]

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Documents from the era of the founding of the U.S. are touring the nation this year in celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, including a stop in Dearborn.  The “Freedom Plane National Tour: Documents That Forged a Nation” exhibition will be on display at The Henry Ford museum from July 9-26 as part of an […]

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A mausoleum built for Oscar Rosenberger, the owner of the once-famous San Telmo Cigar Company, was ransacked at Detroit’s historic Woodmere Cemetery.

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A fundraiser this Friday will raise money for displaced Leland House tenants who remain in limbo more than a month after a major electrical failure forced residents out of the storied downtown Detroit building.

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Federal investigators are zeroing in on a bribery and corruption probe involving 36th District Judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin and the disappearance of $550,000 from a 91-year-old woman, with a federal indictment expected soon in the sweeping investigation of Metro Detroit’s probate court system. Missing funds fuel federal investigation Court officials are working to determine how $550,000 […]

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Planned Parenthood of Michigan has launched a vasectomy pilot program in the state. The nonprofit reproductive health care organization now offers vasectomy procedures in Grand Rapids, and says the program will expand throughout Michigan in 2026. “We hear from a lot of our patients about wanting more control over their reproductive health or wanting to […]

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Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald is under investigation by the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission over allegations of ethical misconduct tied to her prosecution of the parents of the Oxford High School shooter, according to documents obtained by the Detroit Free Press. The complaint alleges that McDonald crossed ethical boundaries during the cases against James and […]

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When I read about violence interrupters, I always come back to the same tension. The work is built for moments that rarely make a police report. A brewing argument that never becomes a shooting. A teen who decides to go home instead of circling back. A friend who pulls someone out of the heat of […]

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A lawsuit alleging that disaster-recovery workers were put in unsafe, overcrowded conditions during early pandemic cleanup work in mid-Michigan has been resolved through a confidential settlement, the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice announced this week.

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President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act — a law that could allow him to send federal troops — to try to end ongoing protests in Minneapolis after a second federal immigration agent-involved shooting this week. Trump’s threat came one day after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and wounded […]

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The United Auto Workers on Wednesday condemned President Donald Trump’s “vulgar” response to a Ford worker who heckled him during a plant tour in Dearborn and said the union is backing the employee after he was suspended.

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A new analysis from the Citizens Research Council of Michigan examined the potential impact of a 1% sales and use tax in Detroit and found that the revenue may be too limited to justify the steps needed to adopt it.

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On Friday, Jan. 9, Mayor Mary Sheffield addressed the city at a public investiture ceremony at the Detroit Opera House. The former Detroit City Council president, Sheffield, 38, is the first woman to become mayor of the city.

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Like many of those who will recall memories of David Rambeau in the wake of the recent memorial, I remember my first days with him and so many subsequent unforgettable moments. A fresh one came to mind when I learned he had joined the ancestors on November the first, a birthday I share with my […]

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It’s the end of an era for Detroit.  After more than 130 years, the owners of Dittrich Furs — one of the city’s oldest privately held businesses and a Detroit fashion icon — announced their retirement and closing of the company. The fifth-generation owners made the announcement Saturday on its website dittrichfurs.com and on social […]

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