10+ hour, 42+ min ago   (994+ words) Krista Mehari, Michigan State University Detroit police officers detained more than 180 minors during a fireworks celebration on June 22, 2026. Most offenses were curfew violations, and the event was generally peaceful. Large gatherings of young people in public spaces coordinated through social…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (750+ words) Detroit has always been a city of people, memories, and resilience. Today, Detroit celebrates its 325th birthday. | Jackson Coleman design It’s easy for people who have never lived in Detroit to reduce us to headlines about bankruptcy, abandoned buildings, empty neighborhoods,…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (515+ words) A chimpanzee identified as Tommy pictured in a 2017 letter by PETA to the USDA requesting an investigation of the DeYoung Family Zoo. | Courtesy of the Nonhuman Rights Project “We are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (295+ words) Those watching Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary race have been asking where former supporters of Mallory McMorrow might land after she dropped out of the contest in early July. On Monday, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) said she was now…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (916+ words) Northern spotted owls living in old growth forests in the Pacific Northwest were listed as threatened species because of habitat loss. Kyle Sullivan/Bureau of Land Management, CC BY Mariah Meek, Michigan State University and Karrigan Börk, University of California,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (393+ words) U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) talks about gun control legislation in Grand Rapids on July 29, 2024. | Lucy Valeski After calling for a full investigation into an influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (470+ words) In a letter sent late Wednesday to U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner, U.S. Reps. Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) demanded answers about working conditions at the Allen Park U.S. Postal Service facility where a worker died in November 2025. They say…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (340+ words) U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly) is putting her political capital behind Matt Maasdam as he seeks the Democratic Party nomination for the 7th Congressional District in the Aug. 4 primary. The district was represented by Slotkin before she ran for the U.S. Senate in…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (594+ words) Detroit City Council Members Denzel Anton McCampbell and Gabriela Santiago-Romero and Detroit Police Commissioner Victoria Camille sent a July 1 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin demanding that federal immigration authorities stop conducting high-speed vehicle pursuits in Detroit. The letter…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (271+ words) Registered nurses represented by the Michigan Nurses Association at the University of Michigan have reached a tentative three-year contract with Michigan Medicine, averting a planned strike authorization vote. The tentative agreement, announced Thursday by both the union and the university,…...