Detroit News

A fire at a world famous art installation in Detroit, Mich., has destroyed the fifth house in the project in the last eight months, fire officials say.

Gary Pogue, of Motor City Trikes is building a trike kit, which transforms traditional motorcycles into three-wheelers, with the help of Roush Industries, that's due out next year.

Brigid Beaubien and her husband were so impressed with Detroit's new upbeat vibe they moved from Dearborn to a Midtown condo.

A structure called the 'Clock House' burned tonight at the Heidelberg Project in Detroit, the latest blaze in a series of fires in recent weeks at the world-renowned art installation.

Named "The D Tree," the mural was completed as part of an effort to improve a part of Detroit with arists from all over the world.

Battles are being waged on three fronts after a federal judge gave Detroit's bankruptcy case a shot in the arm last week with a multi-pronged ruling that found the city eligible for a Chapter 9 restructuring.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes has ruled Detroit, Mich., may seek to protect itself from its creditors under Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy protection, thus making this once proud city the largest municipality in American history to go bust.

"This is Leslie," she says. "Say hello, Leslie." Fifty-three-year-old Crawford is not talking about her daughter or her godchild.

Steve Dolunt is in his office at the Detroit Police Department Central District at 7310 Woodward with a cherished keepsake that reminds him of fallen officers.

A file photo taken on June 14, 2005 shows former South African President Nelson Mandela giving in Johannesburg a press conference voicing his support for President Thabo Mbeki after he fired his corruption-tainted deputy, saying he stood by him during 'these testing times' for the leadership of the ruling party.

A former Detroit university professor is pledging $5 million, hoping it will spark a wildfire of private financial support to protect valuable art from being sold to pay creditors in the city's bankruptcy.

A Detroit man, accused in the fatal shooting of a 12-year-old, was convicted Friday.

UPS has posted 87 jobs on CareerBuilder.com in the last three days as they seek employees during this busy holiday season.

Catrina Vlisides used reclaimed materials from demolished Detroit homes for the brick paneling and wooden countertops in her new Detroit Dog Co.

Detroit Dog Rescue , along with event sponsors Pet Supplies Plus and Detroit K-9 Pet Supplies, is hosting its third annual Pet Pantry Project on Saturday, December 7, 2013, from 8 a.m. to noon at Roosevelt Park, located at 2200 Michigan Ave., in Corktown, Detroit.

The Michigan Historical Commission this week approved markers for the Michigan National Guard Armory building in Lansing and the Norwayne subdivision in Westland.

Kevin Downey, a linesman for Overhead Lines replaces an out of service street light with a high pressured sodium light at the intersection of Brock and Collingham in Detroit on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013.

Bob Dylan's sunburst Fender Stratocaster made rock history when he played it at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.

A Detroit father left his two boys, ages 1 and 4, home alone for about 10 minutes on Friday and when he returned he could not believe his eyes: His house in the 16000 block of Prairie Street was on fire.

Authorities were called to respond to a house fire about 1 p.m. on the 16800 block of Prairie, near Six Mile Road, Detroit Police Officer Adam Madera said.