Detroit News

We have been called to act. Young black males in America are in trouble, and President Barack Obama's recently unveiled My Brother's Keeper initiative -- as well as a tandem philanthropic-sector effort -- to offer help.

The family ancestral home of Carol Ambas of Saginaw in Tacloban, Philippines, that was destroyed in the typhoon that the Philippines in November.

On the No. 34 bus heading out to the suburbs of Detroit, most of the structures are abandoned.

The omission in the federal budget for funding specifically for a border inspection plaza in Michigan is not expected to delay efforts to build a commuter bridge connecting Detroit with Canada, state officials say.

The final phase of a multimillion dollar project to demolish the Detroit's blighted Brewster-Douglass complex is scheduled to begin this week.

Mayor Mike Duggan had a talk with the state House speaker and cohosted a bipartisan gathering of legislators.

A 55-year-old man has been charged with arson on accusations he set multiple fires that damaged six houses in Detroit within a few minutes.

We were constantly outside. In the winter, we skated or sledded at Balduck Park, or played a game of pick-up hockey in the neighborhood.

Jodi Benchich , owner of the lost dog rescued by the Coast Guard on Monday, and Michelle Heyza, founder of A Rejoyceful Rescue, are all smiles during their time with KC at Wilson Veterinary Hospital, March 5, 2014.

Laura Marano is meeting her fans today, March 8, 2014 at the Autorama car show in Detroit, Michigan! Laura shared the following details about the meet and greet with her fans: Super pumped to meet you all at the Autorama show in Detroit! I'll be there from 1-4 and 6-8.

A house covered in stuffed animals and dolls that was a key part of the Heidelberg Project in Detroit became the latest casualty Friday in a 10-month string of suspicious fires that has devastated much of the long-running interactive outdoor art installation.

Local 4 has obtained photos of damage to a new Detroit police cruiser and a Crown Victoria police car that happened right in the parking lot of the department's Eastern District at Gratiot Avenue and Gunston Street.

A Detroit police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman while responding to a call about domestic violence, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced today.

Four of eight victims of the fire that destroyed the Jason Manor Apartments early Wednesday morning still remain at Sinai-Grace Hospital, according to the hospital on Friday.

Courtney Meeks, a security guard at a CVS in Detroit, was shot and killed when he tried to intervene in a crime after a woman went into the store asking for help after being robbed.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy on Friday identified the suspects as 24-year-old Jeremy Jackson, 26-year-old Ronnie Anderson-Williams and 20-year-old Jamare Rucker.

Shinola, New Center's popular new watch and bicycle maker, today unveiled four city clocks as a thank-you gift to Detroit.

For the second straight week, a Metro Detroiter was left to sweat it out on 'American Idol's' results episode, but in the end lived to see another day.

Host Christy McDonald and Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley of the Detroit News join in on the conversation.

People and groups looking for ways to make Michigan a better place to live can apply for $60,000 in prizes to make their dreams come true under the Michigan Social Entrepreneurship Challenge.