Detroit News

Detroit women are dying from pregnancy-related causes at a rate three times greater than for the nation.

Demeeko Williams, Co-ordinator of the Detroit Water Brigade and volunteer Stephanie Howells sort through jugs of drinking water that will be distributed to those in need in Detroit, Michigan on July 9, 2014.

Boxing great Thomas 'Hitman' Hearns has joined an effort to fight blight in the Detroit neighborhood where he grew up.

Boxing great Thomas "Hitman" Hearns has joined an effort to fight blight in the Detroit neighborhood where he grew up.

A water shut off notice received by a city resident that was sent by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department.

The starting bid is $1 million for the roughly 40% occupied Michigan Theatre at 220 Bagley Avenue.

A Detroit man who led a conspiracy with other individuals to distribute heroin in Huntington in 2013 and 2014 pleaded guilty to a federal drug charge, announced U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin.

If you've always wanted your dating life paraded on network TV every week, you're in luck: ABC's hit reality shows, " The Bachelor " and " The Bachelorette ," are coming to metro Detroit looking for eligible singles ages 21 and older.

Chester Clemons, a water shut-off technician for Detroit, turns off water to a home in the Palmer Woods neighborhood on Tuesday.

The men charged with robbing and murdering two Westland teens have a hearing today to determine if they will stand trial for the deaths of Jacob Kudla, 18, and Jourdan Bobbish, 17. A passerby found the their decomposing bodies in a field on Detroit's east side near the Coleman A. Young International Airport in July 2012.

Exterior view of the new Detroit Public Safety Headquarters in Detroit on Friday June 28, 2013.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is telling the owners of homes that are being used for illegal drug activity to clean up their act - or the city will come after the properties.

People eligible for the Detroit Residential Water Assistance Program must live in single-family dwellings in the city, have received a shutoff notice and be at or below 200% of the federal poverty guidelines or participating in public-assistance programs.

Detroit emergency manager Kevynn Orr takes questions from reporters after a speech he gave on May 30, 2014.

Wayne State University has received a $1.3 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to support a new effort to address issues of structural racism in Detroit.

A Detroit man born in Iraq who says he has a history of psychological problems has admitted to burning Qurans in Dearborn on three separate occasions over the past month.

Last week, Mayor Mike Duggan and other dignitaries celebrated the city's efforts to remediate blight in conjunction with the demolition of a 19th century warehouse building on Fort Street.

A local meteorologist remains hospitalized after a fireworks accident over the Fourth of July weekend caused him to lose sight in an eye.

State Rep. Phil Cavanagh, a candidate for Wayne County executive, received two key labor endorsements Monday as he seeks to challenge incumbent Robert Ficano in a crowded primary field.

City of Detroit retirees and city employees with pension claims in Detroit's bankruptcy probably need to cast ballots today, July 7, 2014, to meet a Friday postal delivery deadline.