It's been more than a year since Kwame Kilpatrick graced the cover of the New York Times, but the former Detroit mayor is back in the national publication today for a trend story on incriminating text messages. Full Story »
A 60-year-old Detroit woman is in critical but stable condition after a fire that investigators believe was caused by smoking in bed. Full Story »
Heavy rains combined with metro Detroit's first significant snowfall are causing roadway flooding and the storm's effects across the nation cause flight delays. Full Story »
University of Michigan officials said Tuesday that they have established procedures to accept donated human embryos Full Story »
Kwame Kilpatrick can only hope today's return to the witness stand goes as well as Tuesday's. The restitution hearing is expected to resume around noon. Full Story »
Facing a cash flow crisis, Wayne County likely will borrow $100 million to make sure paychecks can be covered this month. Fees and interest will cost taxpayers about $2.5 million. Full Story »
Royal Oak officials, disappointed after losing a broadcast chain's New Year's Eve celebration planned for their downtown, were all smiles Tuesday when it became official the Arts, Beats & Eats festival is to relocate there in 2010. Full Story »
Eugene Pallisco paid for his lavish June 2002 wedding to Lesley Keith, took her and her young daughters on trips around the country, bought her jewelry and helped pay the household bills. But they were never husband and wife. In fact, they were never intimate. They were "just friends," he said. Full Story »
The government's immigration agency is seeking more than $40,000 from a Detroit-area company accused of failing to properly complete nearly 100 eligibility forms for workers. Full Story »
A U.S. couple was charged with threatening to sell photos of John Stamos unless he paid them $680,000, the FBI said in court documents. Full Story »
A 35-year-old convicted felon has been charged in the March 2008 sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl after a DNA sample collected from a rape kit implicated him, Detroit police said Tuesday. Lord Edward-Manwell Johnson was arraigned Monday on charges of kidnapping, four counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. Full Story »
Several traffic signals in downtown Plymouth could be out this morning as DTE Energy crews work on the power supply in the area. Full Story »
Police say an engaged couple from Kalamazoo beat the woman's ex-boyfriend before setting fire to his body and car. Full Story »
Despite a $10-million cleanup of PCB contamination in St. Clair Shores, new tests show higher-than-ever levels of the chemical in a drain and several canals. Full Story »
The devastating test scores earned by Detroit Public Schools students on a nationally respected test signal a far-reaching problem stemming from a lack of value on education, educators, experts and observers said Tuesday. Full Story »
If 85,000 children were struggling in raging waters, CNN would air the story every hour. Americans would travel from across the country to help. Angelina Jolie, children in tow, would hold a news conference. Full Story »
Katila Howard, 20, is juggling two majors at the University of Michigan while working in Washington, D.C., this semester, helping research reports that may circulate in the hallways at Capitol Hill. Then there's the law school exam she's prepping for, too. Full Story »
After the announcement that Detroit students posted the worst results in the 40-year history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress test, there was renewed support Tuesday for moves under way in Lansing to give the governor expanded power to help failing school districts. Full Story »
A Southfield teen will go on trial for murder a third time after a second jury deadlocked over whether to convict him of fatally shooting a Lathrup Village restaurant manager last year. Full Story »
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returns to Wayne County Circuit Court today to testify about his finances. Full Story »
A refreshed and reflective Kwame Kilpatrick returned to court Tuesday, and was almost immediately rewarded with news that makes it unlikely he will end up in jail at the end of a lengthy restitution hearing. Full Story »
The nonprofit Kilpatrick Civic Fund could lose its tax-exempt status for paying $45,000 in moving expenses, rent and hotel bills for Kwame Kilpatrick, while Detroit's ex-mayor could face criminal charges if he willfully failed to report the money as income, tax experts said. Full Story »
The two top officials of a homeless shelter accused of funneling $750,000 in taxpayer dollars to political causes associated with officials ranging from Kwame Kilpatrick to Gov. Jennifer Granholm pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal tax evasion charges. Full Story »
The Police Department is unveiling a volunteer-driven initiative to clean up what it has dubbed blight signs, which advertise small businesses on thousands of utility poles. Officials say the signs are not only unsightly, they're illegal. Full Story »
Municipal officials said Tuesday it's high time lawmakers change Michigan's 40-year-old binding arbitration law for police and firefighters, saying it has cost communities too much and forced them to lay off public safety officers and curb spending on other services. Full Story »
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