Alarms are going off. People are checking gauges, trying to determine what's wrong. We're in a large simulator of a nuclear reactor control room at the DTE Energy Fermi 2 power plant on Lake Erie near Monroe. Employees are being trained to deal with...
People in Michigan are naturally concerned about the thousands of miles of pipelines crisscrossing the state. After all, Michigan suffered through the worst inland oil spill in U.S. history. And there's one pipeline in particular that people are quit...
The battle between Michigan's public universities and state lawmakers over funding has ramped up in recent weeks. Both Eastern Michigan University and Oakland University have busted state-imposed tuition caps, deciding that the state's reward for not...
It took years of negotiation and diplomacy to bring about today's historic deal between Iran and world powers. Iran has agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for the easing of economic sanctions. Now, the White House has to sell this deal to...
The Motor City Blight Busters are developing Veteran's Village Center, which provides housing for veterans and the opportunity to work with their organization. The Center is currently under renovation. It's located in Northwest Detroit near other pro...
There are many stories about how going to war impacts individuals. But what about the impact of overseas service on families? As we continue our series, Beyond the Battlefield, meet a family whose members have fought battles overseas and back home as...
When Eric Thompson hit rock bottom, he really hit rock bottom. Like, fleeing-from-the-police-in-a-car-chase rock bottom. I wasn't scared, Thompson says of that night. I didn't have a plan. I was done. Seriously. I wanted to die. I just didn't want to...
World War II ended 70 years ago in September. Here are three stories from veterans who live in Michigan. We'll start with a love story. Bill Berkley, U.S. Navy, Pacific Bill Berkley was just a kid without a care in Paducah, Kentucky until December 7,...
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of world history knows about the horrors that came out of the Nazi attempt to exterminate the Jews of Europe. Some six million of Europe's Jews 63% of Europe's Jewish population at the time killed in the Holocaust...
State Rep. Todd Courser, R-Lapeer, is attempting to head same-sex marriage off at the pass with a new package of bills that would take secular elected officials out of the marriage business altogether. Only clergy would legally be allowed to marry pe...