The past few days have brought some big changes in the automotive world. Sergio Marchionne, chief executive at Fiat Chrysler, stepped down after complications during a shoulder surgery. He's been replaced by Mike Manley, who has been in charge of the...
Health officials have reported a rise in cases of Legionnaires' disease this summer both nationally and here in Michigan. It's been 42 years since the first outbreak of the mystery disease that eventually became known as legionellosis and it took som...
There are some classic campfire stories we hear again and again, like Bloody Mary or the hitchhiker. Then there are stories unique to the place they are told. Stories where the long-last camper or escaped madman is roaming around your lake, or where...
A report by the EPA's Inspector General blames management weakness for delays in the federal agency's response to the Flint, Michigan water crisis. Those delays may have prolonged the exposure Flint residents had to lead and other contaminants in the...
It is the most famous drink to ever come out of Detroit. It is known worldwide as the hummer. This was created by a bartender at the Bayview Yacht Club named Jerome Adams in 1968, explained Tammy Coxen of Tammy's Tastings. Adams had recently gotten a...
One of the biggest things to hit Detroit since the moving assembly line marked its fifth anniversary this week. That's when the Motor City became the largest municipality in American history to declare bankruptcy. Just weeks before, a union official...
In May, a settlement was reached between Michigan State University and 333 women and girls who were abused by former MSU sports doctor Larry Nassar. The settlement included $425 million for survivors who came forward before the settlement was signed,...
President Trump says he is looking forward to a second summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. That was one of many messages he posted on Twitter today, even as his Homeland Security Secretary declared it would be foolish to think that Russia h...
If you're out in wooded or brushy areas this summer and want to avoid Lyme disease, here's the advice of the day: Wear long sleeves and pants, and check yourself frequently for ticks, which spread the disease. But for a time in the late 1990s and ear...
New tariffs are putting some Michigan newspapers and printers at risk of going out of business. There's more than a little irony in the fact that a state which built paper mills all over, no longer makes the kind of paper that newspapers use. The las...
