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LeRoy Foster was a prolific painter sometimes called "the Michelangelo of Detroit." He died in 1993. A new show at the Cranbrook Art Museum celebrates his life and art.
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The Board passed a resolution that says the financial data most charter schools make public isn’t as comprehensive as that offered by traditional public school districts. -
A new federal rule ends a decades-long federal practice of classifying Middle Eastern and North African people as white. -
James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the Oxford High School shooter, were convicted of involuntary manslaughter at separate trials earlier this year. Judge Cheryl Matthews sentenced them to between 10 and 15 years in prison at a sentencing hearing on April 9. -
With hundreds of thousands of people expected to pour into downtown, here’s the lowdown on who’s in charge of policing — and how. -
Hoping for a clear day to view the eclipse? Find everything you need to know about the weather for April 8 in Michigan and cities in the line of totality. -
Walberg seems to be seriously channeling General Buck Turgidson, the George C. Scott character in Dr. Stangelove. That was political satire. It's not so funny when it's real. -
The Michigan Attorney General’s office has launched a website to help people track power outages and whether they are due a credit or a refund for lost service. -
Under the draft policy, UM students who take part in what the university deems to be “disruptive activities” could face punishments including suspension and expulsion. -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Monday to lift Michigan’s 35-year-old ban on the use of paid pregnancy surrogates.Michigan was one of the first states to outlaw paid surrogacy contracts in 1988. Now, Whitmer said, Michigan will be the final state in the nation to allow families to use in vitro fertilization with compensated surrogates without fear of criminal prosecution. -
Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday.
