Black History Month 2023 theme highlights Black resistance in America

Every year, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) chooses the theme for Black History Month.

USFL's Michigan Panthers returning to Detroit, play at Ford Field

The USFL is returning for a second season and the city of Detroit as it prepares to kick off another round of spring football.

Michigan minimum wage won't hit $13 as appeals court blocks ruling, says 2018 legislature's move was legal

In 2018, Michigan voters approved a plan to raise the state's minimum wage -- only to see it blocked by the GOP-led legislature. An appeals court has ruled that was legal in the state constitution.

DIA ordered to hold onto embattled Van Gogh painting

A Brazilian art collector says it lost a painting it purchased in 2017. Six years later, it reappeared in a Detroit Institute of Art exhibit.

Former Detroit Lion Jessie Lemonier dies at 25, team says

The Detroit Lions announced on Thursday that 25-year-old Jessie Lemonier, a linebacker who played for the team as recently as 2021, has died.

Storm cleanup continues from winter blast; 6,300 without power

This winter storm packed as much of a punch as expected with wet, heavy snow including Detroit, where the city will have contractors plow residential streets in 24 hours.

Whitmer's 2023 State of the State brings mixed reactions from each side of the aisle

“I was so pleased to hear the governor's positive message ... and being the chairwoman of the education committee, heard tutoring, tutoring, tutoring, (and) solidifying our budget and increasing it, and I can’t wait. I can’t wait to see what this next four years bring.”

Vulnerable senior says lawyer tricked her out of her home
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As realtors were running title work while closing the deal, they found out Juliette had signed a Quit Claim Deed after they'd already listed the house! According to her, a shifty attorney pressured her into signing away her home for just $2,000.

Lawyer runs off with 81-year-old woman's home, she says

Juliette is an 81-year-old widow who said she was fooled into signing away her home for $2,000. Moe Eid is an attorney who allegedly convinced her to sign over her home for a small fraction of what she could have sold it for.

Detroit area attorney helped himself to senior's home, she says
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As realtors were running title work while closing a local senior's deal, they found out Juliette had signed a Quit Claim Deed after they'd already listed the house! According to her, a shifty attorney pressured her into signing away her home for just $2,000.