Opiate bills pass Michigan House
Making or selling a drug derived from opium, like heroin or fentanyl, would carry a tougher penalty in Michigan under...
The Metro: What’s behind Dearborn’s drastic drop in fatal overdoses?
Overdose deaths have been falling nationally, statewide and now locally. Last year, at the national level, these kinds of deaths...
The Metro: Demystifying and fighting misinformation about autism and those who have it
Many have criticized U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in recent weeks for making sweeping claims about the cause...
The Metro: Detroit Fashion Revolution Week aims to reshape industry toward sustainability
The world of fashion is under pressure. Sales have slowed in recent years. People are spending less on clothes due...
Detroit Evening Report: Detroit ranks among worst in nation for particle pollution, report finds
Detroit has some of the worst air quality in the nation, according to a report released Wednesday by the American...
The Metro: How children’s education impacts parental dementia risk
Dementia affects more than six million Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health, accounting for more than 100,000 deaths...
House GOP subpoenas Jocelyn Benson for election materials
The Republican chair of the Michigan House Oversight Committee has delivered a subpoena calling on Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson...
The Metro: Michigan ends mandatory life sentences for 19 and 20-year-olds convicted of murder
America delivers harsher criminal punishments than almost any other country. That harshness can be seen in our prison sentences, which...
The Metro: Detroit Public Library is ready to help in many ways
If you go to the library to borrow a book, you are just scratching the surface of all the tools...
Detroit Evening Report: Zekelman Holocaust Center offering free admission for Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Zekelman Holocaust Center in Farmington Hills is offering free admission on Thursday in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, also...
The Metro: Enjoy ‘Art in the Trees’ at Palmer Park in celebration of Earth Day
The city of Detroit has a lot of concrete streets, slabs of road and old industrial buildings. But green spaces...
The Metro: WDET is ‘rooting’ itself in local environmental reporting with tree canopy project
WDET is embarking on a new project exploring the multifaceted relationship between trees and community health in Michigan. Amanda Le...