Michigan State Police Call on Clergy to Calm Crowds at Crime Scenes
WDET/Laura Herberg Officials with the Michigan State Police are searching for clergy in Oakland and Macomb Counties who can help...
Federal Judge Orders Bond Hearings for Iraqi Detainees as They Fight Deportation
Laura Weber Davis/WDET Hundreds of Iraqis who have been detained and are fighting deportation got some good news this week....
Expert: Facial Recognition Systems can be Fooled Fairly Easily
metroairport.com Members of the U.S. Senate want Homeland Security officials to answer questions about the accuracy of facial recognition technology...
Former Detroit Deputy Police Chief Pleads Guilty in Corruption Probe
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET Federal officials have gained another conviction in connection with an ongoing investigation into public corruption. A former Detroit...
Buckle Up: 2018 Shaping Up To Be Huge Year for Michigan Politics
Jake Neher/WDET The new year will bring lots of important decisions for Michigan voters to make at the ballot box....
Author, Historian Heather Ann Thompson Talks Winning Pulitzer in 2017
Jake Neher/WDET In April this year, author and historian Heather Ann Thompson won the Pulitzer Prize for her chilling re-telling of...
Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade Talks About Life-Changing 2017
Jake Neher/WDET 2017 has been an interesting year -- and there are several people from Michigan who have had standout...
Will New Lawsuits Over Michigan’s Opioid Crisis Be as Big as Tobacco Settlements in the ’90s?
Jake Neher/WDET Nine Michigan cities and counties hope to hold drug companies responsible for the state’s opioid crisis. From the...
What Are Those Flashing Green Lights Doing on Detroit Businesses? [MAP, CHART]
On a sunny, September evening, about two dozen people were holding signs and marching at a gas station on the...
Michigan Cities, Counties Sue Drug Companies Over Opioid Crisis
Quinn Klinefelter/WDET A handful of counties and cities in Michigan, including Detroit, are filing a federal lawsuit against large pharmaceutical...
StoryCorps Detroit: A Front Row Seat to the Looting of 1967
In this StoryCorps Detroit segment, 82-year-old Clarice Rodgers asks her son, Curtis Rodgers, Jr., what he was up to when...
StoryCorps Detroit: Poetry and Parenting
Detroit-based poet jessica Care moore first gained national attention for her poetry performances when she won five weeks in a...