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Wilson — the first woman to translate The Odyssey — has created a fresh, authoritative and slyly humorous version of Homer's epic that scours away archaisms while preserving nuance and complexity.

In the 1920s, demand for rubber shot way up. With more cars being made, the auto manufacturers needed rubber for tires, hoses and other things.Henry Ford…

Metro Detroit got hit with a record-breaking burst of rain Monday night—up to six inches in some spots.The deluge left highways flooded, motorists…

More than 60 people died as the blaze swept through central Portugal. The prime minister called the fire, which was one of several Saturday, "the biggest tragedy of human life we have known in years."

For more than a decade, double crested cormorants could be killed in 24 states in the eastern U.S. In the Great Lakes, it was mainly done to protect sport…

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The American Civil Liberties Union is asking police departments in Michigan for information about their use of military-style weapons and tactics.The ACLU…

Nothing is simple in Mideast relations. Not even hummus. Lebanon, Israel and Palestinians are entangled over who owns the dish. Not even the title of world's largest hummus platter settled the matter.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has released its first status report on the wetlands in our state. You can think of wetlands as nature’s…

Guest judges on this season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars include designer Marc Jacobs and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.