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Two years ago, the United Nations made a spur-of-the-moment decision to open its bases to hundreds of thousands who sought refuge from war. Today, those bases resemble permanent communities.

It has been nearly 150 years since the beaver has made its presence known along the Detroit and Rouge Rivers.The hardy little critters were done- in by…

US education secretary to visit Detroit schools"President Obama's education secretary will be in Detroit on Monday for a town hall meeting on education…

They've become YouTube stars: big fat Asian carp leaping into boats and sometimes breaking bones as they come flailing into the boat of some poor person…

Hydraulic fracturing is getting some attention this week in Lansing. You’ve probably heard it called fracking. It’s a method of drilling for natural…

The housing market and the economy are both well on their way back from the Great Recession. But housing advocates say banks, stung by the housing crisis and its fallout, remain reluctant to lend.

Juan Felipe Herrera is the child of Mexican migrant farmworkers. He says, "I had a mother [who] sang and told stories and loved poetry, even though she only went to third grade."

Detroit’s former water department head has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge.Victor Mercado had been a co-defendant in ex-Detroit mayor Kwame…

UPDATE 8:06pmJACKSON, Mich. (AP) - Winter has arrived in Michigan with an icy blast, sending freezing rain across a wide section of the Lower Peninsula,…

As most of the world knows by now, yesterday, the longest-serving congressman in our nation’s history announced his retirement.I wasn’t the least…