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Stephanie Clifford's debut novel, about the desperate social strivings of a young woman in Manhattan, has its roots in the tragic, old-money fascinations of Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth.

"If there's a locker room that doesn't have it, I haven't seen it," says ESPN reporter Baxter Holmes, who expands on his recent story, which details professional basketball's obsession with the snack.

At one of the toughest prisons in America, doubling up inmates in cells designed for solitary confinement can lead to violence, and for some who refuse a cellmate, handcuffs and chains.

Metro Detroit’s “Big Four” had their annual public gathering at Detroit’s auto show today.The four leaders are the Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb county…

Republican leaders in the state Senate say they’re willing to consider a road funding plan approved late Wednesday night by the state House.That $1…

Snowy owls have descended on the Great Lakes region and northeastern U.S. in huge numbers in recent weeks, to the delight of birdwatchers.The mass…

More Kent County residents will have their private wells tested for toxic chemicals after the state expanded its testing zone this week.Wolverine…

An American with a home in the French town of Vimoutiers, in Normandy, looks so much like Santa that the locals want him to play the part.

Detroit's popular weekly Slow Roll bike ride was canceled for the second week in a row due to competing events.Slow Roll relies on the Detroit Police…

The health clinic is operating, often by flashlight, out of tents. The island's bleak recovery epitomizes the unevenness of the disaster relief effort in the hurricane-devastated U.S. territory.