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Healthpoint Services says it has a business model that will not only help the world's low-income populations — but also make a profit. Based in India, the company offers patients videoconferences with doctors, cheap diagnostic tests and clean water. And it hopes to spawn imitators as it proves it can be profitable.

DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is getting a new director.The city of Detroit announced Monday that Sue McCormick has been…

Unless you’ve been at the bottom of a salt mine for the last month or so, you know that Detroit is facing the mother of all financial crises. The city is…

DETROIT (AP) - Officials say Detroit stopped testing water at Belle Isle Beach in the Detroit River for E. coli last year because of its financial…

Two cruise ships are getting ready to travel the Great Lakes starting next year. The Yorktown, a new vessel, is scheduled for 13 stops in Detroit. The…

34 striking Detroit water department workers have been suspended and will be fired, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department confirmed Tuesday.The…

DETROIT (AP) - Workers are back on the picket line a day after a judge ordered them to end a strike protesting job cuts at the Detroit regional water…

InterAction.org lists 28 "appropriate disaster relief" organizations now working in Japan. Here's how to learn more about them and donate to their efforts.

A collective sigh of relief was heard today in Ann Arbor when the organizers of the Water Hill Music Festival announced a ban on banjo playing during this…

Temperatures across Michigan today are rising into the 50’s.Warmer temperatures are expected to cause headaches for local water systems.Water mains could…