What Happened at the Astroworld Festival in Houston?

The Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas left eight dead and hundreds injured. A fatal crowd surge happened while rapper Travis...

New Releases from Third Man Records Include Jack White, Kelley Stoltz, Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth

Discovering new music is one of the things you’ve told us you love the most about WDET. To satisfy your...

What We Can Learn From Better Appreciating Our Sense of Smell

Penguin/Random House Of all the senses we often take for granted, the sense of smell is probably the most unappreciated....

Michigan Schools Roll Out Vaccination Plans for 5- to 11-Year-Old Students

Michigan schools are making plans to start vaccinating elementary-age students as early as this week. Oakland Schools has partnered with...

New Film Explores What Henry Ford Might Do and Say If He Visited Southeast Michigan in 2021

What would Henry Ford do and say if he traveled in time to Detroit in 2021? That’s the question that...

Suspensions and Expulsions Hurt More Than They Help Metro Detroit Students, Says Criminal Justice Professor

Suspensions and expulsions are normal parts of discipline in the American school system, occurring almost as frequently as “timeouts.” In his new book...

Detroit Launches a New Electronic Emergency Notification System

City of Detroit City officials are urging residents to sign up for Detroit Alerts 365, a new electronic emergency notification...

School Voucher Supporters Hope to Get Around Whitmer’s Veto

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed Republican-led bills that would have created tax breaks for private school education in Michigan. MichMash hosts...

U.S. Borders Reopen for Non-Essential Travel

The U.S. lifted travel restrictions today on non-essential travel from 33 countries, including Mexico, Canada and most of Europe.  The...

FEMA Deadline to Apply For Aid From Michigan Storm is This Friday

Correction: This story has been updated from a previous version to clarify the deadline for appealing FEMA's decision regarding your assistance....

Threats to Future Elections Are Real. Here’s What’s Being Done to Protect Democracy

Sunday marked one year since President Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election. But, of course, that wasn’t...

Detroit City Council Rejects Land Swap Deal with Ambassador Bridge Owners

Detroit City Council voted down a deal for a land swap with the owners of the Ambassador Bridge 4-to-3. Matthew Maroun and...