Detroit Evening Report: Detroit’s nearly 70-year streak of Black representation in Congress is about to end

Shri Thanedar is set to begin his new job this week once he's sworn in as the Congressman for Michigan’s...

New podcast explores the lack of Black representation for Detroit in Congress, launched by Stephen Henderson

When the 118th U.S. Congress begins its session today, Rashida Tlaib and Shri Thanedar will begin their terms representing Detroit...

Peters, Stabenow tout lower healthcare and prescription costs for Medicare recipients

Michigan’s U.S. senators are touting the benefits of Medicare price reforms approved by Congress, which take effect beginning this week....

Court rules against Mayor Fouts in latest budget spending fight with Warren City Council

Warren City Council may file a formal complaint with Michigan’s attorney general over funds spent by Mayor Jim Fouts. It’s...

Historic term begins in Michigan as Whitmer, others sworn in

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sworn in for second term as the state’s 49th governor on Sunday, pushing...

Barbara Walters, dead at 93, was cultural fixture, TV icon

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters was that rarest of TV personalities: a cultural fixture. For more than a half-century,...

Benedict XVI, reluctant pope who chose to retire, dies at 95

VATICAN CITY (AP) — He was the reluctant pope, a shy bookworm who preferred solitary walks in the Alps and...

Trump’s tax returns released after long fight with Congress

Democrats in Congress released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns on Friday, the culmination of a yearslong...

Southwest cuts 2,300 flights, schedule in sustained chaos

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines continued to extract itself from sustained scheduling chaos Thursday, cancelling another 2,350 flights after a...

Architect of plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer to face sentence

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending a life prison sentence for a co-leader of the conspiracy to kidnap Michigan’s...

Flight canceled? Experts share some advice about what to do

Thousands of travelers were stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a massive storm...

Detroit Evening Report: Dangerously low temperatures, high winds, snow impact Detroit

Detroiters are dealing with extreme winter weather now through Saturday morning. Listen and Subscribe to the Detroit Evening Report NPR...