Experts say Female Genital Mutilation is Both Crime and Cultural Practice
A metro Detroit doctor has been ordered detained while she awaits a trial on charges of mutilating the genitals of...
Metro Detroit Doctor to Remain Incarcerated Until Trial on Charges of Female Genital Mutilation
A federal judge is ordering a Michigan doctor to remain incarcerated while she awaits trial on charges of mutilating the...
Plan Now for Severe Weather This Summer
2016 was notable for its lack of severe weather in southeast Michigan. Monroe County saw the region's only tornado on...
New State Pot Bureau Ready to Regulate and Collect $$$
The State of Michigan announced this week the establishment of the Bureau of Medical Marihuana Regulation. The new organization, under...
UM Professor Wins Pulitzer Prize: Hear Heather Ann Thompson’s WDET Interview Here
Blood In The Water University of Michigan history professor Heather Ann Thompson won a Pulitzer Prize this week for her nonfiction book...
What Can Justice Department Learn from Detroit’s Consent Decrees?
Jake Neher/WDET U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed a memo in early April for the Department of Justice to review...
State Launches New Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Cheyna Roth/MPRN Michigan is updating what state officials call a useful tool for fighting the opioid epidemic. The problematic state...
City of Detroit Has Only Three Fully Licensed Medical Pot Shops
“Only three are approved right now. There are some that are still going through the process. 61 of them are...
Former FBI Director to Oversee Compensation for Takata Air Bag Victims
The U.S. District Court in Detroit is naming a former director of the FBI to oversee restitution payments connected to...
Detroit Cuts Down 3,000th Dead Tree Ahead of Schedule
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET Detroit’s General Services Department has removed its 3,000th dead tree ahead of schedule today. Crews have been taking...
SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch and His Auto Industry-Related Rulings
The U.S. Senate could vote this week on confirmation of the next Supreme Court Justice: President Trump's Nominee Neil Gorsuch. But the vote...
Researcher Says Tests Link Flint Water to Legionnaires’ Disease
Bre'Anna Tinsley/WDET A researcher says he has developed evidence that the decision to use the Flint River as a water...