2021 In Pandemic News: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Headed
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted dramatically in 2021, from the widespread availability of vaccines to children and adults, the arrival of...
2021 In Pandemic News: What We’ve Learned and Where We’re Headed
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted dramatically in 2021, from the widespread availability of vaccines to children and adults, the arrival of...
How Mass Shootings Like Oxford Impact Communities and Mental Health
Mass shootings like the one at Oxford High School are shocking and heartbreaking for the victims and their loved ones. But...
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald Calls for Tougher Gun Laws After Oxford
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald says preventing future mass shootings in Michigan goes beyond her prosecution against the accused Oxford...
Oxford High School Delays Return to School Date, Increases Security Measures
Students will not return to Oxford High School on January 3. Officials said they had hoped to have the building...
Introducing “Tracked and Traced,” a New Podcast from WDET and MSU’s Science Gallery
You are being surveilled. In the street, at home, on your phone. Police, governments, and corporations are collecting more data...
Judge Delays Case Against James and Jennifer Crumbley
The parents of the student accused of killing four and wounding seven others people at Oxford High School appeared in...
Efforts to Replace Michigan’s Lead Water Lines Could Get Big Boost
Earlier this month, the Michigan Senate approved a $3.3 billion water infrastructure bill which allocates $1 billion of those funds...
Wayne County Prepares to End Train Delays on Busy Downriver Road in 2022
Wayne County plans to remove a major roadblock downriver in 2022. Officials estimate 30,000 cars and trucks cross the railroad...
Judge Denies Motion to Move Oxford Shooter to Juvenile Facility
The teenager charged with shooting 11 people at Oxford High School, killing four, appeared in court via webcam for a probable...
Protecting Our Democracy Act Represents ‘Lessons Learned’ From Trump Era, Levin Says
Last week, the U.S. House passed the Protecting Our Democracy Act, largely along party lines. Just one Republican, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois)...
Bills to Address Gun Violence Languish in Legislature Amid Calls for Action
The horrific mass school shooting in Oxford continues to dominate so many conversations here in Michigan. And increasingly, those conversations have turned...
Michigan’s Auto Insurance Rates Have Declined — But They’re Still “Completely Unaffordable” for Many Drivers
When the 2019 auto insurance reform law passed the state Legislature, there was a lot of hope that the new...