Everything We Know and Don’t Know About the Omicron Variant

This week, Michigan hit a dreadful milestone. The state has the highest number of adults hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began, even...

Supreme Court Set to Take Up All-Or-Nothing Abortion Fight

Both sides are telling the Supreme Court there’s no middle ground in Wednesday’s showdown over abortion. The justices can either...

Detroit Healthy Housing Center Aims to Serve the City’s Homeless Population and Community

Detroit is getting a campus to house and serve the city’s homeless population.   Neighborhood Service Organization (NSO) is building the Detroit Healthy...

Sheriff: Dad of Oxford High School Shooting Suspect Bought Gun

Update 12:58 p.m. Wednesday: This story has been updated to say a fourth student has died from the shooting. OXFORD...

Authorities: Student Kills 3, Wounds 8 at Oxford High School

This is a developing story. Tune in to WDET 101.9 FM and come back to WDET.org for updates. OXFORD TOWNSHIP,...

Detroiters Share Stories of Comfort and Joy Amid Second Pandemic Year

The past two years have been dominated by bad news and feelings of grief amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As the holiday...

Rinke Shakes Up GOP Primary Race for Michigan Governor, But Still No Major Candidates Accept 2020 Election

Businessman Kevin Rinke's entrance into the GOP primary for Michigan governor represents a major shake-up in the race. There are...

Shirkey Criticizes Whitmer’s COVID-19 Response Amid Surge of New Cases, Hospitalizations

The state’s top elected Republican is criticizing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer over her response to this latest wave of COVID-19.   Senate...

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Reach Record High in Michigan

 LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s number of hospitalized adults with confirmed COVID-19 cases reached a new pandemic high Monday, nearing...

‘Long Way To Go’ After Conviction of Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers, Say Legal Experts

Last week, a jury handed down 23 guilty verdicts against the three white men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery in Glynn County,...

Director Mike Mills Brings Detroit Students to Big Screen in “C’mon C’mon”

Julieta Cervantes Before heading off to Los Angeles, New York and New Orleans, director Mike Mills (“Beginners,” “20th Century Women”)...

Synth Duo Pato Y Pato’s New Music Video ‘Moonrunner’ Takes Us to the Lunar Surface

Musicians and longtime friends John Duffy and Mark Maynard began experimenting as Pato y Pato in 2018 by combining acoustic sounds...