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The people who died, 2018: Ted Dabney, electronics engineer and co-founder of...
May 2, 1937-May 26, 2018 In the beginning was a word. And the word was pizza.…
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The people who died, 2018: Mike Arnold, owner-operator of St. Louis' Gus Gus...
Nov. 11, 1963-June 21, 2018 Mike Arnold, a tireless booster of the St. Louis food and drink scene, was run down on June 21 by a stolen Ford F-150 in downtown St. Louis. A pair of carjackers, fresh off...
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The people who died, 2018: Vladimir Voinovich, Soviet dissident and dystopian...
Sept. 26, 1932-July 28, 2018 By the time of his death, Vladimir Voinovich was never mentioned without some variation of his title: satirist. Sometimes it was "famed satirist" or even "master satirist."…
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The people who died, 2018: Mary Carlisle, 'Baby Starlet' who made more than...
Feb. 3, 1914-Aug. 1, 2018 A radiant 1930s film ingénue known for her fresh face, porcelain skin, and blond hair, Mary Carlisle appeared in more than 60 films in the course of her short career —...
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The people who died, 2018: Chief Wahoo, Cleveland Indians mascot and racial...
1947-2018 Chief Wahoo, the racist red-faced symbol that has adorned the sleeves and ballcaps of the Cleveland Indians' uniforms — not to mention the apparel and doodads of Cleveland baseball fans —...
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The people who died, 2018: Hamiet Bluiett, progressive jazz titan
Sept. 16, 1940-Oct. 4, 2018 Hamiet Bluiett, a master of the unwieldy baritone sax as well as the more nimble clarinet, served as a living bridge between blues-based, pre-bebop traditionalism and...
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The people who died, 2018: William Shearer, immunologist and physician to the...
Aug. 31, 1937-Oct. 9, 2018 It was 1979 when Dr. William Shearer first met 7-year-old David Vetter, the Texas boy who was born without an immune system and lived in a series of NASA-designed plastic...
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The people who died, 2018: Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole
July 22, 1926-Oct. 15, 2018 She may not be a household name, but Dorcas Reilly is a household staple: Her iconic Campbell's Soup green bean casserole is served in more than 20 million American homes...
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Whitmer says she will bring back free water bottle delivery to Flint
Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer says she will bring back free water bottle delivery to Flint when she takes office next month. Gov. Rick Snyder cut the state-funded program in April, citing decreasing...
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Free Press: Give the state's rich more of our tax money!
Detroit Free Press's self-described "liberal-minded" business reporter and columnist John Gallagher is once again doing a not-so-liberal-minded thing — asking Michigan taxpayers to cough up more money...
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It's too late to stop Rick Snyder
With just days left in office, Gov. Rick Snyder now has 300 bills to consider signing in to law following the lame duck legislative session. Among those are bills meant to weaken the power of the...
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Cyberbullying is now a crime in Michigan punishable by jail time
We've got bad news for you, Metro Times trolls: Cyberbullying is now a crime in Michigan. On Thursday, Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law a bill sponsored by Rep. Pete Lucido, R-Shelby Township that...
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Gov. Snyder vetoes bill to strip power from incoming Democrat attorney general
Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed a bill that would have stripped power from Democrat Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel. The proposed legislation was among the most controversial introduced during the...
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Snyder signs bill that makes citizen ballot initiatives nearly impossible
Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill that makes citizen ballot initiatives nearly impossible. The law was among the more controversial floated by the GOP-controlled legislature during the lame duck...
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An alternate history: What if Bill kept it in his pants?
It's amazing to think how much of the last two decades has turned on one man's inability to keep his dick in his pants. Indulge me in a brief alternative history: Bill Clinton never has a relationship...
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Detroit marijuana provisioning center Amplified is a family affair
Marlissa Meah, owner of the Amplified provisioning center, describes herself simply as a homemaker who has raised her three children in Detroit. But considering all of the businesses she's been...
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Savage Love: Where to find porn after the Tumblr ban
I'm a 19-year-old bisexual woman really into orgasm denial and edging. With the recent Tumblr ban on all NSFW content, I have no idea where to indulge my kinks and find my community.…
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Detroit homicides continue to drop (slightly), DPD Chief says
According to numbers released by the Detroit Police Department, the number of murders in the Motor City has continued to drop for the second consecutive year, albeit slightly. According to a Tuesday...
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Detroit Mercantile leaves Eastern Market after owner spits on young black man
Detroit Mercantile is leaving the Eastern Market nearly six months after an incident in which the shop's owner spit in the face of a young black man. The store will reopen in Midtown, according to an...
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These 60 Michigan cities have opted out of recreational marijuana sales
The 2018 midterm elections resulted in victory for Michigan voters in support of Proposal 1, the legalization of marijuana for recreational use. However, some Michigan cities are being total...
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