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Detroit Health Department offering free Hepatitis A vaccinations for food...
The Detroit Health Department is hosting a vaccination clinic aimed at combating an ongoing Hepatitis A outbreak that has infected more than 150 city residents. Food workers are encouraged to get...
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Democratic gubernatorial candidates put Snyder on blast during State of the...
That's it for big long speeches by Governor Rick Snyder. And we have to be honest, we're pretty thankful.…
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Why Michigan State University is a mess
You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately... depart, I say; and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!…
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Savage Love: Mother love
My father left my mother abruptly when I was 14 years old, and he hasn't contacted either of us since. It was a crushing blow for her, and she retreated from the world.…
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The man behind a campaign to derail marijuana legalization in Michigan makes...
By many indications, this could be the year Michigan voters legalize recreational marijuana. A ballot effort spearheaded by the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, or CRMLA, has the backing...
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Mulenga and the meteor
I had to do a double take as I was standing out on Vernor Avenue near Clark Park. There was Mulenga Harangua walking along as big as day.…
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How to stop Mark Zuckerberg from taking Metro Times out of your Facebook news...
In the old days we got our news from these tangible objects we called "newspapers." They were literally delivered to our doors every morning.…
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Ferndale Library will host fake news discussion panel
"Fake news"— both the belief that fake news articles are real, and that real news articles are fake — has real consequences. In December, 2016, a man opened fire in Washington, D.C. pizza restaurant...
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Duggan, Fouts, and other Michigan mayors summoned to meet with Trump
What do Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who helms a majority-black city that gave Trump a resounding "fuck no" in 2016, and Warren Mayor Jim Fouts, an alleged racist who runs a city where 43 percent of...
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Larry Nassar gets up to 175 years in prison, judge calls sentencing him an...
Former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to prison for 40 to 175 years, capping a week of court proceedings in which more than 150 of his female...
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Hepatitis A case confirmed at Downriver Coney Island
Wayne County health officials have confirmed that a food service worker at Downriver Coney Island in Southgate has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A. The health department reports they have inspected...
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MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon has resigned
Hours after the weeklong hearing of former MSU doctor Larry Nassar's sexual abuse scandal came to a dramatic end on Wednesday, the college's President Lou Anna K. Simon tendered her resignation to the...
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Dan Gilbert blames Detroit's Amazon HQ2 loss on 'reputation,' not reality
It's been a week since word came that Amazon passed over Detroit as the possible home of its planned second headquarters, and most everyone has walked away with an understanding of which of the...
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Ann Arbor therapy dog gets 'bone voyage' retirement party at Grizzly Peak
After retiring in December 2017, a therapy dog named Alpinewill be celebrating her six-year career with a party at Grizzly Peak Brewing Company on Feb. 3 from 1 to 3 p.m. Alpine, an 8-year-old golden...
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What the latest federal court rulings on gerrymandering mean for Michigan
Federal courts in North Carolina and Pennsylvania ruled in recent weeks that the GOP in each state illegally drew Congressional maps and districts along partisan and/or racial lines. The two courts...
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The Doomsday Clock is now the closest to the apocalypse since the Cold War
Well, shit. The Doomsday Clock — an annual assessment by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that analyzes how close humanity is to global catastrophy — has been moved closer to midnight, the...
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Grosse Pointe will fight rat problem around its DPW site... by moving it to...
We had two different people forward usthis story from Grosse Pointe, and when we were done reading it you could have knocked us over with a feather. The article is that weird. No, that's not to say...
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Michigan Rep. seeks Congressional investigation into USA Gymnastics amid...
The U.S. Representative whose district includes East Lansing has submitted a letter requesting that Congress open a wide ranging investigation into the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics in the...
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Missouri's answer to Trump takes a wild swing at Detroit
Courtland Sykes is an enigma. The political newcomer is running for Missouri's Senate seat, hoping to catch some of the tidal wave of populism that Donald Trump rode all the way to the White House.…
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ACLU will demand justice for Flint students hurt by lead levels at Monday...
A class-action lawsuit brought against local and state education officials by the Michigan ACLU on behalf of Flint children exposed to lead is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday in federal court...
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