Posted: 4:12 PM Journalist, author and philanthropist Mitch Albom is inviting people to help board up 100 houses in one day in Detroit.

Posted: 11:44 PM A memorial service has been held for a Westland teenager whose body and the body of his close friend were found in an overgrown east side Detroit field.

Posted: 11:38 PM An art exhibit on women's rights is set to open at the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame in Lansing.

Posted: 11:37 PM An Ann Arbor bus agency is vigorously defending itself in a lawsuit related to the rejection of a provocative ad on its vehicles.

Posted: 3:46 PM A 55-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison in the brutal stabbing death of her young grandson's mother in a Detroit area home.

Posted: 3:45 PM Volunteers are taking part in an effort to beautify the city and a number of Detroit Public Schools before the start of classes in September.

Posted: 3:43 PM Members of the U.S. armed forces with known Michigan ties who died in 2012 supporting military operations in Afghanistan

Posted: 9:51 AM The U.S. economy generated jobs last month at the fastest pace since February, a sign it is resilient enough to pull out of a midyear slump and grow modestly even as the rest of the world slows down.

Posted: 9:40 AM Gov. Rick Snyder is warning about "painful" solutions for distressed local governments when Michigan's emergency manager law is suspended.

Posted: 11:06 PM A federal magistrate says a Flint man accused of threatening to kill three Michigan members of Congress is competent to stand trial.

Posted: 11:04 PM Gov. Rick Snyder says he's weighing many factors as he considers whether Michigan should expand its Medicaid program.

Posted: 11:02 PM Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder isn't yet announcing his re-election bid, but he says there's still a lot he wants to accomplish that may spill into a second term.

Posted: 11:00 PM Health officials say a man and woman in Wayne County have contracted the West Nile virus.

Posted: 8:40 AM A 25-year-old Army soldier from suburban Detroit has been killed during combat operations in Afghanistan.

Posted: 8:39 AM A 73-year-old mid-Michigan man has been charged with sexually assaulting a girl over a 16-year period and creating and possessing pornographic images of the victim.

Posted: 8:38 AM Authorities say an autopsy is planned on the body of a 42-year-old man recovered by divers from a lake in West Michigan.

Posted: 8:35 AM A former middle school custodian in Northern Michigan accused of having a sexual relationship with a student has been charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Posted: 8:34 AM The teens were fatally shot, and Detroit police are investigating the killings.

Posted: 10:29 PM The former supervisor of Royal Oak Township has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges he took a $10,000 bribe from a company bidding on a demolition contract in the economically struggling Detroit suburb.

Posted: 4:09 PM The Detroit Branch NAACP is asking federal officials to force the state to place on November's ballot a petition that would repeal Michigan's emergency manager law.

Posted: 8:49 AM The ruling sends the case back to U.S. District Court, where a trial is possible.

Posted: 8:45 AM Gov. Rick Snyder has signed legislation authorizing nearly $38 million in Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund grants to support 99 recreation and land acquisition projects.

Posted: 8:43 AM The Detroit mother of a soldier who authorities say was fatally shot by a fellow soldier in Alaska says she plans to travel there to make sure justice is served in the case.

Posted: 10:07 PM A 53-year-old man allegedly trying to collect a fee owed to a female escort was shot and killed by police after shooting an officer outside a Macomb County home.

Posted: 4:05 PM Susan Sarandon and Michael Moore say they're not thrilled with President Barack Obama's performance - but they hope he gets four more years.