The Great Lakes have claimed some 6,000 ships but few have captured the public’s imagination as has the Edmund Fitzgerald, which sank Nov. 10, 1975.
Author: Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press
COVID-19 is ravaging a Michigan convent: 13 nuns have died
The Catholic nuns took vows of chastity, obedience and poverty — and, some say, an unofficial vow of humility.
White Michigan couple charged with assault, man fired after videos show woman pointing gun at Black family in Chipotle parking lot
Jillian Wuestenberg and Eric Wuestenberg have been charged with felonious assault. Videos show a woman pulling out a handgun on a Black family.
Amazon driver in Detroit quits job on Twitter, leaves package-filled van with keys in the ignition. Here’s why he did it.
The former driver’s tweets and video are in stark contrast to the feel-good worker-vignettes that Amazon has been airing as TV commercials.
Driver who said woman coughed on his bus has died of coronavirus
Bus drivers in Detroit shut down public transportation last month, fearful of the coronavirus. News of the driver’s death has reignited those fears.
‘A one-in-a-million thing’: Rare 3-antlered deer spotted by photographer in Michigan
A former Michigan lawmaker snapped a photo of a rare deer in the Upper Peninsula – a buck with three antlers.
Kohl’s to accept Amazon returns at all stores beginning in July
Kohl’s, which has had an agreement with online giant Amazon since 2017,says it willacceptAmazon-purchased returnsat all stores starting in July.
Domino’s, Playboy and other businesses sued over websites that aren’t accessible to blind
Companies are increasingly under fire from plaintiffs who say they are frozen out of the digital era because websites aren’t accessible to the blind.
Detroit City Council rejects car stunt because of Confederate flag
Organizers of the annual Autorama hot rod show in Detroit were hoping to re-create a car jump scene from the 1977 movie “Smokey and the Bandit.”
6-year-old Michigan girl rescued after posting photos of dead father on Facebook
A 6-year-old girl was rescued by police from a home in Michigan after she postedphotos online of her dead father and unconscious stepmother.