Local 4 hosted four of the candidates for Detroit mayor for a debate on Monday night at Wayne State University.

While allergies affect people everywhere, some US cities are especially tough. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation has ranked the top 10 worst cities in the US for those with allergies. The cities were ...

Courts have recognized a “private right of action” in the Voting Rights Act since the law’s inception. In 1966, a dispute ...

You see the same pattern over much of the world. In three consecutive presidential elections in the United States. In the latest polls in Britain, where the 2016 Brexit referendum was the first ...

Fifty years since the release of Jaws, these photographers are showing a different, less frightening view of great white sharks.

An unsettled weather pattern is setting up as scattered severe storms will be possible across the Plains and Midwest on ...

A year ago, the average gas price in the Midwest region was 15% higher at $3.48 per gallon. >> INTERACTIVE: See how your area's gas prices have changed over the years at data.thestarpress.com .

Housing affordability and quality-of-life concerns are pushing longtime Black New Yorkers out of the city, underscoring ...

Smoke from Canadian wildfires has carried another day of poor air quality south of the border to the American Midwest. Conditions in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan were rated ...

The Top Thoroughbred Poll, assembled with votes by national media, represents horses competing for Horse of the Year. The poll concludes on Tuesday, Nov. 4, days after the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar ...

Smoke from wildfires raging across Canada is expected to shroud parts of the Northeast on Wednesday, creating airborne pollution and hazy skies that had passed through sections of the Upper ...

Canadian wildfires are impacting air quality in the Midwest and Northern Plains. Smoke may cause reduced visibility and respiratory problems. Several states, including Indiana, Illinois, and ...