July 7, 2026, 12:25 p.m. ET Detroit — A day before he is set to debate the other two Republicans running to be Michigan’s next governor, Mike Cox lobbed the label of “hypocrite” at U.S. Rep. John James for his business dealings with China. Cox, the state’s former attorney general from 2003 through 2010, held…
May 5, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET Waymo LLC, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous ride-sharing brand, plans to expand its service to Detroit later this year. But a recent vehicle sighting by The Detroit News suggests the Motor City fleet will include Waymo’s latest vehicle: a China-sourced minivan. Called the Waymo Ojai, the electric minivan shares the so-called…
Updated Jan. 22, 2026, 2:33 p.m. ET General Motors Co. will shift production of the Buick Envision from China to Kansas in the Detroit automaker’s latest reshoring move under President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Production of the next-generation compact SUV is slated for 2028 at the Fairfax Assembly & Stamping plant in Kansas City, GM confirmed…
Frederick “Fast Freddy” Anderson became a Detroit cultural icon after appearing on the 1970s dance show “The Scene.” Anderson gained national attention in a 2000 GQ magazine feature that dubbed him “The Head to Toe Man” for his matching outfits. A new photo memoir titled “Detroit Style: The Fast Freddy Anderson Story” is set to…
Detroit-based attorney Mitch Zajac found himself in the midst of history midmorning on Nov. 5. A lawyer at Butzel law firm in Detroit, Zajac found himself seated ― by luck ― a mere 20 feet from the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices as they weighed a massive case that will determine the extent of presidential…
As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking approaches, people across the Great Lakes region will gather to commemorate the occasion and remember the 29 men lost to Lake Superior on a stormy November night in 1975. Several formal ceremonies will mark 50 years since that fateful day, Nov. 10, 1975, when “The Fitz”…