Ex-Detroit mayor freed after 14 months in prison
JACKSON, Michigan (AP) - Kwame Kilpatrick walked free from a state prison early Tuesday after serving just over a year for violating probation in a 2008 criminal case...
Michigan attorney general fights for affirmative action ban
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says he'll meet a Friday deadline to ask an entire appeals court to uphold the state's ban on affirmative action...
Children rally to save Detroit water park
theGRIO REPORT - A $1 million dollar shortfall in the Wayne County, MI budget has now put the future of one park on the east side of Detroit in question, prompting members of the community to take action...
Jalen Rose gets 20 days in jail for drunk driving
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan judge has sentenced former NBA guard Jalen Rose to serve 20 days in jail for a drunken driving crash in March...
Should a white majority sign off on affirmative action?
OPINION - Are African-Americans, Latinos and other racial minorities unduly hurt by the referendum process, when the public policy is focuses on them?...
Protest to support breastfeeder kicked off bus
DETROIT - Afrykayn Moon, 32, was exercising her right to breast her son on a bus outside of Detroit when the driver ordered her to either cover up while nursing or get off the bus...
GM to add 2,500 jobs at Detroit-area factory
DETROIT (AP) - Not all the jobs will be new hires. GM has about 1,300 laid-off workers waiting to be recalled in the U.S...
Beauty trend becomes crime spree
LOS ANGELES - A Houston salon was recently robbed of hair extensions totaling $150,000, and a beauty supplier in Michigan was actually killed during a robbery...
Blacks may bear brunt of new police data capture technology
theGRIO REPORT - The Michigan State Police has bought the 'Universal Forensic Extraction Device', a handheld gadget which can copy the entire content of a cell phone...
Report shows Jalen Rose failed tests before arrest
DETROIT (AP) - Rose, 38, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol....
