Latest Michigan news stories

A 40-year-old man has been charged in death of a Detroit firefighter who died after the roof of a charred vacant house collapsed on him last year.

Saginaw Valley State University has approved a tuition increase for the 2009-10 academic year.

The men, who are between 52 and 76 years old, left Sterling Park in Monroe at 8 a.m. Thursday. A family member notified the Coast Guard around 10 p.m. when the men weren't home.

A prosecutor says there is not enough evidence to keep an 18-year-old Detroit man in custody in the shootings of seven teenagers at a bus stop after summer school classes.

The FBI says it has cracked a $50m (£30m) healthcare scam, making arrests in Florida, Michigan and Colorado.

Struggling US carmaker General Motors says it will shed 2,0000 jobs at plants in Michigan and Ohio.

Guitarist Ron Asheton, who helped found Iggy Pop's band The Stooges, is found dead at his home in Michigan.

Keep up with the drama of US election day on 4 November on the BBC News website.

The Detroit Pistons picked Gonzaga's Austin Daye with the 15th overall pick in the NBA draft. The Pistons chose the 6-11, 192-pound forward Thursday night, hoping he can bolster a frontcourt that likely will be without Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess n...

Michigan has won the high-stakes competition with two other states to build General Motors Corp.'s next-generation subcompact car, a person briefed on the decision said Thursday. The announcement that the car will be built at a retooled midsize car factory...