MICHIGAN

Many urban areas are seeing a growing white population for the first time in years.

The life-threatening disease occurs when a person is bitten by an infected flea or wild rodent with the bacterium Yesinia pestis.

Two Michigan lawmakers were embroiled in a scandal in which one sent an self-smear email to downplay his affair with the other.

"It symbolizes today Southern pride and states' rights. That's just it," one attendee said.

A women's prison in Michigan denied a production company's request to film a Kid Rock concert inside the facility. They said the concert would pose a "host of security issues."

Pushing back against wage increases passed by states and cities nationwide, Michigan legislators have proposed a cut in the minimum wage, for some.

A Republican-backed bill in Michigan would prevent local units of government from setting labor standards and wages, making that the purview of state government.

Nabih Ayador, who heads up the Arab-American Civil Rights League, said the woman "was subjected to humiliation, isolation and harassment.”

The gift came as part of a settlement with the firm that helped the city navigate bankruptcy.

U.S. automobile-factory workers have been making different wages for the same work since 2009. That won't change.

The Michigan Republican was elected to Congress in 2002.

Tracking where the top prospects are signing on to play.

The resignation of Detroit's emergency manager signals that the city is emerging from bankruptcy.

The suspect, who is alleged to have stabbed four people on a passenger train between Chicago and Port Huron, has not been named.

San Francisco could trade or sign Jim Harbaugh to a contract extension in the offseason.

All public buildings in downtown Detroit are without power, forcing early school dismissals and postponement of a criminal trial.

Many Americans, tired of Black Friday's commercialism, are purchasing locally, thrifting and crafting -- and sometimes buying nothing.

A lawsuit against a Texas car dealership sheds light on a common practice that takes advantage of low-income borrowers.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. is incensed the report did not find any Obama administration officials lied.

The woman, from Michigan, was taken into custody after Secret Service officers noticed she was carrying a 9mm pistol in a holster.

The Thursday report says only 3 percent of Walmart's U.S. electricity comes from wind, solar and other clean sources.