Ann Arbor MI

DETROIT - The University of Michigan's endowment appears to be in for a windfall. The university made a $20 million investment in the early days of Open AI that is estimated to be worth $2 billion when the company goes to the public market in a likely initial public offering, according to reports citing court documents.

ANN ARBOR, MI — A hair salon, beauty store and open entrance to Nickels Arcade occupy the street that once held an eye-catching fast food joint in Ann Arbor decades ago. A two-floor McDonald’s called 337 Maynard St. home for 20 years, having first opened 51 years ago in 1975.

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A Mount Pleasant man has admitted to a violent firebombing in a Brighton Township neighborhood and a series of related child-sex crimes, pleading guilty May 1 to eight felony counts tied to a November 28, 2025 Molotov cocktail attack, according to county investigators. Deputies say several homemade firebombs were hurled at a home that night, but quick-thinking neighbors grabbed hoses and doused...

ANN ARBOR, MI - EatingWell announced its Best Wellness Towns Awards Thursday, recognizing seven cities across the country that excel in healthy living amenities, from fitness studios and walkable streets to fresh local food and spa offerings. Ann Arbor earned the spot for Best Fitness Studios, the publication said. The...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A former Westland resident will spend the next two decades in federal prison for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, better known as ISIS. A jury convicted Aws Mohammed Naser, 38, of attempting to provide material support for a foreign terrorist organization and for being a felon in possession of a destructive device in...

ADRIAN, MI – With an honorary degree in hand, actor Bill Murray jokingly told the final graduating class of a soon-to-close Michigan college that he’s ready to throw down. The longtime famous and beloved American actor and comedian received the final honorary doctorate that Siena Heights University will ever bestow on Saturday, May 9, minutes before more than 400 graduates walked the commencement...

Dearborn Heights, Mich. – A woman renting a home in Dearborn Heights says she feared a rat problem was running rampant, so she called an inspector. Sure enough, the inspector said it was infested. Local 4 found complaints about rats at the same house stretch back more than a decade.

Officials in Westland, Michigan, are investigating after four people were arrested in connection with an assault that left an individual injured early Friday, police said.

It was 12:30 a.m. in the drive-through of a McDonald's in Ann Arbor last month, and Crystal Bowersox and her son were on foot. This was not the most glamorous place for a former "American Idol" runner-up to be, but so goes her life, and she's proud of it. She was pretending to drive an invisible car, which embarrassed 17-year...