The Pistons on Tuesday passed on hiring Avery Johnson as their next head coach. Instead, Pistons president Joe Dumars decided on former Pistons and current Cleveland Cavaliers assistant John Kuester.

Hundreds of people turned out at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History in Detroit to watch a broadcast of Michael Jackson’s memorial service.

University of Detroit professor Nick Rombes has published a book on punk rock. In an LA Times interview he acknowledges it took several years to research his book as he found the intricacies of a historical sound.

Robert McNamara served as Secretary of Defense under President Kennedy and President Johnson; he was 93 years old. Most remember him as Vietnam-era Defense Secretary but he also had an impact on Detroit, specifically Ford Motor Company.

A new law gives Michigan homeowners facing foreclosure a 90-day window to stay in their house and potentially work out a resolution with their lender.