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San Francisco will try to get its first victory of 2018 vs. Detroit at Levi’s Stadium

It’s easy to forget that “Respect” wasn’t originally Aretha Franklin’s song. But the Queen of Soul sang it like it was made for her, and for only her.

People were praying for Aretha Franklin Wednesday in the Detroit church where her father was once a pastor. The special vigil at New Bethel Baptist Church began before dawn Wednesday. More than 75 people gathered in her honor, the Detroit Free Press reported. According to the Free Press, 10 ministers and deacons from several Detroit churches spoke, prayed and sang....

The owners of a northern Indiana brewery have apologized after receiving criticism for their plan to give their beers contentious names such as “Flint Michigan Tap Water,” ”Black Beer Matters,” ”White Guilt” and “Mass Grave.”

One NFL head coach told a reporter, ‘Only the Raiders would draft a guy who could literally die on the field’

Kid Rock says he’s not running for U.S. Senate in Michigan. Kid Rock told SiriusXM host Howard Stern, “Are you kidding me?” during an expletive-laden interview Tuesday. The Detroit-area rocker has been teasing the public for months. At a Sept. 12 concert, Kid Rock was introduced as Michigan’s “next senator” and talked about running for president.

Aretha Franklin is set to retire in her hometown of Detroit and plans to open a nightclub in the city. The legendary soul singer tells the Detroit Free Press that she is moving from her longtime home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She also wants to open a small club that she plans to call Aretha’s. The 75-year-old says she’d like...

Kerley has been an effective punt returner in his five NFL seasons

Running back now has had two consecutive injury-marred seasons

Kid Rock, who was born Robert Ritchie and lives in suburban Detroit, read a paperback to pass the time as he waited with other potential jurors.

A man sits in a Michigan jail while his 1-year-old daughter awaits her next round of chemotherapy. Brian Randolph, 23, told police he robbed a bank to help pay for his baby daughter’s cancer treatments because her insurance had been canceled. He was charged with armed robbery and bank robbery following an arrest on Aug. 14 in Detroit. “As a...

Dori J. Maynard, an African-American journalist and champion of diversity in news coverage, died Tuesday at her West Oakland home of lung cancer, according to the journalism institute named after her father and which she ran. She was 56.

In Berkeley, a city known for its dedication to recycling, the library has found a way to reuse its misprinted buttons.