These are the Detroit Free Press stories that made an impact on our communities and created positive change in 2024.

Journalism is not always fast. Sure, the Free Press operates in a digital world where every second counts, but even in that ...

In six Detroit neighborhoods, the reason crime has declined seems clear. But the programs responsible for the drop are in ...

Lawyers for an Alabama death row inmate set to be killed in the state's first execution of 2025 are arguing that he actually belongs in the custody of another state.

It would be hard to find a police officer in Melvindale more polarizing than Lt. Matthew Furman. He’s been promoted and celebrated. Suspended and criminally charged. Fired and brought back.

A Metro Detroit man who admits to being at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, is among the over 1,500 pardoned by President ...