Detroit Lions General Manager Brad Holmes addressed questions about the lack of running-game opportunities for David Montgomery and whether the team expects him to be on the roster next season.

Newly released photos of Rosa Parks emphasize lesser-known aspects of her legacy.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott is marking its 70th anniversary.

70 years after Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat, communities across the country revisit the moment and the symbol that helped reshape America.

On this day, 70 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. Here's how that bus ended up at The Henry Ford.

Grand Rapids native Joshua Pagan overcame his toughest battle to stop power-punching Maliek Montgomery by TKO in nine brutal rounds to capture the NABO Lightweight Title.

Detroit Lions assistant head coach Scottie Montgomery and defensive assistant Jim O’Neil recently shared their perspectives on the team’s progress following the bye week, ahead of a pivotal matchup against divisional rivals, the Minnesota Vikings.

Detroit Lions running back David Montgomery had a big week on and off the field.

Following a mass shooting in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, that killed two people and injured 12 others, Gov. Kay Ivey has announced that the state will increase its role in public safety efforts in the city.

At least six historically Black colleges and universities received threats or “potential” threats Thursday, prompting lockdowns and class cancellations.

Detroit Lions running backs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery recently appeared on The Pivot Podcast to discuss their journey, team dynamics, and aspirations for the 2025 National Football League season.

The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Alabama has scheduled a September execution with nitrogen gas for a man convicted of killing a gas station attendant during a 1997 robbery.

Alabama legislators unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that would expedite access to Medicaid for pregnant women.

Essays and early short stories by “To Kill a Mockingbird” author Harper Lee will be published this fall.

Fans are remembering R&B singer Angie Stone after her death at 63 in a weekend crash on a highway in Alabama while returning from a performance.

Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas are asking a federal judge to block the upcoming execution.

Michigan Humane shares advice for pet parents

Detroit Lions tailback David Montgomery says he is seeking a third opinion on his injured knee as the team considers placing him on injured reserve.

On top of all the defensive injuries, the Detroit Lions just got some devastating news about running back David Montgomery.

The Boston Bruins have fired coach Jim Montgomery after losing 12 of their first 20 games.

A federal appeals court says it will let the nation's third execution with nitrogen gas go forward this week.

A person familiar with the decisions tells The Associated Press.

A federal judge is halting an Alabama program that made thousands of legal voters inactive ahead of the November elections.

Nobody really talks about David Montgomery, but he delivered a legendary moment for the Detroit Lions on Sunday night.

Erica Montgomery found herself in a situation she never imagined on the other side of an eviction. The Oak Park mom has lived in the Oak Park Manor apartments with her husband and son for four years.

Erica Montgomery found herself in a situation she never imagined on the other side of an eviction. The Oak Park mom has lived in the Oak Park Manor apartments with her husband and son for four years.

A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico.

The Equal Justice Initiative nonprofit invoked the Juneteenth holiday as it dedicated a monument that honors the people who endured and survived slavery.

An Associated Press analysis of licensing data from 44 states, data from the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs and the American Community Survey shows residents of neighborhoods that are majority Black and Latino have fewer pharmacies per capita than people who live in mostly white neighborhoods.

A New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and moving her corpse around for months before disposing of it has been sentenced to a minimum of 56 years in prison on murder and other charges.

Detroit Mercy has hired former Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery off Tom Izzo’s staff at Michigan State.

How to watch the 2024 U.S. Canoe Slalom Olympic Team Trials take place this weekend in Montgomery, Alabama.

Left-hander Jordan Montgomery and the Arizona Diamondbacks have finalized their $25 million, one-year deal.

The history of slavery in America is the focus of a new sculpture park in Montgomery, Alabama.

At least one fertility clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments.

To celebrate International Women’s Day, let’s take a look through the stories of some of the most impactful women in Michigan history.

A large Alabama hospital has paused in vitro fertilization treatments as health care providers weigh the impact of a state court ruling that frozen embryos are the legal equivalent of children.

A jury has begun deliberations in the case of a New Hampshire man charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old daughter.

Alabama lawmakers are advancing legislation that would define who is considered female and male under state law.

A New Hampshire man accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter told a judge that his attorneys plan to acknowledge his guilt on two lesser charges — falsifying physical evidence and abusing a corpse.

The Lions-Cowboys game on Saturday night ended with a controversial call against Detroit, wiping away the game-winning points from the scoreboard with 23 seconds left.

The bus Rosa Parks made history on is at The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn Michigan

David Montgomery's go-ahead 1-yard touchdown run with 29 seconds left against his former team lifted the Detroit Lions to a 31-26 comeback victory over Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears.

The Detroit Lions had a fully healthy offensive line and backfield for the first time Sunday against the Chargers, and it allowed them to unleash the full power of their rushing attack.

The Detroit Lions put on an offensive showtime performance to lift them to a 41-38 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in what resembled one of those historic great western shootouts.

The Detroit Lions have been hit hard by injuries this season, and head coach Dan Campbell provided an update on Jahmyr Gibbs, Brian Branch, David Montgomery, Halapoulivaati Vaitai, and James Mitchell.

The Detroit Lions lost starting running back David Montgomery during their win in Tampa Bay, and we’ve gotten updates on his status each of the past two days.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

3 key takeaways from the state’s football scene -- and a glimpse at what’s to come next week.

Jordan Montgomery scattered six hits over seven innings, helping the Texas Rangers beat the sloppy Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 in their AL Wild Card Series opener.

David Montgomery rushed for 121 yards and three touchdowns, and the Detroit Lions asserted themselves as the team to beat in the NFC North, beating the Green Bay Packers 34-20.

For a history-making two months, a pig's kidney worked normally inside a brain-dead man.

Alabama has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep Republican-drawn congressional lines in place as the state continues to fight a directive to create a second district where Black voters constitute a majority or close to it.

The Detroit Lions rallied for a 21-20 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs to ruin the Super Bowl champions' celebration on the NFL's opening night.

A sister’s choice to donate her brother’s body for research is helping doctors learn how to one day use pig organs to save human lives.

A panel of federal judges on Monday began a review Alabama’s redrawn congressional map which opponents argue blatantly defies the court’s mandate to create a second district where Black voters have an opportunity to influence the outcome of an election.

Bystanders who trained their smartphone cameras on an Alabama riverfront dock, as several white boaters pummeled a Black riverboat co-captain, couldn’t have known the footage would elicit a national conversation about racial solidarity.

An Alabama boat co-captain says he was hanging on “for dear life” when he was attacked by men on the capital city’s riverfront.

So this is what the riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama when there isn’t a massive fight going down!

On Thursday, a large group of community members and city leaders gathered on an empty lot along Orchard Street in the Old Redford area.

Health care providers in Alabama have filed lawsuits against state Attorney General Steve Marshall over threats to prosecute people who help women arrange abortions outside the state.

Civil rights groups urged three federal judges to reject Alabama’s newly drawn congressional districts, saying state Republicans prioritized partisan concerns over compliance with a court order to draw lines that are fair to Black voters.

Alabama families could soon pay less at the grocery store after lawmakers gave final passage to a landmark bill to gradually remove half of the 4% state sales tax on food by September 2024.

The Black College World Series played this week in Alabama hopes to spur pro careers amid declining numbers of U.S.-born Black players in the major leagues.

The Detroit Lions and running back David Montgomery have agreed on an $18 million, three-year deal, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

Alabama has changed death penalty procedures to give the prison system longer to carry out executions — a move that comes after a string of troubled lethal injections in the state — and also eliminated an automatic review for trial errors.

PGA Tour rookie Taylor Montgomery is the leader midway through the second round of the Sony Open.

A member of an airline ground crew working at an Alabama airport died Saturday afternoon in an accident at the facility.

The prize-winning documentary, “Descendant,” tells the story of the last known slave ship to America and the descendants of the 110 people aboard.

David Pastrnak had a goal and three assists to help the Boston Bruins beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 in each team's season opener.

Congressional districts that a federal court panel said were unconstitutional because they dilute representation for Black voters in Alabama are nevertheless being used for the November election after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed them.

Police are trying to determine a motive in three seemingly random shootings along an interstate highway in Alabama and Georgia that left a motorist critically wounded.

The Boston Bruins have hired Jim Montgomery as their new coach.

Alabama’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate is going to a June runoff between Katie Britt and U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks.

Gleyber Torres homered early, then hit a go-ahead single in the ninth inning as the New York Yankees won their 10th straight game, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.

To celebrate International Women's Day, let's take a look through the stories of some of the most impactful women in Michigan history.

During a commemoration of the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Elliott Smith's great-aunt pushed him across the iconic Edmund Pettus Bridge in a stroller.

A fight between two men -- one wielding a crowbar and the other a metal bar -- in Detroit led to a shooting that left one of them, as well as an innocent bystander, dead, according to officials.

Authorities searched the last known residence of Harmony Montgomery to investigate the disappearance of the New Hampshire girl.

Darren Grainger passed for 203 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 122 yards and a fourth score to lead Georgia State to a 51-20 victory over Ball State in the Camellia Bowl on Saturday.

Alabama's governor is honoring the state's first Black poet laureate, a creative writing teacher from Birmingham who delves into the pain and difficulty of being Black in America.

Officials have released the inmate who was central to a Supreme Court case that extended the possibility of freedom to hundreds of people sentenced to life without parole as juveniles.

In recent years, hundreds of people once destined to spend the rest of their lives in prison after being convicted of crimes as juveniles have gone free.

The quest by a civil rights pioneer to have her arrest record wiped clean after nearly 70 years after she protested racial segregation has raised the possibility of similar bids to clear the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama.

An 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested for refusing to move to the back of an Alabama bus in 1955 wants to end the case once and for all.

The Equal Justice Initiative is opening an expanded museum in Alabama that focuses on the legacy of slavery in America.

On Thursday, a water main break closed South Seventh Street between West Jefferson and West Liberty.

Britney Spears’ father says in a Friday court filing that there are “no grounds whatsoever” for removing him from the conservatorship that controls her money and affairs.

Yankees left-hander Jordan Montgomery has tested positive for COVID-19, joining fellow starter Gerrit Cole among New York players sidelined by the virus.

A 21-year-old man is wanted in connection with an abduction and a shooting Tuesday night on Detroit’s west side.

The organization that created the nation’s first memorial to lynching victims has announced a major expansion of a museum designed to trace the impact of slavery and racism through the centuries.

A new assessment of endangered historic places is highlighting spots in Alabama along the route of the Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights in 1965.

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in Montgomery, Ala. Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, including wearing masks in public. Sarah Palin says she tested positive for COVID-19 and is urging people to take steps to guard against the coronavirus, such as wearing masks in public. “And history will show we Masked Singer visitors were masked before being masked was cool,” she said in her statement, referring to the TV show on which she once appeared. It was not clear when Palin, 57, tested positive. She told the magazine that other members of her family tested positive as well.

The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee marks the 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — the day on March 7, 1965, that civil rights marchers were brutally beaten by law enforcement officers on Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge. Vivian, and attorney Bruce Boynton were the late civil rights leaders honored on Sunday. Footage of the beatings helped galvanize support for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Let the people vote.”Lowery, a charismatic and fiery preacher, is often considered the dean of the civil rights veterans and led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Organizers acknowledged the fallen civil rights leaders and planned to lay wreaths at the bridge in their honor.

We celebrate Martin Luther King Day around the activist’s January birthday, which is Jan. 15.

FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Indiana. “Lisa Montgomery’s execution was far from justice.”It came after hours of legal wrangling before the Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution to move forward. The last woman executed by the federal government was Bonnie Brown Heady on Dec. 18, 1953, for the kidnapping and murder of a 6-year-old boy in Missouri. The last woman executed by a state was Kelly Gissendaner, 47, on Sept. 30, 2015, in Georgia.

FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. Montgomery who In 2004, killed a pregnant woman, cut a baby from her womb and then passed off the newborn as her own is set to die for the crime. Like Stinnett, Montgomery also raised rat terriers. Needing a baby before a fast-approaching court date, Montgomery turned her focus on Stinnett, whom she had met at dog shows. Prosecutors argued that Stinnett regained consciousness and tried to defend herself as Montgomery used a kitchen knife to cut the baby girl from her womb.

FILE - This undated file image provided by Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery shows Lisa Montgomery. A federal appeals court has lifted a judges order that had blocked the execution date for Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row. The ruling was handed down Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. (Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via AP)WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Moss concluded that the under his order the Bureau of Prisons could not even reschedule Montgomery’s execution until at least Jan. 1.

(AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up the Trump administration to schedule the execution after president-elect Joe Biden takes office. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss also vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons that had set Lisa Montgomerys execution date for Jan. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)WASHINGTON – A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up the Trump administration to schedule the execution after President-elect Joe Biden takes office. Moss prohibited the Bureau of Prisons from carrying out Lisa Montgomery’s execution before the end of the year and officials rescheduled her execution date for Jan. 12. Generally, under Justice Department guidelines, a death-row inmate must be notified at least 20 days before the execution.