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Congress approved funding for several projects and programs that will benefit the Great Lakes region.

Congress approves federally-funded environmental projects for Michigan and Great Lakes

The spending plan includes significant funding for Great Lakes projects and Michigan infrastructure.

Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) tends to his ailing brother Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) like a real Florence Turkeyvulture.

'House of the Dragon' Season 2, Episode 6: A blind date goes down in flames

Aegon catches on to Aemond's power plays. Plus: Alicent shows symptoms of maternal instinct.

This photo released March 10, 2023, by the Ohio governor's office, shows covered piles of soils contaminated with vinyl chloride after a February train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Shipments of the tainted soils and liquids to treatment and storage facilities in other states have drawn protests in communities receiving the waste, but federal officials say the facilities regularly take similar wastes from elsewhere. (State of Ohio via AP)

Ohio train derailment highlights waste disposal predicament

Officials in southeastern Michigan were angry when a landfill and deep-injection wells near Detroit received contaminated soils and liquids from a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.

People take items from stores in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023.

3 foreigners confirmed among the dozens dead from Hurricane Otis in Mexico

Those confirmed dead included one American, one Canadian and one person from England, all of whom had been living in Acapulco for some time and were not considered tourists, local prosecutors said.

Palestinian medics listen to a man as the wounded are brought to the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia following Israeli bombardment on Tuesday. The hospital is situated just a few miles south of the Indonesian hospital, which was hit Monday by Israeli shelling, according to Palestinian officials.

Qatar says Israel and Hamas agree to a cease-fire deal to free some hostages

Qatar's foreign ministry announced a "humanitarian pause" in fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow release of some hostages.

<strong>San Jose de Gracia, Mexico — July 30, 2021:</strong> San Jose de Gracia is nestled in the middle of the Pacific coast of Baja California, Mexico. The community claims that it was founded 200 years ago but today only 12 members are living there. While water first brought the settlement, the rainy season has shifted. This left the community without a waterfall going into the canyon.

Songs and Pictures For Climate Change: A Playlist for the Planet

As the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Summit winds down, NPR's Picture Show looks at work by photographers that highlight climate change.

Marsi Parker Darwin says Peanut loves a good cuddle.

Meet Peanut, a 21-year–old chicken and world record holder

Finally old enough to drink, this bantam hen had a rough start to her record-breaking life.

Michigan Radio Wins Five Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards

Michigan Radio has been recognized with five regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in the Large Market Radio category. The station won awards in the…

Iron deficiency may affect many women, and it can lead to anemia, a condition that results in the body having too few healthy red blood cells.

Exhausted? Irritable? It could be undiagnosed iron deficiency

Around a third of women of reproductive age could have low iron. But doctors don’t routinely screen for the condition, though it can lead to anemia. Symptoms include exhaustion, headaches and more.

Sea lamprey crews check the concentration of lampricide chemicals in a Michigan watershed.

More fallout from Midland dam failures: blood-sucking parasites in rivers

The 2020 Midland dam failures have allowed parasitic sea lamprey to invade local rivers. Crews are dosing rivers with lamprey-killing chemicals.

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