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Sadio Konte Dior, 20, on the farm where he works outside of Dakar on October 4. He came to Senegal from Mali. On these small farms just outside of the capital, men and women who have migrated regionally grow lettuce and other vegetables.

What a lettuce farm in Senegal reveals about climate-driven migration in Africa

People from all over West Africa come to Rufisque in western Senegal to labor in the lettuce fields – planting seeds and harvesting vegetables.

Police officers throw stones toward supporters of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan during clashes in Islamabad on Wednesday. Khan's arrest on Tuesday sparked violence in major cities. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered Khan's release.

Pakistan's Supreme Court orders release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan

The court ruled that Khan's arrest on Tuesday was illegal and said he should be released. Khan's arrest has sparked violence in major Pakistani cities.

The first debt ceiling fight was in 1953. It looked almost exactly like the one today

Debt ceiling dramas have been going on a long time. The first one happened exactly 70 years ago. President Eisenhower asked Congress for an extra $15 billion and the Senate said, "No dice."

An F-16 fighter jet used a missile to take out an unidentified object over Michigan's Lake Huron on Saturday. Here, a Belgian F-16 is pictured taking part in a NATO nuclear deterrence exercise in Belgium in October.

Over Lake Huron, the U.S. downs a 3rd unidentified object in 3 days

A unidentified object has been shot down by U.S. forces over Michigan's Lake Huron, according to the Pentagon. It's the fourth aerial shootdown in just over a week in North America.

Teafua Tanu is an islet of Tokelau used by residents of Fakaofo atoll as a Catholic cemetery. Over the past two decades, the territory of Tokelau has proved extremely vulnerable to climate change and rising sea levels owing, partly, to its being a small land mass surrounded by ocean, and its location in a region prone to natural disasters.

Their lands are oceans apart but are linked by rising, warming seas of climate change

Photographer Vlad Sokhin's latest work, Warm Waters, is an exploration of climate change traveling across 18 countries and off-the-map territories seen by seldom few.

The four Republican governor candidates on the stage together for the debate

Week in Review: GOP candidates hold first debate, and study gives term limits a "thumbs down"

The four Republicans running for governor held their first debate this week. It was the first time Attorney General Bill Schuette, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley,…

8 Tracks: Viral jazz, fantasy metal and a springtime roséwave jam

What do New Jazz Underground, Black Sabbath and Remi Wolf have in common? According to NPR Music producer Lars Gotrich, they put out the best tracks of the week.

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Once concentrated in southwest Michigan, high-volume irrigation wells have spread north as far as Antrim County, and through central Michigan.

As drought grips American West, irrigation becomes selling point for Michigan

Michigan farmers irrigate with 187 billion gallons of groundwater a year. Is the state prepared for more?

Former Republican state lawmaker plans to run for 5th congressional district nomination

A former Republican state lawmaker plans to challenge Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee this fall.Tim Kelly says he plans to launch his campaign soon for…

Stateside for Thursday, April 21, 2016

Daniel Howes weighs in on the criminal charges filed against one Flint utility official and two state water quality experts for their roles in the Flint…

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