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New school year brings free meals and cell phone bans to Michigan schools

As Michigan schools kick off the new academic year, students will benefit from continued free meals through the Michigan School Meals program, while new cell phone bans spark mixed reactions among parents.

Florida amendment to expand abortion access fails. A six-week ban remains

The vote faced a 60% threshold, and the failure leaves abortion banned across most of the South beyond six weeks of pregnancy — when many still don't realize they're pregnant.

Medical student Sierra Silverwood is working with Climate Resources for Health Education to provide medical schools accessible material about the health impacts of climate change.

Michigan medical students fight to make climate change part of curriculum

Worsening air quality and warmer, stormier weather in the Great Lakes region caused by climate change are threatening human healthMichigan medical students are pushing for curriculum changes to address these health threatsAs a result, more medical schools are teaching future doctors about climate change

Vice President Harris speaks during a rally on Oct. 4 in Flint, Mich.

In Michigan, Harris hits back against Trump over his electric car attack lines

The Trump campaign is telling Michigan that Vice President Harris would ban gas-powered cars. At a rally in Flint, she pushed back – and said Trump would be bad for the state’s best-known industry.

Bree Wallace works for the Tampa Bay Abortion Fund. The group uses donations to help people pay for abortion care in Florida, and to travel to other states, but has struggled financially to keep up with the demand.

It's harder to pay and travel for abortion care, and support funds are struggling

Financial aid funds that help women pay for abortions — or travel to other states to access care — are struggling financially, despite abortion's role in this year's elections.

Nitrogen and phosphorus drain from cropland and livestock operations into swollen ditches like this on in Michigan.

Eight Michigan rural communities get USDA loans and grants to fix water infrastructure problems

Small communities have the same problems as bigger ones with their water infrastructure - aging equipment and stormwater and sewage mains, leaking private septic systems, and rainwater ditches overwhelmed by heavier rains due to climate change. Eight Michigan rural communities will get USDA help fixing some of those issues.

On the right, a white sign with black letters reads Holtec International - Palisades Power Plant, while a road on the left leads up the hill past trees with no leaves. The entrance to the now shuttered nuclear plant in Covert Township, Michigan.

Groups file petition to stop nuclear plant from reopening along Lake Michigan

Holtec, the company that owns the plant, says restarting would create 600 jobs and offer a carbon-free source of energy for the state.

Europe's far-right leaders applaud Trump and downplay threat of possible U.S. tariffs

The event was organized by Spain's Vox party in Madrid under the banner "Make Europe Great Again." The leaders applauded President Trump's agenda and spoke of the turning point it presented Europe.

Dr. Audrey Lance, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Northland Family Planning, knew she wanted to provide abortion care since the day her school's chapter of Medical Students for Choice went to a reproductive rights rally.

Inside a Michigan clinic, patients talk about abortion — and a looming statewide vote

Michigan faces a key vote on abortion rights as patients travel there from other states. At a clinic near Detroit, many women share what abortion access means for their own lives and futures.

Israel and Hamas may be on the verge of a ceasefire. Here's what we know right now

Negotiators in Qatar are close to a ceasefire deal that sees an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian detainees, a six-week pause in fighting and eventual troop withdrawal from Gaza.

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