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Wealthy candidates and wealthy donors turn up in 2022 Michigan campaign finance reports

Former President Donald Trump’s political action committee has made large donations to more than a dozen candidates in Michigan.

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski speaks during a news conference after Duke's loss to North Carolina in a college basketball game during the semifinal round of the Men's Final Four NCAA tournament, Saturday, April 2, 2022, in New Orleans.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's career ends as UNC and Kansas head to the season finale

Krzyzewski had announced he would retire at the end of the season. His players were beaten by UNC, while Kansas beat Villanova to reach the final of the men's NCAA basketball tournament.

NPR Music critic Ann Powers writes that Adele's new album, 30, "engages with the world â through lyrics that trade adolescent romanticism for genuine self-examination." Her new album, 30, is out now.

Adele talks coming back to Earth at '30'

Morning Edition's Rachel Martin talks to Adele about her latest album and the growing pains of growing older.

Transgender inmates who don't get proper gender-affirming care in prison can experience serious anxiety, depression and suicidal ideation. One individual said the experience was "catastrophic."

Trans inmates need access to gender-affirming care. Often they have to sue to get it

Lawyers and health experts, as well as incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, say getting gender-affirming care in prison often comes only after threats of lawsuits or a full legal fight.

a nurse holds a vial of one of the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.

House panel holds hearing on banning businesses from requiring vaccines

Businesses could not require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, and also could not require unvaccinated people to wear protective masks under a…

Political activist Olivia Julianna, 19, was publicly shamed by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz after the congressman said women who are fat or ugly don't need to worry about getting pregnant or having an abortion. She started raising money for abortion funds across the country after Gaetz attempted to humiliate her, and has since raised over $700,000.

A Texas teen raises over $700,000 for abortions after Rep. Matt Gaetz mocked her

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told a crowd in Tampa that "nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," launching him into an online battle with a teenage activist.

The Mastodon app homepage is seen displayed on a mobile phone screen.

Some Twitter users flying the coop hope Mastodon will be a safe landing

Now that Elon Musk owns Twitter, some of the social network's users are looking for alternatives. One that's ballooned in the past two weeks is Mastodon.

The late Jeff German, host of "Mobbed Up," poses with Planet Hollywood, formerly the Aladdin, in the background on the Strip in Las Vegas, on June 2, 2021.

The official jailed in the Las Vegas journalist killing is due in court

A local elected official is due to face a judge on a murder charge Tuesday in the stabbing death of a Las Vegas investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him.

Andy Lang visits the gravesite of his sister Bertha Reed, Sunday November 20, 2022 in McIntosh, Alabama. Lang worked at the Olin Corp. chemical plant as a contract pipefitter, his sister retired after working as a lab analyst. Soon after she retired, Reed, who did not smoke cigarettes, was diagnosed with lung cancer. She died in 2017 at age 64.

Factory workers across the U.S. say they were exposed to asbestos on the job

Their accounts contrast sharply with what chemical giants have said about worker safety at their facilities. At an Olin plant outside of McIntosh, Ala., workers recall decades of asbestos exposure.

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Four Michigan Starbucks stores join unionizing efforts

Three stores in Ann Arbor and one in Lansing are now among the Starbucks stores unionizing across the country.

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