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Trump Tower in Chicago. The real-estate mogul and political outsider shocked the world today with his win in the presidential election.

For the first time since 1988, Michigan appears to have helped elect a Republican president. The state’s 16 electoral votes will go to Republican nominee…

cartoon drawing of man trying to convince the legislature to approve a budget

Auchter's Art: Lawmakers are only partially to blame

Several years ago, I was working for a software company that got bought by a larger software company. They wanted me to relocate. My wife and I didn't and…

A medical staff member performs a COVID-19 test outside the Family Healthcare building in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, on Oct. 15. North Dakota is experiencing an influx in COVID-19 cases and on Nov. 6, the state reported a record high of 1,765 daily new cases.

COVID-19 Hospitalizations Surge In Dakotas: 'It's Like We Opened Up A Spigot'

Faced with overloaded hospitals, doctors in South Dakota and North Dakota struggle to deal with uncontained community spread of COVID-19 and with medical staffing issues in their states.

INTERACTIVE MAP: More than half of cities with lead pipes on GLWA don't know where they are

There are lead service lines in older communities across Michigan. Because of their age and population size, it’s fair to say the bulk of Michigan’s lead…

President Trump signs H.R.266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.

Trump: 'We Are Getting Through This Challenge'

President Trump has signed the latest economic relief package, this one aimed at small businesses and hospitals.

Detroit expands COVID-19 testing to all city residents, eyes reopening city businesses

Starting Wednesday, any Detroit resident will be able to make an appointment to get tested for COVID-19.Previously, free testing in Detroit was restricted…

A census worker goes door to door in January to count some of Alaska's most remote residents in Toksook Bay. Warming temperatures and thawing permafrost are making it harder to get an accurate count for the 2020 census in some Alaska Native villages.

Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census

Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count.

A holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. A 16-year-old Honduran boy who entered the U.S. alone was scheduled to be deported Wednesday, but a federal judge has blocked his removal.

Judge Blocks Deportation Of Honduran Teenager Due To Pandemic

The 16-year-old boy was to be deported Wednesday under a new administration policy that applies federal health statutes, intended to mitigate the spread of disease, to immigration cases.

Olympian Claressa Shields visits the USA House in London before leaving for her home in Flint, Mich. Shields was greeted by a marching band and a motorcycle escort in her hometown.

Medalist Claressa Shields Gets A Hero's Welcome

Hundreds gathered in Flint, Mich., Tuesday, to celebrate the return of Olympian Claressa Shields. Just 17, Shields won America's lone gold medal in boxing at the Summer Games. And her triumph was welcome news in Flint, a struggling town that gave her a motorcycle escort home.

BRIDGE MAGAZINE: How to cash in on a crappy home. Step one: Find a sucker to sign a land contract.

Denise Pope put a down payment on hope as much as a house.Sure, the home wasn’t much: An 800-square-foot wood bungalow, barely big enough to contain her…

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