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U.S. Air Force official says four more years of study needed on Wurtsmith PFAS contamination

A top Pentagon official told an audience in Oscoda on Wednesday that another four years of study are needed on the PFAS contamination seeping from the…

Doctor recommends tackling gun violence from a public health perspective

Gun violence in the United States is a public health problem – and it needs to be treated that way. That’s according to Dr. Rebecca Cunningham, the…

On Tuesday, April 28 demonstrators outside Westville Correctional Facility protested conditions in the facility.

As COVID-19 Cuts Deadly Path Through Indiana Prisons, Inmates Say Symptoms Ignored

Prisoners and their relatives have contradicted state officials about the conditions and medical care inside Indiana prisons. Some say didn't learn an imprisoned relative had COVID-19 until he died.

Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern in Maida Vale, London, in 2015 with plans to put up luxury apartments in its place. Community activists filed suit and the developer was forced to rebuild the pub brick for brick.

Pair Your Pints With A Trip Through History On This British Pub Crawl Across London

The quintessential British institutions have changed over time and now face threats to their very existence.

Injection well proposal worries neighbors of Northern Michigan landfill

Near a landfill in northern Michigan, residents have been dealing with undrinkable water for decades. Now, a new proposal at the landfill makes them even…

Members of the Real Idaho Three Percenters unload potatoes this week as part of a volunteer effort to give away crops that were unsold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Their activities raise questions about the role of militias in the pandemic response.

It Was A Feel-Good Story About Potatoes. But It Left Out An Idaho Militia's Role

The Real Idaho Three Percenters' involvement in a potato giveaway raises questions about the role armed groups are playing in the coronavirus response.

4 tables of boys at Christmas party at Coldwater State Home & Training School (ca. 1925)

Stateside: 19th century roots of juvenile justice system; making school relevant for today's kids

Today on Stateside, a conversation with the reporter who broke the story of two Detroit funeral homes that were shut down for their mishandling of human…

Ann Arbor declares climate emergency and goal of carbon neutrality by 2030

Ann Arbor's City Council has declared a "climate emergency." That includes the aggressive goal of reaching carbon neutrality for all of Ann Arbor by…

State to expand testing as two toxic chemical plumes spread in Brighton

More than 100 Brighton homes will be tested for the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene (TCE), according to state officials. The toxic chemical was…

Graduation, Financial Aid, Admissions — For This Year's College-Bound, The Future Is In Turmoil

Colleges have extended deposit deadlines, the SAT and ACT are canceling testing dates and students and their families are navigating financial decisions amid the uncertainty.

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