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The current legal confusion is no accident, University of Michigan law professor Leah Litman says. “That uncertainty, and really the chaos, is part of why the anti-abortion plaintiffs in the Texas case sought this ruling.”

Here's what the abortion pill ruling means for Michigan

Patients seeking abortions in Michigan can still get the abortion pill — at least, for now.

Detroit's Mariners Inn breaks ground on $24-million expansion for substance abuse treatment

This new building, called The Anchor at Mariners Inn, will offer more supportive housing, counseling, therapy and job training services.

ShantaQuilette Develle Carter-Williams, 44, was prescribed Ozempic after a stroke put her life in danger. The drug worked wonders — until she couldn't get it.

'You forget to eat': How Ozempic went from diabetes medicine to blockbuster diet drug

The Novo Nordisk diabetes medication was found to cause significant weight loss in users and has since become a blockbuster drug and very big business.

Krissy Harmon's home is less than a mile from a landfill that caught fire more than three months ago. She uses blue painter's tape to keep smoke out and says her family still experiences health issues brought on by the fire.

A months-long landfill fire in Alabama reveals waste regulation gaps

An unregulated landfill that accepts vegetative waste has burned underground for months. Neighbors were inundated with smoke and left wondering why the site wasn't regulated in the first place.

Mifepristone was approved more than 20 years ago to induce first-trimester abortions in combination with a second drug, misoprostol.

With abortion pill access uncertain, states strike deals to stock up

California, Washington state, New York and Massachusetts are stockpiling misoprostol and mifepristone, both of which are used in abortion regimens.

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or "Super Committee," failed to come up with a compromise to reduce the deficit. Michigan members of the Super Committee spoke about the experience.

With infrastructure bill passed, Rep. Dingell optimistic about Biden social-spending plan, Rep. Tlaib calls it a "broken deal"

U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI 12) voted Friday to pass President Biden's $1.2-trillion infrastructure bill. Dingell spoke to Morning Edition about what the bill means for Michigan, and her hopes for the Build Back Better bill.

The Dalai Lama, pictured here at a prayer ceremony in McLeod Ganj last week, has come under fire for visibly kissing a young boy on the lips in a video that's been viewed millions of times.

The Dalai Lama apologizes for asking a young boy to suck his tongue

The 87-year-old Buddhist high priest says he "regrets" kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to "suck my tongue." A video capturing the incident went viral on social media, sparking outrage.

Clockwise from top left: <em>The Gilded Age, Fire Island, Mood, The Flight Attendant, Heartstopper </em>and <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once.</em>

50 wonderful things from 2022

Pop culture critic Linda Holmes has been making annual lists of wonderful things since 2010. The recommendations this year are big and small, inspirational and silly, very popular and totally obscure.

Annabelle Marsh, age 5, and her mother, Brandi Marsh. Annabelle was left quadriplegic in a car crash when she was three. Her mother is often her only caregiver.

Auto no-fault law pushes a single mom to exhaustion and despair

Brandi Marsh is frequently the sole caregiver for her five year old quadriplegic daughter, due to the 2019 auto no fault law. "Her life is in my hands," she says, fearing her exhaustion will cause her to make a life-threatening mistake.

Report: Railroads cut costs, prioritize speed and efficiency over safety

ProPublica analyzed 600+ train accident reports from 20 years, raising questions on whether longer trains with fewer crews cause more derailments. Reporter Dan Schwartz discusses the findings on NPR.

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