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People attend a vigil in Paris on Tuesday following the devastating fire that destroyed much of the beloved Notre Dame Cathedral.

Paris Holds Vigil To Mourn Notre Dame Fire Damage, Macron Vows Swift Reconstruction

The French president set a goal of completing the work in five years. Hundreds of millions of dollars were raised toward the effort one day after a fire at the cathedral.

BWL Board of Commissioners gives go-ahead to new natural gas plant

The commissioners who run the Lansing Board of Water and Light have unanimously approved the construction of a new natural gas plant.The public utility…

A portrait of Patience Gray taken in 1959 by a colleague at the <em>Observer</em>. A British food writer, Gray advocated slow food and foraging long before the rest of the food world. Her work had outsized influence on chefs from Alice Waters on. A new biography tells her story.

'Fasting And Feasting': The Remarkable Life of Patience Gray

A British food writer, Gray advocated slow food and foraging long before the rest of the food world. Her work had outsized influence on chefs from Alice Waters on. A new biography tells her story.

Applications for energy assistance to be open all year starting Oct. 1

Applications for energy assistance in Michigan will be open all year round starting Monday, October 1.Until now, people could only apply for the…

Stateside for Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Today on Stateside:Michigan's legislators will be back in Lansing tomorrow. The day will bring committee meetings including attention to a pair of bills…

Treatment and trials go on, but Michigan doctors split on coronavirus drug

Thousands of people are being recruited to participate in southeast Michigan clinical trials — touted as among the largest in the country — to test the…

As part of a demonstration across from the White House on May 7, National Nurses United set out empty shoes for nurses who have died from COVID-19. The union is asking employers and the government to provide safe workplaces, including adequate staffing. Hospitals have been laying off and furloughing nurses due to lost revenue.

As Hospitals Lose Revenue, More Than A Million Health Care Workers Lose Jobs

Faced with lost revenue from canceled elective procedures, hospitals laid off 1.4 million health care workers in April, including nearly 135,000 from hospitals.

View of central crossing of the central hub island, one of dozens of man-made islands envisioned by Rice University architecture students. The islands would serve as a floating city for oil workers off the coast of Brazil.

A College Project That Imagines A Floating City For Oil Workers

Plans for man-made islands — designed by Rice University architecture students — have attracted the attention of one of the world's largest oil companies as a way to house way-offshore oil workers.

Gordon is seen here in a satellite image from around 1 p.m. CT Tuesday.

Tropical Storm Gordon Makes Landfall In Mississippi

Gordon came ashore just west of the Alabama border, according to the National Hurricane Center. A storm surge of 3-5 feet is possible for all of coastal Mississippi, forecasters say.

For the 78 residents of St. Joseph's Senior Home in New Jersey, the arrival of hazmat-suited officials in March in their caravan of ambulance buses was terrifying. Some evacuees with dementia shouted and furiously clawed at them. Others begged not to be taken away.

The Tragedy Of 'St. Joe's'

Back in March, a coronavirus outbreak at St. Joseph's Senior Home in Woodbridge, N.J., led state officials to evacuate all 78 of its residents. Within weeks, nearly half of them were dead.

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