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The poultry industry may be on the verge of adopting ambitious new animal-welfare standards, giving chickens more space and daylight, and even returning to older, slower-growing chicken breeds.

Iran Sentences Michigan ManA man from Michigan has been sentenced to death in Iran, according to the Associated Press. From the AP:NAIAS 2012 Preview…

The Greater Birmingham Humane Shelter in Alabama hosts yoga sessions — for people — right alongside the shelter's cats.

Correction: An earlier version of this story said the historic designation was already official.It looks like the SS Badger will have to wait a little…

The second volume in Ali Smith's seasonal quartet takes place over a tense family Christmas in Cornwall that reunites two sisters whose lives have taken vastly diverging paths.

Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey want to find out where Asian carp eggs will have the most success.They’re using a model nicknamed FluEgg to…

This week marks the anniversary of the 1937 massacre, in which Dominican soldiers targeted Haitians living near the Dominican-Haitian border. A team from NPR's Latino USA gathered survivors' memories.

It's no secret Wayne County is in rough financial shape, with an accumulated deficit nearing $200 million.County budget officials say a financial review…

Millions of Syrians are crowding into Jordan and Lebanon as well as Turkey. Aid efforts there are already at the breaking point.

Now 70 years old, Wayne Kramer — co-founder of the short-lived, influential Detroit rock band The MC5 — reflects on life as an artist, near-revolutionary, bumbling outlaw and prison reform advocate.