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Sharply rising construction costs placed Detroit's plan for nearly 500 new units of affordable housing in peril. But additional state funding will keep the plan in place.

Chubb Ltd.'s Century Indemnity Company said it would contribute to the fund to settle more than 82,000 claims as part of a bankruptcy reorganization ordered in August.

Voters in Virginia have elected Youngkin as the next governor after years of Democratic control, according to the AP. Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe conceded Wednesday morning.

Advocates for abortion rights used to commonly assert that the procedure should be "safe, legal and rare," but that motto has become deeply controversial as the movement tries to remove stigma.

Michigan Radio sports commentator John U. Bacon talks to Morning Edition host Doug Tribou about news that University of Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh will stay with the Wolverines after missing out on an NFL opening.

In an NPR interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, said changes in vaccine distribution could be necessary depending on what happens in the next few weeks.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden's first Supreme Court pick, has been sworn in as the 116th justice. She is the first Black woman to serve on the nation's high court.

A dedicated minority of conservative activists has been working for decades to dismantle Roe v. Wade. One man in particular has played an outsized role in that effort: Leonard Leo.

Michigan abortion providers thought they'd be helping patients get out of the state if Roe fell. Instead, they're overwhelmed by the number of patients trying to get in to the clinics, both from Michigan and other states.

Each defendant faces potentially up to two years behind bars when they are sentenced in September.