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Michigan continues to see an increase in cases of child abuse and neglect.That's according to latest Kids Count in Michigan Data Book released Tuesday by…

Indonesia's founding philosophy includes the notions of unity and social justice for all. But there are growing concerns that the country is becoming less tolerant than it once was.

NEW YORK (AP) - At 74, the Queen of Soul has decided to take it a little easier.Aretha Franklin is planning to retire this year, she told Detroit TV…

In an effort to raise employment through increased job training, the Obama administration has distributed $450 million to nearly 270 community colleges…

Every year, the New York City Ballet asks top fashion designers to outfit its dancers for its Fall Gala. Good thing the capacity of its 18-person costume department is "the highest you can get."

It’s a classic Hollywood plotline: A powerful corporation wants to develop a large tract of pristine land. Local citizens band together, persuade…

The Education Trust-Midwest continues its quest to prod our state's leaders to do what is needed to improve our schools.The nonpartisan research and…

Twenty years ago, the brutal killing of a young gay man in Laramie, Wyo., drew national attention and led to an expansion of a federal hate-crimes law.

On September 30, Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued line-item vetoes worth $947 million of the $59.9 billion state budget plan. She also received approval…

Car traffic took a big dip beginning in late March, and headlines celebrated clean air around the U.S. But an NPR analysis of EPA data tells a more troubling story.