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Meeting this week in Chicago likely to have big impact on Flint water crisis

A group of doctors, regulators and outside experts is meeting behind closed doors in Chicago Tuesday to determine if Flint’s water technically meets…

Stateside: Pet coke in Detroit; GRPD and ICE; women and minority entrepreneurs

Today on Stateside, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is accusing Grand Rapids police of engaging in racial profiling after one of its…

a postcard featuring an old steamer ship from Chicago

Stateside: Threat of government shutdown; climate immigrants; history of Great Lakes steamships

Today on Stateside, the latest on the road funding dispute between Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Republican leadership in the Michigan Legislature. Plus,…

Detroit public school teachers getting a bonus and deferred compensation

2,000 Detroit public school teachers are getting a bonus.It’s part of the district’s plan to attract and retain teachers.Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says…

We may think of salads as leafy and green, but the Watergate salad is only the latter. A combination of pistachio pudding mix, canned pineapple, whipped cream and chopped nuts, the salad is the shade of a Shamrock Shake ... sort of a minty chartreuse.

Watergate Salad: A Fluffy Green Bite Of Washington, D.C.'s Past

Thirty years ago, if you walked into a deli in Washington, D.C., you might find a dish called "Watergate Salad." And it's not bad. Soft. Tangy. You can taste why this caught on. And why it went away.

GM introduces Cadillac concept EV - and a gasoline powered SUV

General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the automaker is fully committed to a zero emissions future. Those vehicles of the future are being developed using the…

Carlos do Carmo performs in New York for the first time at Town Hall NYC on April 7, 2018 as part of Fado Festival New York.

At 78, Carlos Do Carmo, The 'Sinatra Of Fado,' Makes His New York Debut

Carlos do Carmo helped popularize fado, Portugal's national music, and gave it a political edge when Portugal's dictatorship fell in 1974. This past weekend, he brought fado to New York.

Hyundai and Kia recall more vehicles over engine fires/failures

Hyundai and Kia are recalling more than half a million vehicles because of defects that can cause fires. The new recalls are part of a more than three…

Demonstrators rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in April to protest against the Trump administration's efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

Trump Threatens Census Delay After Supreme Court Leaves Citizenship Question Blocked

Trump's tweets came hours after the Court decided to keep a question about citizenship off the form to be used for the head count.

Fever High's debut EP, <em>All Work</em>, comes out Oct. 9.

Work Hard For The Money: A Playlist For Labor Day

The NPR Music team shares a few of its favorite work-related tracks in honor of Labor Day.

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