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City Council candidate Stanley Martin stands in front of an informal memorial to Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Prude was a man with mental health and drug issues who died last year after being taken into police custody.

Rochester, N.Y., Wants To Reimagine Police. What Do People Imagine That Means?

Stanley Martin wants to rethink Rochester police — a radical new plan to abolish the police gradually. Others also talk about "reimagining" police, though they mean the same word very differently.

Stock trader Peter Tuchman works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 9, 2020.

I Came Close To Dying: Wall Street's Most Photographed Man Is Ready For Normalcy

If 100% of a firm's traders are fully vaccinated, it can start sending more to the stock exchange floor. They can eat lunch in their booths again. Masks will be optional in some parts of the floor.

Alex Gibney's new documentary on HBO is called <em>The Crime of the Century. </em>It details the role of the medical system in creating the opioid crisis.

Opioid Crisis: Filmmaker Details The Medical System's 'Crime Of The Century'

Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney investigated the opioid crisis. He says it was created by pharmaceutical companies, distributors, pharmacists and doctors, all looking to profit.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., raise their arms after addressing attendees of a rally Friday at The Villages in Florida.

A Look At The GOP From Inside A Matt Gaetz-Marjorie Taylor Greene Rally

The two members of Congress may not have much power on the Hill, but they get celebrity treatment from Trump supporters.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally at Cellairis Amphitheatre in Atlanta on Oct. 27. Biden is the first Democratic presidential nominee to win Georgia since 1992.

Biden Flips Coveted Georgia, The Last State To Be Called By The AP

Democrats had been seeking to flip the reliably Republican state for years. The call brings the electoral vote tally to 306 for President-elect Joe Biden and 232 for President Trump.

Nationally gathered statistics suggest that nearly half of graduating physicians in 2017 owed more than $200,000 in student debt.

NYU's Move To Make Medical School Free For All Gets Mixed Reviews

New York University students cheered, but critics say waiving tuition isn't the best way to ease student debt or boost the number of primary care doctors from diverse backgrounds.

TIMELINE: State officials knew about the problems at Electro-Plating Services for 30 years

Thirty years before toxic green ooze spilled onto a Madison Heights road, the state's Pollution Emergency Alerting System hotline received a complaint…

WAMU & NPR name Michigan Radio alum Jenn White as host of 1A

WAMU 88.5 announced today that Jenn White has been selected as the new host of the nationally syndicated NPR show 1A. No stranger to public media, White…

Mogens Jensen, seen here in 2014, has stepped down as Denmark's agriculture minister due to mishandling a cull of the Danish mink population.

Danish Agriculture Minister Resigns Amid Criticism For Ordering Mink Cull

The cull was ordered after a mutated version of the coronavirus was found to have spread among the country's mink herd. It later emerged the government did not have legislation in place for the order.

football stadium signs for MSU and U of M

Bacon: As Big Ten football begins, COVID-19 looms large

The Big Ten Conference opens its 2020 football season Friday night, but the games people care about in these parts are happening Saturday. Michigan State…

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