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A year or so ago, one of my students saw me talking with Kathleen Straus, a longtime member of the state board of education.Later, he asked me who she…

The composer and trombonist has covered a lot of territory, from jazz to Balkan brass bands to arranging for Kronos quartet. His latest album enlists three guitars and one very esoteric concept.

Polling places are a politics-free zone. Could that change with a Supreme Court case out of Minnesota? The court is hearing arguments in a key case on this Wednesday.

Seventy years ago, an atomic bomb wiped a city off the map. The committee that picked the target knew the destruction would be awful, but hoped it could end the war and stop future use of such bombs.

David Padilla is adjusting to life back home in Northeast Philadelphia. After nearly 20 years in prison, he won clemency last year, freeing him from two life sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.

Police are trained to avoid warning shots for tactical and legal reasons. But this long-standing prohibition is being reconsidered under public pressure to reduce deadly shootings by police.

Flint’s mayor believes a U.S. Senate deal could free up federal money to pay to remove the city’s lead service lines.U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow,…

The comedian and Late, Late Show band leader beatboxes, imitates and impersonates with amazing accuracy. It was a phone call from Conan O'Brien that put Watts' one-man show into the spotlight.

The news site Motor City Muckraker took it upon itself to track every fire in the city of Detroit for a year.When you take on a project like that, you…

The past few years have brought change after change for students in Albion, Michigan.For years, they saw friends and neighbors hop on buses from other…