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A couple dressed in protective gear walks through Chicago's O'Hare International Airport last week as the normal frantic bustle in the terminal was replaced by an unsettling calm.

The People Flying During The Pandemic And How Airlines Are Trying To Protect Them

Planes are carrying medical personnel, essential workers and people returning from abroad or visiting critically ill relatives. Airlines are blocking middle seats and taking other safety measures.

State says it will ban restraints that led to death of 16-year-old

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is issuing an emergency rule to ban child care facilities from using the type of restraint that led…

"If we're not able to address the short-term cash needs of rural hospitals, we're going to see hundreds ... close before this crisis ends," warns the head of the National Rural Hospital Association. "This is not hyperbole."

Coronavirus Threatens Rural Hospitals Already At The Financial Brink

About half of U.S. rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. Now facing a pandemic, hospital CEOs warn that, without federal help, their doors may close when the community most needs them.

An employee of the U.S. Treasury's Mutilated Currency Division inspects shredded dollar bills to evaluate whether the damaged money should be reimbursed. The division issues an average of $30 million a year to owners of damaged bills.

Cash Back Guarantee: The U.S. Redeems Damaged Bills Because The Dollar Depends On It

The Treasury reviews some 24,000 cases a year and reimburses around $30 million to people whose money has been burned, flooded or otherwise damaged. This service helps underpin the dollar's integrity.

MI school bond results: Ann Arbor approves $1B bond, Dearborn votes down $240M plan

Among the school bond proposals on local ballots Tuesday, Ann Arbor’s was by the far the most ambitious – a $1-billion bond for building improvements. The…

Shoreline erosion the focus of meeting in Manistee

Officials from the federal, state and county government will be at a public meeting in Manistee on Tuesday to talk about shoreline erosion.The meeting is…

Guest DJ: IDLES Frontman Joe Talbot

Joe Talbot, frontman for the British punk group IDLES, talks about Joy as an Act of Resistance, how Van Morrison's Astral Weeks changed his life and his tips for driving across Kansas while on tour.

Western Michigan football joins AP rankings for first time

The first season after P.J. Fleck was hired to be the head football coach at Western Michigan University in 2012, the Broncos finished with a 1-11…

Stateside: Whitmer’s budget options; teacher of color shortage; the controversial zipper merge

Today on Stateside, the state budget needs to be approved by Governor Gretchen Whitmer tonight to avoid a partial government shutdown. But the governor…

State hopes to speed up delayed adoptions and identify new adoptive homes

The state of Michigan hopes to speed up in-progress adoptions.Bob Wheaton is a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.He says…

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