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The federal government recently released more than 6,000 inmates from custody. It's the first wave of what will be some 4,600 people whose sentences for…

We’d like to stress that That’s What They Say is a safe place for word enthusiasts to confide language pet peeves without fear of ridicule or judgment.…

With the hand-wringing over what appears to be short-term, hasty-decision-making in Flint (the move by a state-appointed emergency manager to try and save…

On Nov. 17, 2006, Bo Schembechler died. He was 77. For Michigan fans, the bad news hasn’t ended. Second-ranked Michigan lost the next day’s game to…

This isn’t the easiest time to come to Michigan as a refugee.Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says he’ll sue to stop Syrian refugees from…

In Paris, holiday buche de Noel cakes verge on art. Cookbook author Dorie Greenspan has created her own Franco-American version that's fun to make and "just as good as birthday cake," she says.

People who need to be rescued after taking part in “reckless” behavior during emergencies would be fined under bills introduced in the state house this…

Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year. NPR asked some in this group how brands and corporations can get their attention.

The group's sound broke down musical walls and inspired civil rights leaders. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with biographer Greg Kot about his new book, I'll Take You There: Mavis Staples, the Staple Singers, and the March Up Freedom's Highway.

As millions of acres of forests burn across the state this summer, there's growing concern about what impact that might have on permafrost — and how melting permafrost might affect climate change.