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NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews a film from Iran, about Iran — which hasn't been shown in Iran. It's called About Elly, and it's by director Asghar Farhadi, who won an Oscar for A Separation.

A union-led petition drive is trying to increase the state’s Corporate Income Tax rate from 6% to 11%. The revenue would be used to fix roads.Increasing…

In the '70s, Dr. Herbert Needleman made a discovery that changed how people think about lead. His work led to a ban on lead in gasoline. But as seen in Flint, Mich., lead poisoning is still a concern.

Two reports out this week show Michigan as a stark outlier when it comes to charter schools.One, from the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools,…

The movie Chimpanzee from Disney Nature opens in theaters today.It follows a young chimp, Oscar, who is separated from his troop, and is adopted by an…

Live the life of a Victorian-era light keeper at Tawas Point Lighthouse.That's the lure in an announcement this week that the Michigan Department of…

Michigan voters head to the polls in less than a month to vote on a ballot proposal to raise the state's sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent to fund…

Ambivalence about refugees runs high in Denmark. Danes are critical of a new law requiring police to take cash and valuables from asylum seekers. But they're also nervous about rising refugee numbers.

In 1929, Paul and Mae Lewis founded the Lewis Bros. Circus.The traveling circus was based in Jackson, Michigan and traveled throughout the state. They…

President Vladimir Putin's forces have effectively taken over the peninsula. Now, the world is watching anxiously to see if Russian troops move into other parts of Ukraine.