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Jesmyn Ward's lush and lonely new novel is set amid the mud, blood and heat of Mississippi. It's a road-trip odyssey complicated by hunger, sickness and the murderous racism that infects the town.

A new survey shows your health may depend on where you live in Michigan.The University of Wisconsin puts out an annual assessment of the health of the…

There are fewer charter schools in session this year – a first since Michigan’s first charter school opened its doors in 1994.Five new charter schools did…

Scientists are trying to develop drugs to counteract an "undruggable" genetic variant that's responsible for about 30 percent of all cancer cases. It's high risk — high reward research.

Crime fighting is starting to look more and more like the show CSI, thanks to developers at Michigan State University.The instant DNA match technology…

The NPR education team brings you 25 books with minority characters and authors.

The Army wanted a new, small device that could pull a person rapidly up a rope. The invention they eventually got has uses far beyond the military.

Remember that time when there was just nothing better than being a Republican governor? When it was almost a given that the next Republican candidate for…

A company that employs substitute teachers unexpectedly shut down operations in Michigan on Monday, leaving several school districts around the state…

In the state of Michigan, the Secretary of State oversees public notaries, vehicle registration and automotive licensing, and, perhaps most importantly,…