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New law makes recounts tougher, more expensive

A new law makes it tougher and more expensive for losing candidates to demand a recount of election results.Governor Rick Snyder signed the new law…

The Circus Is A Glittering Wartime Refuge In 'The Orphan's Tale'

Pam Jenoff's new novel follows two women who sign on with a German traveling circus — and the Jewish baby they're both determined to protect as the darkness of World War II falls across Europe.

"My home," exclaims Movses Haneshyan, on seeing the enlarged image presented to him by photographer Diana Markosian. He'd fled with his father at age 5.

For Oldest Armenians, A Glimpse Of A Homeland Lost But Not Forgotten

Based on the memories of Armenian centenarians who survived the 1915 genocide as children, Armenian-American photographer Diana Markosian traveled to Turkey to bring them images from their past.

Photos from our series on juvenile lifers in Michigan.

A roundup of our juvenile lifers in Michigan series

In the 1990s, Michigan took a tough stand against teens under 18 convicted of violent crimes. Prosecutors in Michigan started locking more of them up for…

After nearly dying at her own hospital, physician calls on medical staff to be more empathetic

It began with unbearable pain — an alarming development for a woman seven months pregnant.And before too long, Dr. Rana Awdish was losing her grip on…

Gregg Wards owns the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry and has become one of the biggest champions of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, even though it will put him out of business.

A new bridge is dawning in Detroit. Matty Moroun isn’t the only one unhappy.

Gregg Ward is a nice guy with a lousy view. His family business overlooks Detroit’s hell on earth: the hulking, pitch-black U.S. Steel plant on Zug Island…

Michigan leaders want to make crumbling Detroit fort into national park

A movement is afoot to make the historically rich but deteriorating Historic Fort Wayne in Southwest Detroit into a national park, Bridge Magazine has…

Political roundup: A Trump loss could damage Michigan GOP for years to come

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is putting members of his own party in Michigan in a tough spot. With slumping poll numbers, there are some…

Fred Korematsu, seated center, at a 1983 press conference announcing the reopening of his Supreme Court case

Karen Korematsu asks Michigan to honor her father's fight for civil liberties

We’ve all been hearing a lot of anti-immigrant rhetoric recently. Everything from banning all Muslims from the country to halting the flow of Syrian…

Maggie Barcellano prepares dinner in January 2014 at her father's house in Austin, Texas. Barcellano, who lives with her father, enrolled in the food stamps program while she works as a home health aide and raises her 3-year-old daughter. A study suggests that social safety nets, including food stamps, helped cushion income losses for middle- and working-class Americans during the recession.

Study Suggests Recession, Recovery Have Not Left The Rich Richer

Conventional wisdom is that income inequality has gotten worse in the years since the financial crisis, but new research by a George Washington University professor says that's not what the data show.

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