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<strong> </strong>The Sardar Sweet Shop in Varanasi, India,<strong> </strong>was built around a neem tree considered too holy to cut down. Customers flow in and out, barely noticing the imposing tree. In rural parts, people use the neem tree's leaves to repel insects, the sap for stomach pain and the branches to brush their teeth. As for the candy shop sweets, Diane Cook says they were "fabulous."

PHOTOS: Trees That Tell Stories About The World We Live In

In Wise Trees, a book by photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel, you'll see a holy tree in the middle of an Indian candy shop, a communal tree in Mozambique, a tree of tragedy in Cambodia.

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Highland Park schools get new emergency manager

The Highland Park School District is getting its sixth emergency manager in nearly five years.Kevin Smith replaces Steve Schiller, who was appointed in…

Reporter’s Notebook: "Cash on the table" for my house exemplifies Grand Rapids’ housing boom

I am switching roles a bit at Michigan Radio. The change requires me to sell my lovely house in Grand Rapids to work out of Ann Arbor.I figured selling…

In the five days of practice leading up to the Indy 500 qualifications, Ed Carpenter is the third driver to have his car flip upside down. Carpenter emerged from the crash unharmed.

Pre-Race Day, Indy 500 Struggles With Flying Cars

Leading up to the premier race has been a series of unpredictable airborne crashes — and no one can explain why. Officials have mandated a lower driving speed, while engineers work to find a solution.

Mass transit at last?

Metropolitan Detroit is famous for many things, but one we haven’t heard much about lately is the near-total lack of anything resembling mass transit.I…

Historian downplays white supremacist warnings of Antifa group's plan for November protest

Self-proclaimed anti-fascist groups are expected to launch protests against President Trump on November 4th in Michigan and elsewhere.Anti-fascist groups…

The headquarters of the Bank of Venezuela (from left) and buildings housing the National Assembly and various government ministries stand in darkness in Caracas on March 22. Venezuela shut down for a week to conserve electricity amid a deepening power crisis.

In Venezuela, An Electricity Crisis Adds To Country's Woes

The country has oil, natural gas and rivers for hydroelectric power. Yet it's suffering crippling electricity cuts, adding to its economic woes.

A 19-year-old woman talks with nurse Valeria Zafisoa at a traveling contraception clinic in eastern Madagascar run by the British nonprofit group Marie Stopes International.

U.S. Slashes Funds For Family Planning In Madagascar

The Trump administration has cut off funding to international groups that perform or promote abortion. That could mean a shutdown of family planning clinics in the African island.

President Trump made some big decisions about health care this week, including cutting off subsidies that benefit lower- and middle-class families.

Trump Pushes Obamacare To Detonation, Forges Path Away From GOP, Democrats

After three failed attempts at passing GOP health plans, President Trump appears to be trying to negotiate with Democrats by showing he is willing to facilitate the Affordable Care Act's collapse.

People in the March for Life near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 27.

New Rule On Moral Objections To Contraception Aimed At 2 Groups

The administration's decision to allow some employers to bypass a requirement to provide no-cost contraceptives to women on moral grounds would benefit specific anti-abortion groups.

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