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Louisiana officials have agreed to a tentative $4.8 million settlement with the family of Ronald Greene, a Black motorist who died during a violent roadside arrest carried out by five white officers.

A Congressional Budget Office analysis suggests the cost of the missile defense program could be $1.2 trillion over the next 20 years, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag.

Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some states are finally turning things around.

Compared to the start of President Trump's second term, David Venturella takes over an agency with a larger workforce, more financial resources — and also a continued funding lapse.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge has blocked spending on two minor league baseball parks that were part of a spree of pork barrel spending approved in the 2024-2025 state budget. The order issued Tuesday is part of a case that could result in imposing — or re-imposing — constitutional controls on spending decisions made at the state Capitol.

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.

A northern Michigan black bear had to be sedated to remove a plastic lid that was stuck on its neck for two years. Also, how labor statistics are recorded and their significance, and where "rule of law" stands in 2025 under the Trump administration.

Officials with the Great Lakes Water Authority say the new pipe, which replaces the 42-inch one that ruptured in Auburn Hills on Sunday, is holding up well under normal water pressure. But they say the larger system still needs to be flushed, and pressure restored, before water use restrictions can be lifted.

The trial pits two of tech's most famous personalities against each other and could lead to seismic changes for the maker of ChatGPT.