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A woman in a pink and white dress stands in front of the Detroit River and beside a sign that says "Detroit River Area of Concern" to announce a new pollution clean up effort in the area.

Environmental agencies launch efforts to mitigate industrial pollution on the Detroit and Rouge Rivers

Federal and state environmental agencies announced the next phase of cleanup efforts for parts of the Detroit and Rouge rivers where polluted sediment has caused environmental degradation.

This beaver was released on Oct. 11, 2023, in Greenford, England, as part of the Ealing Beaver Project. A family of five beavers, two adults and three kits, was released into the 20-acre Paradise Fields nature reserve in West London, becoming the first beavers in the west of the British capital in 400 years.

As floods get worse, Britain tries a new solution: beavers

About 400 years ago, beavers were hunted to extinction across Britain. Now they're being reintroduced as little climate warriors, as communities harness their dam-building skills to mitigate flooding.

Michigan Capitol building in Lansing on a summer day.

Michigan Senate resolution seeks vote on increasing taxes on high earners

A new proposal before the state legislature would ask voters if higher-income Michiganders should pay more in taxes.

"DoorDash but for ships": Detroit's mail service for ships is the same since 1874

A current exhibit at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle showcases the history of the J.W. Westcott Company — a mail delivery business for passing boats that has been operating for over 150 years.

Water rushes through the spillway of a dam into an overflowing dam pool.

Northern Michigan rainfall raises flooding concerns near Cheboygan dam

Crews were working to restore power to a closed hydroelectric station in northern Michigan as heavy rain threatens to cause Cheboygan dam to overflow.

The scene depicting King Harold's death on the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum in London. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 230 feet long that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William the Conqueror, challenging Harold II, King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

After 900 years, the Bayeux Tapestry returns to England and goes on display in London

The nearly 230-foot long Bayeux Tapestry is back in England for the first time in 900 years. It depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings, a turning point in English history that ended Anglo-Saxon rule.

Voters cast ballots Tuesday at the Copland Center in Wyandotte, Mich.

Voters are sick of the 2-party system. A new poll shows they're open to big changes

A new poll shows support for moving the U.S. toward proportional representation, a system that elects multiple representatives in a single district in rough proportion to a party's vote share.

In 2015, testing showed a significant spike in blood lead levels in Flint children. (File photo)

Study: Lead exposure, even at lower levels than previously thought, affects children's future academic performance

The study involved data on 300,000 second through eleventh graders and their exposure to lead.

Proposal for city takeover of power grid qualifies for Ann Arbor's November ballot

Ann Arbor voters will decide this November whether to create a new municipal electric utility, paving the way for the replacement of DTE Energy as the city's provider.

"I see the world as very beautiful," said David Hockney. The British artist is pictured above in May 1978.

David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, dies at 88

Hockney moved from London to Southern California in the 1960s and was an innovative painter, photographer, stage designer and printmaker.

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