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Emmitt Glynn teaches to a group of Baton Rouge Magnet High School students on Jan. 30, in Baton Rouge, La. On Wednesday, the College Board released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, months after the nonprofit testing company came under intense scrutiny for engaging with conservative critics.

The College Board releases a new framework for its AP African American Studies course

Controversy swirled around the new course after it was rejected by the Florida Department of Education, with conservative critics accusing the College Board of bias.

Big Rigs frequent the highways in and around Detroit Michigan.

AAA expects jump in Michigan travelers over Thanksgiving weekend

1.7 million Michiganders are expected to travel more than 50 miles for the Thanksgiving weekend, according to AAA.

A man looks out over the Colorado River near Page, Arizona on Nov. 2, 2022. The seven states that manage the river are divided about how to account for the impacts of climate change in new plans about sharing its water.

As a deadline approaches, Colorado River states are still far apart on water sharing

Ahead of a deadline next week, the seven states that share the Colorado River have revealed competing plans for how the river should be managed in the future.

A group arguing former President Donald Trump is not eligible to appear on the ballot has asked for a remarkably swift hearing and decision from the Michigan Supreme Court.

Michigan anti-Trump group cheers Colorado court decision

A group trying to keep former President Donald Trump off the Michigan ballot says a Colorado Supreme Court decision will assist its effort.

What does it take to flee Gaza? Thousands of dollars, paid to an Egyptian broker

Gaza's borders are tightly controlled and most Palestinians cannot escape the war. Those who can afford it are managing to cross into Egypt by paying thousands of dollars.

Union membership grew last year, but only 10% of U.S. workers belong to a union

In 2023, unions added 139,000 members, but the share of the U.S. workforce that's unionized declined from the year before due to even faster growth in nonunion jobs.

FILE - Jennifer Crumbley, left, and James Crumbley, right, the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., appear in court for a preliminary examination on involuntary manslaughter charges in Rochester Hills, Mich., Feb. 8, 2022. Jennifer and James Crumbley can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday, March 23, 2023, in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Michigan school shooter's mother to stand trial for manslaughter in 4 student deaths

Prosecutors are trying to pin criminal responsibility on Ethan Crumbley's parents in the deaths of four students at Oxford High School in 2021.

Michigan school shooter's mom was worried he might do 'something dumb,' friend says

Jennifer Crumbley is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of four students at Oxford High School in 2021.

Suspect in killing of 8 people near Chicago has died in Texas, police say

Police in Joliet, Ill., said Monday night that 23-year-old Romeo Nance was located by U.S. marshals near Natalia, Texas, and that after a confrontation Nance shot himself.

Would-be home buyers are battling high prices and high interest rates, but some are finding a way to make it work.

Tough housing market is luring buyers without kids and higher incomes

A report from the National Association of Realtors shows the average home buyer this past year had a six-figure income. Others face challenges in a period of high prices and costly home loans.

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