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Miles Morales and Peter Parker pack an emotional punch in 'Marvel's Spider-Man 2'

The new PlayStation exclusive has you play as two Spider-Men, Miles Morales and Peter Parker. Each boast amazing abilities, but its the human moments in the story that really shine.

President Biden hands a pen to Sen. Joe Manchin during the signing ceremony for the Inflation Reduction Act. Manchin was a key hold-out during negotiations, insisting on a smaller spending bill.

Biden signs sweeping climate, health care, tax bill into law

The legislation has been a year in the making, with tense negotiations leading to a narrower spending package that focuses on climate investments and health care costs.

The Mackinac Island passenger ferry "Chippewa" will be converted from diesel to electric propulsion.

A Mackinac Island ferry is going fully electric

A ferry to Mackinac island is getting a makeover that could help the state of Michigan reach its climate goals.

January surprisingly good month for Michigan retailers

A Michigan retailer survey found January wasn't as bad as expected, and shopkeepers are optimistic for the rest of the first quarter.

Protesters for and against affirmative action demonstrate on Capitol Hill on Thursday. The Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are unconstitutional.

With affirmative action gutted for college, race-conscious work programs may be next

With the Supreme Court having ruled against affirmative action policies in higher education, some legal experts worry about the future of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The remains of the Kakhovka Dam as seen by satellite on June 7, 2023. Seismologists claim to have seen an explosive signal around the time of the dam's collapse.

Seismic stations detected explosion at Ukrainian dam around the time it collapsed

A Norwegian organization says that two seismic networks it oversees saw an explosion at the war-torn Kakhovka dam in Ukraine around the time it failed.

The aftermath of a mudslide that ripped through villages on the foothills of Mount Elgon in 2012, killing at least 18 people. The slopes of this extinct volcano in eastern Uganda have become increasingly prone to such disasters as a result of climate change. The looming question: How do you help people find a safe new place to live?

Why villagers haven't left mudslide-prone mountain — and how a novel plan might help

On an extinct volcano in Uganda, hundreds of thousands face disaster due to climate change. The charity GiveDirectly is trying a surprising approach to help them get out of harm's way.

Coraline (Erika Alexander) and Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) in <em>American Fiction</em>.

Every era has its own 'American Fiction,' but is there anything new to say?

In Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who echoes earlier Black protagonists in movies like Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled.

An above-ground section of Enbridge's Line 5 at the Mackinaw City, Mich., pump station sits on Oct. 7, 2016. A federal judge on Friday, June 16, 2023, ordered energy company Enbridge to shut down within three years parts of the oil pipeline that traverses the northern Wisconsin territory of a Native American tribe and to pay the tribe more than $5 million for trespassing on its property.

Judge gives Enbridge 3 years to close oil pipeline on tribal land in Wisconsin

A federal judge gives Enbridge three years to shut down a section of Line 5 that crosses reservation land and pay one tribe more than $5 million for trespassing.

For one day in March, wind generated electricity surpassed coal and nuclear, and became second only to natural gas.

For the first time, wind power eclipsed both coal and nuclear in the U.S.

For a single day at the end of March, wind was the second-largest source of electricity generation, the Energy Information Administration says. Natural gas is still the nation's largest power source.

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