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Eight inches of snow on Friday and early Saturday helped extinguish the wildfires that prompted the evacuation of more than 30,000 people in suburban Colorado.

Snow puts out Colorado wildfires with 3 people missing and nearly 1,000 homes burned

Local officials said three people were still unaccounted for after the most destructive wildfires in Colorado history. Authorities also raised the count of homes destroyed to nearly 1,000.

Demonstrators stand around a peace sign during a vigil for Ukraine near the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday. Activists are calling on EU leaders to impose a full ban on Russian fuel.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine transforms Europe's political and military landscape

As Russia's war in Ukraine grinds through its fourth week, President Vladimir Putin's greatest accomplishment so far may be one he never intended: a unified Europe.

Plans move forward for tunnel under Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge Energy is advancing plans for a bedrock tunnel for its Line 5 pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac. The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority met…

Ice worm researchers Scott Hotaling and Peter Wimberger led a trip to study life on the glaciers of Mount Rainier in June. For a long time, Hotaling says, biologists have written off high-altitude glaciers as sterile, lifeless places. But that's no longer.

It's Summer, And That Means The Mysterious Return Of Glacier Ice Worms

On mountaintop glaciers of Alaska, Washington and Oregon, billions of tiny black worms are tunneling upward to the barren, icy surface. What lures them, and how do they survive the frozen depths?

Detroit incinerator loses its permits to operate

The State of Michigan has revoked the permits to operate the Detroit trash incinerator.For decades, neighbors complained about the odors coming from the…

The tornado flipped this car upside down.

Rare northern Michigan tornado kills 2, injures more than 40

A tornado tore through the western part of Gaylord Friday afternoon, causing severe damage, and killing two people.

Gravel mine permit applications to go to EGLE, not local government, under new bills

Supporters and opponents of bills to remove local control over gravel mines testified at a hearing in the state Senate Thursday.The bills would have the…

Nurse Sara Dean of Mount Juliet, Tenn., attends her daughter Harper's gymnastics practice. Dean spent nearly two years travelling the country as a nurse, gaining a much higher salary than she could at home.

For travel nurses, jobs at home can't come close to pay they get on the road

The pandemic pay for traveling nurses was too good to pass up for many RNs. But some are ready to settle down at home, and they're finding full-time jobs aren't keeping up with salary increases.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., touted her work over decades advocating for human rights in China as the House considered legislation to impose economic sanctions for goods produced in internment camps by ethnic Muslims.

House OKs a bill barring imports of goods produced by forced labor of Uyghurs in China

The bipartisan vote shows support for ramping up economic sanctions against the Chinese government. It bars any goods manufactured by Uyghurs in internment camps in Xinjiang.

A big winter storm is set to hit Michigan this weekend. Here's what you need to know.

The National Weather Service is predicting a massive storm across the Midwest this weekend. In Michigan, a variety of snow, freezing rain, and flood…

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