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Nessel files lawsuit to decommission Line 5

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is taking legal action to decommission Enbridge's Line 5.Nessel's office announced Thursday that the attorney…

Oakland County to expand, integrate health services for vulnerable residents

Oakland County will try a new approach to providing health services to its un- and underinsured residents.The plan, called Oakland Health 360, calls for…

After vote to impeach, Rep. Meijer says Congress needs to stop "lurching from one crisis to another"

When the U.S. House of Representatives voted 232 to 197 to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time Wednesday, 10 Republicans joined House…

For Michigan family living off the grid, it's "not about the sacrifice, it's about paying attention"

Living off the grid can be a lot of work, but Joe and Shelly Trumpey and their two daughters have managed it for years. Their home is near Grass Lake in…

These trees will have to be removed in order to clean up the bank and bed of the Huron River in Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor city council approves water treatment upgrades

The Ann Arbor City Council has approved $3.8 million worth of upgrades to improve the city’s water system. $3.4 million of that money will go to…

Trucks wait to enter the Eurotunnel Complex on Dec. 16, in Calais, France. Some worry long lines of trucks could preview the possible chaos and shortages resulting from a no-deal Brexit.

Brexit: French Fishermen Worry What A Trade Deal May Mean For Them

"It's not like we have the Atlantic Ocean to fish in," a French fisherman tells NPR. "Here, we're in the Channel. In an hour and a half, I'm in English waters. If that's off limits, I'm dead."

West Michiganders say proposed PFAS rules are good, but could be better

State officials held the first of three public hearings on Wednesday on plans to set limits on PFAS in drinking water. Certain kinds of the industrial…

An activist who goes by Sasha rests. Most of the activists prefer to use a forest name to hide their identity.

Activists Occupy An Ancient Forest In Germany To Save It

Images by photographer Néha Hirve document how activists squatting in the 12,000-year-old Hambach Forest are fighting an energy company's encroachment.

Study claims recreational marijuana will produce a big boost in tax revenues in Michigan

Legalizing recreational marijuana would net half a billion dollars in new state tax revenue over its first five years, that's according to a new study.The…

Last year, in her first year of medical school at Harvard, Pooja Chandrashekar recruited 175 multilingual health profession students from around the U.S. to create simple and accurate fact sheets about COVID-19 in 40 languages.

How Medical Jargon Can Make COVID Health Disparities Even Worse

There's a lot of room for dangerous misunderstanding when doctors and public health officials talk to diverse groups about COVID-19. Health literacy projects aim to dispel confusion in all languages.

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