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Kavita Patel worked for the Obama administration and helped draft the Affordable Care Act. She tells NPR's Kelly McEvers about the single biggest area of the health care law that she sees as in need of strengthening.

The historic Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., will be disassembled and taken to a new location. The chapel sits in a landslide area that is shifting by about seven inches a week.

With America's firefighting labor maxed out, Mexican nationals on temporary work visas are fighting fires near Lake Tahoe. It's hard work, but so is subsistence farming back home, and it pays better.

Detroit says goodbye to Aretha Franklin at her funeral today. Services will be live-streamed, in the culmination of a week-long tribute to the singer whose voice and soul touched millions.

A criminal complaint alleges that guards pepper-sprayed Othel Moore Jr., placed a mask over his face and left him in a position that caused him to suffocate.

Peru’s former President Alejandro Toledo was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison in a case involving construction giant Odebrecht that became synonymous with corruption in Latin America.

If confirmed, the Florida senator would become the first Latino to ever serve as the nation's top diplomat.

In this week's StoryCorps, a Los Angeles firefighter talks about a girl he rescued from a burning building 28 years ago.

If lawmakers in Lansing are going to want to get things accomplished next year with the return of divided government, it will come down to showing each other respect. That’s the observation of long-time Capitol correspondent Tim Skubick. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ann Arbor City Council has voted to authorize the City Administrator to discuss with library officials a possible redevelopment for the Center of the City parcel. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.