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For District 6 in the Washtenaw County Commission race, there is a Democratic primary tomorrow that pits a three-term incumbent against a first-term Ypsilanti City Councilwoman. WEMU's Cathy Shafran has a preview.

The top-ranked Swiatek has won seven titles in 2022, the most by a woman since Serena Williams in 2014.

For the first time, the Church of England has named a woman as its top leader. Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury, leading 85 million Anglicans around the world.

At our desks, in nightclubs, and over bedroom speaker systems, these are the tracks that made us move.

A group of leading Shiite clerics are holding talks to resolve the U.S. standoff with radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose anti-American rhetoric touched off a wave of attacks on U.S.-led forces in several Iraqi cities. Al-Sadr's militiamen have withdrawn from police and government buildings they had occupied, but the security situation remains unstable. Hear NPR's Anne Garrels.

Singer Sabrina Carpenter is having a huge year: Two of her singles have hit the Top 10 this summer -- including the inescapable “Espresso.”

It was a bittersweet occasion when Detroit blues great Johnnie Bassett's new CD "I Can Make That Happen" once again topped WEMU's "Sweet 16" of…

When the votes came in for Prospect magazine's list of the top 100 public intellectuals, at No. 1 was Turkish Sufi cleric Fethullah Gulen. Prospect Magazine editor Tom Nuttall says Gulen's global network of supporters propelled him to the top spot.

From a straight-up death metal record by a bunch of lifers to a bluegrass 'n' black metal hybrid (really!), these are the records that hurt so good in 2012.

Cher recently spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about her first holiday music album. "DJ Play a Christmas Song" has since hit Number 1 on two Billboard charts.