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Ann Arbor is displaying its pride. On Thursday morning, it unveiled an historical marker in front of City Hall commemorating the first openly gay people in the U.S. elected to public office. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

With the school year already underway, the failure of state lawmakers to pass an education budget is placing schools that depend on funding for many critical programs in a state of uncertainty. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor talked to Ypsilanti Community Schools Superintendent Dr. Alena Zachery-Ross about the anxiety felt by educators and administrators over what to expect from state lawmakers who have until October 1 to agree on a state budget or risk a government shutdown.

The U.S. is designating Ecuador's two largest gangs — Los Choneros and Los Lobos — as foreign terrorist organizations.

Democratic lawmakers and more than a thousand current and former HHS staff say Kennedy's actions are endangering America's health. Kennedy says he came to clean house and he's delivering.

NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with actor Austin Butler about the new movie "The Bikeriders," which follows a motorcycle club outside Chicago in the 1960s.

Sisters Mai Lo Lee and Beth Lo, who grew up in a large Hmong family, recall their youth spent in a refugee camp in Thailand and on a ginseng farm in Wisconsin.

To shore up childcare in Arizona, a nonprofit has long focused on training informal caregivers -- the family, friends and neighbors who care for a majority of young children in the state.

Latinos are more likely to rely on social media for news, where claims are less likely to be verified. Now, researchers and fact-checkers are trying to close the gap.

In Arizona, a program called Kith and Kin teaches mothers, grandmothers, aunts, friends and neighbors who watch other people's children the skills they need to provide high quality care.

The National Transportation Safety Board returns to East Palestine Ohio to hold its final board meeting on last year's fiery derailment of a Norfolk-Southern train.