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Historian Matthew Connelly says government records are marked as classified three times every second — and many of them will never be declassified. His new book is The Declassification Engine.

The Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners appointed the Opioid Steering Committee at Wednesday’s meeting. The group will make recommendations on how best to spend the settlement money the county receives from national litigation against opioid manufacturers and pharmacies. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.

The court gave a life sentence to a 21-year-old Russian army sergeant for shooting and killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of the war. Its the first war crimes trial of the war.

Move over whale watches and puffin cruises, shark tourism is on the rise. We go out on a shark tour boat to see if we can catch a close-up view of what some consider the scariest swimmer in the sea.

High inflation and the resulting crackdown by the Federal Reserve are fueling worries that the U.S. could be headed for a recession.

The Indian government is resisting global pressure to cut carbon emissions to combat climate change. But in India's rural areas, such as one village in Gujarat state, remedies ranging from individual solar-powered stoves and a 30-foot-high windmill are already being explored.

The court rejects all of the challenges to the Indian Child Welfare Act, "some on the merits and others for lack of standing," Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote in her majority opinion.

Anyone reporting from Iraq has to expect obstacles. In addition to the regular dangers and red tape, reporting from this war zone is always full of surprises, says Philip Reeves in this reporter's notebook.

The nation's disability rolls swelled during the Great Recession. But more disabled people are now finding work, and employers are more willing to make allowances, thanks to the tight job market.

Cambodia's authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen officially transfers leadership to his son after 38 years in power. Few expect the former commander of communist group Khmer Rouge to leave politics.