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In an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint, the University of Michigan has pledged to freeze its investments in fossil fuel companies. This move has…

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has vetoed 375 million dollars in one-time road funding. As Cheyna Roth reports, the governor finished signing all 16 state…

Body camera footage shows that police shot and killed Amir Locke while he was on a couch, wrapped in a blanket, on Wednesday morning. Ruled a homicide, the death is being reviewed by prosecutors.

Howard slapped a Wisconsin assistant coach Sunday after Michigan lost a men's college basketball game. The Big Ten suspended Howard for five games.

On Earth Day, Colorado climate activist Alan Bruce lit himself on fire outside the U.S. Supreme Court. He died of his injuries the next day. His friends and family say his intentions remain unclear.

Harm reduction is one of four policies the Biden administration says must be immediately implemented in order to address the record high number of overdose deaths.

"My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain tells stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. NPR host Mary Louise Kelly shares how a stranger helped return her missing wallet.

With help from a dedicated cadre of volunteers, paleontologists at the La Brea Tar Pits in the heart of Los Angeles continue to excavate the remains of saber tooth cats, dire wolves and other creatures from the Ice Age that ruled the region more than 40,000 years ago.

Table-saw accidents send more than 60,000 people to seek medical treatment every year, according to federal estimates. In an effort to get the power-tool industry to adopt safer technology, SawStop inventor Steven Gass visited the Consumer Product Safety Commission near Washington recently.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr says that the real issue in the Karl Rove controversy is not a leak, but a war, and how America was misled into that war.