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Today in 1886, Michigan Mining School held its first classes in Houghton Fire Hall, evolving into Michigan Tech. Meanwhile, in 1878, Michigan's first phone book, "List of Subscribers," was published in Detroit with 124 listings, predating the US's earliest phone book by months.

More details emerge about the alleged shooter of conservative organizer Charlie Kirk.

The Trump administration announced this spring it's ending a pandemic-era program that helped food banks and tribal governments buy fresh produce from local farmers.

Israel bombing Qatar brings the war in Gaza to the Gulf, rattling a US ally and upending diplomatic ceasefire efforts.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with the team from the WWNO/WRKF podcast Sea Change about their reporting on community responses to climate-driven coastal erosion in Alaska and Louisiana.

A Justice Department official recently asked some Missouri counties to turn over their 2020 voting machines. The counties refused, drawing attention to the debate over election security.

NPR's Megan Lim and Ryan Benk, two action sequence aficionados, discuss the elements of a great cinematic fight scene.

Tips on how to graciously give and receive a compliment.

Oral arguments in a lawsuit against some earmarks in the current state budget are taking place this week.

President Trump's U.K. state visit this week won't include the Scottish island where his late immigrant mother was born. Mary Anne MacLeod was a Gaelic speaker who learned English as a second language.