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Today in 1926, Traverse City's Wallace Keep sent a 46-pound cherry pie to President Calvin Coolidge, showcasing the region’s famous cherries. On the same date in 2016, Helen Maroulis, who moved to Marquette to train at the US Olympic Education Center, became the first US gold medalist in women’s freestyle wrestling at the Rio Olympics.

The language of a ballot question asking Michiganders whether large utilities and state contractors should be barred from making political contributions was finalized Monday.

Severe storms in the Midwest have cause widespread flooding. Climate experts say extreme rainfall has already gotten worse in the region and will keep intensifying.

Opening statements began Monday in the murder trial of rapper Tupac Shakur. The man implicated in the 1996 killing in Las Vegas is a former gang member.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Marlow Stern, chief correspondent for Variety, about actress Hayden Panettiere's life and career after her death at age 36.

Uranium production has been revived in the US Southwest. Tribal communities there who suffered illnesses from previous development are worried nuclear energy will harm them again.

Walton County, Fla., relies heavily on immigrant labor for its booming construction and tourism industries. We look at how county sheriffs' cooperation with ICE affects things.

Families of children adopted from Kazakhstan meet every summer in New Hampshire's lake country to celebrate the food and culture of their country of origin.

The family of a Palestinian-American man remain holed up in his West Bank home for more than a week, after Israeli settlers laid siege to the house and the Israeli army then turned it into a closed military area.

"Carpetbagger" describes people who move somewhere to run for office. In Southwest Florida, six former congressional hopefuls from other states are taking their shot in this conservative stronghold.