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On this date in 2013, the newest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was named after Michigan's only president, Gerald R. Ford, with notable attendees like Senator Carl Levin and Susan Ford Bales. Additionally, in 1895, Detroit witnessed the last trip of a horse-drawn car before the arrival of electric public transit, marked by a crowd that celebrated its end with a bit of chaos.

Election deniers have spent the past four years focused on false claims that 2020 was rigged. This year, it raised similar alarms about fraud — only for those claims to evaporate as returns came in.

Today’s radio programming is made possible in part by a contribution from Sandra C. Seaton with love always to her husband James Seaton for 50 wonderful years.

The state Legislature returns to Lansing this week to resume the post-election “lame duck” session.

The process of counting ballots has stressed out a lot of people this week. NPR's movie critic says he's been distracting himself from the election with cinematic counting.

Malcolm Washington talks about bringing the play The Piano Lesson — about a brother and sister battling over what to do with a family heirloom piano — to the big screen with his whole family.

Muslim and Arab Americans have a history of supporting Democrats, but sent a strong message with their votes for Trump. Dearborn, Mich., is home to one of the U.S.'s largest Arab American communities.

The DOJ announced charges against an Afghan national who allegedly was directed by Iran's government to draw up a plan to assassinate Donald Trump. Prosecutors say he was involved in other schemes.

Elwood Edwards, whose voice has spanned generations recorded the iconic "You've Got Mail" alert audio in 1989, has died at age 74.

Once England's most iconic soccer club, Manchester United is struggling on and off the pitch. Are its U.S. owners running it into the ground or playing a long game?