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Ancestry.com has released a new free database of tens of thousands of old newspaper records about formerly enslaved people. The company hopes it will help fill historical gaps for Black Americans.

A landmark verdict orders Chiquita, one of the worlds largest banana companies, to pay millions of dollars in damages to the relatives of eight Colombian men murdered by a paramilitary death squad.

Thirty environmental, healthcare and labor groups filed a petition urging federal government to include heat and wildfire smoke in its definition of “major disaster.”

A water bottling company has been taking hundreds of millions of gallons of Michigan ground water for minimal fees. Reforms proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have not materialized.

Filmmaker David Lynch plays a game of Wild Card with NPR's Rachel Martin and talks about his upbringing and learning from failure. STATION ADVISORY: In the "WILD CARD: DAVID LYNCH" element, the world "Shit" is bleeped at 1:18 and again at 2:53.

Will Biden's new executive action to shield certain undocumented immigrants from deportation have a chance to be implemented? Here's what would that mean for mixed-status immigrant families.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Angela Stent, senior non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, about Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea.

The port of Miami has spent $125 million to install substations and infrastructure that allows cruise ships to turn off their engines while docked, cutting emission by more than 95 percent

Meridian Township is holding two listening sessions next week to hear from residents. The township also laid out its executive search plans for a new manager.

A legal battle over the future of Enbridge Energy’s Line 5 gas and oil pipeline will continue in the Ingham County Circuit Court.