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Brexit was supposed to give Britain a handle on its borders, according to its boosters. But as the U.K. government still struggles with migration across the English Channel, migrants remain a high concern for many voters.

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials begin Saturday in Indianapolis. While U.S. athletes aim to qualify for the Paris Games next month, a Chinese doping scandal is overshadowing the events.

1836: Michigan secured control of the Upper Peninsula as part of a resolution to a boundary dispute with Ohio. Both claimed the mouth of the Maumee River (present-day Toledo). The compromise reached in Congress awarded Toledo to Ohio and granted Michigan immediate statehood along with the Upper Peninsula. While Ohio celebrated the outcome, but Michigan was initially less enthusiastic. However, today the UP stands as a hidden gem, often overlooked by those outside the Great Lakes Region.

NPR's Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina.

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Experts say heavy rain, causing groundwater runoff and overflowing sewer systems, is often to blame for pollution

As community members are seeking to change East Lansing's housing laws, a former Ingham County prosecutor is asking officials to make the rules easier to understand.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Zach Williams about his debut short story collection "Beautiful Days."

This week a statewide healthy food incentive program is celebrating fifteen years.

What happens now that the Supreme Court has overturned a federal ban on bump stocks, attachments that make semi-automatic weapons fire at machine-gun speeds.