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Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College have made the annual U.S. News and World Report ranking of the best colleges and universities. WMU was…

A new poll finds a tight race for Governor of Michigan.The survey by Public Policy Polling finds Republican Rick Snyder with 43%, compared to 42% for…

Butter is back. But the increased demand is not the reason for recent price hikes. (This piece initially aired on Sept. 6, 2014 on Weekend Edition Saturday).

The underground spaces in lower Manhattan cost more per square foot than the apartments being sold above them, according to The New York Times.

Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul has already made significant inroads in Iowa as he explores a presidential bid. Supporters say it's because he builds on his father's work but stays his own person.

Geographer David Salisbury talks about his friend Edwin Chota, a Peruvian activist who advocated that land being illegally logged should be given to indigenous groups. Chota was murdered on Sept. 1.

One of Kalamazoo's most respected and longtime go-to agencies serving people in emotional pain holds a Suicide Prevention Walk this Saturday, Sept. 13th…

In Boston, a convicted felon, who isn't supposed to have weapons, posted photos of himself with guns on Twiter. A Fla. man fell asleep while apparently robbing a house. He slept as police took photos.

On this edition of WestSouthwest, examining how communities can use liberal arts college for economic benefit. And the first ever suicide prevention walk…

Audie Cornish talks to BBC reporter Audrey Brown about the Oscar Pistorius trial. On Thursday, a South African judge said the former Olympian is not guilty of premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend, but said he was negligent in her shooting. Pistorius could still be convicted of culpable homicide.