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With two historically unpopular major party presidential nominees, the idea of write-in votes keeps popping up. Exactly how that works is a bit complicated.

The 10 athletes representing the first-ever refugee team received a stadium-rattling ovation at the opening ceremony. They hope to send a message about refugees that reaches far beyond the Rio Games.

Expectations were high, but for Rio's poorest, the games are coming up short. "Who is enjoying the games?" asks one man. "Not the poor. It's only for the tourists." But even tourists are staying away.

Millions of Americans would be put to work if Hillary Clinton is elected president. That was the promise the candidate delivered in metro Detroit…

Governor Rick Snyder has taken hits for naming an oil company lobbyist to run the state’s environmental protection department. But the governor says…

Violinist Eric Tanner of the Perugino Quartet estimates he's been performing at the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck for around 17 of its 29 years. In…

Station 66, a produce market and ice cream parlor on M-66 south of Battle Creek, is the site of owner Curt Tramel's annual outdoor summer concert. This…

Marta Karolyi and her husband, Bela, have helped develop the top women gymnasts in the world since the '70s, first in Romania and now the U.S. At 73, she's now ready to join her husband in retirement.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss Hillary Clinton's release of her tax returns and the candidates' economic speeches.

The city of Berlin just banned Airbnb because it was swallowing up long-term rentals and driving up prices. Paris is now struggling to temper the explosion of the rental site for the same reasons.