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On WestSouthwest, the final arguments before Michigan voters cast ballots in the Tuesday Presidential Primary. And an online petition seeks to stop money…

The lack of snow in upstate New York has created a paradise for skaters — most specifically, Nordic skaters. It is a little-known sport in the U.S., involving long blades designed to speed over rough lakes and rivers. NPR meets some Nordic skaters who cover 30 to 40 miles of wilderness ice in a day.

In 1962, George Martin signed an unknown band: The Beatles. Steve Inskeep talks to Ray Connolly, who made a documentary series with Martin called The Rhythm of Life, about Martin's death at age 90.

For the third year running, Chenery Auditorium will put on Lamb of God - an oratorio about the final days in the life of Jesus Christ. It mixes choral and…

The NFL plans to sell the rights to live stream more than a dozen regular season football games next season. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Peter Kafka of ReCode about the NFL's plan.

In the studio, the Beatles' longtime producer and arranger devised many of the band's signature sounds. He died Tuesday at age 90.

Dr. Quentin Young, civil rights activist and public health advocate, died this week at the age of 92. The longtime Chicago resident was also a physician to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

(MPRN-Lansing) The state’s largest school district will likely not be able to make payroll after April 8. That’s what new Detroit Public Schools Emergency…

(MPRN-Undated) Michigan’s jobless rate is at its lowest level since June of 2001. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell two-tenths of a…

In 2000, the nation's biggest election meltdown took place in Florida due to paper butterfly ballots, ancient voting machines and poorly trained poll workers. Old machines are again a worry for some.