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Harold Kroto shared a Nobel in 1996 for finding a new type of carbon molecule that ignited the field of nanotechnology. Find a passion where — with hard work — you can be the best, he advises.

Volkswagen's top U.S. executive was taken to task on Thursday by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. It was the first congressional hearing since the company's emissions scandal broke.

Critics say the U.S. is one of the few industrialized nations not to offer any paid leave for new parents, but now the Washington, D.C., Council is considering a bill that would grant workers in the nation's capital 16 weeks of paid leave — more than anywhere else in the U.S.

On WestSouthwest, the public comment period for a plan to clean up a Superfund site in Kalamazoo. And a new report shows a drop in the rate of teens…

Violinist Lana Trotovsek, a Slovenia-born Londoner, made her U.S. orchestral debut with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra in its season-opening concert…

A debate over academic freedom of speech sparked in summer 2014 when the University of Illinois rescinded a job offer to a professor over a controversial set of tweets about the Israel-Gaza conflict.

(MPRN-Pontiac) The state Senate could vote as early as this week on legislation to overhaul Michigan’s parole system. Under the bill, some inmates…

Barbara Byrd-Bennett is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. She is accused of taking $2.3 million in kickbacks for steering no-bid contracts worth $23 million to a former employer.

The Morning Edition Book Club listeners can put their questions to the novelist Lauren Groff, author of the latest selection, "Fates And Furies." Renee Montagne explains how to submit a question.

(MPRN-Lansing) The state Supreme Court will hear arguments on its opening day about whether Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act applies to a fund that…