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A task force created in 2024 has released its final report, recommending that Michigan raise the firearm purchase age, ban assault weapons and serial numberless home-built “ghost guns,” and outlaw bump stocks.

A 24% wholesale tax on cannabis was the linchpin of a state budget deal adopted in a chaotic process that took lawmakers beyond their deadline to pass a spending plan.

The likelihood of hitting an animal with your car in Michigan is more than twice as high as the national average, based on State Farm data from the past year.

On Monday, NPR launched its end-of-the-year books guide. But Books We Love isn't a "top 10" list. Instead, it's more that 380 books that were personally recommended by members of the NPR staff.

Hezbollah is vowing a response after Israel killed its No. 2 commander in a Beirut neighborhood -- an assassination the group calls a "red line."

Democrats are highlighting concerns over health care costs in Wisconsin, a key swing state. The Trump administration says they have a plan of their own coming together to address health costs.

Many states and school districts now ban or restrict the use of cell phones in schools. But what do the kids think about this? Student journalists in New Jersey brought this question to their classmates and teachers.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. James Campbell, an expert on childhood infectious diseases, about the CDC's new messaging on the relationship between vaccines and autism.

Researchers have uncovered DNA and forensic evidence that answers centuries-old questions about the killing of a 13th century Hungarian duke.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jennifer Levin, author of Generation Care, about the roughly 10 million millennials working as family caregivers, often before they've fully formed their own lives.