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This is the second installment of a two-part series about the lingering repercussions of Detroit's rape kit backlog. It examines how Terance Calhoun's wrongful imprisonment for a serial rapist's crimes ended up claiming multiple victims.
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A closer look at school budgets across the state, a cookbook combining midwestern and Middle Eastern food sensibilities, the appearance of racist billboards across metro Detroit, and the lingering effects of Detroit's rape kit backlog. -
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The Detroit People's Food Co-op will open its doors on Wednesday, May 1st, bringing a mix of natural, organic, and conventional goods, plus a multi-use community space to Detroit's North End. -
The University of Michigan Lecturers' Employee Organization members will vote on a new deal with the University. -
Bills introduced in the Michigan Legislature would offer many lower-income parents a tax break for every child under 4 years old. -
A look at state legislative races, Great Lakes fisheries learning Icelandic techniques, the best advice on drawing, when U.S. women lost their citizenship, and remembering the push to divest Michigan from apartheid-era South Africa. -
More than 300 University of Michigan staff, faculty, and alums have signed a letter asking the University to cancel its plan to use trained volunteers for "protest and disruption" response at commencements this year. -
Join Michigan Public’s Environment Report host Lester Graham along with documentary co-host Rebecca Williams at this live discussion as we look at what’s happening to water birds. Birds are considered sentinel species: and scientists say what’s happening to birds can have implications for human health. -
Students continue to protest at campuses across the country, despite the risk of arrest. Some schools now threaten demonstrators with disciplinary action, while others promise the opposite. -
If you want to pronounce "homage" to a tee, it may depend what you mean. -
The aid group said the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire and that it has almost 8 million meals ready to distribute. The group halted efforts after Israeli strikes killed seven workers. -
The NFL draft set a new record in Detroit with over 775,000 fans in attendance, beating Nashville’s three-day attendance record of 600,000 set in 2019. -
“The latest price and profit numbers show notably downward trends, which raises new questions about whether the housing market boom is indeed ebbing, or even ending, after so many years of improvement,” said Rob Barber, ATTOM CEO.
!["When [Malik Yakini] and I were discussing the make up of the store, he mentioned he wanted the bright orange colors — the colors that you don't traditionally see in grocery stores," Akil Talley, general manager of the co-op, said. "He wanted that to stand out in the building itself."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3ff6461/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3456x1925+0+189/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F85%2Ff6%2F7665c63b4ef29d9322b8395d6ac9%2F2024-04-30-detroitco-op-creditmercedesmejia-3.jpg)
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Jill Biden was scheduled to speak at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation's annual First Ladies Luncheon, but after losing her voice, she asked another White House official to deliver her speech. -
The Democratic and Republican candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat are finalized, a concert where the attendees are the band, and after 20 plus year absence, Detroit has a food co-op.
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Researchers at Michigan State University say their study shows a correlation between state-funded paid family leave and a reduction of child maltreatment. -
Taxpayers getting the short end of the stick is not unusual. But it does come at a time when Michiganders are particularly sensitive about highly touted deals in which we are likely going to get a diminished return on investment. Deals that Michigan made for big automotive battery projects just a couple of years ago are now being questioned and revisited.
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!["When [Malik Yakini] and I were discussing the make up of the store, he mentioned he wanted the bright orange colors — the colors that you don't traditionally see in grocery stores," Akil Talley, general manager of the co-op, said. "He wanted that to stand out in the building itself."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/aaf3895/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3456x2286+0+9/resize/260x172!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F85%2Ff6%2F7665c63b4ef29d9322b8395d6ac9%2F2024-04-30-detroitco-op-creditmercedesmejia-3.jpg)
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