The Metro: Climate change is impacting weather patterns and snow days

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Snow days are when school districts close schools for a day...

State officials say guns are number one cause of death for children. Gun locks could help.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Michigan State Police are encouraging people to pick up free gun...

Rare invasive seed bug intercepted at Metro Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials at Detroit Metro Airport intercepted an invasive seed bug late last year. The...

Acoustic Café: Celebrating our many shows at The Leon Loft in Ann Arbor

On this week’s episode of Acoustic Café, we look back at some memorable moments from The Leon Loft in Ann...

Rob Reinhart’s Essential Music: The annual Anti-Valentine’s Day Show — heartbreak, misery and more!

On this episode of Rob Reinhart's Essential Music, it's the annual Anti-Valentine's Day Show, featuring all the downsides of love...

Detroit Evening Report: EPA’s Chicago office faces major cutbacks + more

Tonight on The Detroit Evening Report, we cover significant cuts the Trump administration has made at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's...

Civil trial on Michigan’s ‘informed consent’ abortion law opens

Arguments in a legal challenge to abortion restrictions that remain on the books in Michigan opened Thursday before a Michigan...

Minimum wage proposal passes Senate

Many Michigan workers would make at least $15 an hour within the next two years under a plan passed Thursday...

Detroit Evening Report: Corewell Health to resume gender-affirming care for minors + more

Editor's Note: Soon after the recording of this segment, Corewell Health reversed their previous announcement and will resume their previous...

Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as Trump’s health chief after a close Senate vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote,...

The Metro: Finding love in the digital age

Subscribe to The Metro on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. Social media has dramatically changed our world. Connecting with new people...

Whitmer: Legislature should strike wage and leave deal this week or extend status quo

Governor Gretchen Whitmer called on the Michigan Legislature to reach a bipartisan deal this week on new state minimum wage...