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Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home.

Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states.

There are many ways to celebrate and learn more about the culture that's right here in Detroit

The Pentagon says it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower for Europe and Africa said those flights had resumed.

Ford CEO Jim Farley provided an update on negotiations with UAW.

The World Cup is over.

Phoenix is already the hottest large city in America and is now poised to set yet another heat record.

In talks with Southeast Asian leaders Wednesday in the Indonesian capital, Chinese Premier Li Qiang underscored his country’s importance as the world’s second-biggest economy and as the top trading partner of the region.

More than 840,000 Afghans and their families who applied for a resettlement program aimed at people who helped the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan are still there waiting.

USA Gymnastics is looking to centralize its national training programs before the 2028 Olympics.

Hip-hop, the most popular genre in America, turns 50 this August.

Here are the specific circumstances in Michigan that would allow law enforcement to activate the alert system:

Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar.

An Indiana man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening a Michigan election worker.

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a surprise military drill on disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, just as the U.S. military increase its presence in the region over recent ship seizures by Tehran.

The African Union has asked the junta that overthrew the democratically elected government of Niger to return to barracks within 15 days just as the soldiers, facing growing international pressure, met with senior civil servants to discuss how to run the West African country.

Compared with the devil, angels carry more credence in America.

A federal judge in Miami blasted prosecutors for an attempt to undercut a court order and try to take control of an oceanside condo belonging to a former Republican congressman ahead of a high-profile trial connected to a $50 million consulting contract with Venezuela’s government.

For more than a year, the U.S. economy has defied predictions of a forthcoming recession.

Israel's president sought to reassure Congress about the state of Israel’s democracy and the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Israel’s figurehead president Isaac Herzog sought to use an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday to assure President Joe Biden that Israel remains committed to democracy.

Carnegie Hall’s initiative to train the next generation turned 10 this year.

“America” returns Friday to the D

Two years after winning five gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics, Caeleb Dressel has failed to qualify for the swimming world championships.

Celebrating the 4th of July is one of the highlights of summer, and if you’re going to be lighting off fireworks, you’ll need some patriotic songs to go along.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is criticizing former President Donald Trump for being too friendly to China during his time in office while also warning that weak support for Ukraine would “only encourage” China to invade Taiwan.

Hear more about the "The Prince of Detroit" from the director Damon Dash

Americans across the country are observing the relatively new Juneteenth federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings.

After more than two decades as America’s best-selling beer, Bud Light has slipped into second place.

The head count of every U.S. resident in 2020 helped guide the distribution of $2.8 trillion in annual federal spending, underscoring the importance of participating in the once-a-decade census.

When you think of fast dogs, you don't think about bulldogs, but the American Kennel Club has just given a Wayne County dog a prestigious title of the fastest bulldog in America.

The Pentagon says it will provide an additional $2.1 billion in long-term weapons aid for Ukraine.

The best analogy is Russian Roulette, as teenagers in America die daily because they think they’re taking pills like Xanax or Adderall. But it really is copycat pills laced with fentanyl which kills instantly.

The U.S. economy grew at a lackluster 1.3% annual rate from January through March as businesses wary of an economic slowdown trimmed their inventories, the government said Thursday, a slight upgrade from its initial estimate.

President Joe Biden was getting nowhere with Congress on immigration.

President Joe Biden says Republicans in the U.S. House must move off their “extreme positions” on the now-stalled talks over raising America’s debt limit and that there will be no agreement to avert a catastrophic default only on their terms.

The White House says President Joe Biden would veto a House GOP bill that aims to restrict asylum, build more border wall and cut a program that allows migrants a chance to stay in the U.S. lawfully.

Under a proposed rule change, foreign citizens and companies would need U.S. government approval to buy property within 100 miles of eight military bases.

The Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration have been tracking a balloon that was flying off the coast of Hawaii last week.

American Cancer Society reports that breast cancer will claim the lives of roughly 43,000 women in America this year, and Black women suffer the highest death rate from the disease.

The U.S. remains on a torrid pace for mass killings this year.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has sought to tamp down any discord between the U.S. and its allies over the massive U.S. leak of classified documents.

President Joe Biden has lambasted the House Republicans’ emerging proposal to raise the nation’s debt limit in a speech at a union hall.

The United States and Vietnam are pledging to boost relations as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Hanoi as part of the Biden administration's push to counter China's increasing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.

A Massachusetts Air National Guard member has been arrested in connection with the disclosure of highly classified military documents about the Ukraine war and other top national security issues.

The Biden administration is proposing strict new automobile pollution limits that would require up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032.

The James Beard Award recognizes the best of the best when it comes to food in America.

Traumatic Brain injuries, or TBIs, can lead to memory, mobility, mental health, and cognitive function struggles.

The White House says it plans to release next month the results of the long-delayed government review of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Over 58 million birds have died directly from bird flu or had to be killed because of exposure to infected birds. Those numbers are what have some experts worried.

There’s a new top dog in town, and we mean that quite literally. For three decades straight, the Labrador Retriever was named the favorite dog breed by the American Kennel Club; This year, that has changed.

America’s consumers trimmed their spending in February after a buying burst in January, underscoring the volatility of the economic environment.

Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated the U.S. last month, Kyle Bass foresaw a foreign danger planned for the skies above his Texas property.

Three Michigan communities have been ranked among the top small town visits in America.

Is it any surprise that the “best campground in America” is right here in Michigan?

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her first visit to Ukraine underscores Washington's commitment to continuing its economic support for the country.

President Joe Biden has closed out his wartime visit to Europe by working to shore up partnerships with allies perched on NATO’s perilous eastern flank.

It should come as no surprise that the Detroit Riverfront has once again been named the best riverwalk in America.

Stocks closed slightly higher on Wall Street after a report showed U.S. shoppers opened their wallets at stores last month by much more than expected.

More than four in ten Jews in the United States feel their status in America is less secure than it was a year earlier.

After months of agonizing, the U.

Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew at a healthy but more gradual pace in the final three months of 2022, the third straight slowdown that could help reassure the Federal Reserve that wage gains won’t fuel higher inflation.

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The exhibition is set to close on Jan. 22, and the rush is on to see it before it ends, especially since one of the works is at the center of an international dispute.

A retired science satellite is about to fall from the sky but NASA says the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.”.

The U.S. and Germany are sending Ukraine an array of armored vehicles, including 50 tank-killing Bradleys, to expand its ability to move troops to the front lines and beef up its forces against Russia as the war nears its first anniversary.

The U.S. will send Ukraine nearly $3 billion in military aid, in a massive new package that will for the first time include several dozen Bradley fighting vehicles.

The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has been named one of the hardest colleges to get into in America for 2023.

Walmart set over 100,000 holiday wreaths at the graves of American veterans in honor of National Wreaths Across America Day.

It's a move to raise wages for restaurant workers and improve their working conditions and benefits.

The spirit of Detroit is never more palpable or vibrant than it is during the holidays -- and that spirit is being recognized nationally this year.

U.S. health officials have updated a tool to track rising cases of severe obesity among children who were previously off the charts.

The two-part finale of The Voice starts Monday night on local 4, and don't look now, but Brayden Lape from Grass Lake is still in the mix.

A few days after Mohammed Salem was detained in Saudi Arabia last month, his family contacted the media. They say that it definitely helped the Melvindale man gain his freedom.

A Melvindale man is headed back to American soil Wednesday after being detained in the middle east for over a month.

In the year since the traumatic Oxford High School shooting in Southeast Michigan, gun violence has continued to be a problem in the state and nationwide.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will fly to a western Philippine island province at the edge of the South China Sea to amplify America’s support to its treaty ally and underline U.S. interest in freedom of navigation in the disputed waters.

Mohammed Salem traveled to the middle east to visit the Kaaba, a sacred building in Mecca when an argument in line led to his arrest, and now Local 4 has learned that he’s been moved to a higher-security prison.

A Melvindale man was arrested during a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia after he lost his temper while waiting in line at the holy site in Kaaba.

USA Today has nominated America’s Thanksgiving Day Parade presented by Gardner White as one of the best holiday parades in America.

Ann Arbor has once again snagged a spot on U.S. News & World Report's 2022-2023 Best Places to Retire list.

Three Michigan cities have been ranked among America’s most rat-infested cities.

The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East boarded a U.S. ballistic missile submarine in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday.

Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.

Three Michigan cities have been ranked among America’s most rat-infested cities.

Last year more than a million vehicles were stolen across America and that crime is up 17%.

Starting on Wednesday, U.S. customers who link Delta SkyMiles and Starbucks Rewards loyalty programs will earn one mile on every $1 spent on eligible purchases at Starbucks.

Two Russians who said they fled the country to avoid military service have requested asylum in the U.S. after landing on a remote Alaska island in the Bering Sea.

During the beginning of the pandemic, Netflix launched a reality tv show called “Love is Blind.” The show has opened up casting and is looking for singles that live in the Metro Detroit area.

A series of announcements are expected this fall for one of the biggest parade seasons to date.

Forbes releases its 2022 America's Top Colleges List.

Ruby Bridges was a 6-year-old first-grader when she walked past jeering crowds of white people to become one of the first Black students at racially segregated schools in New Orleans in 1960.

The U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, ended his tenure as America’s top diplomat in Moscow on Sunday after nearly three years, spanning the Trump and Biden administrations, and will retire from a lengthy career in government service.

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Tuesday was part three of HBO’s Hard Knocks series featuring the Detroit Lions, and this week’s episode focused on players on the bubble, which is keeping everyone on their toes, like Kalil Pimpleton.

The Biden administration says it has responded to Iran’s latest offer to resume its compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, but neither side is offering a definitive path to revive the agreement, which has been on life-support since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2018.

The U.S. says it will give Ukraine 15 Scan Eagle surveillance drones, 40 mine-resistant vehicles, 2,000 anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counter-offensive against Russian invaders.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has accused the U.S. of trying to provoke a war in Taiwan.

Dozens of Metro Detroit companies have made Inc.’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing businesses in America.