Scientists in Michigan and Louisiana are predicting a big summer "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico unless a tropical storm hits the area shortly before or during the annual measurement. In the Chesapeake Bay, scientists expect a smaller-than-average area where there's too little oxygen to support fi Full story
The search for Jimmy Hoffa has taken 38 years, spanning several areas, but now the Feds are focusing on a field in Michigan based on a tip from a former mob boss. NBC’s Katy Tur reports from Oakland Township, Mich.
Michigan regulators could add up to a $1 monthly surcharge to utility bills to help poor customers with their heating bills under legislation that is expected to become law. Full story
Top headlines right now, with CNBC's Tyler Mathisen, and Niall Ferguson, Harvard economist. Floods in India claim 70 lives, and authorities are searching a Michigan field for the remains of union boss Jimmy Hoffa.
(Reuters) - Now that Detroit's emergency manager has laid out a tough road that could include a bankruptcy filing for the city, the bondholders, pension managers and others with a stake in the outcome are left to assess his next steps while seeking to minimize any possible losses. Full story
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's creditors will begin to learn on Friday morning what they can recover without driving the financially troubled city into bankruptcy when the city's emergency manager unveils his restructuring plan. Full story
Funded by anonymous donors, the “Kalamazoo Promise” in Michigan is one of the most generous scholarship programs in America, offering full rides to graduating seniors who start as kindergarteners. NBC’s John Yang reports.
In a new study out by Michigan State University, only five percent of people wash their hands the recommended amount of time, averaging only six seconds. Half of hand washers don’t even use soap.
Congressman Bill Huizenga says he has a lot of questions about the NSA leaks and there’s an absence of information going into some of the votes. New York Times reporter Mark Mazzetti and Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., discuss.
After celebrating more than 57 years on the job as a congressman, Rep. John David Dingell of Michigan has become the longest serving member of Congress – and his tenure may continue. He hasn’t yet decided if he will run again. NBC’s Ann Curry reports.
Caption: David Gregory analyzes this morning’s Meet the Press including interviews with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich.
FILE - 27 SEPTEMBER 2012: Police are reportedly investigating a body under the driveway of a home in Roseville, Michigan, suspected to be the long missing Jimmy Hoffa, former head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters who disappeared in 1975. Similar claims have prompt various theories and f
In this Nov. 16, 2012 photo, the white streaks on a steel breakwall show the normal water level on Portage Lake at Onekama, Mich., which is connected by a channel to Lake Michigan. Levels across much of the Great Lakes are abnormally low, causing problems for small harbor towns that rely on boating
Detroit police officer Joseph Weekley stands in Judge Cynthia Hathaway's courtroom at the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice in Detroit, Michigan on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 as the judge instructs jurors to continue to work toward a verdict after they sent her a note saying they are "stuck". The judge decla
