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In 2001, Portland, Ore., was the first to develop a new kind of streetcar system. Success there led to a resurgence, with at least two dozen cities planning, building or expanding trolley lines — places like Atlanta; St. Louis, Mo.; and Tucson, Ariz. But some wonder whether it's the best way to spend limited transit dollars.

The best cover songs, the ones that endure, bring out something that wasn't already there in the original.

The Federal Election Commission has rejected a bid by conservatives to weaken the campaign-finance disclosure law. A Tea Party group had asked for a precedent-changing decision to keep its donor lists secret. It said members are being targeted for harassment and intimidation.

Stalin ordered the Tatars on the Crimean Peninsula rounded up and sent to the deserts of Central Asia in 1944. Nearly half died. Today, an estimated 250,000 Tatars have returned and are organizing.

By George Olsenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/pre/local-pre-861782.mp3Four day workweek in Wayne County Government... one year…

A federal freeze on most evictions enacted last year is scheduled to expire July 31, after the Biden administration extended the date by a month. The…

New COVID-19 cases among the unvaccinated are increasing fast. And a new book with allegations about how former president Donald Trump wanted to use the military.

The White House published a list of Chinese exports it plans to hit with steep tariffs. On Wednesday, Beijing announced similar plans to slap tariffs on more than 100 types of U.S. products.

After record flooding at the end of July in eastern Kentucky, residents reported more than 10,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Many residents remain in housing limbo as they apply for aid and rebuild.

The Army is thousands of enlistees short for the recruiting year ending in September, so it is trying something else: prep courses for written test scores and weight loss programs to make the grade.