KABUL, Afghanistan — He was a lowly drug smuggler, neighbors and relatives say, then ventured into contracting, seeking a slice of the billions of dollars the U.S.-led coalition was funneling into construction projects in Afghanistan. But he…

President Trump is escalating his fight with Congress over a broad, bipartisan effort to rename military installations that are named for figures from the Confederacy, threatening to veto an annual defense bill if it includes the provision. The…

A slideshow hovered over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's shoulder during her Tuesday, June 30 news briefing, displaying a Michigan map that highlighted the Lansing area in red and the Grand Rapids region in orange. It was intended to warn of the increased…

When I started in the news business 38 years ago, my tools were a Bic pen, a reporter's notebook and a keyboard. Paper was my publishing platform. Safe to say, winning an Emmy award never entered my thinking. But today, MLive has five gleaming Emmy…

As the number of coronavirus cases in Michigan and across the nation trend upward, Michigan bars in most of the Lower Peninsula are once again prohibited from serving alcohol indoors under a new executive order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. After…