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GM CEO Mary Barra sees the current strong car sales environment sticking around for a while, even though some analysts are calling for a drop in sales. General Motors is testing self-driving vehicles on the streets of Scottsdale, Arizona. Through its autonomous technology company Cruise Automation, GM says it started …

Can being a volunteer improve your health?  It might depend on your age. Health reporter Dr. Deanna Lites with the results of a new study.

With so many dating shows and dating apps, it looks like everyone wants to be part of a couple. But it turns out single people might have more fulfilling lives. Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has more.

Research finds a type of counseling may help with your job hunt. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy involves a process of changing our thoughts and behaviors in order to produce better emotions, better outcomes and higher levels of functioning. Psychologist Scott Bea.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s visit Michigan on Thursday, and will be speaking at a Warren company that has expanded its auto supply business into the defense and aerospace industries. The Clinton campaign says she will describe how the jobs plan she first outlined in Raleigh, North Carolina in June …

State Superintendent Brian Whiston has called for legislative action to help improve the funding needs for Michigan schools, based on the findings of a state-funded Education Finance Study. The study shows a disparity in funding between school districts in Michigan, as well as the effects of poverty on a child’s …

How hot has it been? The water temperature of the Great Lakes is at its warmest since 2012. The warmest Great Lake is currently Lake Erie at 78.5 degrees. The warm water could be a sign that the state will avoid early frosts in the fall. But some say it …

A new study from the University of Michigan suggests that smoking greatly reduces life expectancy for people with serious mental illness. Researchers say those smokers cut 15 years off their lives, compared to people who have never smoked and don’t have mental illness. They also die ten years earlier than …

Child support payments can be made a little easier starting this week. Now those charged with making those payments can go online to MISDU.com, do some clicking, and take the cash to a 7-Eleven or Family Dollar store, where the payments will be applied electronically. Department of Health and Human …

Mixed reviews, mainly along political lines, about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s speech in Detroit. Trump mentioned Detroit and Michigan and blamed Hillary Clinton for the city’s struggles. Trump said Democrats have controlled the city at every level and policies have to change in order to change results. Hillary Clinton …