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While carmakers make great advances on self driving vehicles, the head of the national highway traffic safety administration says it could take decades before we see the true life saving benefits of those vehicles. Administrator Mark Rosekind says the more we learn about self-driving vehicles, the more we understand how …

After an election that has torn some families and friends apart, will bygones be bygones next Thursday as we all sit down to Thanksgiving? As Sandra McNeill found out, in some families, people are refusing to show up.

Governor Rick Snyder is halfway through an eight-day investment mission to China, focusing on promoting job-creating business growth and attracting investment in Michigan, plus pushing the state as a tourism destination. As part of the trip, he will visit Shanghai Auto City, which is an automotive production base on the …

The city of Ann Arbor plans to move forward with deer management efforts next year that include another hunt. City council approved the plans last night. They include hiring sharpshooters to kill one hundred deer and trap and sterilize another 60 deer. A hunt last winter resulted in sharpshooters killing …

More than 500,000 deer hunters are hitting the fields of Michigan over the next couple of weeks for firearm deer season. It generates more than $2.3 billion for the state economy. But, state DNR deer program biologist Ashley Autenrieth, cautions hunters to keep safety in mind. Autenrieth says we’ll have …

For years, researchers have been concerned about how a popular arthritis drug, celebrex, would impact the heart compared to other commonly prescribed drugs ibuprofen and naproxen. Now the data is in. Dr. Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic led the study.

Toyota is going to pay $3.5 billion dollars to settle a suit over rust proofing of vehicles. Here’s Autobeat reporter Jeff Gilbert.

Longer term loans and a hot vehicle market are combining to create an interesting phenomenon in the auto industry. We hear about it from Auto Beat Reporter Jeff Gilbert.

About 29-million Americans are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but those numbers could be higher because not everyone is getting screened, according to a new study. Health Reporter Dr. Deanna Lites has a close up look.  

Michigan State Superintendent of Schools Brian Whiston has released a statement regarding a number of reported incidents in schools of students harassing, bullying, intimidating, and using hateful speech toward other students since the election. He acknowledges that the nature of the election reached a new low, but schools must be …