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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says the House Oversight Committee is asking her to violate the law. She's asking the committee to narrow the scope of a subpoena. -
![Last week's ransomware attack disrupted Ascension's 140 hospitals across the country, including more than a dozen in Michigan. Nurses say the quality of patient care has been significantly impacted. “I probably said 25 times [during my shift this week,] ‘We should not be doing elective surgeries,’” one nurse told Michigan Public. "Patient safety is at risk.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ee1cacf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3822x2129+0+234/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F61%2F44eb8b37454db3713fd1202e7207%2Fimg-8986.jpg)
A report by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says 700,000 Michiganders face the loss of Medicaid coverage under congressional Republican budget plans.
![Last week's ransomware attack disrupted Ascension's 140 hospitals across the country, including more than a dozen in Michigan. Nurses say the quality of patient care has been significantly impacted. “I probably said 25 times [during my shift this week,] ‘We should not be doing elective surgeries,’” one nurse told Michigan Public. "Patient safety is at risk.”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/4f78928/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3822x2129+0+234/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fab%2F61%2F44eb8b37454db3713fd1202e7207%2Fimg-8986.jpg)
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The Vietnam veteran and former businessman got his diploma from South Carolina State University on Friday. He signed up for classes after hearing about the police killing of protesting students in 1968. -
The blame game began only hours after President Trump announced Saturday that the U.S. had mediated an immediate ceasefire. -
Women can use a wand to collect a vaginal sample, then mail it to a lab that will screen for cervical cancer. The device will be available by prescription through a telehealth service. -
The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets. -
U.K. Prime Minister says Europe and the U.S. are "calling out" Putin, by proposing a 30-day unconditional ceasefire starting Monday. -
NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs.
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Members of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are digesting that one of their own is now the head of the Catholic Church.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Senior Fellow and Director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center, about rising tensions between India and Pakistan.
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The Rubber Duck Museum in Pt. Roberts, Wash., is moving because Canadians are no longer coming to the border town. Neil and Krystal King tell NPR's Scott Simon why.
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John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.
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Join Public Radio 90 for a celebration of National Poetry Month featuring local writers reading their original works. Tune in weekday mornings at 9:30 through the month of April to hear this year's offerings.Follow the hyperlinked names to listen back to this year's poetry productions:Tues 4/1 - K.M. BuhrmannWed 4/2 - Abby LaForestThu 4/3 - Randi ClemensFri 4/4 - Kathleen M. HeidemanMon 4/7 - Roslyn McGrathTues 4/8 - Lynn DominaWed 4/9 - Joseph SelfThu 4/10 - Andrew WalkerFri 4/11 - Jesse KoenigMon 4/14 - Gala MalherbeTue 4/15 - Esther Margaret Ayers 1Wed 4/16 - Esther Margaret Ayers 2Thu 4/17 - Gretchen Preston/Brian CzyzykFri 4/18 - B.G. BradleyMon 4/21 - Marty Achatz 1Tue 4/22 - Marty Achatz 2Wed 4/23 - Russell ThorburnThu 4/24 - Beth RobertsFri 4/25 - Christine SaariMon 4/28 - M.E. Kilpatrick 1Tue 4/29 - M.E. Kilpatrick 2Wed 4/30 - Beverly Matherne
