Today in Sports Sept. 16
1885 — The America’s Cup is successfully defended by U.S. yacht Puritan as it beats Britain’s Genesta in two heats. 1926 — Henri Cochet ends Bill Tilden’s six-year reign as the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association champion as he beats Tilden in the quarterfinals. 1927 — Rene Lacoste wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship, beating Bill Tilden in three sets. 1951 — Betsy Rawls wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title by edging Louise Suggs. 1955 — The formation of the United States Auto Club is completed and will oversee four major categories of auto races. 1973 — ...
Two-time Purple Heart awardee travels on U.P. Honor Flight
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than five decades after serving in Vietnam, a highly decorated veteran found himself touring memorials honoring his and his comrade’s service while attending the 29th Upper Peninsula Honor Flight’s excursion to Washington, D.C. Retired Lance Corporal Ronnie ...
As AI debate flares, Melania Trump tours a North Carolina school to see technology at work
JEFFERSON, N.C. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump visited a school in northwestern North Carolina on Tuesday to talk to elementary school students, teachers and staff about how they're using technology in the classroom. Her long-planned trip to Ashe County Tuesday came as tech and political leaders debate about how best to regulate artificial intelligence. Prominent tech leaders have expressed concerns about the dangers of the technology and called for more oversight, while President Donald Trump on Monday angrily dismissed the idea that more limits are needed, calling it a ...
Final Adopt-A-Highway cleanup starts Saturday
ESCANABA — The final in this year’s series of Adopt-A-Highway pickup periods, the Fall statewide cleanup, is set to begin Sept. 19 and run until Sept. 27. Motorists should be prepared and expect to see volunteers along highways across the state during this period. The 35-year-old program has become quite popular across the state. As of last year, about 2,600 groups have adopted more than 6,000 miles of state highway through the program. An estimated 19,000 participants collected almost 40,000 bags of trash from roadsides during the three annual pickup periods in 2025. Getting ...
Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark rate, defying Trump's demands
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is widely expected to lift its short-term interest rate Wednesday for the first time in three years to fight stubbornly high inflation, a move that would put the central bank at odds with President Donald Trump's support for a cut. A quarter-point increase in the Fed's rate, currently about 3.6%, isn't guaranteed because Fed Chair Kevin Warsh doesn't provide the signals about next moves that his predecessors did. Still, most analysts and economists expect a hike after a speech two weeks ago at the Fed's annual conference in Jackson Hole, ...