With influenza activity increasing across parts of the United States, including in Michigan, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services encourages residents to take preventive steps now to protect themselves, their families and their communities as holiday travel and activities begin. ...
Google settled a racial bias lawsuit for $50 million. Merrill Lynch paid $20 million. Maryland taxpayers will have to pay $3 million to make a racial discrimination suit go away. "This is ridiculous! Taxpayers should not be on the hook for this!" complains Heather Mac Donald, author of "When ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ways off. U.S. President Donald Trump has set in motion the most intense diplomatic push to stop ...
Today is Friday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2025. There are 26 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2013, Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first Black president, died at age 95. Also on this date: In 1848, in an address to Congress, President ...
The holiday season is in full swing in the region and elsewhere. Lots of shopping, recreating, meeting and eating going on and generally people’s moods are upbeat and positive. Bud not everyone. The holiday blues beset a significant number of people each year. Feelings of sadness, anxiety, ...