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Where there aren’t fathers, birth rates collapse

Where are the babies? Social conservatives keep asking what's happened as the U.S. fertility rate crashes to its lowest level ever. But the answer should be another question: Where are the fathers? And by fathers, we do not mean men who merely spread their seed and then take off, but men who ...

DOJ: Members of Congress can’t intervene in Epstein files release

NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan's top federal prosecutor said Friday that a judge lacks the authority to appoint a neutral expert to oversee the public release of documents in the sex trafficking probe of financier Jeffrey Epstein and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ...

Almanac for Jan. 17, 2026

Today is Saturday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2026. There are 348 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1920, prohibition of alcohol began in the United States as the Volstead Act went into effect in support of the 18th Amendment. Also on this date: In 1950, the Great Brink's ...

Sandy Gill honored with Heritage Award for lifelong service to U.P. State Fair

ESCANABA -- For more than five decades, Sandy Gill has been a constant, caring presence at the Upper Peninsula State Fair, quietly shaping the experiences of thousands of youth exhibitors while strengthening the traditions that define one of the region’s most cherished events. In recognition ...

‘Warmth of collectivism’ doesn’t last

"Replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism!" says my new socialist mayor. Sounds so nice ... No more greedy capitalists hoarding wealth. People share. It's the socialist dream. What will replace capitalism and individualism? One model is the commune — ...

Trump threatens using Insurrection Act to end Minneapolis protests

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his administration's massive immigration crackdown. The threat comes a day after a man was shot ...