Today’s Highlight in History: On March 21, 1965, civil rights demonstrators led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began their third, successful march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On this date: In 1685, composer Johann Sebastian Bach was born in Eisenach, Germany. In 1935, ...

Dear Lt. Gen. Representative Jack: We noted you cast a very small shadow in Escanaba on March 7. I guess you showed us 140+ voters who met on March 6 that you don’t care about us. (You sure were in Washington!) With all the reductions in the VA, Pentagon, NAOAA, Education, etc., that are ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are ceding their constitutional power to the president, so says the “politerati.” Yes, but there’s the rub: 10 Senate Democrats joined Republicans, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He changed his mind the day before. The Senate 10 ...

By Stephen Moore WASHINGTON —For decades, the United States has led the world in pharmaceutical innovation -- developing drugs that combat cancer, heart disease, AIDS, diabetes and other killer diseases. One recent study found that “in health-sciences output in the Nature Index, the United ...

WASHINGTON — The cliche has been that the ball is now in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s court. Not any longer. Putin has responded to U.S. appeals for a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine with a strong backhand, rejecting a ceasefire in his unprovoked invasion. Now the ball is in ...

By The Associated Press Today is Monday, March 17, the 76th day of 2025. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day. Today in history: On March 17, 1992, white South Africans voted 68.7% to 31.3% to end over 40 years of apartheid in a national referendum. (Voters of ...