Breaking News

Perseids meteor shower

“I want to fly like an eagle to the sea, fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me,” – Steve Miller When twilight fades and the darkness falls, the movements of heavenly bodies and grandeur of the incredible nighttime skies come into their own. Way beyond midnight, it’s in those ...

The ‘climate crisis’ scaremongers

Just two years ago, the United Nations secretary general announced, “Global warming has ended ... The era of global boiling has arrived!” “(We were) warned about this,” said a “Daily Show” host, “by every scientist for the last 50 years!” His audience applauded. Wow. Every ...

Almanac for Aug. 7, 2026

Today is Friday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2026. There are 146 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1974, French high-wire artist Philippe Petit performed an unapproved tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, more than 1,300 feet above the ground; the event was chronicled in the Academy Award-winning documentary “Man on Wire.” Also on this date: In 1789, the U.S. Department of War was established by Congress. In 1942, U.S. and other allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific ...

Ground squirrel cousins summertime friends

ESCANABA- Friend or foe, cute or crazy, ground squirrels are a part of summertime in the north woods. Upper Michigan is home to two separate species of these fury little friends. Everybody is familiar with the eastern chipmunk. This busy little body thrives in the wilderness, in parks, campgrounds, and in backyards all over the U.P. If you feed the birds, you know the striped chipmunk who invites himself over for a free meal. Chipmunks are born in May in a tunnel well below ground. They are naked, blind and not much bigger than a bumble bee at birth. They grow fast on their ...

The Iran War is eating Trump’s presidency

An Iran war that was supposed to be brief, and then was supposed to be over, is imposing an increasing price on Donald Trump’s presidency. We’ve seen a second term of a Republican administration go this way before. There are distinct echoes of George W. Bush’s Iraq War — the ...