As communities across America prepare to celebrate our nation's 250th birthday, it's a fitting time to reflect on what has always made this country special. Certainly, it's our history, our freedoms, and the people who have served to protect them. But it's also something a little closer to ...

Today is Friday, July 3, the 184th day of 2026. There are 181 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1863, the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops failed to breach Union positions during an assault ...

ESCANABA- 1976-America celebrated its bicentennial! And the whole country rejoiced! The Vietnam War was over. Gerald Ford was in the White House. Gas cost 59 cents per gallon in 1976. We had landed on the moon, and we were starting to clean up the environment after the Clean Air ...

Saturday, July 4, is the 185th day of 2026. There are 180 days left in the year. This is U.S. Independence Day. This day in History: In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Also on this date: In 1802, the United ...

The last two decades have been a continuous adventure in redefining the phrase “white supremacy” to include less and less pertinent things. The latest is that the Supreme Court has allegedly joined forces with Trump to “advance an authoritarian, white-supremacist agenda” — in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration Wednesday, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that he says are targeting him for “what amounts to phantom criminal conduct.” The lawsuit says the ...