EDITOR: As we celebrate National Friends of Libraries Week, I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude and appreciation for the Friends of the Escanaba Public Library. The Friends are a non-profit organization established in 1988 to support and enhance the library. ...
By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Oct. 17, the 291st day of 2024. There are 75 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 6.9 in magnitude struck northern California, killing 63 people and causing up to $10 billion worth of damage. Also on ...
Polls show Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump in a statistical tie here in the Great Lakes State as they seek the White House, and that has both candidates thinking they can win the state and claim Michigan’s 15 Electoral College votes. In ...
By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, Oct. 16, the 290th day of 2024. There are 76 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election night in the United States is a bit like a jigsaw puzzle, except that only one piece appears at a time, and you don’t get to look at the picture on the box. As thousands of counties and towns report vote totals, it can be hard to figure out when the results ...
WASHINGTON — Within minutes of Hamas jihadists breaching the Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, and commencing the largest slaughter of the Jewish people since the Holocaust, Western leftists and other defenders of the genocidal Palestinian-Arab cause rallied around a talking point: “This did ...