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Opinion

Take out Iran’s nuclear facilities now

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WASHINGTON — Before basketball’s 24-second rule, there was a tactic called freezing the ball. The team that was ahead would attempt to run out the clock by holding onto the ball as long as it could to deny the opposing team an opportunity to score. That looks like what Iran is again ...

Website offers free financial resources

Editorial

With April being National Financial Literacy Month, Michigan Treasurer Rachael Eubanks is calling on residents to check out the new Michigan.gov/MiMoneyMatters website for a free personal finance education program. The site provides access to free, on-demand learning tools, such as - ...

Almanac

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By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, April 24, the 114th day of 2025. There are 251 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 24, 1916, Irish republicans launched the Easter Rising, a rebellion against British rule in Ireland. Though the rebels surrendered to British forces ...

Pope Francis converted to the environmental cause

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Few moments in Pope Francis’ papacy better exemplify his understanding of climate change and the need to address it than the rain-soaked Mass he celebrated in Tacloban, Philippines, in 2015. Wearing one of the cheap plastic yellow ponchos that were handed out to the ...

April Is a Revolution Month

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WASHINGTON — Greetings from the eye of the storm. Is the time right for a second American Revolution? The first broke out 250 Aprils ago in Lexington and Concord. Let’s conjure up Paul Revere’s midnight ride in this dark hour. Our ruler makes the English king, George III, look like ...