Opinion
Trump warns limited strikes possible on Iran
Local columns
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump warned on Friday that limited strikes against Iran are possible even as the country's top diplomat said Tehran expects to have a proposed deal ready in the next few days after nuclear talks with the United States. In response to a reporter's question ...
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Big Brother is making you watch him
Local columns
A poster depicting an enormous face gazed from the wall. The caption ran, "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU." So wrote George Orwell at the open of his dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four." Big Brother's image was everywhere, on printed material and on telescreens blasting state propaganda in ...
Almanac for Feb. 21, 2026
Local columns
Today is Saturday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2026. There are 313 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem's Audubon Ballroom in New York. Three men identified as members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of ...
Ways to reduce exposure to ‘forever chemicals’
Editorial
It seems like every week brings some new report about the dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — better known as PFAS — and the extent to which these “forever chemicals” have spread into the environment. In light of this growing threat, the Michigan Department of Health and ...