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Opinion

Michigan marks 988 Day for suicide, crisis hotline

Editorial

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services joined Monday with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to observe the second-annual 988 Day, marked on Sept. 8. The day is a national initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the 988 Suicide and Crisis ...

Chief justice lets Trump remove Federal Trade member for now

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday let President Donald Trump remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission, the latest in a string of high-profile firings allowed for now by Supreme Court. Trump first moved to fire Rebecca Slaughter in the spring, but she sued and ...

Britain, Land of the Unfree

Local columns

When the Irish comedian Graham Linehan arrived at London Heathrow Airport this past weekend, he was greeted by five armed British police officers who arrested him for — get this — three rude tweets. Or, as Linehan wrote on his Substack, "I was arrested at an airport like a terrorist, ...

Almanac for Sept. 9, 2025

Local columns

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2025. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1971, prisoners seized control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York, taking 42 staff members hostage and demanding improvements to inmate ...

Make safe choices near train tracks

Editorial

Our neighbors to the south are advising the public this month about proper behavior when around railroad tracks. Wisconsin is home to 3,300 miles of active tracks that are essential to the state’s economy and connect travelers to their destinations, according to the Wisconsin State Patrol. ...