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Opinion

Almanac

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By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2025. There are 348 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 17, 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address in which he warned against “the acquisition of unwarranted ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today’s Highlight in History: On Jan. 16, 27 B.C., Caesar Augustus was declared the first Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Senate. On this date: In 1865, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman decreed that 400,000 acres of land in the South would be divided into ...

Heartbreak cities in the new year

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WASHINGTON — 2025 is a full year so far. If you grew up in the beautiful (but parlous) land of Los Angeles and live in Washington D.C., the moment feels like paradise lost. Seeing your hometown burn to the ground on screen, with high winds showing no mercy and leaving vast swaths of ...

Stay safe on snowmobiles

Editorial

Winter is in full swing here in the Upper Peninsula and with it the familiar sights and sounds of snowmobiles. Snowmobiling is big business in the Upper Peninsula. Beyond the locals who participate in the winter activity, tourists from all around the country head to the U.P. with their sleds ...

Europe takes a bite out of America’s apple

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By Stephen Moore WASHINGTON — Envy is an ugly thing -- one of the seven deadly sins. Europeans have long been dripping with jealousy that American firms dominate the tech sector -- cellphones, search engines, social media platforms, artificial intelligence and robotics. Our “magnificent ...

Trump and Biden

Local columns

BERKELEY — Trump will try to take credit for the Biden economy. Don’t let him. And don’t let Republican enablers of Trump or the media give him credit, either. In 2017, Trump inherited a strong economy from President Obama and never stopped congratulating himself for it. He claimed that ...