Today is Thursday, May 7, the 127th day of 2026. There are 238 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on ...
Authorities again are warning against any outdoor activities that might spark a wildfire this spring, annually the most critical fire season of the year. Much of Wisconsin is rated “Very High” for fire danger, including the entire northern portion of the state, with the Wisconsin ...
People of a certain age will recall a lyric from the Tennessee Ernie Ford song “Sixteen Tons”: “Another day older and deeper in debt.” I thought of that song as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth asked Congress to approve a $1.5 trillion budget for fiscal year 2027 to put the military on ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have added $1 billion in White House security upgrades to legislation that would fund immigration enforcement agencies, a proposed boost for President Donald Trump's ballroom project after a man was charged with trying to assassinate him at the White House ...
Today is Wednesday, May 6, the 126th day of 2026. There are 239 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1937, the hydrogen-filled German airship Hindenburg caught fire and crashed while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey; 35 of the 97 people on board and one crew member on the ...