LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND — U.S. and Iranian negotiators were in Switzerland Sunday for talks on their interim agreement to end the Iran war. Pakistani and Qatari mediators were also at the scene for the technical-level discussions on resolving the conflict that began in late February. The U.S. ...
For 20 years, Shawn Sitar has studied a part of Lake Superior he has never seen. Sitar, a fisheries research biologist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, studies fish at the deepest spot on the largest freshwater lake on earth. It’s an area known as Superior Maximus, with ...
SAULT STE. MARIE — An apparent domestic dispute in Sault Ste. Marie Thursday turned deadly with one person dead and a second injured from flying glass debris, police said. According to the Sault Ste. Marie Police Department, officers were dispatched to a residence on Young Street at 1:40 p.m. Thursday after receiving report of multiple gun shots fired. Additionally, when officers were enroute to the scene, they were advised that a man had shot himself. Upon arriving, police determined that a domeastic dispute had precipitated the shots and that a nearby residence had been shot at ...
HOUGHTON — The City of Houghton will host a new event aimed at inspiring creative art and community called Digital Bloom. The event takes place Aug. 1 along Houghton's waterfront trail. Digital Bloom is calling on creatives in the Keweenaw to participate and is actively recruiting artists to ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I read your recent column on prostate biopsies. I'm no doctor, but I'd advise against them. My boyfriend got a biopsy in 2012, which I believe caused his cancer to spread beyond his prostate into his bones. He died three years later in 2015. Think about this: A needle is ...
NEW YORK — Stocks rose on Wall Street Thursday and erased most of their losses from a day earlier to notch weekly gains. The market's reversal was powered by sharp gains for big technology companies. The decline on Wednesday was driven by anticipation that the Federal Reserve will likely raise interest rates this year in an effort to fight inflation. On Thursday, stocks faced less pressure as bond yields eased and oil prices spent most of the day falling. The S&P 500 rose 80.48 points, or 1.1%, to 7,500.58. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 72.15 points, or 0.1%, to ...
