NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are climbing, and oil prices are falling Thursday after President Donald Trump called off his threat to bomb Iran in the evening. The S&P 500 jumped 1.3%, coming off a back-to-back drop that had yanked it back to where it was in early May. The Dow Jones Industrial ...
HANCOCK — What can Finno-Ugric peoples in Europe learn from Finnish Americans? And what can Finno-Ugric cooperation offer to the Finnish-American community? These questions will be among the discussion points at the second annual Finno-Ugric Open Forum, which is slated for Thursday, June 18, at Hancock Central High School. Experts from Estonia, Finland, Norway, Hungary, and the United States will gather for a day of discussion, explanation, exploration and engagement – and the public is encouraged to take part. The forum is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a keynote address ...
HOUGHTON — Jail Committee Faith Morrison provided a Jail Committee update at Tuesday’s regular June meeting of the Houghton County Board of Commissioners. The committee held a meeting immediately before the board meeting. The meeting, she said, was approximately 90 minutes long, ending ...
MILAN — Foreign workers building a sprawling $350 million American Consulate in Milan were paid less than $2 an hour after being promised fair wages, according to Associated Press interviews with five former employees and a review of their employment letters and pay stubs. Italian ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Anthropic will donate $150 million to launch a fellowship program that places people early in their careers with nonprofits around the country to help them use artificial intelligence more effectively in their work. Claude Corps, named for the company's popular AI chatbot, ...
BARAGA COUNTY — The Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Conservancy (SWP) announced the launch of its Great Lakes Climate Corps (GLCC) and Great Lakes Tribal Conservation Corps (GLTCC) field season. Tyler Penrod, SWP’s GLCC Program Manager, said SWP has several projects ongoing ...
