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Today in history, November 1, 2026

Today is Sunday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2026. There are 60 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 1, 1938, in a two-horse match, Seabiscuit defeated the favored Triple Crown winner War Admiral by four lengths in what was dubbed the “Race of the Century” at Pimlico Race Course ...

Tim Graham

The most obnoxious lie that erupts routinely in the "independent media" is that Trump's Department of Justice is weaponized in a way that no Democrat has ever contemplated. It's like they all observed everything that the Biden Justice Department did to put Trump and his allies in jail and ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My 27-year-old son moved back home eight months ago after his lease ended. The plan was for it to be temporary while he "regrouped." But since then, he's applied to only a handful of jobs. Meanwhile, he's sleeping in, playing video games and getting defensive if I bring up the job ...

Replacement millage

HANCOCK — Voters across the Copper Country Intermediate School District (CCISD) will decide on a special education millage replacement proposal during the upcoming general election on Tuesday. David Sim, CCISD public engagement specialist, said the ballot measure requests a 20-year ...

Erick Erickson

We keep being told we must debase ourselves further every election cycle. We must embrace the groypers, who are white nationalists, racists and antisemites. We must embrace the racial grievance mongers and the Christian nationalists who never talk about Christ but always talk about politics. ...

U.P. communities to receive federal fire department funding

MARQUETTE — A handful of Upper Peninsula fire departments, including one in the Village of Lake Linden, are in line to receive more than $2.1 million in federal support. The funding comes from the Federal emergency Management Agency’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants and Staffing for ...