On a brisk January day with wind chills plunging to minus 25 degrees, Paul “Blade” Bloedorn stood out on nearly 2 feet of ice on Lake Michigan’s Little Bay de Noc. Last weekend, more than 400 shacks ...

Michigan's extreme cold this week has allowed ice to expand quickly throughout the Great Lakes, with officials reporting the highest coverage of the 2025-26 season. On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 25.08% of the ...

Last summer, a protester in Seattle made an anti-police sign with an unusual message. Hey SPD, it read. Crime is down 20 percent, and you had nothing to do with it. The taunt was glib, but it hinted ...

For centuries, most of the world’s economies grew at a similarly slow rate. However, a “Great Divergence” occurred with the Industrial Revolution, causing industrializing nations to accelerate their ...

One thing that is fairly clear following Thursday’s announcement by the White House of the proposal of what they’re calling The Great Healthcare Plan is that the Trump administration, and assumedly ...

Jan. 13 (UPI) --A Connecticut family's Great Dane, named Minnie, is officially the tallest female dog in the world, standing at 3 feet and 2 inches from floor to withers. Minnie arrived at the North ...

The federal budget deficit was roughly 6 percent of gross domestic product for each of the past three fiscal years. During a three-year span of low unemployment, economic expansion, increasing revenue ...

For too many Decembers, I told myself while decorating our tree that I really ought to re-read the gospels – or at least the dramatic nativity scene from Luke depicted in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” ...

A Korean movie is currently the number one film on Netflix, and it's not KPop Demon Hunters. Sci-fi disaster thriller The Great Flood has been out in other regions since September, but it finally ...

No one in the Jewish community will disagree that antisemitism and antizionism have reached alarming levels. The massacre last Sunday at a Hanukkah event in Sydney was the latest example of how it has ...

This year has been another exceptional showcase of what the industry is capable of. Understandably, with so many titles vying for attention, it’s inevitable that some of the greats will get left ...

It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, ...