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Opinion

AAA suggests four 2026 safe driving resolutions

Editorials

AAA Michigan has offered some grim arguments for making safer motor vehicle practices part of your New Year's resolutions for 2026. Preventable crashes claim lives and devastate families every day, AAA states in a news release. "These tragedies are not accidents; they are the result of choices ...

To drink or not to drink

Columns

For anyone aiming to cut back drinking, January's arrival times perfectly. Some may have simply overdone it through the long holiday stretch, when alcohol seemed piped into any vaguely celebratory event. Some may worry that they're beginning to forget the last drink they accepted. Recovering ...

Trump exchanges threats with Iranian officials over protests

Columns

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged dueling threats Friday as widening protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries after America bombed Iranian nuclear sites in June. At ...

Almanac for Jan. 3, 2026

Columns

Today is Saturday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2026. There are 362 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades of heartache for Red Sox fans. ...

Deregulation of broadband deployment saving billions

Editorials

Did economists underestimate the damage of the Biden regulatory barrage? One reason the U.S. economy is outperforming expectations may be that the Trump Administration’s deregulation is offsetting tariff harm. Consider how it has uncorked broadband investment and saved taxpayers billions by ...