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Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a broad conception of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that children born to people who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. By a 6-3 ...

‘Dangerous’ conditions as high heat scorches Midwest

DETROIT (AP) — Nature’s oven was on high Tuesday for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states as intense heat and humidity baked the regions with no immediate relief before the misery shifts to the eastern U.S. The National Weather Service was blunt: Conditions were ...

Dickinson courthouse to be closed on Friday

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Courthouse will be closed Friday for Independence Day. Regular courthouse hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will resume Monday.

Food, Fun and Fitness blasts off

The second week of Food, Fun and Fitness in Florence County was packed with crafts, games and experiences. Youth participants were privileged to be able to use Northern Michigan University’s “Starlab,” a pop-up planetarium that allowed students to learn about and travel through the solar ...

UP sees ‘The Ford Boom’ in the 1920s

(Editor’s note: The Daily News, in cooperation with three other Upper Peninsula newspapers, is running companion pieces to Ogden Newspapers’ “America at 250” series, with a focus on the U.P.’s role in the country’s development. For this week’s “America at 250” story, see ...