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Third UP wildfire is now fully contained

The Ridge Fire near Marquette — one of three fires in the so-called Rugged Terrain Complex — is now fully contained, thanks in part to snowy weather, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It is the last of the fires to reach 100% containment. Danger still remains, ...

A warm gift for winter

KINGSFORD — For two Iron Mountain households, heading into winter will be a little warmer and a lot less stressful thanks to Jacobson Heating & AC. The Kingsford-based business recently gave away new furnaces to local residents Sherri Derouin and Sean and Christy Verity as part of its ...

Peru's Chiclayo welcomes back its former shepherd

CHICLAYO, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV returned Friday to his beloved former diocese of Chiclayo and said it was a "joy" to be home, as he visited some of his old stomping grounds and highlighted the social justice-minded mark he left behind. The pontiff, known here as "Padre Robert," ...

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Bessent casts blame WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says he was frustrated with the Commerce Department's delay in placing restrictions on Nvidia chip exports to a company with alleged ties to China. Bessent said on CNBC Friday that his department, along with the departments of State and Defense and the U.S. Trade Representative, were in favor of adding Singapore-based Megaspeed International to an export control list for months but that the Commerce Department was in charge of the matter. Bessent's comments were an unusually public rebuke of the Commerce ...