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Iran condemns US strikes as a show of ‘bad faith’

International News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of "bad faith and unreliability" as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war, and the Islamic Republic began restoring internet access after one of the longest nationwide ...

West Virginia born amid chaos of the Civil War

Local News

(Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

Survey: 2 of 3 Americans cutting back on spending

Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly this month as gas prices stayed high and inflation remained elevated, a sharp contrast to soaring stock prices hover near record levels. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index slipped 0.7 points to 93.1 in May, the first ...

Soo Line Steam Engine 730 Authority golf scramble Thursday

Local News

ESCANABA — Team registrations are still being accepted for the fifth-annual Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine 730 Authority four-person, 18-hole Golf Scramble set for Thursday at the Escanaba Country Club. The entry fee is $380 per four-person team. The tournament format is an ...

Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records in Europe

International News

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom smashed a century-old temperature record for the second time in 24 hours Tuesday as a spring heat wave continued to scorch parts of Western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as ...

Another surge for Micron sends US stocks to records

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rose to records Tuesday as it caught up with climbs for others around the world from the day before, when President Donald Trump said negotiations were "proceeding nicely" with Iran on ending their war. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% after trading resumed ...