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Restoration efforts aim to protect UP’s ‘Narnia Trail’

LANSING – A popular nature trail in the Upper Peninsula has been deteriorating, according to the Michigan Nature Conservancy. This trail was originally called the Bush Bay Trail, but it was nicknamed the “Narnia Trail” after it was popularized on social media, referring to the book ...

Lake Superior trout harvest cut as lamprey reduce population

Anglers won’t be able to catch as many lake trout in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior after the Natural Resources Board approved a 15% cut in the harvest. The cut comes as the population of lake trout is at its lowest point in three decades, according to state data. The ...

What to expect in Michigan on Election Day on Tuesday

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Michigan are deciding a long list of contests that could swing the balance of power in Washington as well as in the state capitol in Lansing. Michigan continues to be one of the nation’s most competitive electoral battlegrounds, with fiercely contested ...

Wall Street drops to its worst day since June

NEW YORK (AP) — A sell-off for tech stocks got even worse Friday on worries that Wall Street's frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology sent prices too high. The S&P 500 tumbled 1.8% for its worst day since June, and it closed out a third straight losing week. The weakness for ...

Difficult negotiations lie ahead in Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's final election results confirmed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies lost their parliamentary majority and that weeks of difficult negotiations among very different parties, from ultra-Orthodox Jewish to secular to Arab-led, lie ahead. The results ...