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Menominee couple arrested after UPSET investigation

MENOMINEE COUNTY — Two Menominee residents were arrested and arraigned on multiple felony drug and firearm charges after an Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team investigation. Mason Thomas Berden, 25, and Kirstie Anna Paris, 28, were arraigned Nov. 5 in the Menominee County 95-A ...

Veterans program at IMHS — video

Jason Bouchard, a biomedical equipment technician at Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson who retired as a senior master sergeant after 24 years in the U.S. Air Force, speaks during Veterans Day ceremonies Wednesday afternoon in the Iron Mountain High School auditorium. The district had two programs to honor veterans, one in the morning at North Elementary School and the afternoon session for fourth through 12th-grade students. The afternoon session was emceed by teacher Audra DeRidder, who can be seen in the background along with Middle/High School Principal Sara Pericolosi. ...

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China denies allegations (AP) — Photos of Alice Huang alongside Nvidia chief Jensen Huang have fueled worldwide curiosity. But much of the Chinese businesswoman's life remains a mystery. The New York Times has reported that U.S. officials believe she passed information to Beijing and developed a close relationship with the chipmaker's CEO. China denies the spying allegations. Jensen Huang has admitted being unfaithful to his wife without naming the woman involved. Corporate records trace Alice Huang's career from Chinese finance to a Singapore company under investigation over ...

Democrat Scott Colom elected in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominee Scott Colom defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War ...

NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least two people and trapping others beneath the wreckage. Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough's ...

Texas man charged with killing wife on cruise ship

A cruise ship passenger accused of killing his wife after the vessel set off from Texas told authorities that he struck her in their cabin and strangled her after an argument caused him to "snap," according to an FBI affidavit made public Tuesday. Jason Watford, 48, appeared in federal ...