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Menominee school bus driver charged with criminal sexual conduct

Local News October 27, 2026

MENOMINEE — A 29-year-old Menominee woman who worked as a school bus driver faces up to life in prison after being charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving multiple variables in connection with an investigation into alleged sexual assaults involving children. Bailee Rae Miller was arraigned Friday in 95-A District Court in Menominee. The charges stem from a Menominee Police Department investigation into alleged sexual assaults reported in the city this month. “Because this is an ongoing investigation, I urge anyone with additional information to contact the ...

Democrats eye solidly GOP 1st Congressional District but odds are long

Local News October 27, 2026

While much of the national attention headed into Election Day is centered around battleground districts in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, Democrats are making a push to flip the state’s largest congressional district, which has been solidly controlled by Republicans for more than a ...

Appeals court declines to block California from counting 20,000 disputed ballots

National News October 26, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court on Monday declined to rule on whether California elections officials can count roughly 20,000 ballots that the Justice Department alleges belong to noncitizen voters. The 2-1 decision sets the Trump administration and state officials up for another legal showdown on the matter on Tuesday in front of a federal district judge, giving the federal government a very short window to compel California to sequester votes before the Nov. 3 elections. The decision marks the latest in a string of legal setbacks for President Donald Trump's administration ...

Flood-weary Southwest eyes forecast for more rain

National News October 26, 2026

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Yet more flooding made parts of the normally arid Four Corners region look more like an ocean than a desert Monday as locals kept a wary eye on a forecast for still more rain ahead. Damage in New Mexico alone after more than four days of flooding — only the ...

Midterms offer a test for AOC and the progressive movement

Michigan News October 26, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has had little trouble drawing a crowd. In a final campaign swing with progressive candidates across the country, the Democratic congresswoman from New York packed rooms in Michigan's deeply Republican Upper Peninsula, where chants of "AOC" ...

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National News October 26, 2026

Anthropic prepares IPO SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has filed paperwork for what could be the biggest initial public offering of stock ever even as its top executive warns that advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. Monday's filing sets up the San Francisco company for a Wall Street debut next month, potentially eclipsing the SpaceX initial public offering in June that raised a record $86 billion. An Anthropic IPO would also put the company ahead of OpenAI in going public in what is expected to be a pair of blockbuster ...