×

News

Trump proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed

International News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said the Iran ceasefire is on "life support" after rejecting Tehran's latest proposal, which officials said included some nuclear concessions. Trump also proposed suspending the federal gas tax to help with higher ...

Trump rejects ceasefire response from Iran

International News

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!" with no details. Iran seeks to ...

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating truce

International News

Russia and Ukraine swapped accusations of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire on Sunday, with both sides claiming to have suffered casualties in drone and artillery strikes over the past 24 hours. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia was neither observing the truce nor ...

Passengers evacuated from cruise ship begin flying home

International News

TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship began flying home Sunday aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands, where travelers were escorted to shore by personnel in full-body protective gear and ...

The charcoal briquets Ford built

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — For decades, Guy Forstrom of Quinnesec has been preserving part of local history — one bag of charcoal, one grill and one advertisement at a time. Now, that extensive collection of Ford and Kingsford charcoal artifacts have a permanent home with the Menominee Range ...

UP jobless rate inches up in March

Local News

The Upper Peninsula jobless rate saw little change in March as the number of jobless workers rose by 200 since February and the estimated size of the labor force dipped, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget. “Michigan labor markets ...