“The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. ... They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone — the most ...
Today is Monday, April 20, the 110th day of 2026. There are 255 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1999, two students shot and killed 12 classmates and one teacher and injured 23 others before taking their own lives at Columbine High School, near Denver, Colorado. Also on this date: In 1812, the fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 72, becoming the first vice president to die while in office. In 1912, Boston's Fenway Park, now the oldest active stadium in Major League Baseball, hosted its first official baseball game with an ...
LONDON (AP) — Senior Cabinet ministers on Sunday rallied around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is teetering over his decision to give Britain's most important diplomatic job to Peter Mandelson, a scandal-tarnished politician and friend of Jeffrey Epstein. Starmer will ...
A handful of sparks flew at the usually laid back, relatively speaking, Marquette County Board of Commissioners meeting earlier this month when the panel voted 3-2 in favor of a resolution titled, “Resolution in Support of the People.” This innocuous label obscured what the document was really about: keeping the federal government — specifically Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents — out of Marquette County or, as an alternative, somehow compelling them to behave decently if ever they do show up here. Commissioners Karl Numinen, Dana LaLonde and Karen Alholm voted yes on ...
Today is Saturday, April 18, the 108th day of 2026. There are 257 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1906, the deadliest earthquake in U.S. history struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires across the city. More than 3,000 people are believed to have been killed by the quake, which was estimated to have reached as high as 7.9 magnitude. Also on this date: In 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning colonists that British Regular troops were approaching. In 1942, in the first World War II attack on the Japanese ...
