13+ hour, 35+ min ago   (634+ words) Those are just a few of the hundreds of different Canadian products that President Donald Trump's administration has slapped with a 50% tax to enter the United States. The new tariffs, which kicked in Saturday, are expected to affect about $20 billion…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago   (231+ words) The Council Chambers at City Hall were packed Monday night, August 24, 2026, with people opposing the rezoning of 3100 and 3120 N. Saginaw Rd. The rezoning would have allowed for retail development. A controversial rezoning that would have allowed a retail store on the…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (506+ words) The high court heard oral arguments Monday regarding Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s seizure of approximately 650,000 ballots from a November 2025 special election on redistricting. The measure passed in the county by roughly 80,000 votes. Bianco in March seized 1,000 boxes of election…...

12+ hour, 20+ min ago   (273+ words) Water from the Muskegon River flows to lawns on 12 Mile Rd. during a flooding event on April 16 in Big Rapids. Michigan residents affected by April’s severe storms, tornadoes and flooding have one week left to apply for federal disaster assistance,…...

17+ hour, 22+ min ago   (711+ words) The world's oceans simmered to their hottest temperatures on record over the weekend and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, putting stress on life in the water and on land too, the European climate service…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (306+ words) Big Rapids Pioneer However, the bill hasn't yet attracted enough support to pass into law because two of the three parties in Luxon's coalition government will vote against it Passage would require support from opposition lawmakers, who have yet to…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (712+ words) Graham won the June 9 Republican primary for renomination to the seat he first won in 2002, but his unexpected death on July 11 from an aortic tear created a vacancy not only for his current U.S. Senate seat but also as the party’s…...

22+ hour, 6+ min ago   (277+ words) The group, which includes Gaku Hashimoto, a lawmaker of Takaichi's governing Liberal Democratic Party and a former health and welfare vice minister, and a lawmaker each from the Komeito and Centrist Reform Alliance opposition parties, will meet with Chinese Communist…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (584+ words) The contest between two Democrats will further reduce an already thin Republican majority in the U.S. House. The finalists for the seat are former Gwinnett County School Board Chair Everton Blair and Marcye Scott, daughter of the late congressman. They were…...

22+ hour, 3+ min ago   (212+ words) The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup. “NAZA,” from two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” will screen in the main competition, festival…...