An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday — but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people’s lives. Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall ...

MARQUETTE — Tech Coaching for Seniors will be offered from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays Dec. 6, 13 and 20 in the Heritage Room of Peter White Public Library in Marquette. Need help with the downtown Marquette parking app? Want to adjust the settings on your phone or tablet? Learn how to make ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Center for Lifelong Learning is offering a Christmas Light Bus Tourfrom 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. Participants should load on the bus at the Berry Event Center, east parking lot. The presenter will be NCLL’s Pat Woods. The cost is $5 for NCLL members/$10 for ...

MARQUETTE — Celebrate Finnish Independence and Little Christmas on Sunday, Dec. 4. Finnish Independence Day (Dec. 6) and Little Christmas (“Pikkujoulu”) are the topics for the Sunday, Dec. 4 celebration of the Lake Superior Chapter of the Finlandia Foundation National. The event will ...

People still looking to book trips home to visit family or take a vacation during the holidays need to act fast and prepare for sticker shock. Airline executives say that based on bookings, they expect huge demand for flights over Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s. Travel experts say ...

JERUSALEM — Harrowing, previously unseen images from 1938’s Kristallnacht pogrom against German and Austrian Jews have surfaced in a photograph collection donated to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial, the organization said Wednesday. One shows a crowd of smiling, well-dressed middle-aged ...