Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Tonight, a 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high ...
By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 9, the 222nd day of 2024. There are 144 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress code-named Bockscar dropped a nuclear device over Nagasaki; ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City emergency management officials have apologized for a hard-to-understand flood warning issued in Spanish by drones flying overhead in some neighborhoods. City officials had touted the high-tech message-delivery devices ahead of expected flash flooding Tuesday. But when video of a drone delivering the warning in English and Spanish was shared widely on social media, users quickly mocked the pronunciation of the Spanish version delivered to a city where roughly a quarter of all residents speak the language at ...
Marquette and vicinity: Today, a chance of showers before 11 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. ...
By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 8, the 221st day of 2024. There are 145 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 8, 2023, a series of wind-driven wildfires broke out on the Hawaiian island of Maui, destroying the town of Lahaina and killing more than 100 people. Also on this date: In 1814, during the War of 1812, peace talks between the United States and Britain began in Ghent, Belgium. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile. In 1876, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric pen—the ...
By Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — They have combed the ashes for mementos, worried about where they would sleep, questioned their faith and tried to find a way to grieve amid the great, unsettling devastation. Residents have faced a year of challenges, practical and emotional, since the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century decimated the historic town of Lahaina, on Maui, on Aug. 8, 2023. To mark the anniversary, The Associated Press interviewed seven survivors its journalists first encountered in the days, weeks or months after the fire, as well as a first responder who ...
