MARQUETTE — A lot was going on at the Marquette Commons during the opening night of the Fresh Coast Film Festival on Thursday, with movies, food trucks and campers filling the area. Just a short distance away at the Upper Peninsula Children’s Museum, located at 123 W. Baraga Ave., ...

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Like a lot of parents, Mike Herrick occasionally sees his 13-year-old daughter getting lost in her smartphone and wonders: Is technology messing with children’s brains, even as it enlightens and empowers them in ways that ...

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By CHRISTIE BLECK Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Sinking a free throw or hitting a home run are fine athletic accomplishments, to be sure. However, they can be even more gratifying when achieved with a good mental attitude. Girls on the Run Upper Peninsula is entering its second year ...

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK — The country’s hottest book isn’t a hit because of Oprah Winfrey or Donald Trump. It’s all because of a laughing Scottish grandmother. Thanks to a viral video of Janice Clark reading Craig Smith’s “The Wonky Donkey” to her baby ...

By TRACEE M. HERBAUGH Associated Press Some questioned my sanity: I was taking young children on a vacation abroad, mostly alone. It was just the three of us — my infant daughter, 6-year-old son and me. We’d board a plane in Boston, fly to London and then take a train to Paris. ...