CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has nixed the first all-female spacewalk over a spacesuit sizing issue. Astronaut Anne McClain was supposed to float out of the International Space Station this Friday with newly arrived Christina Koch, to replace old batteries. But McClain pulled herself from ...
NEW YORK (AP) — To anyone who figured the path of legalizing recreational marijuana use ran along blue state-red state lines, a sudden setback for pot advocates in New Jersey may show the issue isn’t so black-and-white. Leaders in solidly-blue New Jersey are vowing it will still become ...
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — Senior captains Sophia Shaver and Annie Pankowski each scored, and Wisconsin won its fifth NCAA women’s hockey championship with a 2-0 victory over Minnesota on Sunday. Kristen Campbell, named the most outstanding player, earned her 11th shutout of the season, ...
DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have assigned Khyri Thomas and Svi Mykhailiuk to Grand Rapids, the team’s G League affiliate. Mykhailiuk was acquired from the Lakers on Feb. 6 in the deal that sent Reggie Bullock to Los Angeles. He has played in three games with the Pistons and ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A young Pete Kaiser had the drive to learn about racing sled dogs and the family and community to support his passion. Years later, he won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Growing up, Kaiser had plenty of sled dogs to choose from at his parents’ kennel in Bethel, a ...
EAST LANSING — Nick Ward is expected to play for No. 6 Michigan State at the Big Ten Tournament nearly a month after having surgery on his left hand. Ward is Michigan State’s second-leading scorer at 15.1 points a game and third-leading rebounder at 6.7 per game. He returned to school ...
Sully, the service dog who symbolized devotion lying by former President George H.W. Bush’s flag-draped casket, has a new mission. The 2-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever on Wednesday joined Walter Reed National Military Medical Center’s dog program to help wounded veterans. Sully offered ...
MILAN — Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala made a rare fashion week appearance, sitting in the front row of Dolce & Gabbana on Sunday. The mayor’s presence had the hallmark of an institutional show of support after the designers were forced to cancel a Shanghai show following comments by one ...
NES ZIONA, Israel — Several Israeli start-ups have joined a handful of companies around the globe trying to develop lab-grown meat, something they see as a solution to the needs of the world’s ever-growing population and burgeoning demand for food. The product has been known under ...
MARQUETTE — Anytime Fitness of Marquette is teaming up with Camp Star to help children of the community understand grief while getting fit. No membership is needed to participate and donate to the cause, but discounted membership prices are available if you donate a water bottle the gym is ...
MARQUETTE — The challenges facing Michigan’s new governor, Gretchen Whitmer, are the ones facing her staff, one of whom is a Northern Michigan University alumnus and Champion native. Mark Burton, a 1999 NMU public administration graduate and chief strategist for Whitmer, spoke at the ...
MARQUETTE — Effective immediately, Presque Isle Park and Tourist Park in Marquette are temporarily closed due to poor weather conditions, according to an announcement from the Marquette Public Works Department. Both sites will reopen once the areas are cleaned up and safe for residents, the ...
BERLIN — Charles Ferguson thought Watergate had never “properly been done.” The result was a documentary that explores the American presidential scandal in its full epic span, clocking in at more than four hours. The director of financial crisis documentary “Inside Job,” which won ...
MARQUETTE — The Westwood Mall property in Marquette Township has been sold. Marquette Township Planning and Zoning Administrator Jason McCarthy confirmed the that the majority of the 30-acre property was sold to two different developers. The Kohan Retail Investment Group out of Great Neck, ...
MARQUETTE — Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. CEO Lourenco Goncalves said today that the company is close to announcing the reopening of the Empire Mine in Richmond Township. His comments came during Cliffs’ 2018 Fourth-Quarter and Full-year Earning Conference Call, accessible as a webcast on the ...
MARQUETTE — Many people of note have lived and worked in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — and over 40 of these individuals are discussed in local author Sonny Longtine’s book “U.P. People: Incredible Stories about Incredible People.” Attendees of a Northern Center for Lifelong ...
Elks fish fry Friday MARQUETTE — Marquette Elks Lodge 405 Fish Fry is from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday. The public is welcome. Chef Jeff will make to order whitefish, baked or fried with a choice of lemon pepper, cajun, ragin cajun spices or plain. Shrimp and beer battered cod round out the seafood ...
MARQUETTE — The U.S. Postal Service has suspended delivery for today due to the ice storm. Retail operations, including the Marquette post office located at 202 W. Washington St., will remain open.
MARQUETTE — Following up on last year’s event that brought nearly 50 men together, St. Michael Catholic Parish of Marquette will again host a Men’s Day of Reflection on Feb. 9. All men from across the Upper Peninsula, regardless of religious affiliation, are invited to attend and ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Army bugler played a mournful “Taps” at a Hollywood memorial for Stan Lee, and military bagpipers sent a solemn “Amazing Grace” into the air. Standing respectfully around them was another group in its own impeccable uniforms: Lee fans dressed as Black Panther, ...