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‘Bear-y’ good job: NMU graduate assistant wins photography award

By IAN MCCULLOUGH NMU Student Writer MARQUETTE — Standing 75 yards away from two Alaskan brown bears playing in a river, Northern Michigan University biology graduate teaching assistant Rylee Jensen was able to snap an award-winning photo while she was working at Brooks Camp in Katmai ...

Hints from Heloise: How to avoid moldy cheese

Dear Heloise, Every time I purchase cheese, it will develop mold after a couple of months. I keep it in the refrigerator and wrap it tightly, but this is a problem -- and an expensive one, too. How can I keep my cheese from getting moldy? -- Dee W., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Dee, we checked ...

Republican bills push cash bail

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Just two days before he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and injuring more than 60, Darrell Brooks Jr. had posted bail for charges of domestic violence. He had been accused of using his SUV to run over the mother of his ...

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

BEIJING — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, suggesting the pandemic may have originated from animals, not a lab, international experts say. Other experts have not yet ...

Western U.P. STEM fair returns to Houghton

HOUGHTON — The Western Upper Peninsula STEM Fair is back after a two-year hiatus with an updated name. Previously known as the Western U.P. Science Fair, the STEM Fair & Festival will be held this afternoon at the Memorial Union Ballroom on Michigan Technological University’s campus ...

Judge weighing abortion pill is favorite of conservatives

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas judge hearing a case that could throw into jeopardy access to the nation’s most common method of abortion is a former attorney for a Christian legal group who critics say is being sought out by conservative litigants because they believe he’ll be sympathetic to ...