By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging Missouri’s law that bans abortions in nearly all cases, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and ...

Dear Heloise: Is blackstrap molasses the same as regular molasses? -- Carolyn A., Pine Hill, New Jersey Carolyn, no, it’s not. Molasses comes from the juice of sugar cane or sugar beets. Once it’s gathered, the juice is boiled down to extract the sugar crystals. The number of times the ...

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukraine’s first lady on Tuesday pressed world leaders and corporate executives at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering to do more to help her country at a time when Russia’s invasion is leaving children dying and the world struggling with food ...

By Karen Kasper Ishpeming Historical Society Some of the groups immigrating to the United States during the 19th century brought pieces of their homeland with them, pieces that still survive today. The Cornish brought the pasty, the Finnish brought the sauna and the Norwegians brought ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan police officer who shot a Black motorist in the back of the head during a struggle over a Taser should not have to stand trial, the defendant’s attorneys argued as they urged a judge to dismiss the case. Ex-Grand Rapids Officer Christopher ...

By JIM KOSKI Marquette Regional History Center They’re perhaps best known for one of the most famous comedy routines of all time, and for one day in 1942 residents in Marquette and Ishpeming were able to hear “Who’s on First” live from the duo that made it famous. Despite the fact ...