CHEBOYGAN, Mich. ― The Cheboygan River level rose 0.24 inches Saturday, returning to where it was Friday night.

At 1:30 p.m. Saturday the river was 7.08 inches below the top of the dam, the same number as 10 p.m. Friday. It had been 7.32 inches below the top of the dam at 8:30 a.m. Saturday.

The National Weather Service had forecast a slight...Read more

Several liquefied natural gas tankers reversed course en route to the Strait of Hormuz after Iran warned ship captains that the vital channel is once again closed to maritime traffic.

Five LNG tankers — that loaded up in Qatar before being stranded in the Persian Gulf for more than a month — halted their journeys toward the western opening ...Read more

Venezuela’s main opposition leader María Corina Machado said she’s “coordinating” her return to the country with the U.S., without giving a date.

Machado, speaking at a press conference in Madrid on Saturday, said she’s in “permanent” contact with officials in the Trump administration and “trusts” the phased process ...Read more

The U.S. issued a veiled criticism against Peru after the Andean nation canceled a contract-signing ceremony for $2 billion worth of Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16 fighter jets.

U.S. ambassador to Peru Bernie Navarro said in a post on X that he’d use “every available tool” against those who “deal with the U.S. in bad faith and undermine U.S...Read more

In many years on dairy farms, the worker often labored for 10 hours with no breaks.

Sometimes, he said, a boss asked him to clean milk tanks using harsh chemicals without protective gear. He was electrocuted when he stepped into a puddle created by a broken water pump, he said.

At his latest job in Kings County, he stayed silent, fearing he ...Read more

A sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Forest Service signals that the agency is planning to lean heavily on states to help manage millions of acres of federal land, foresters across the West say.

State officials and timber industry leaders say they’ve been given scant details about the plan, which will move the agency’s headquarters from ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has proposed regulations mandating colleges and universities be accountable for how much their graduates earn after leaving their programs, cutting off the institutions from accessing federal student loans if they leave them worse off financially.

The Department of Education’s “Do No Harm” or ...Read more

Virginia voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to decide on a Democratic gerrymandering plan that could flip four Republican-held seats in the House of Representatives as the coast-to-coast redistricting war started by President Donald Trump nears the finish line with no clear winner ahead of the pivotal midterm elections.

Polls and pundits ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is shaking up the team probing former CIA Director John Brennan as part of a broad investigation into an alleged years-long conspiracy against President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.

The prosecutor leading the day-to-day operations in the Brennan investigation, which is being ...Read more

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Hundreds of friends, family members and fellow local and state government officials streamed into Church by the Glades in Coral Springs on Friday morning to celebrate the life of Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer.

Some hugged and sobbed by her casket. Others wailed and screamed, raising their arms in the air. Many ...Read more