5+ day, 51+ min ago   (291+ words) Today is Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 252nd day of 2026. There are 113 days left in the year. On Sept. 9, 1985, President Ronald Reagan ordered economic sanctions against South Africa to target apartheid. In 1776, the second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States of…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (440+ words) The announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the FDA, gives the agency some stability following months of controversy and upheaval that led to a series of high-profile departures earlier this year. The announcement names permanent…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (433+ words) By RYAN J. FOLEY The Chinese government is pressing for answers after a Chinese man died hours after being taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a U.S. territory. Lianyong Wei, 51, died Aug. 23 at a hospital in the Northern Mariana…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (743+ words) Many of us — either firsthand with a family member or indirectly through friends or acquaintances — have experienced the heartbreaking consequences of substance abuse. The collective efforts of public health officials, community leaders, and advocates in Massachusetts have yielded significant results…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (211+ words) Tourism on the island declined by 62% from January to July of this year compared to the same period in 2025, according to official figures that highlighted the enormous drop in the island’s strategic sector. A report published by the National Office…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (507+ words) LITTLETON — P1 Logistics LLC, a last-mile logistics and delivery company operating out of Littleton, announced Aug. 24 that it was laying off 77 employees by October. The layoffs were posted to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, also known as WARN,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (793+ words) Flags are flying at half-staff in the Twin Cities and beyond in honor of Dolly Parton, the beloved iconic country singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, who passed away on Aug. 25 at the age of 80 shortly after being diagnosed with cancer....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (424+ words) By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, but the decision will only clear the path for more legal challenges. The decision to lift…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (693+ words) Former President Joe Biden’s “Promise Me, America” stands out not just as a White House memoir — presidential memoirs are events unto themselves — but as a rare high-profile political book over the next few months. Nonfiction sales have slumped in recent years…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (878+ words) By JOHN HANNA and SARAH RAZA The U.S. plans to reopen a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef prices, though economists doubt the…...