Someone shot at a Big Rapids business on New Year’s Eve, sheriff’s officials say BIG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI — Customers were inside a business at the Bulldog Square shopping center here Tuesday, Dec. 31, when someone shot a projectile that penetrated the structure’s walls, Mecosta ... 12/31/2024 - 2:27 pm | View Link
Energy experts worry overbuilding for data centers could leave ratepayers ‘holding the bag’ Michigan’s top energy regulator is unconcerned about potential electricity shortages or strains on the power grid to accommodate an influx of large data centers. Instead, he’s concerned about ... 12/31/2024 - 7:52 am | View Link
See which Grand Rapids-area restaurants, cafes closed in 2024 This year, the Grand Rapids area welcomed several restaurants, bars and cafes into its various options. However, customers also had to say goodbye to several popular spots in the area. Whether it was ... 12/31/2024 - 3:45 am | View Link
French pastry shop eyes ‘specialty’ cocktails to pair with desserts Le Macaron in Grand Rapids wants a liquor license so customers can enjoy mimosas with a scoop of gelato and adult hot chocolate with their desserts. 12/26/2024 - 3:05 am | View Link
Customers stop by Yankee Bill's to mourn the loss of 'favorite restaurant' Dozens of cars stopped at the Hastings Restaurant Tuesday morning to take a look at the damage Monday's fire left behind. 12/24/2024 - 11:32 am | View Link
YNW Melly must make a decision about whether to keep his current legal team for his upcoming murder retrial, and he doesn’t have a lot of time to do it, a Broward judge said Tuesday.
The rapper, whose real name is Jamell Demons, was in court Tuesday for the second of a two-day “all pending motions” hearing, a proceeding in which lawyers are supposed to take care of any unfinished business stopping a trial from going forward.
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On a brisk Saturday afternoon, A. crouched in a boxer’s stance, knees bent, one hip forward, raised her new Ruger Security-380 pistol aloft with both hands, and pulled the trigger. Spent gold casings clinked to the ground as a paper plate across the range filled with bullet holes.
Two years ago, with insurance costs skyrocketing, Florida legislators called a special session, vowing to provide relief.
Their plan was shady from the moment they announced it.
The Republican lawmakers who control the state had spent years ignoring warnings from industry experts who had begged them to spend serious time on this complicated issue, opting instead to wage culture wars with everyone from Disney to drag queens.
By WILL WEISSERT and ZEKE MILLER
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U. S. control of both to be vital to American national security.
Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan.
By JOHN ROGERS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk-music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.
Yarrow, who also co-wrote the group’s most enduring song, “Puff the Magic Dragon,” died Tuesday in New York, publicist Ken Sunshine said.
A recent study published in The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected academic journals, predicted that by 2050, more than 43 million adolescents and 213 million adults in the United States will be overweight or living with obesity. These projections, driven by factors ranging from lifestyle to economic instability and education, serve as a wake-up call: It’s time to prioritize our health and make meaningful changes — individually and collectively.
Obesity is more than a number on a scale.