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Primary apathy in Michigan: Democrats, GOP struggle as supporters mull whether to even vote 02/26/2024 03:49pm • LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Rev. Steve Bland Jr. remembers the massive get-out-the-vote effort he helped mobilize four years ago, when pastors and community leaders spread out across Detroit neighborhoods, made phone calls and worked around the clock to encourage people to vote. He's not seeing that ki 'Tornado of misinformation' spawns bill limiting Md. counties' authority over cannabis 02/26/2024 10:18am • An effort by some counties to use zoning to limit, if not prevent, the opening of cannabis dispensaries has drawn the ire of the powerful chair of a House committee in Annapolis. House and Senate panels are considering legislation that would make it tougher for local governments to restrict where What you need to know about using artificial intelligence on your smartphone 02/26/2024 05:03am • Q: Is it possible to use AI on my smartphone and if so, how do I do it? A: Artificial intelligence is the most talked about technology right now and much of the hype is well-deserved. Some are predicting AI will be as transformative as electricity was 100 years ago, in that it will impact virt Delays in promised Western military aid to Ukraine are costing lives, the defense minister says 02/25/2024 10:17pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Half of all Western military support promised to Ukraine fails to arrive on time, complicating the task of military planners and ultimately costing the lives of soldiers in Russia's war, Ukraine's defense minister said Sunday. Rustan Umerov, speaking at the “Ukraine. Year 20 Best Debit Card Rewards Programs 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Cash back credit cards often get the spotlight, but plenty of people prefer to stick with their debit card. According to an annual tracker by S&P Global Market Intelligence, debit now surpasses credit as consumers' preferred payment card, with 56.2% of consumers preferring debit as their primary How to Maintain Your Furnace 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Furnace maintenance involves regularly cleaning, checking and testing all of your HVAC system's vital components to ensure it runs efficiently. When you don't keep up with regular tuneups, don't be surprised if you run into problems. A broken furnace is the last thing you want to deal with in freezi How to Shop for a Lower Mortgage Rate 02/25/2024 07:00pm • Borrowing a mortgage to buy or refinance a home can seem like a daunting process, especially when mortgage rates are much higher than they were just a few years ago. But with a little comparison shopping, it's possible to get a much lower mortgage rate than what you're offered initially. Mortgage ra Consumers are increasingly pushing back against price increases — and winning 02/25/2024 12:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has changed the way many Americans shop. Now, those changes in consumer habits are helping bring down inflation. Fed up with prices that remain about 19%, on average, above where they were before the pandemic, consumers are fighting back. In grocery stores, they're shi 3 University of Wyoming swimmers killed in highway crash in Colorado 02/23/2024 06:09pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team were killed and two others injured when their sport utility vehicle veered and rolled over alongside a rural highway, bringing to at least 15 the school's students killed in recent years on the perilous road. Death toll in Spanish building fire hits 9, with 1 missing, as questions grow about speed of blaze 02/23/2024 04:20pm • VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — The death toll in a fire that engulfed an apartment block in the Spanish city of Valencia rose Friday to nine as questions were raised about whether construction materials caused the fire to spread so rapidly. One person remained missing, according to forensic police, who af Maryland House OKs bill to enable undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance on state exchange 02/23/2024 03:57pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland House approved a measure on Friday to enable people to buy health insurance through the state’s health care exchange regardless of their immigration status, with the approval of a federal waiver. The House voted 101-34 for the bill, which now goes to the Sen A list of mass killings in the United States this year 02/23/2024 03:14pm • The latest mass killing in the U.S. happened in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities say a 39-year-old woman intentionally set a fire at home to kill herself and her four children. The children were 9-year-old twins, a 5-year-old and a 2-year-old. Police announced late Wednesday that a preliminary So many sanctions on Russia. How much impact do they really have? 02/23/2024 02:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — So many sanctions. Once again, the United States, United Kingdom and European Union are hitting Russia with a new wave of sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. This time, they come in response to the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal 'He was just crazy': Maryland father recounts son's addiction to tianeptine 02/23/2024 01:14pm • Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE, Maryland (WBAL) -- What's known on the streets as gas station heroin -- which is just one of its names -- is legal in Maryland for anyone to buy, and there's a good chance it's sold at a smoke shop or gas station near you. It goes by many names - Biden ally meets Arab American leaders in Michigan and tries to lower tensions over Israel-Hamas war 02/22/2024 11:52pm • DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — As Thursday dawned in Dearborn, Michigan, Arab American leaders entered a local coffee shop and greeted Rep. Ro Khanna of California before pulling up chairs at a table. Over the next two hours, the leaders spoke about how they were personally affected by the war in Gaza an