Today, people consider "Yule" synonymous with "Christmas." But centuries ago, Yule meant something different — a pagan mid-winter festival, dating back to pre-Christian Germanic people.

Michigan State Police were called about 10:30 a.m. Sunday to a report of a crash on Trail 2 in Gogebic County’s Bessemer Township. The rider left the trail, went out of control, and hit a wooden post.

A criminal complaint says 42-year-old Brett La Barge hit a woman in the head with a hammer multiple times while she was sleeping ...

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Many people will be tearing open Christmas gifts tomorrow morning.Before you chuck all those wrappings into the trash bins, the Wisconsin DNR is reminding people what you and can’t recycle this ...

Hundreds of new Christmas songs are released every year, but each time December rolls around, the same small handful of classics races to the top of the charts. Will anything new ever break through?

Religious leaders started getting together after Oct. 7, 2023, in the hope of preventing a repeat of Arab-Jewish violence that erupted after a previous conflict in Gaza two years earlier.

DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.

Crime rates dropped across much of the U.S. in 2025. That was true for both property and violent crime. And it declined nearly everywhere: In big cities and small towns, and in red and blue states.

The State Department announced Tuesday it was barring five Europeans it accused of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.

The data, which was delayed from October by the government shutdown, comes as the economy takes center stage for voters and the Trump administration.

Vilas County snowmobile lake crossings will now have beacons to help mark the trail. The Vilas County Forestry, Recreation, and Land Department announced the change Tuesday. Flashing beacon lights ...