There's still time, albeit not much, to help kids and families through the 2025 Mining Journal Christmas Cheer Club. The annual Cheer Club campaign, in which toys and other items are given to local needy children and families, is obviously starting to wind down. Christmas is less than week ...

Consider two statements of fact. First, the United States has a lead on artificial intelligence, but allowing the sale of advanced semiconductors could allow China, its biggest adversary, to catch up. Second, the U.S. has imported more goods than it has exported every year since ...

The Mining Journal Editorial Board typically uses this space on several occasions during the holiday season to remind local shoppers to strongly consider local businesses when plgying the role of Santa Claus. That's because for a lot of retailers, the holiday buying season represents a ...

Those eager to take advantage of winter’s snow need to keep safety at the forefront of their preparations, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources advises. Be extra careful on all waterbodies and remember that no ice is safe ice, that state’s DNR warns in a news release. Stay alert ...

Sir Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz have become adept at scrambling to deal with the latest bad news from Washington. Their meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street on Dec. 8 was so hastily arranged that Mr. Macron needed to be back in Paris by late afternoon to ...

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., thinks he has a new idea: no taxes on health care. He has proposed making all out-of-pocket health care expenses tax deductible, saying that would “help people immediately.” But would it? Right now, there are already significant tax breaks on health care. The ...