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Trump cancels $4.9B loan guarantee for Midwest power line
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Trump administration on Wednesday canceled a $4.9 billion federal loan guarantee for a new high-voltage transmission line for delivering solar and wind-generated electricity from the Midwest to the eastern U.S., but the company...

Can Philanthropy Make Up for Trump’s Foreign Aid Pullback?
The international aid community, which includes many top Hollywood donors, has been reeling since the White House effectively eviscerated USAID at the start of Donald Trump’s second presidential term in January. After all, since World War II,...

Chappell Roan Announces A String Of Pop-Up Shows In LA, New York, And Of Course, The Midwest
Despite Chappell Roan’s insistence that she is “so beyond far away from” releasing her second album, the self-declared Midwest Princess has kicked off the extravagantly titled Visions of Damsels & Other Dangerous Things in Europe, and today,...

What Black Travelers Get Wrong About The Midwest
Bland. No culture. Flyover. Boring. Aside from Chicago and Detroit, these four words are often how people describe the Midwest. It’s often portrayed as a homogeneous region of the country that lacks racial diversity and culturally enriching...

Poet’s distillers grain exports make it one of nation’s largest container shippers
South Dakota corn feeds animals around the world, and trade advocates say that means a better market for local farmers. This spring, Sioux Falls-based ethanol producer Poet was listed as the 15th largest container exporter on S&P Global’s Journal...

America's Tiniest National Park Site Hides A Giant Story
Many of America's greatest national parks have significant connections to the country's founding conflict, the Revolutionary War. From Valley Forge National Historical Park to George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Independence Hall, the East...

Reader responds to Hocker’s letter
Editor: This is a response to Gerald Hocker’s letter to the editor in the July 11, 2025, Coastal Point. Sen. Hocker understands that Delaware needs more electricity. He suggests a nuclear power plant as an alternative to the U.S. Wind project....
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Wildfire smoke affects Midwest crops
WAUKEE, Iowa — With recent wildfires in the western United States and Canada, smoke has made its way to the Midwest. It particularly may affect already vulnerable crops, according to an agronomist. “The risk of yield loss and reduced stalk health...

Hicks’ summer stays hot at Blunt East Coast Invitational
DURHAM — Aaron Hicks continued his red-hot summer for the Wilson Wide Awake Elite Track Club last weekend, July 19-20, at the Russell E. Blunt East Coast Invitational with three top-10 performances in the Boys Ages 13-14 sprints. Hicks won the...

Major midwest transmission line Grain Belt Express loses $4.9 billion loan
The U.S. Department of Energy withdrew a $4.9 billion conditional loan for the Grain Belt Express transmission line through Kansas and Missouri. The transmission line, intended to improve electric grid reliability, faced opposition from...

'Corn sweat' drives up humidity in Ohio as midsummer heat wave hits Midwest region
Much of the Midwest, including Franklin County, is under a heat advisory this week and one phenomenon that may be contributing to how humid it is outside is corn and the water it sweats off while growing. While corn sweat, also called...

Goldman Sachs expands in southern US to capture growing region
DALLAS, Texas -- Think of the world's financial capital, and New York comes to mind. Yet the famed American city now faces competition within its own country as unique incentives prompt leading financial groups to take operations to states in the...

Tyler Hubbard, Zach John King and more join Luke Bryan for his Midwest Farm Tour
Luke Bryan is heading to the Midwest for his 2025 Farm Tour, and we now know who’ll be joining him. Tyler Hubbard, Zach John King, the Peach Pickers and DJ Rock are all on board for the fall dates. The shows kick off Sept. 18 at Klondike Farms in...

Force Posture, no peace: Calls to cancel Australia’s U.S. military ties
As the U.S. expands its military footprint across Australia and the Pacific, peace advocates warn that we’re being dragged into a devastating war not of our making, writes Bevan Ramsden. THE UNITED STATES is increasing its military footprint in...
This is the World’s Most Improved Airline of 2025. It Has a Signature Fragrance and Branded Toilet Paper.
The business-class cabins on Taipei-based Starlux Airlines have a signature scent. A good one. It’s called Home in the Air, and it’s pumped throughout the space as part of an in-flight experience that showcases details other airlines would likely...

Arizona's Workforce is One of the Youngest
Work is different these days. What used to be a job that allowed you to retire comfortably at 50 has now become a lifelong endeavor. Older man sits at his work desk Credit: Canva The issue goes to the other side of the coin as well, while more and...

Marines Use MV-22B Ospreys in East Coast Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Victor Estes, from Ala., an MV-22B Osprey crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162, drops sonobuoys out of an MV-22B Osprey during a flight near Surface Combat Systems Center Wallops Island, Virginia, July...

Humidity rises as corn fields 'sweat it out' in the Midwest
MICHIGAN — It's hot outside, but the humidity makes it feel even hotter. Did you know that corn plays a role in increasing the humidity? On hot summer days, corn cools itself off through a process called evapotranspiration, or corn sweat. The corn...

Merger could affect Norfolk Southern rail shops
A Norfolk Southern freight train crew member inspects the lead locomotive during a crew switch at Rose Yard near the North Eighth Street Bridge on Thursday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are in...

New U-Haul data shows where people are moving to Seattle from
Have you noticed more moving vans around your neighborhood? Summer is peak moving season, with roughly half of all moves taking place between the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. If you’re wondering where your new neighbors are from, a new...