Author Archives: Cumulus Media

After just about four years on the job, Michigan Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell is calling it quits. Pointing the finger squarely at his contemporaries in Washington. Mitchell took over the seat in 201...

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Four teens in Michigan, accused of throwing a rock over an overpass and killing a man in a vehicle below, had a plea deal. Emphasis on ‘had.’ Genesee Circuit Judge Joseph Farah tossed it o...

A popular breakfast chain is going meatless – don’t worry, it’s just one item. Dunkin’ Donuts is rolled out a fake-meat sausage sandwich at 163 locations in Manhattan. The $4.2...

In what has been called ‘unprecedented,’ scientists have been tracking more than 100 intense wildfires across the Arctic circle. Since June, fires have been tracked across Alaska, Greenlan...

Climate change protesters waited no time making new British prime minister Boris Johnson aware of where they stood on the issue. They stood right in his way. A group of Greenpeace demonstrators, dress...

Once again, a state’s new more restrictive abortion rules have been blocked by a federal judge.Late Tuesday night, a U.S. District judge issued a temporary 14-day block on three new measures in ...

Senator and 2020 presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren has introduced a bill that would erase over $640 million in student loan debt.The “Student Loan Debt Relief Act” would forgive up to ...

NPR reports that dozens of coal miners will press members of Congress this week to restore a coal excise tax that pays for medical care and living expenses of miners diagnosed with black lung, which m...

On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Army Lt. Col. Mark Esper to officially take over as U.S. Secretary of Defense.Esper fills a job that has been vacant since the departure of James Mattis back in Decemb...