The Morning Sun

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “We’ve been coming here a long…time — 36 years ago. That’s crazy!” Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson said early during the band’s show Saturday, July 18, at the Pine Knob Music Theatre. And the group was nothing if not crazy good in kicking Pine Knob back into gear after two previous nights of cancelation (John Mellencamp) and postponement (Hank Williams Jr., to Aug. 13) due to atmospheric conditions due to Canadian wildfire smoke.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Alex Brown, Stateline.org President Donald Trump has shown the immense power of the executive branch to stymie offshore wind development, as nearly all projects are in waters where federal agencies operate as the landlord.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Daniel Chang, KFF Health News For 16 years, Larry Gruber, a fitness coach from Wilton Manors, Florida, received a coupon card to help him pay for a psoriatic arthritis medication he needs that costs more than $7,700 a month. Each year, Amgen, which makes the drug, called Enbrel, sent the coupon card worth thousands of dollars, and that counted toward Gruber’s health insurance deductible and out-of-pocket maximum.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Detroit Lions are eager to get back to business in 2026. After finishing at the bottom of the NFC North last year, the Lions are ready to prove that this was a fluke and contend for a division title and make a postseason run. Sixth-year coach Dan Campbell has preached an all-business approach to the offseason, and it’s expected that the team will carry this into training camp and beyond.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Michigan Republican Representatives Jack Bergman, John James, Lisa McClain, and John Moolenaar are, “demanding immediate action” from the Canadian government due to smoke from the Ontario wildfire covering the state in smoke. In a joint letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the representatives warned that, “patience has run out,” according to a press release from Michigan House Republicans.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Nearly 16,000 people were still under mandatory evacuation orders Friday night, most of whom live near the Aspen Acres fire in southern Colorado. Gov. Jared Polis’ office released an update about Colorado wildfires on Friday evening, including the number of people under evacuation across the state.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The FIFA World Cup being hosted in North America has added to a debate about playing surfaces in NFL stadiums. There were new playing surfaces installed at the stadiums that were utilized for the world’s biggest soccer tournament, with FIFA putting in natural grass for the soccer games. This added a new layer to what has become a growing concern surrounding the artificial turf playing surfaces that 16 NFL teams play on.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... NEW YORK — The giant is listed at 5 feet 7, 159 pounds, which has always seemed like a typo or maybe a clerical error. For two decades, Lionel Messi has played as if the usual dimensions of the sport do not apply to him – shrinking fields, bending angles, reducing defenders to witnesses and the ball to an obedient prop cast under his spell. He is an athlete, yes, but Messi is also a dancer, illusionist, chess master, visionary and creator.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Mohamad El Chamaa, Siham Shamalakh, Mustafa Salim and Suzan Haidamous, The Washington Post · BEIRUT — Under the shadow of war that hangs over the Middle East, this summer’s World Cup has provided flashes of diversion, pride and solidarity.