By Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet The Associated Press Most retirement calculators are optimistic to a fault. They assume our incomes will rise throughout our working lives, or at least stay roughly the same. In reality, our incomes are likely to peak years ‚Äî and sometimes decades before we retire. Consider […]
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By Nick Perry The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Britain’s Prince William on Friday visited the two mosques where a gunman last month killed 50 people and said the white supremacist accused of the massacre had failed in his mission to spread hate. The Duke of Cambridge spoke to […]
By By Rachel Lerman The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — When a robot “dies,” does it make you sad? For lots of people, the answer is “yes” ‚Äî and that tells us something important, and potentially worrisome, about our emotional responses to the social machines that are starting to move […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — As recent illnesses tied to raw turkey, ground beef, cut melon and romaine lettuce suggest, U.S. food poisoning cases don’t appear to be going away anytime soon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report Thursday that the […]
The Associated Press OTTAWA — Canada’s privacy czar said Thursday that he is taking Facebook to court after finding that lax practices at the social media giant allowed personal information to be used for political purposes. A joint report from privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien and his British Columbia counterpart said […]
By Yoyo Chow And Alice Fung The Associated Press HONG KONG — Just opposite the entrance to a neon-lit night market, one of Hong Kong’s few remaining carvers of mahjong tiles engraves the two Chinese characters for the number 8,000 on a piece of acrylic. With a knife in his […]
By Vladimir Isachenkov And Eric Talmadge The Associated Press VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin said after his summit with Kim Jong Un Thursday that the North Korean leader is ready to proceed toward denuclearization but needs solid security guarantees to do so. Putin said that he will be […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Five of Canada’s leading scholars in fields ranging from artificial intelligence to Soviet history are being honoured with the $100,000 Killam Prize. The Canada Council for the Arts recognized academics from across the country Thursday for outstanding contributions to the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, […]
By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press LEVITTOWN, N.Y. — Who’s minding the store? In the not-too-distant future it could be cameras and sensors that can tell almost instantly when bruised bananas need to be swapped for fresh ones and more cash registers need to open before lines get too long. […]
When it comes to cooking, baking, and mealtime, butter has a definite role in the kitchen and at the dinner table. I know that even mentioning the comparison of butter to margarine is going to stir up a lot of opinions, but I am going to express my view anyway. […]
Lorna Grace Dolph (nee Cooper), 81, passed away peacefully March 26, 2019 at River Heights Lodge, North Battleford, Sask. Loran was born in Fort Frances, Ont. Left to cherish many memories are Lorna’s brother, Harvey (Bonnie) Cooper; brothers-in-law, Carl (Adeline) Norris, and Vein Dolph; daughters, Deborah Werbiski, Janet (Robert) Gust, and […]
