By Tom Krisher The Associated Press PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, Mich. — In a renovated old cash register factory in suburban Detroit, 300 engineers are toiling away on an all-electric pickup truck and an SUV that they hope can take on Tesla. All of them work for Rivian, which on Monday will […]
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The Canadian Press VANCOUVER — A river otter with a taste for valuable koi carp may also have a flair for drama as it continues to avoid humane traps and confound efforts to remove it from a classical Chinese garden in downtown Vancouver. Two more traps have been added to […]
By Aleksandra Sagan The Canadian Press Grocery stores have pulled romaine lettuce off their shelves and many restaurants have stopped serving caesar salads after the leafy green has been linked to an E. coli outbreak for the third time in about a year. The lettuce is more susceptible to E. […]
By Andy Blatchford THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada could sign a new North American free-trade deal even with stinging U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods still in force, Finance Minister Bill Morneau said Thursday, with just over a week to go before a key deadline for the agreement. Morneau made […]
By Lisa Marie Pane The Associated Press The photos from doctors came quickly and in succession: blood-stained operating rooms, blood-covered scrubs and shoes, bullets piercing body parts and organs. The pictures on Twitter were an emotional response to a smackdown by the powerful gun industry lobby, which took issue with […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A pair of tiny experimental satellites trailing NASA’s InSight spacecraft all the way to Mars face their biggest test yet. Their mission is to broadcast immediate news of InSight’s plunge through the Martian atmosphere on Monday. The twin CubeSats will […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY — The National Energy Board says crude-by-rail exports from Canada rose to a record 269,829 barrels per day in September. That’s up more than 17 per cent from 229,544 in August and just over double the 134,132 barrels per day recorded in September 2017. Total crude […]
By Candice Choi THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Health officials in the U.S. and Canada told people Tuesday to stop eating romaine lettuce because of a new E. coli outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is working with officials in Canada on the outbreak, which has […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Cat lovers know when kitties groom, their tongues are pretty scratchy. Using high-tech scans and some other tricks, scientists are learning how those sandpapery tongues help cats get clean and stay cool. The secret: Tiny hooks that spring up on the tongue […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press Most glazed roast chicken recipes offer some variation on these instructions: Roast a chicken as you would normally, painting on a sweet glaze 15 to 30 minutes before the bird is done. It sounds simple, but following these recipes actually turns up a […]
