By Bernard Condon The Associated Press NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s flagship golf resort in Scotland has lost millions of dollars for a fourth year in a row. His Turnberry resort on the Irish Sea lost 3.4 million pounds ($4.4 million dollars at current exchange rates) in 2017, despite […]
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The family of Greg Herrmann are extremely saddened to announce his sudden passing on Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with family by his side. Gregory Ray “Bro” Herrmann was born in Fort Frances on Jan. 18, 1959 to Ray and Betty Herman. He […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The NASA spacecraft that explored Pluto has adjusted course as its next target looms. New Horizons fired its thrusters late Wednesday way out in our solar system’s so-called Kuiper (KIE-per) Belt, or Twilight Zone. That puts the spacecraft on track […]
The Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. — A Louisiana library says a book borrowed 84 years ago has been returned by the son of the woman who checked it out as an 11-year-old girl. A librarian’s note on the Shreve Memorial Library’s Facebook page says the son found the “Spoon River […]
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Another rare Colorado River fish has been pulled back from the brink of extinction, the second comeback this year for a species unique to the Southwestern U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to announce Thursday that it will recommend reclassifying […]
By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press SAN CARLOS, Calif. — Brandon Alexander would like to introduce you to Angus, the farmer of the future. He’s heavyset, weighing in at nearly 1,000 pounds, not to mention a bit slow. But he’s strong enough to hoist 800-pound pallets of maturing vegetables and […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — A government study has found that 1 in 3 U.S. adults eat fast food on any given day. That’s about 85 million people. It’s the first federal study to look at how often adults eat fast food. An earlier study found […]
By Rob Gillies THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO — U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to make Canada pay after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he wouldn’t be bullied in trade talks. Trump called Trudeau “weak” and “dishonest.” He threatened tariffs on cars and slapped them on steel. The unprecedented attacks on […]
By Pan Pylas The Associated Press LONDON — Male sports fans make up more than half of the group of people with an interest in women’s sports, according to a report published Thursday by analysts Nielsen Sports. The report found that 84 per cent of general sports fans in eight […]
By David Keyton And Jim Heintz The Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Three scientists from the United States, Canada and France won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work with lasers described as revolutionary and bringing science fiction into reality. One of them, Arthur Ashkin of Bell Laboratories in […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press There is a salad on our table almost every single night. Usually it’s lettuce. More often than not, just a bowl of slivered romaine with a tart vinaigrette. Super simple. But when I go out, I am always drawn to more intricate salads, and […]
By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press The star of our beef barley soup is a rich, intensely flavoured beef stock. We were able to make a from-scratch stock in about 2 1/2 hours thanks to a lot of browned beef (we preferred shank) and a few small bones. As […]
