By America’S Test Kitchen The Associated Press This fresh, hearty side dish will stand out among its richer, creamier counterparts on the holiday table. We achieved perfectly cooked brown rice by boiling it in abundant water. Sprinkling the rice with bright lemon juice while it was still warm boosted its […]

By Katie Workman The Associated Press I’ve always loved the saying, “everything in moderation, including moderation.” This is how I think about cooking and eating in general; I usually like to cook and eat pretty healthily, but sometimes I like to just roll around in cream and butter and cheese. […]

By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Some of the greatest chilies you’ll ever eat hail from New Mexico’s Hatch Valley, which is why naturally enough tiny Hatch, New Mexico, is known as “The Chili Capital of the World.” This being the season for Hatch chilies, I thought it might be […]

Stephanie Hagenaars Alyssa Armstrong, right led a group of kids through a “night at the Museum” obstacle course, inspired from the movies with the same name at the Fort Frances Museum on Thursday. The group help onto their flashlights and made their way through the second floor of the museum […]

The Associated Press AP Member LAS VEGAS — Climate change could be to blame for the collapse of bird populations in the desert along the Nevada-California border, scientists said. The number of bird species has fallen by an average of 43 per cent over the past century at survey sites […]

By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press analysis of fire and weather data found. As human-caused climate change has warmed the world […]

By Nasser Karimi The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — To understand how Iran views the United States after President Donald Trump pulled America out of the nuclear deal with world powers, one needs to look first at the past. More specifically, 65 years ago this week. Then, a 1953 U.S.-backed […]

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The 92-year-old South Korean woman wept and stroked the wrinkled cheeks of her 71-year-old North Korean son on Monday, their first meeting since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 1950-53 Korean War. “How […]

By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis issued a letter to Catholics around the world Monday condemning the crime of priestly sexual abuse and its coverup and demanding accountability, in response to new revelations in the United States of decades of misconduct by the Catholic Church. […]

By Omar Akour The Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia — More than 2 million Muslims began the annual hajj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam’s faithful face five times each day during their prayers. The five-day hajj pilgrimage represents […]