By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The B-52, which people have called “aging” seemingly for ages, is now likely to outlive its younger, snazzier brother bombers, the swing-wing B-1 and the stealthy B-2. Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson announced Monday that her service will begin retiring the B-1 […]
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By Dylan Lovan The Associated Press FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — Dallas Brown can still see the bullets coming for him 50 years later, smacking into the dirt at his feet as north Vietnamese soldiers fired on his platoon during an ambush deep in the jungle. Minutes later, as the deadly […]
The Associated Press MIAMI — A gay schoolteacher has been fired by a Miami Catholic school after marrying her same-sex partner in an apparent violation of church rules, church officials said. Archdiocese of Miami officials confirmed to the Miami Herald that first-grade teacher Jocelyn Morffi lost her job at Saints […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — The flu has further tightened its grip on the U.S. This season is now as bad as the swine flu epidemic nine years ago. A government report out Friday shows 1 of every 13 visits to the doctor last week was […]
By Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press MONTREAL — If you think achieving the yogi’s perfect balance and inner peace is already hard enough hard, just try it with frozen toes. But on Saturday morning, when people were more likely to be waking up over a leisurely cup of coffee, dozens […]
By Sheila Norman-Culp The Associated Press LONDON — Forget the Winter Olympics, the World Cup or the Champion’s League. The real competition right now is who’s going to be invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding in May. Everyone who is anyone in Britain is angling for an embossed […]
The Associated Press LONDON — All flights in and out of London City Airport were cancelled Monday after a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) unexploded World War II-era bomb was found nearby in the River Thames. The Metropolitan Police service cleared an area within 214 metres (700 feet) of the bomb, including several […]
By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister arrived in South Korea on Friday to begin an unprecedented three-day visit in which she will attend the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and then sit down with South […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Three Canadian solar panel manufacturers have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the 30 per cent tariff it set on solar cell imports last month. Ontario-based Silfab Solar Inc., Heliene Inc., and Canadian Solar Solutions Inc., along with U.S.-based distributor Canadian Solar (USA) […]
By Juliet Williams The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brings what some call his “maple charm offensive” to San Francisco on Thursday with a dual agenda: Pitch Canada as a destination for American tech firms amid increasing unease over U.S. immigration policy and remind California […]
It is with great sadness that the family of George William Barrett announces his passing on Wednesday, Feb.7, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 at 1 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with Rev. Frances […]
By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press MARIB, Yemen — Along a narrow road in Yemen choked by natural gas tankers and heavily armed soldiers lies an ancient temple neglected and threatened in a nation now at war. The Awwam Temple links a region now on the front lines of the […]
