The Associated Press PARIS — Rats are increasingly scrambling from Paris sewers to the surface ‚Äî and city officials and rat-catchers are scrambling for ways to get rid of them. A creepy video of hundreds of rats wriggling in dumpsters published by Le Parisien newspaper put new pressure on authorities […]
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By Rahim Faiez The Associated Press KABUL — Survivors of the Taliban attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel recounted on Monday the ordeal of the deadly, 13-hours-long weekend standoff that claimed 18 lives, including 14 foreigners. The siege ended on Sunday with Afghan security forces saying they had killed the last […]
By Eric Talmadge THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — Just a few years ago, she was reportedly executed by a North Korean firing squad. Now, Pyongyang’s top pop diva is a senior ruling party official and a surprise headliner in the run-up to the South Korean […]
The Associated Press LONDON — It will be a busy year for royal weddings: Princess Eugenie is engaged to be married later this year, several months after her cousin Prince Harry’s nuptials. Eugenie, the daughter of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson, will marry Jack Brooksbank in the fall, […]
The Canadian Press STELLARTON, N.S. — Sobeys Inc. has signed a partnership deal with British company Ocado Group to help build the Canadian retailer’s online grocery shopping business. Under the agreement, Ocado will partner exclusively in Canada with Sobeys and support and engineering services. Ocado has its own grocery and […]
By Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press PHOENIX — The lanky, bespectacled man walked into a bank in a strip mall on Tucson’s northern edge with a gun, demanded that a teller hand over an undisclosed amount of cash and made his escape on foot. Experts say the heist on Friday […]
The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s prime minister announced on Friday that she is expecting her first child in June. Jacinda Ardern, 37, took office in October. Speculation swirled around whether she would start a family soon when she took over the leadership of her then-opposition Labour […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now. Many groups are working on liquid biopsy tests, which look for DNA and other […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press During the recent bomb cyclone snowstorm, I couldn’t go to the store for several days as I waited to get plowed out of my driveway. I had plenty of food, but a lot of it was that first of January “diet” food and I […]
By Grant Schulte The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline announced Thursday that it hopes to begin construction next year on an alternative route approved by Nebraska authorities, despite a lawsuit challenging the project. TransCanada Corp. said in a news release that it plans […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — A flying drone has dropped a flotation device to two teens caught in a riptide in heavy seas off the Australian coast in what officials describe as a world-first rescue. Monty Greenslade and Gabe Vidler got into trouble on Thursday at […]
Gaagigebines, Dan Jones, 58, began his journey in his home community of Nigigoonsiminikaaaning First Nation, Ont. on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. A loving husband, father, grandfather, son, uncle, and friend, he will be greatly missed by his family and Anishinaabe country. He was born on Nov. 6, 1959 at Eltrut […]
