The Associated Press PERRIS, Calif. — A 17-year-old girl called police after escaping from her family’s home where she and her 12 brothers and sisters were locked up in filthy conditions, some so malnourished officers at first believed all were children even though seven are adults. The girl, who was […]
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The Associated Press LONDON — A U.S. Army dog that attacked a machine-gun nest during World War II was posthumously awarded Britain’s highest honour for animal bravery on Monday. Chips, a German shepherd-husky cross, was awarded the Dickin Medal for actions during a 1943 beach landing in Sicily. According to […]
By Thomas Adamson The Associated Press PARIS — Slovenian-born Melania Trump has been unafraid to go against her husband’s “America First” agenda and stay true to her roots, if there’s a message to be taken from her bold, foreign-flavoured wardrobe in 2017. In her first year as first lady, Mrs. […]
By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON — Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he tried to suppress a sneeze. In a […]
The Canadian Press WHITE PLANES, N.Y. — A class-action lawsuit filed in a U.S. court alleges six Canadian banks and three others conspired to increase the profitability of their derivatives trading business by manipulating an interest rate benchmark for about seven years. The Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado […]
Lynn Kehler passed away, surrounded by the love of family and friends, on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Lynn was born in Indiana to Herman and Maureen Bryant on Nov. 14, 1934. Her family lived between Indiana and Kentucky in her early years. Her teenage years were spent in California, where […]
After a brief illness and with his family by his side, the family of Jack Edward Thomson announces his passing on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Jack was born on March 21, 1964 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Elgin […]
Jim Brow passed away on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. A celebration of life will be held Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
By Hubert Mizell The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — It may not happen again for a thousand Christmases the way it happened Saturday for Franco Harris and the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Oakland Raiders under the dark skies in Three Rivers Stadium. Harris, the Steelers’ own black Italian Santa Claus, caught […]
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Brian Melley The Associated Press HONOLULU — When Jonathan Scheuer got an alert on his phone of a ballistic missile headed for Hawaii, he and his family didn’t know what to do. They went to their guest bedroom, then decided it would be safer on […]
The Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — Papua New Guinea says it is helping evacuate thousands of people at risk from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific Island nation’s north. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said in a statement on Monday that he has directed all relevant state […]
By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — North and South Korea want to field a joint women’s hockey team at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and have relayed their position to the International Olympic Committee, officials in Seoul said Monday. A joint team at the games in South […]
