The Associated Press GAUHATI, India — Indian police on Monday took the unusual step of using elephants in an attempt to evict hundreds of people living illegally in a protected forest area in the country’s remote northeast. Police used bulldozers and the elephants in a show of force, and the […]
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By Gregory Katz The Associated Press LONDON — When it comes to romance, it’s third time’s a charm for Prince Harry, who has long been one of Britain’s most eligible and wealthiest single men. The rugged, red-bearded prince, who is now engaged to actress Meghan Markle following an announcement Monday […]
By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Dictionary.com announced Monday that “complicit” is the site’s word of the year in a contentious 2017. Site lexicographer Jane Solomon says numerous events, from politics to natural disasters, drove more people to look up “complicit” at particular times of the year. […]
By Lauran Neergaard The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Breast cancer treatment left Susan Wolfe-Tank with an arm too painfully swollen to lift anything heavy or even fit into her usual clothing a debilitating condition that gets little attention and has no cure. Desperate, the Wisconsin woman travelled hundreds of miles […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Everyone knows the lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne.” At least, everyone knows the last three words to “Auld Lang Syne,” or at least the general sound they should make coming out of your mouth. If you’re like some of us, you […]
By Firdia Lisnawati And Stephen Wright The Associated Press KARANGASEM, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities ordered a mass evacuation of people Monday from an expanded danger zone around an erupting volcano on Bali that has forced the island’s international airport to close, stranding tens of thousands of travellers. Mount Agung has […]
By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Wolves were once so plentiful in the abundant forests that would become Oregon that the earliest settlers gathered from far and wide to discuss how to kill them. Those “wolf meetings” in the 1840s, spawned by a common interest, eventually led […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — A towering Christmas tree that survived a lightning strike in Poland has been set up in St. Peter’s Square as the Vatican gets ready for the holidays. The tree, which was pulled into place Thursday by a crane, will be decorated and illuminated on […]
By Hamza Hendawi And Elias Meseret The Associated Press CAIRO — Tensions between Egypt and upstream Nile basin countries Sudan and Ethiopia flared up again Thursday over the construction and the effects of a massive dam being built by Ethiopia on the Blue Nile, the waterway’s main tributary. A mostly […]
By Jan M. Olsen The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — One of Finland’s largest food companies is selling what it claims to be a first: insect bread. Markus Hellstrom, head of the Fazer group’s bakery division, said Thursday that one loaf contains about 70 dried house crickets, ground into powder and […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press The weather is getting colder and we’re tucking into comfort food over in our home. Doing a recipe makeover on a tasty-but-less-than-healthy dish is one of my favourite challenges. Today, I’m taking on a wintertime classic with my Lightened Shepherd’s Pie. Typically, shepherd’s pie […]
