HENDERSON-Born to Elizabeth Henderon and Calum Cheesequay-Tom, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Lily Aveline, weighing 7 lbs 11 oz on November 1, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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By Nicole Winfield The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis got the keys to a fancy new Lamborghini on Wednesday ‚Äî but he won’t be tooling around the Vatican gardens in it. Instead, the special edition Huracan will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s, with the proceeds going to charities […]
By Lindsey Tanner The Associated Press CHICAGO — An increase in suicide rates among U.S. teens occurred at the same time social media use surged and a new analysis suggests there may be a link. Suicide rates for teens rose between 2010 and 2015 after they had declined for nearly […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Scientists for the first time have tried editing a gene inside the body in a bold attempt to permanently change a person’s DNA to try to cure a disease. The experiment was done Monday in California on 44-year-old Brian Madeux. Through […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press I haven’t been consistently happy with my oatmeal cookie recipe for a while. Sometimes they turn out perfectly ‚Äî fairly flat, chewy and moist in the middle, with crinkly, caramelized edges (not cakey or rounded) and a butterscotch-esque flavour. Other times, they don’t follow […]
By By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chances of a hurricane flooding parts of Texas, like Harvey did, have soared sixfold in just 25 years because of global warming and will likely triple once again before the end of the century, a new study says. Study author […]
By Don Babwin The Associated Press CHICAGO — A scientist searching for a young male alligator snapping turtle that was put in a Southern Illinois creek at least a year ago instead grabbed a 22-pound adult female, raising hopes for those trying to protect a creature that hadn’t been spotted […]
By Stacey Plaisance The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The tallow tree, a “super invader” with toxic leaves and no natural enemies in North America, is conquering the South. Overtaking forests from Texas to Florida, tallows grow three times faster than most native hardwoods, and each one casts off 100,000 […]
