By Nasser Karimi And Jon Gambrell The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader has restricted the range of ballistic missiles manufactured in the country to 2,000 kilometres, the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday, which limits their reach to only regional Mideast targets. The comments by […]
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By Stephen Braun And Steve Peoples The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A former Donald Trump campaign aide described by the White House as a low-level volunteer was thrust Monday into the centre of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, providing key evidence in the first criminal case connecting Trump’s team to […]
By Matthew Perrone The Associated Press WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators want to remove a health claim about the heart benefits of soy from cartons of soy milk, tofu and other foods, saying the latest scientific evidence no longer shows a clear connection. Monday’s announcement by the Food and Drug Administration […]
By Michael Liedtke The Associated Press ATWATER, Calif. — Google’s self-driving car spin-off is accelerating efforts to convince the public that its technology is almost ready to safely transport people without any human assistance at all. Waymo, hatched from a Google project started eight years ago, showed off its progress […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press The side dishes on our annual Thanksgiving menu almost always include mashed potatoes and roasted root vegetables. This year I decided to change up the routine by combining the two, adding a little cream and topping off the hybrid with some crunch. It’s heartier […]
By Jeff Martin The Associated Press ATLANTA — One of the nation’s largest railroads must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties on its tracks because they’re degrading faster than expected, the company said in a federal lawsuit. Norfolk Southern Railway blames an Alabama company that produced its railroad ties […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Merdo Krawchuk announces his passing on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
The Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A historic Episcopal church in northern Virginia has decided to relocate two plaques in its sanctuary that honour George Washington and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who worshipped there. Leaders of Christ Church in Alexandria sent a letter to congregation members last week explaining […]
By Richard Lardner The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s national security brain trust faces Congress on the need for a new war authorization as the deadly ambush in Niger is igniting a push among many lawmakers to update the legal parameters for combat operations overseas. Defence Secretary Jim […]
By Jim Vertuno The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Lewis Hamilton is driving his name toward the top levels of Formula One’s record books. The final word on his standing among F1’s greatest drivers is still to come, but with four championships, he’s made a strong argument he belongs among […]
DETROIT — Bobby Hines stepped forward, smiling as he embraced the sister of the man he was convicted of killing. Locked up for 28 years, he’d long wanted to meet Valencia Warren-Gibbs, to talk with her about that night in 1989 when her brother, James, was shot after Hines and […]
By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Any future nuclear test by North Korea risks collapsing its mountain test site and triggering a radiation leak, South Korea’s weather agency chief said Monday. The head of the Korea Meteorological Administration, Nam Jae-Cheol, made the comments during a […]
