By Rodney Muhumuza The Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda — Drones soon will be used in Tanzania to deliver medicines to health facilities across the East African country, continuing a trend of African governments embracing drone networks to deliver critical services. Tanzania’s government is working with U.S. logistics company Zipline to […]
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By Anne D’Innocenzio The Associated Press NEW YORK — Walmart is diving into voice-activated shopping. But unlike online leader Amazon, it’s not doing it alone. The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday it’s working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items from laundry detergent to Legos for voice shopping […]
By Tracee Herbaugh The Associated Press When interior designer Heidi Pribell spotted a dust-covered mantelpiece in the basement of a client’s newly purchased home, it was the start of a long relationship. The ornate white marble mantelpiece, with two caryatids flanking each side, was sitting amid rubble and construction debris. […]
By Blake Nicholson The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — Farmers around the country are donating tons of hay for ranchers whose livestock are suffering from the drought in the Northern Plains, but the officials and groups lining up the aid aren’t finding it easy getting the feed to the region. […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Late summer fruit is perhaps my favourite. Berries are juicy and sweet, in their last flourish before slipping away into elite and expensive status. Peaches and plums are soft and caramel-like in flavour. Even the humble pebbly-skinned cantaloupe boasts rich orange flesh and syrupy-sweet […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX has unveiled a sleek white spacesuit for astronauts on its crewed flights coming up next year. Chief executive Elon Musk made the big reveal via Instagram on Wednesday. He says it’s not him in the new suit, rather a […]
It is with deep sorrow, the family of James (Jim) Frenette announces his passing. Jim died unexpectedly in his home on Friday August 11th, 2017. Jim was predeceased by his parents Oni and Anne Frenette, sister Anita ( Jackson), brothers Don, David, Dennis and infant sister Margaret-Anne. Jim is survived […]
By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Visitors to the University of Southern California might well be muttering, “What fools these mortals be” as they stroll past a statue of the legendary queen of Troy and notice William Shakespeare’s name seemingly misspelled at its base. To USC officials, […]
By Tim Sullivan The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Some send up plastic leaflets that weigh less than a feather and flutter down from the clouds with calls for democracy or blurry cartoons ridiculing North Korea’s ruler. Some send flash drives loaded with South Korean soap operas, or […]
