By Stephen Hawkins The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Adrian Beltre got his 3,000th career hit in a fitting way ‚Äî a hard hit down the line past third base. The 38-year-old Texas Rangers third baseman doubled Sunday to become the first player from the Dominican Republic, and 31st overall, […]
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By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Security remained heightened in airports around Australia with more intense screening of luggage after law enforcement officials thwarted what a police chief described on Monday as a “credible attempt to attack an aircraft.” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Border Protection Minister […]
By Kim Tong-Hyung The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of […]
By Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan electoral authorities said more than 8 million people voted to create a constitutional assembly endowing President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialist party with virtually unlimited powers a number more than double the estimates of independent experts and opposition leaders, who met […]
By Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia — A legal battle over secret letters revealing what Queen Elizabeth II knew of her Australian representative’s stunning plan to dismiss Australia’s government in 1975 opened in federal court Monday, in a case that could finally solve a mystery behind the country’s […]
By Julie Watson And Christoph Noelting The Associated Press BERATZHAUSEN, Germany — The U.S. Army soldier took a deep breath before hitting the button that sent the email to more than 200 fellow troops. “All considered, I am, and have been, traversing what is essentially a personal matter, but is […]
By Carla K. Johnson The Associated Press For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren’t so addictive. U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the agency’s staff to develop new regulations on nicotine. The FDA has […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Traditional recipes seem to be part of a collective conscience of sorts, and eggplant caponata is no exception. All around Italy (and the world), chefs and grandmothers and uncles are making a variation of this sweet and sour eggplant dish. And […]
The Associated Press ABIDJAN, Cote d’Ivoire — Authorities in Ivory Coast say they have seized some three tons of scales from pangolins, the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal. The small armoured creatures are commonly eaten in West and Central Africa as bush meat, but they have been brought to the […]
The Associated Press HONOLULU — The remains of what are believed to be 24 American servicemen killed on a Pacific island during World War II have been returned to the U.S. for identification. The Pentagon says a U.S. military aircraft carrying flag-draped coffins arrived this week at Hawaii’s Joint Base […]
The Associated Press SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio — Authorities say firefighters have rescued an Ohio woman after a boa constrictor wrapped around her neck and began biting her face. The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram reports (http://bit.ly/2vPTgtK ) the unnamed 45-year-old Sheffield Lake woman called 911 Thursday afternoon asking for help. The boa constrictor […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Norbord Inc. (TSX:OSB) increased its dividend as it reported its second-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year ago. The maker of oriented strand board says it will pay 50 cents Cdn per share under its variable dividend policy, up from a payment of […]
