By Katie Workman The Associated Press Green Goddess Dressing was created at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, an opulent 19th century hotel noted for its celebrity chefs. In those days, celebrity chefs were not Food Network Stars, but usually white-toqued men either from, or trained in, Europe. No one […]
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By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t escape discussion of the president’s travel ban and even the president during an appearance Monday at a judicial conference in San Francisco. A student essay winner compared the ban to Japanese […]
By Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia — Half a world from where an Australian woman was shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer, Tuesday’s front-page headline in her hometown Sydney newspaper summarized Australia’s reaction in blunt terms: “AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.” In Justine Damond’s native country, news of the meditation […]
The Associated Press LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A New Mexico State University anthropology professor is on a mission to save moon-landing sites. Beth O’Leary is speaking this week in Washington, D.C., on preserving the spots where humans stepped on the surface of the moon. She is giving presentations at the […]
By Geir Moulson The Associated Press BERLIN — At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys’ choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday. Allegations involving the Domspatzen choir in Regensburg were among a spate of revelations of abuse […]
By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A young Saudi woman sparked a sensation online over the weekend by posting a video of herself in a miniskirt and crop top walking around in public, with some Saudis calling for her arrest and others rushing to her […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press One time many years ago, I was riffling through my grandmother Ruth’s box of handwritten recipe cards when I pulled up short at the sight of the title of this recipe for Cheese Sandwich Souffle. Souffle? Fancy! But reading the details, I quickly understood […]
By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander is selling the team. Rockets CEO Tad Brown made the announcement Monday, hours after Alexander made the decision. “It’s been my great joy and honour to own the Houston Rockets for the past 24 years,” Alexander said in a […]
Nora Klyne, 86, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, July 14, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A celebration of Nora’s life will be held Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the Sunset Country Métis Hall in Fort Frances, with Pastor Diane Clifford officiating. […]
By Alex Sanz The Associated Press The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forty-eight years after he landed on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin rolled out a red carpet for the red planet at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Space Center. Aldrin, 87, commemorated the upcoming anniversary […]
The Associated Press LONDON — The annual count of swans belonging to Queen Elizabeth II has begun on the River Thames. The five-day event known as Swan Upping dates back to the 12th Century and began as a ritual to ensure there were enough swans for feasting. Now it is […]
By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — South Korea on Monday offered talks with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s. It was unclear how North Korea will react since it remains […]
