GEMMELL-Born to Nancy Indian and Kevin Gemmell, of Stratton, Ontario, a girl, Denlee Rae, weighing 9 lbs 1 oz on June 2, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK — He’s been overshadowed by Barbie for decades, but now Ken is finally getting some attention. Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles. Barbie had a similar makeover more than […]
The Associated Press WEST MILFORD, N.J. — A teenager has left a permanent mark on her long-running battle against her high school’s dress code. Eighteen-year-old West Milford High School senior Victoria DiPaolo chose a black off-the-shoulder top for her senior photo, and her yearbook quote below the photo reads: “I’m […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press I love a deep-fried, puffy-battered fish sandwich, with a tempura-like coating, but I’m not doing that at home. That’s for an indulgent summer seafood shack lunch, or if you’re lucky enough to find yourself in a British pub. But a great, pan-fried piece of […]
By Jon GambrellJack Gillum And Jeff Horwitz The Associated Press WASHINGTON — When a Kansas strip-mall bank with possible mob ties folded in the mid-1980s, federal authorities investigated whether a shareholder, Iranian-born aviation magnate Farhad Azima, should face criminal charges. The probe hit a dead end. Azima, a U.S. citizen, […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and great friend, Dorothy Cargill, on Monday, June 19, 2017 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Dorothy was born on April 16, 1937 at Couchiching to Anselm and Veronica Perrault, where […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — NASA’s planet-hunting telescope has found 10 new planets outside our solar system that are likely the right size and temperature to potentially have life on them, broadly hinting that we are probably not alone. After four years of searching, the Kepler telescope […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A mass bleaching of coral reefs worldwide is finally easing after three years, U.S. scientists announced Monday. About three-quarters of the world’s delicate coral reefs were damaged or killed by hot water in what scientists say was the largest coral catastrophe. The […]
By Mark Gillispie The Associated Press CLEVELAND — A wayward tortoise’s surprising trek around Ohio has ended happily for its owner, whose two-week search, in a twist of fate, might have saved her sister’s life. Otis the California desert tortoise managed to push open a sliding glass door and escape […]
By Rachel D’Oro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Patrick Cooper had already turned around after reaching the halfway point in a popular mountain race in Alaska when he somehow veered off the trail and became lost. That’s when the 16-year-old Anchorage boy encountered the black bear that would take […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — Emergency services were called to a landmark Hamburg church to fight a fire. All they found was a swarm of gnats. News agency dpa reports that Hamburg’s fire service said Tuesday it was called to the St. Michaelis church by a man who reported seeing […]
By Michael Biesecker And Emily Swanson The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Less than one-third of Americans support President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a new poll shows, and just 18 per cent of respondents agree with his claim that pulling out of the international agreement […]
