By Alicia A. Caldwell And David Koenig The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is temporarily barring passengers on nonstop U.S.-bound flights from eight Middle Eastern and North African countries from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and some other electronics in carry-on luggage starting Tuesday. The ban was revealed Monday […]
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By Fabiola Sanchez The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela — For the past 25 years, after he immigrated penniless to Venezuela from Portugal, Eduardo Dos Santos has personally taken care of the loyal clients at Mansion’s Bakery. But now the downtown Caracas corner store is in the hands of die-hard socialists, […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A new report shows Norway is the happiest country on Earth, Americans are getting sadder, and it takes more than just money to be happy. Norway vaulted to the top slot in the World Happiness Report, released Monday, despite the plummeting price […]
By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Air Force is quietly shrinking its deployed force of land-based nuclear missiles as part of a holdover Obama administration plan to comply with an arms control treaty with Russia. The reductions are nearing completion despite President Donald Trump’s argument that the […]
By Laurie Kellman And Jeff Karoub The Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. — Zahraa Ballout isn’t “white,” and she certainly isn’t “some other race.” If the government gives her the choice of checking a new “Middle East/North Africa” box on a census form, would she? Yes, she says, despite some reservations […]
By Fares Akram The Associated Press KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territory — The young Palestinian women substitute Islamic headscarves for baseball caps and field tennis balls with fabric gloves, giving a decidedly local feel to the great American pastime. They are trying to bring baseball to the Gaza Strip, an effort […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Whatever your spring food traditions, you likely have a family favourite dish that is the star of your dinner table. Or maybe you have memories of a treat you enjoyed as a child, but the recipe has been lost to time. […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Sotheby’s is displaying the startling “pink star” diamond in London before it’s auctioned in Hong Kong next month. The company says the gem should fetch more than $60 million when put on the block April 4, which would represent a record for a pink diamond […]
Boston Pizza is holding a St. Patty’s Day party today (March 17) starting at 7 p.m., with live music by Paul LeMesurier from 8-11 p.m. There also will be games and prizes. The Fort Frances Lakers will host the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in their SIJHL regular-season finale today (March […]
By Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is learning a harsh lesson: In the White House, words matter. The new president’s rhetoric, along with commentary from his advisers and associates, was at the heart of two federal judges’ orders this week blocking his controversial refugee and immigration […]
By Robert Jablon The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Andrew Leander Wilson, a broad smile on his face and no bitterness in his heart, clasped hands with his family on his first day of freedom Thursday after spending 32 years in prison for a murder he denied committing. Wilson, 62, […]
By Mark Stevenson The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — A Mexican army general said his forces are increasingly coming under fire from drug traffickers protecting opium poppy plantations in Oaxaca state, where opium growers are moving production to take advantage of mountainous terrain and impoverished villages. Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mugica […]
