By Matt Volz The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. — After thousands of snow geese died in the toxic water of a former open-pit mine in Montana last fall, the companies responsible for the pit are bringing out the big guns. Literally. Montana Resources and BP-owned Atlantic Richfield Co. are buying […]
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By Karin Laub The Associated Press U.N. agencies are ramping up aid delivery to tens of thousands of war-displaced Syrians stuck in the desert on Jordan’s sealed border, after months of being denied access, but harsh weather and anxious crowds often disrupt one of the U.N.’s most complex missions anywhere. […]
By Jan M. Olsen The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — Sweden’s left-leaning government on Thursday reintroduced a military draft for both men and women because of what Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist called a deteriorating security environment in Europe and around Sweden. Sweden abolished compulsory military service for men in 2010 because […]
By Eric Tucker The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions talked twice with Russia’s ambassador to the United States during the presidential campaign season, communications that spurred calls in Congress for him to recuse himself from a Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election. Sessions, […]
By Raf Casert The Associated Press The Associated Press BRUSSELS — Nations and philanthropists pledged close to$200 million Thursday for family planning at an international conference that aimed to make up for the gap left by President Donald Trump’s ban on U.S. funding to groups linked to abortion. Some 50 […]
By Mike Householder The Associated Press CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — For a decade now, women have donned their old prom and bridesmaid dresses even wedding dresses for an evening of charitable revelry in suburban Detroit. And the idea is catching on. As the annual retro-shindig known as the Mom Prom […]
By Maria Cheng The Associated Press LONDON — How much is an old, dried out piece of mould worth? Apparently more than $14,600 if it was created by the doctor who discovered penicillin. The nearly 90-year-old swatch of mould has a rather extraordinary history: It came from the laboratory of […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press The weather we’ve been having this winter has me craving some stick-to-your ribs comfort food. Since I grew up in Tucson, Arizona, comfort food was always something Mexican or southwestern, involving tortillas, rice, beans, cheese and a tasty sauce to drown it all in. […]
MORRISSEAU-Born to Kristen Boshey and Matthew James Morrisseau, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Philly Ann, weighing 7 lbs 4 oz on February 7, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Lynne Wiebe passed away Thursday, February 23rd at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with family by her side. She was born October 19, 1953 to Joan and Bill Cross. After graduating Fort Frances High School Lynne moved to Winnipeg where she met and married Bill. Together they had 3 […]
By Alan Fram And Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear took a populist tenor in the Democrats’ formal response to President Donald Trump’s speech to Congress, accusing him of planning to “rip affordable health insurance” from Americans and being “Wall Street’s champion.” Seated at […]
