By Susannah George And Balint Szlanko The Associated Press SOUTH OF MOSUL, Iraq — U.S. Army Lt. Col. James Browning juggled phone calls on an overstuffed sofa in a small village south of Mosul. His counterparts in the Iraqi army’s 9th Division were pushing toward western Mosul, just a few […]
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The Associated Press JACKSON, Wyo. — Wildlife refuge officials say a man with a drone caused 1,500 elk to stampede half a mile. The stampede happened Monday at the National Elk Refuge in western Wyoming. Elk and bison often congregate at the refuge to eat feed put out to help […]
By Eileen Ng The Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The poison used to kill the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader at a crowded air terminal in Malaysia last week was the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent, police said Friday. Eleven days after the deadly toxin was […]
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Global warming is already shrinking the Colorado River, the most important waterway in the American Southwest, and it could reduce the flow by more than a third by the end of the century, two scientists say. The river’s volume has dropped more […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press A few years ago when everyone I knew was on the Paleo diet, I started making spaghetti squash and topping it with meat sauce to feed my dinner party guests who were off carbs. I grew up eating spaghetti squash with butter and Parmesan […]
By Astrid Galvan. The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas — Mexican and U.S. business leaders attending a large trade conference in the border town of El Paso said Thursday that their sectors will survive despite threats by President Donald Trump to dismantle or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Act […]
Felix Lucien DeGagne passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 at the age of 81. A prayer service will take place on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Dryden Community Funeral Home’s Chapel. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s […]
By Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press The United Nations needs $4.4 billion by the end of March to prevent catastrophic hunger and famine in South Sudan, Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen, yet just $90 million has been collected so far, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Wednesday. With over 20 million people at […]
By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ top diplomat said Thursday any move by China to transform a Manila-claimed shoal into an island would be a “game-changer” in blossoming relations, although he added that Beijing has pledged not to undertake any construction in the strategically located […]
By Cathy Bussewitz The Associated Press HONOLULU — A proposal in the Hawaii Legislature has the potential to shake up the fishing industry and the permit process for foreign fishermen. An Associated Press investigation found that foreign fishermen were confined to boats off Honolulu and living in subpar conditions. Some […]
By Kristen Wyatt The Associated Press DENVER — A Colorado judge has blocked a college town’s law against women going topless, saying the law is likely unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said Tuesday that Fort Collins’ ordinance is based on gender discrimination and issued an injunction against its […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star ‚Äî and these new worlds could hold life. This cluster of planets is less than 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius, according to NASA […]
