After months of planning and preparation, the 2017 FLW Tour bass tournament season starts this week at Lake Guntersville, Ala. Some 165 anglers are fishing the circuit this year and everybody is looking to get off to a good start, with the end goal for most anglers being to qualify […]
fftimes
RICARD-Born to Rick and Dayna, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, a girl, Macy Jade, weighing 7 lbs 3 oz on January 22, 2017 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Pround grandparents are Lorne and Maureen Ricard of Fort Frances and Al and Pat Phillips of Carman, Manitoba. Proud great grandmothers are Crete McLeod, Fran Phillips […]
By Kristin J. Bender The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A tiny unborn hummingbird is getting in the way of a big bridge project in the San Francisco Bay Area. The discovery of a nest and egg in a tree is stalling the start of upgrades on the Richmond-San Rafael […]
By Julie Pace And Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, a fast-rising conservative judge with a writer’s flair, to the Supreme Court, setting up a fierce fight with Democrats over a jurist who could shape America’s legal landscape for decades to come. […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — Former first daughter Jenna Bush Hager is registering her opinion on Republican President Donald Trump’s order temporarily suspending immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations with the words of her father, former President George W. Bush. Bush Hager posted an excerpt on Twitter Tuesday from a […]
The Associated Press SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. — A Girl Scout from New Jersey is benefiting from her brutally honest review of the cookies that she sells. Charlotte McCourt, of South Orange, emailed her father’s friend, who was interested in buying cookies for troops stationed overseas. She told him some of […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press In the quest for Big Crowd Food, lasagna reigns supreme. And at this time of year, you may find yourself entertaining a big crowd for a football game party, for the Oscars or another awards show, or just because it’s cold out and it’s […]
By Dee-Ann Durbin The Associated Press DETROIT — Two luxury electric vehicles the Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 fell short of getting the highest safety ratings in new crash tests by the insurance industry. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tested 2017 models of both vehicles. Neither earned […]
By Claudia Lauer The Associated Press DALLAS — The Boy Scouts of America announced Monday that it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enrol in its boys only programs. The organization said it had made the decision to begin basing enrolment in its boys-only programs on the […]
By John Rogers The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A doctor who saved Syrian lives and a man who cooked thousands of meals for American soldiers in Iraq were among those who saw their lives thrown into limbo when President Donald Trump’s executive order barred travellers from seven Muslim countries […]
By Julie Pace And Eric Tucker The Associated Press` WASHINGTON — In an extraordinary public showdown, President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general of the United States after she publicly questioned the constitutionality of his refugee and immigration ban and refused to defend it in court. The clash Monday […]
