By Eileen Sullivan And Deb Riechmann The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Top intelligence officials last week told President-elect Donald Trump about an unsubstantiated report that Russia had compromising personal and financial information about him, a U.S. official says. The briefing about the document was first reported by CNN. A summary […]
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By Dean Fosdick The Associated Press Poinsettias have become the bestselling potted plants in the United States, and are second in popularity only to Christmas trees during the holiday season. Unfortunately, they also are among the least understood. They are not annuals. Poinsettias don’t have to be tossed to the […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press If you tend to fall into cooking ruts, one easy way to snap out of it is to check out the holiday calendars of different cultures. Next up on my list of inspirations is the Lunar New Year, or Chinese New Year. I love […]
By Chad Day And Bernard Condon The Associated Press WASHINGTON — As a businessman, Donald Trump has kept the courts busy. That’s hardly likely to change when he enters the Oval Office, creating an unusual and potentially serious problem for a sitting president. Only a handful of presidents have undergone […]
Nicholas Donaldson Northwoods Gallery & Gifts owner Doug Cuthbertson was out shovelling snow earlier today—a common sight around Borderland this winter as yet more of the white stuff fell. While anywhere from 7.5-15 cm (three-six inches) accumulated throughout the day, the good news is the snow will taper off by […]
Staff The local campus will kick off Confederation College’s 50th anniversary celebration tomorrow in conjunction with the main campus in Thunder Bay and other ones across Northwestern Ontario. The come-and-go event will run from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., and all students, alumni, employees, donors, partners, and community members are invited to […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is asking to be included in the town’s budget again this year. The Chamber is asking the town for $8,500—the same amount it was granted in 2016—for tourism advertising. This was a $1,000 increase from 2015. In a letter received by council at […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A series of cosmic collisions may have spawned multiple moonlets that morphed into the one big moon we know today. Rather than one giant impact that knocked off part of early Earth and created the moon, a number of smaller […]
By Dan Joling The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Five years ago, in a meeting room in Alaska, two dozen federal wildlife biologists joined other experts to begin formulating a recovery plan for polar bears because the animals’ primary habitat, sea ice, was melting beneath their feet in summer. The […]
By Graham Dunbar The Associated Press ZURICH — FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 extra nations to the 2026 tournament which is likely to be held in North America. President Gianni Infantino’s favoured plan ‚Äî for 16 three-team groups with the top two advancing to […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — You fly more than 100 miles for love. You get rejected. You fly another 100 miles. Another rejection. And another. That’s the high-flying but futile sex life of the male pectoral sandpiper looking for love in northernmost Alaska, according to a new […]
By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON — With steamy nights, sticky days and torrential downpours, last year went down as one of the warmest and wildest weather years on record in the United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Monday that 2016 was the second hottest year […]
