By Stephen Wade The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO — After 1,192 days, Brazil’s run of hosting mega-sports events came to an end Sunday at the Paralympic Games. It began with soccer’s Confederations Cup in 2013, extended to the 2014 World Cup, ran through IOC President Thomas Bach’s goodbye speech […]
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By Jake Pearson And Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press NEW YORK — Authorities questioned several people early Monday as they worked to determine whether there was a connection between explosive devices found over the weekend in two states: an explosion in a Manhattan neighbourhood, an unexploded pressure cooker device […]
By Jake Pearson And Alicia A. Caldwell The Associated Press NEW YORK — Authorities questioned several people early Monday as they worked to determine whether there was a connection between explosive devices found over the weekend in two states: an explosion in a Manhattan neighbourhood, an unexploded pressure cooker device […]
By Jeff Baenen And Amy Forliti The Associated Press ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Authorities are investigating the stabbings of nine people at a Minnesota mall as a potential act of terrorism, a finding that would realize long-held fears of an attack in the immigrant-rich state that has struggled to stop […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — Brain cancer is now the deadliest childhood cancer in the U.S., now ahead of leukemia, a result of improved leukemia treatment and a frustrating lack of progress on brain cancer. Government statisticians reported the change in rankings Friday, drawing from a […]
By Jenna Fryer The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Stephen Curry grew up just 20 minutes away from one of the showplace tracks in NASCAR. Despite the proximity, he never made it out to an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Some 2,700 miles away, at a road course in California, […]
By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Kerry Washington, always a red carpet favourite, won the Emmys red carpet Sunday, showing off her huge baby bump in a black custom Brandon Maxwell strapless gown with daring cutouts, her hair long, loose and curly. “She was dressing for two and got the […]
By Meera Sodha The Associated Press I love baking but until I was 16, our oven was just used as a place to keep big cutting boards and exiled frying pans. My Indian parents were of a place and time where no one had ovens at home. All breads were […]
Staff No Diggity and Rockstars got the early jump on the rest of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. Both teams earned the maximum six points available as regular-season action opened last night at Fort High and St. Michael’s School. Let’s Talk About Sets settled for five points to slide […]
Staff Tickets still are available for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s fall gala, this year entitled “Mobsters and Dames,” which is set for next Saturday (Sept. 24) at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Foundation director Samantha Manty noted tickets for the annual event typically sell out quickly. But due […]
Heather Latter Joey Payeur, co-organizer of this year’s Terry Fox Run here, showed off one of the 2016 T-shirts that will be sold on site during Sunday’s event at the Sorting Gap Marina. A fundraiser breakfast will take place there first from 9-11 a.m., with the annual 5K event getting […]
The Associated Press MADRID—If space is the final frontier, it will help to have an accurate map. The European Space Agency said yesterday its mission to chart more than one billion stars in the Milky Way is on track for completion in a year’s time. The agency released the first […]
