The Associated Press NEW YORK—A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne—but only in private. As part of his “America” exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan replaced the toilet in the museum’s fourth-floor restroom with a fully-functional […]
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The Canadian Press WINNIPEG—Lab tests are being done on samples taken from hundreds of drug doses seized in Winnipeg this week to determine whether a dangerous opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl has arrived in the city. Police say officers discovered upwards of 1,500 doses at a west-end hotel […]
From the MNRF No new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. The forest fire hazard, however, is rising to mostly “moderate” across the region, with some areas of “low.” Forest fire activity starts to ease as cooler weather arrives and days gradually get shorter, but there […]
From the OPP Around 8 p.m. yesterday, Rainy River District OPP officers, as well as the Emergency Medical Service and the Fort Frances and Watten Fire Departments, responded to a single-vehicle mishap on Highway 11 near the Windy Point bridge. A tractor-trailer unit was westbound when the driver lost control. […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — A New York City museum is offering visitors a chance to sit on a golden throne, but only in private. As part of his “America” exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan replaced the toilet in the museum’s fourth-floor restroom […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Scientists at the Channel Islands National Park, just off the Southern California coast, have excavated a rare and well-preserved mammoth skull fossil from Santa Rosa Island, the park announced Wednesday. Justin Wilkins, a paleontologist from The Mammoth Site in South Dakota who worked with […]
By Caleb Jones The Associated Press GEOLOGIST SEAMOUNTS, Hawaii — The turquoise waters became darker and darker, and squiggly glow-in-dark marine creatures began to glide past in the inky depths like ghosts. The three-man submarine went down, down, down into the abyss and drew within sight of something no human […]
By Nomaan Merchant And Rob Gillies The Associated Press BEIJING — China said Friday that a Canadian citizen it detained for two years over spying allegations was allowed to leave the country after a local court issued a verdict in his case, but it refused to say what the verdict […]
The Associated Press HOUSTON — Some childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate. NASA says astronaut Kate Rubins will wear the suit, dubbed “Courage,” during a 20-minute chat Friday afternoon with patients from the University of […]
By Justin Lynch The Associated Press AWEIL, South Sudan — More than one million refugees have fled South Sudan’s ongoing civil war, overwhelming aid agencies and creating one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. The United Nations said Friday that South Sudan joins Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia as countries that […]
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 […]
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The Emo Legion has started its fall Bingos again, with doors opening at 6 p.m. each Tuesday. Come out and enjoy an evening of Bingo—you even might take home some cash! Proceeds help the Legion fund its many charities. A reminder, as well, that seniors’ carpet bowling […]
