By Andrew Selsky The Associated Press SALEM, Ore. — Jewett Williams served in the 20th Maine Regiment in the Civil War. When he died in 1922 at an Oregon insane asylum, he was cremated and his ashes were stored and forgotten along with the remains of thousands of other patients. […]
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By Muneeza Naqvi The Associated Press MUMBAI, India — When Bilqis talks about having circumcised her daughter, she goes back and forth on how she feels sometimes within the same sentence. The 50-year-old doctor defends what is widely known as female genital mutilation within her small, prosperous Shia Muslim sect […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — Scientists say that one of the last surviving populations of woolly mammoths was likely driven to extinction by lack of drinking water. Mammoths lived on Alaska’s St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea until about 5,600 years ago. They never came into contact with humans, […]
By Erica Werner The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The uproar over Donald Trump’s criticism of a bereaved Army family put vulnerable GOP senators in a tight spot, underscoring anew the political challenges created for Republicans by their newly minted presidential nominee. And with the general election campaign now squarely underway, […]
By Kelli Kennedy And Josh Replogle The Associated Press MIAMI — In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a part of Miami where mosquitoes are apparently transmitting Zika directly to humans. Health officials last Friday announced that mosquitoes have apparently started spreading Zika on […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press The Caprese salad of fresh mozzarella, basil and tomatoes is universally loved. I personally make it all summer long and although I mix up the tomatoes based on what I can buy at the farmers’ market, it is virtually the same every time. Since […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Everyone knows Joyce Kilmer’s love song to trees ‚Äî “I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree.” That’s the way I feel about tomatoes. Accordingly, Chilled BLT Soup puts the “T’’ in BLT. Yes, there’s bacon and lettuce, and […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—A Toronto police officer sentenced to six years for gunning down a troubled teen on an empty streetcar three years ago has been granted bail while he appeals the conviction. The appeal judge, Justice Eileen Gillese, said in her decision that Cst. James Forcillo poses no risk […]
Cameron Penney Rudy Hutka and his wife, Vera, enjoyed some cookies and refreshments in the sunshine during a garden party at Rainycrest yesterday afternoon. Residents, along with visitors, were encouraged to enjoy the warm weather in the courtyards through a collaboration between the Canadian Mental Health Older Adults Program, Fort […]
Staff No new fires were reported in the Northwest Region yesterday while one other blaze was declared “out.” Nipigon Fire #29, a human-caused fire about 25 km northeast of Longlac, first was reported Wednesday. It reached 0.2 hectares in size but being extinguished. There currently are 12 active fires in […]
Joey Payeur Jess Caul of Taggs flashed some fancy footwork during her team’s 8-0 loss to Al’s Racquet Stringing in the regular-season finale for the women’s division of the Borderland Soccer League yesterday evening. The two teams will meet again in the league semi-final Aug. 9, with the winner facing […]
The Canadian PressKeith Leslie TORONTO—Ontario consumers won’t see a separate line item on their natural gas bills showing the cost of the Liberal government’s cap-and-trade plan to fight climate change. The Ontario Energy Board has decided charges related to the cost of the program, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse […]
