Staff How I Set Your Mother, Scared Hitless, the Volley Llamas, and Let’s Talk About Sets all garnered the maximum six points in Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League action last night. Gillons’ was right behind, nabbing five points. Take A Hit and Kiss My Pass both grabbed three on the […]
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Jamie Mountain Arctic Cat hung around as long as it could with a short bench but wound up falling 66-65 to the senior Muskies in Fort Frances Men’s Basketball League action Tuesday night at Fort High. Although Arctic Cat sported just a four-man team, neither squad could finish at the […]
Jamie Mountain The Fort Frances Lakers probably are wishing they could play the Minnesota Iron Rangers all the time. Colton Bodnar and Nick Lucas each scored twice last night as the Lakers cruised to a 9-2 romp in Hoyt Lakes for their fourth-straight win. Lucas also notched an assist as […]
The Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand’s prime minister announced on Friday that she is expecting her first child in June. Jacinda Ardern, 37, took office in October. Speculation swirled around whether she would start a family soon when she took over the leadership of her then-opposition Labour […]
By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Scientists are reporting progress on a blood test to detect many types of cancer at an early stage, including some of the most deadly ones that lack screening tools now. Many groups are working on liquid biopsy tests, which look for DNA and other […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press During the recent bomb cyclone snowstorm, I couldn’t go to the store for several days as I waited to get plowed out of my driveway. I had plenty of food, but a lot of it was that first of January “diet” food and I […]
By Grant Schulte The Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline announced Thursday that it hopes to begin construction next year on an alternative route approved by Nebraska authorities, despite a lawsuit challenging the project. TransCanada Corp. said in a news release that it plans […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — A flying drone has dropped a flotation device to two teens caught in a riptide in heavy seas off the Australian coast in what officials describe as a world-first rescue. Monty Greenslade and Gabe Vidler got into trouble on Thursday at […]
The Associated PressLauran Neergaard WASHINGTON–The descriptions are haunting. Some victims felt fine in the morning and were dead by night. Faces turned blue as patients coughed up blood. Stacked bodies outnumbered coffins. A century after one of history’s most catastrophic disease outbreaks, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another […]
The Associated PressMaria Cheng LONDON–Tempted to stifle a loud or untimely sneeze? Let it out instead, doctors in England warned Monday based on the very unusual case of a man who ruptured the back of his throat when he tried to suppress a sneeze. In a case study published in […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–The fireball that streaked through the Michigan sky on Tuesday night put on quite a show. But as far as potentially killer space rocks, it was merely a flash in the pan. There are much bigger asteroids careening through our solar system. And scientists who watch […]
The Associated PressJohn Nicholson LA QUINTA, Calif.–Charlie Reiter is skipping classes at Palm Desert High to play in the CareerBuilder Challenge. But he’s still getting schooled by the likes of Jon Rahm. The 18-year-old Reiter, the first amateur to receive a sponsor exemption in tournament history, recently hooked up with […]
