By David Keyton And Jim Heintz The Associated Press STOCKHOLM — An American scientist who shared this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine bluntly criticized political developments at home in his address at the awards’ gala banquet, saying that U.S. scientists are facing funding cutbacks that will hurt research. Michael Rosbash, […]
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By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump’s U.N. ambassador recently urged the world to sever diplomatic ties with North Korea, she was sketchy on the details: Should all embassies close? How about those providing the U.S. intelligence from the largely inscrutable country? And what of […]
By Vladimir Isachenkov The Associated Press MOSCOW — Declaring a victory in Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a Russian military air base in the country and announced a partial pullout of Russian forces from the Mideast nation. Putin’s surprise visit marked his first trip to Syria, drawing […]
By Hamza Hendawi The Associated Press CAIRO — Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his second visit to Egypt in as many years, held talks Monday with his Egyptian counterpart on their countries’ rapidly expanding ties. Egypt’s general-turned-president, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, has visited Russia three times since the ouster of his Islamist […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press If you are up to your eyeballs in eggnog, you’re probably in desperate need of a detox. And by detox, we mean a truckload of fresh fruits and vegetables prepared as minimally as possible, because you have things to do! And […]
The Associated Press LONDON — Snow and wintry weather are still wreaking havoc on travellers in Britain, with flights cancelled, roads sheathed in ice and rail travel disrupted. With temperatures dropping overnight as low as minus 11.6 Celsius (11 degrees Fahrenheit), hundreds of schools were closed Monday. Europe’s largest airport, […]
The Canadian PressBill Beacon MONTREAL–Missing Matthew Tkachuk to a suspension and having a back-up goalie in net wasn’t going to stop the Calgary Flames. Sean Monahan’s second goal of the game 1:14 into overtime, and 35 saves from David Rittich, lifted the Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Montreal […]
The Associated Press KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii–A Hawaii woman is waiting to hear back from the Guinness World Records to find out if the massive avocado she snagged is the world’s largest. Pamela Wang of the Big Island found the five-pound (2.3-kg) avocado Sunday on a walk, the West Hawaii Today newspaper […]
The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn.–Minnesota Sen. Al Franken’s departure from the Senate solves one problem for Democrats–demonstrating their will to push out one of their own when sexual harassment allegations pile up. Now they must worry about keeping one more vulnerable seat when they already had their hands full […]
Taliah and her mom, Jenny Tucker, were among the children and parents who attended a candy house-making night Tuesday at the Fort Frances Nursery School to help ring in the season of Christmas activities. –Submitted by Angela Gibson
Nicholas Donaldson Fort High students held their annual winter band concert last night at the Townshend Theatre, with performances from the Jazz, Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Bands. Pictured here is the Senior Band, conducted by music teacher Lisa Loney, playing “Suite from Hamilton” by Lin Manuel Miranda and arranged by […]
The Canadian PressKristy Kirkup OTTAWA–Crown-Indigenous Relations minister Carolyn Bennett is keeping mum on a call by First Nations’ chiefs for the ouster of the head of the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls. A special gathering of chiefs hosted by the Assembly of First Nations approved a […]
