The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA–The veterans’ grave markers standing in orderly rows are clean and well-maintained on a brilliant summer afternoon. The words on each are easy to read–even those carved decades ago–while the grey stones are all clean. The surrounding grass and flowers are trim and manicured. Such a […]
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By Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court couldn’t escape discussion of the president’s travel ban and even the president during an appearance Monday at a judicial conference in San Francisco. A student essay winner compared the ban to Japanese […]
By Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia — Half a world from where an Australian woman was shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer, Tuesday’s front-page headline in her hometown Sydney newspaper summarized Australia’s reaction in blunt terms: “AMERICAN NIGHTMARE.” In Justine Damond’s native country, news of the meditation […]
The Associated Press LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A New Mexico State University anthropology professor is on a mission to save moon-landing sites. Beth O’Leary is speaking this week in Washington, D.C., on preserving the spots where humans stepped on the surface of the moon. She is giving presentations at the […]
By Geir Moulson The Associated Press BERLIN — At least 547 members of a prestigious Catholic boys’ choir in Germany were physically or sexually abused between 1945 and 1992, according to a report released Tuesday. Allegations involving the Domspatzen choir in Regensburg were among a spate of revelations of abuse […]
By Aya Batrawy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A young Saudi woman sparked a sensation online over the weekend by posting a video of herself in a miniskirt and crop top walking around in public, with some Saudis calling for her arrest and others rushing to her […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press One time many years ago, I was riffling through my grandmother Ruth’s box of handwritten recipe cards when I pulled up short at the sight of the title of this recipe for Cheese Sandwich Souffle. Souffle? Fancy! But reading the details, I quickly understood […]
By Kristie Rieken The Associated Press Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander is selling the team. Rockets CEO Tad Brown made the announcement Monday, hours after Alexander made the decision. “It’s been my great joy and honour to own the Houston Rockets for the past 24 years,” Alexander said in a […]
The Associated Press LOUDON, N.H.–Joe Gibbs Racing has undergone an unexpected upheaval that forced the organization into a youth movement. The biggest surprise, though, was going 0-for-2017. Denny Hamlin ended that rut with the kind of finish down the stretch that showed that yes, the new generation may be on […]
The Canadian PressRyan McKenna TORONTO–James Hinchcliffe is the face of the Honda Indy Toronto, so beating the hometown favourite at his race is that much sweeter for Josef Newgarden. Newgarden yesterday captured his second title on the streets surrounding Exhibition Place–finishing ahead of Hinchcliffe, who came third for a second-straight […]
The Associated PressTom Canavan BEDMINSTER, N.J.–After weeks of uncertainty, the U.S. Women’s Open stopped being about President Donald Trump, his course, and his views toward women and it turned out to be what the USGA wanted: a good tournament on a good course. Not surprisingly, the best player this week […]
The Associated PressDave Hogg DETROIT–Detroit’s top players created a winning rally without doing much of anything. Alex Avila, Justin Upton, and Miguel Cabrera drew walks in the 11th inning–the last with the bases loaded–to give the Tigers a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays yesterday afternoon. “That’s how experience […]
