By Rahim Faiez The Associated Press KABUL — Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that the U.S. is using Afghanistan as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb “an immense atrocity against the Afghan people.” Last week, U.S. forces dropped the GBU-43 Massive […]
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By Suzan Fraser And Elena Becatoros The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s main opposition party urged the country’s electoral board Monday to cancel the results of a landmark referendum that granted sweeping new powers to the nation’s president, citing what it called substantial voting irregularities. Turkey’s electoral board confirmed […]
By Ken Thomas The Associated Press PANMUNJOM, Korea, Republic Of — Viewing his adversaries in the distance, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence travelled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, “the era […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press If you are a mother: Happy Mother’s Day! Please tear out this page (or print, or forward, depending on how woman-on-the-go you are) and put it somewhere your family will find it. Now, stop reading or you’ll ruin the surprise. If […]
The Associated PressIan Harrison TORONTO–Chase Anderson and two relievers combined on a four-hitter, Jonathan Villar homered and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Toronto 2-0 last night to hand the struggling Blue Jays their fifth straight loss. Last-place Toronto is off to the worst start in team history at 1-7. Anderson (1-0) […]
The Associated Press CLEVELAND–They staggered to the finish line, falling flat and looking nothing like champions. It’s time for the Cavaliers to get up. It’s playoff time. LeBron James watched in street clothes as Jonas Valanciunas dropped his first career 3-pointer and the Toronto Raptors closed the regular season with […]
The Canadian PressKelsey Patterson MONTREAL–The Montreal Canadiens lamented their lack of finish after their Game 1 loss at home against the New York Rangers. Montreal was shut out 2-0 yesterday as it dropped the opener of its best-of-seven first-round playoff series against New York. “There were some chances to score […]
The Associated Press VIENNA–A town south of Vienna is abuzz over the reported theft of dozens of beehives, containing about one million bees, from a local park. Police said yesterday they got involved after residents in the town of Ebreichsdorf noticed that the covers of wooden boxes containing 40 hives […]
The Associated Press LYNN, Mass.–A Massachusetts man has a ready answer when asked for his two cents’ worth: He presents a cheque he got from the government. Bruce Rideout, of Lynn, told The Daily Item he got the two-cent cheque from the U.S. Treasury Department a couple of days ago […]
The Associated Press RENO, Nev.–A teen’s Twitter stunt to win a year of free chicken nuggets from Wendy’s might become the platform’s most retweeted post of all time. Carter Wilkinson asked the fast food chain on Twitter last week how many retweets it would take for him to get free […]
The Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio–A craving for a McDonald’s cheeseburger apparently prompted an eight-year-old Ohio boy to take his four-year-old sister for a ride in his dad’s van, which he learned to drive on the internet. East Palestine police Officer Jacob Koehler told WJW-TV in Cleveland the father went […]
Joey Payeur The return of the Ducks Unlimited fundraising dinner and auction to Fort Frances looks to be on its way to being a rousing success. Tickets are available at the Fort Frances Times office for $50 each or two for $90. “Things are going well and tickets have been […]
