By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SANT’ANNA DI STAZZEMA, Italy — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used a visit Monday to a World War II memorial to declare that the United States will stand up to aggressors who harm civilians, as the Trump administration sought to rally world leaders […]

By Verena Dobnik The Associated Press NEW YORK — Immigrant workers at a famed New York bakery who are threatened with being fired if they don’t produce legal work papers defied the government outside President Donald Trump’s Manhattan home on Saturday. Thirty-one employees of the Tom Cat Bakery also could […]

By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press Do you ever have the feeling that the world is lying to you? That everyone else in humanity has agreed to love something terrible, and you have to play along or risk looking like a fool? While we’re in agreement that […]

By Matti Huuhtanen And Jan M. Olsen The Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Swedes questioned their country’s welcoming immigration policies with pride and pain on Sunday after learning that an asylum-seeker from Uzbekistan was allegedly behind the truck rampage that killed four people, Stockholm’s deadliest extremist attack in years. The Swedish […]

The Canadian PressJonas Siegel TORONTO–Few in the Maple Leafs’ locker-room know what it feels like to clinch a playoff berth in the NHL–and it showed some last night. The Leafs had a chance to punch their first ticket to the post-season since 2013 but fell flat in a 4-1 loss […]

The Associated PressMark Didtler ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.–Kendrys Morales gave the Blue Jays a much-needed lift after Toronto had started the regular season with consecutive losses. Morales hit his fourth career grand slam, and Marcus Stroman pitched 6 1/3 effective innings, as the Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 last […]

The Canadian PressGregory Strong EDMONTON–Canada’s Brad Gushue is the first to admit his St. John’s rink is not known as a high-scoring team. You wouldn’t know it by looking at the scoresheet at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship. The veteran skip locked up the first seed in the playoffs […]

The Associated PressDoug Ferguson AUGUSTA, Ga.–In the toughest opening round at the Masters in 10 years, it all felt so easy to Charley Hoffman. For the better part of three hours, in a ferocious wind that made the Georgia pines creak, he had the right yardage for the perfect club […]

The Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla.–The United States blasted a Syrian air base with a barrage of cruise missiles last night in fiery retaliation for this week’s gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians. President Donald Trump cast the U.S. assault as vital to deter future use of poison gas and […]

The Associated PressJennifer McDermott PROVIDENCE, R.I.–More than 400 icebergs have drifted into the North Atlantic shipping lanes over the past week in an unusually large swarm for this early in the season–forcing vessels to slow to a crawl or take detours of hundreds of miles. Experts are attributing it to […]

Look for increasing cloudiness tonight, with an overnight low of five C (41 F). Tomorrow will see a 50 percent chance of spotty showers in the afternoon, with a high soaring to 19 (66) and low around five (41). A mix of sun and clouds is forecast for Sunday, along […]

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