By David Rising The Associated Press DETMOLD, Germany — A 94-year-old former SS sergeant admitted in court Friday that he had served as an Auschwitz death camp guard, apologizing to Nazi Holocaust survivors looking on in a German courtroom that even though he was aware Jews were being gassed and […]
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By Terry Tang The Associated Press PHOENIX — A stack of shipping containers sitting in a lot in an industrial section of Phoenix has some developers thinking inside the box. The structures usually used to transport cargo have been transformed into eight apartments. Scuff marks, old serial numbers and shipping […]
The Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government has blocked a Chinese-led consortium from buying the nation’s largest private land holding, a collection of Outback cattle ranches, for 371 million Australian dollars ($284 million). Treasurer Scott Morrison said on Friday the sale of pioneering dynasty-owned S. Kidman & Co. […]
The Associated Press MARSEILLE, France — French officials have unveiled a humanoid diving robot that they hope will give a big artificial hand to the practice of underwater archaeology. Ocean One, which looks like something out of a scuba-diving sequel to “Transformers,” is the work of a team of roboticists, […]
By Dusan Stojanovic The Associated Press KRNJACA, Serbia — She has wide brown eyes, rosy cheeks and thick black hair. Her name is Serbia Merkel al-Mustafa. Serbia for the country where she was born just a few days ago, Merkel for the leader of Germany, where her Syrian refugee parents […]
By Mike Stobbe The Associated Press NEW YORK — Birth rates are falling dramatically for black and Hispanic teenagers, but they continue to be much higher than the birth rate for white teens. The Hispanic teen birth rate fell by half over about eight years, and the black teen birth […]
Joey Payeur Maggie Jean, seen here slipping past Savannah Basaraba of the La Place Rendez-Vous Rage, netted a pair of goals in lifting the Wright Physiotherapy Rockettes to a 5-2 win in the Borderland Women’s Indoor Soccer League final last night at Fort High. The Fine Foods Fury claimed third […]
Staff Dylan Robertson may be in line for yet another honour after a standout season. The Fort Frances Lakers’ captain was nominated for the CJHL player-of-the-year award yesterday after the 20-year-old from Atlanta led the local squad to its third-straight SIJHL crown. The honour is given annually to the player […]
The Canadian PressSidhartha Banerjee MONTREAL—For decades, she simply was known as Jane Doe No. 59—an unidentified body dumped with 150 stab wounds in Los Angeles in 1969 near the site of several killings perpetrated by the notorious Manson family. Yesterday, a Canadian connection was confirmed in the 47-year-old cold case […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO—A South Sudanese student accused of passing himself off as a teenager so he could attend high school on a basketball scholarship likely will face a hearing on whether he should be kicked out of Canada, immigration officials said yesterday. For the time being, however, Jonathan […]
Joey Payeur Jayce Gavel of the Jaguars, left, and Jakobe Kempf of the Lynx kept their eyes on the ball during the opening night of action for Fort Frances Youth Soccer at the St. Francis Sportsfields last night. The association had to wait two days longer to get underway as […]
Staff Only one of the two Fort Frances natives in the ECHL will be sticking around for another round. The Utah Grizzlies, featuring goalie Ryan Faragher, will continue their push to the Kelly Cup after dumping the host Colorado Eagles 7-2 on Tuesday night to capture their best-of-seven quarter-final series […]
