By Eric Risberg And Janie Har The Associated Press SONOMA, Calif. — Worried California vintners surveyed the damage to their vineyards and wineries Tuesday as wildfires sweep through counties whose famous names have become synonymous with fine food and drink. At the Gundlach Bundschu in Sonoma County, workers were not […]
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By Erica Werner The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Corker is hardly the only Republican lawmaker raising dark concerns about harm President Donald Trump might cause the U.S. and the world. But he’s one of the few willing to air those worries in public. Most GOP senators were silent […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — Alexandra Sipos-Kocsis doesn’t mean to be difficult. And yet throughout her life, her unique surname has confounded teachers, telemarketers, airlines and more than a few administrative forms that didn’t have room for her 12-character, double-barrelled name. But Sipos-Kocsis loves it, and when […]
By Michelle R. Smith THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island grower is first in the world to achieve a trifecta in the hobby of growing gargantuan foods: world records for heaviest pumpkin, longest long gourd and now, heaviest squash. After previously breaking two records, Joe Jutras got […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press What to do on a busy weeknight when you poke your head into the fridge and discover a variety of souvenirs left over from previous meals including veggies, protein and starch? Just reach for a carton of eggs and turn the whole thing into […]
By Michael Biesecker And Adam Beam The Associated Press HAZARD, Ky. — A coalition of left-leaning states and environmental groups are vowing to fight the Trump administration’s move to kill an Obama-era effort to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. Speaking Monday in the coal-mining state of Kentucky, Environmental […]
By Paul Wiseman And Jim Heintz The Associated Press WASHINGTON — People make poor economic choices. They don’t save enough for retirement. They refuse to cut their losses on plummeting investments. They buy houses and stocks when prices are high, thinking that what’s going up today will keep going up […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press The Day of the Dead is a holiday observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries that celebrates and honours the memory of deceased loved ones. Falling on Nov. 1, just a day after Halloween celebrations, the holiday shares some of […]
The Associated Press OSLO–The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a group of mostly young activists pushing for a global treaty to ban the cataclysmic bombs. The award of the $1.1-million prize comes amid heightened tensions over both North Korea’s aggressive development […]
The Associated PressPhilip Marcelo BOSTON–The movements of great white sharks in the Pacific and Indian oceans long have been the subject of academic study, but new research is just starting to shed light on the behaviour of their Atlantic Ocean counterparts. Researchers in Massachusetts say white sharks appear to venture […]
By Christopher Bodeen The Associated Press BEIJING — Securing North Korea’s missile launchers and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons sites would likely be a chief priority for China in the event of a major crisis involving its communist neighbour, analysts say, although Beijing so far is keeping mum on any […]
The Associated Press COPENHAGEN — Norwegian authorities are trying to provoke a landslide by pumping water onto a mountain where a major shift in the rock has appeared threatening. Lars Harald Blikra of Norway’s Water Resources and Energy Directorate says 75,000 litres (19,500 gallons) of water had been pumped up […]
