By Sara Moulton The Associated Press When it comes to landing dinner on the table on a weeknight, fish fillets are among the very quickest dishes you can prepare, rarely requiring more than five minutes to go from raw to ready to eat. And given the relative mildness of a […]
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The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–Forty years after blasting off, Earth’s most distant ambassadors–the twin Voyager spacecraft–are carrying sounds and music of our planet ever deeper into the cosmos. Think of them as messages in bottles meant for anyone or anything out there. This Sunday marks the 40th anniversary […]
The Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain–A van veered onto a promenade and barrelled down the busy walkway in central Barcelona yesterday, swerving back and forth as it mowed down pedestrians and turned a picturesque tourist destination into a bloody killing zone. Thirteen people were killed and 100 were injured, 15 of […]
The Associated Press NEW DELHI — The annual tradition of flying kites over the Indian capital on Independence Day takes a painful toll on birds that fall victim to their razor-sharp strings. Workers at the Charity Birds Hospital see it happen every year mostly to pigeons but also to crows, […]
By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Poor seamanship and flaws in keeping watch contributed to a collision between a Navy destroyer and a commercial container ship that killed seven sailors, Navy officials said, announcing that the warship captain will be relieved of command and more than a dozen […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forty years after blasting off, Earth’s most distant ambassadors the twin Voyager spacecraft are carrying sounds and music of our planet ever deeper into the cosmos. Think of them as messages in bottles meant for anyone or anything out there. […]
By Jonathan Lemire And Darlene Superville The Associated Press BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — With prominent Republicans openly questioning his competence and moral leadership, President Donald Trump burrowed deeper into the racially charged debate over Confederate memorials and lashed out at members of his own party in the latest controversy to engulf […]
The Associated Press BEIJING — Furious Chinese businesspeople said Friday that Beijing’s decision to enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korean seafood imports would hobble the economy of an entire northeastern city, sparking a rare public protest earlier this week after the surprise move suddenly choked off border trade. Anger swept […]
The Associated Press VIENNA — Austrians were making bacon thousands of years ago. And a researcher says they were probably the first in Europe to do it on an industrial scale. Hans Reschreiter of Vienna’s Museum of Natural History says DNA traces from more than 6,000 pig bones at what […]
The Associated PressLauran Neergaard WASHINGTON–Diagnosing if a tick bite caused Lyme or another disease can be difficult, but scientists are developing a new way to do it early–using a “signature” of molecules in patients’ blood. It’s still highly-experimental but initial studies suggest the novel tool just might uncover early-stage Lyme […]
The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska–Hundreds of Pacific walruses came ashore to a barrier island on Alaska’s northwest coast–the earliest appearance of the animals in a phenomenon tied to climate warming and diminished Arctic Ocean sea ice. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced yesterday that several hundred walruses were spotted […]
The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–The sun is about to spill some of its secrets–and maybe even reveal a few hidden truths of the cosmos. And you can get in on the act next week if you are in the right place for the best solar eclipse in the U.S. in […]
