By Sara Moulton The Associated Press There are very few things more delicious than tomatoes in season. Sure you can buy them year-round, but these imports tend to be mealy and flavourless, so why bother? Tomato Mozzarella and Basil Tart is a celebration of the tomato at the peak of […]
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The Associated PressSeth Borenstein WASHINGTON–One of the coldest places on Earth is so hot, it’s melting. Glaciers, sea ice, and a massive ice sheet in the Arctic are thawing from toasty air above and warm water below. The northern polar region is heating up twice as fast as the rest […]
The Associated Press DUNSTABLE, Mass. — A skydiver who was blown off course in Massachusetts has been rescued after spending hours stuck about 70 feet (21 metres) up in a tree. Dunstable police said late Sunday that the man had been removed from the tree more than two hours after […]
By Foster Klug The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — The top U.S. military officer said Monday that the United States wants to peacefully resolve a deepening standoff with North Korea but is also ready to use the “full range” of its military capabilities in case of provocation. The […]
By Russell Contreras And Corey Williams The Associated Press It’s a simple message: Beware of racism in the United States. But Procter & Gamble took a calculated risk with its ad that features black mothers speaking to children about racial bias through the decades. The company says it knew there […]
By Clarice Silber The Associated Press PHOENIX — More than three decades after thieves made off with a valuable painting from the University of Arizona Museum of Art, officials say they have recovered the long sought piece from an antique dealer in New Mexico. The museum that was home to […]
By Dan Sewell The Associated Press CINCINNATI — The parents of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who hanged himself from his bunk bed with a necktie want school officials held responsible, testing the issue of school liability in suicides blamed on bullying. The wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Pres Fresh shellfish is one of the hallmarks of a good summer vacation, and it is best eaten barefoot with a sea breeze and chilled rose. But life is not always a beach and we are, regrettably, not always on vacation. Luckily, […]
Edith M. LedererThe Associated PressLorne Cook Smugglers have thrown some 280 migrants into the sea off the coast of Yemen in the last two days, causing more than 50 to drown and leaving over 30 missing, the U.N. migration agency said yesterday. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the migrants who […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–With the total solar eclipse right around the cosmic corner, eye doctors are going into nagging overdrive. They say mom was right: You can damage your eyes staring at the sun, even the slimmest sliver of it. So it’s time to rustle up special […]
The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY–A tiger cub who was rejected by her mother at the Philadelphia Zoo can be seen bonding with her adoptive mother and brothers in Oklahoma via live-streaming video. The Oklahoma City Zoo launched the “Tiger Cub Cam ” yesterday, showing Zoya with her new mother, Lola, […]
The Associated PressMarcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.–Consider this weekend’s Perseid meteor shower an opening act for the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21. Astronomers are projecting a slightly higher than normal rate of 150 meteors per hour across North America. But the bright moon will wash out the finer Perseids. […]
