By Malak Harb And Aya Batrawy The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A fire broke out after midnight Friday in one of the world’s tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. More than 40 floors of the 86-story […]
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By Efrem Lukatsky The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine — Instead of swimming and playing volleyball, hundreds of children in war-torn Ukraine have spent this summer assembling Kalashnikov rifles and mastering the art of war. As the deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine entered its third year, some parents here are anxious […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Officials say 100 pounds of meat from geese caught in a Washington park have been donated to an organization that distributes food to the homeless and others. The National Park Service says in a statement that meat from 116 Canada geese was donated to the […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press This is my French-flavoured version of peel ‘n’ eat shrimp. The sauce is delicious and warrants a whole baguette just for sopping up! It’s one of those summer dishes that I make frequently for friends and family. The dish pays homage to one of […]
The Associated PressWayne Parry PORT REPUBLIC, N.J.–They’re called “ghost forests”–dead trees along vast swaths of coastline invaded by rising seas. It’s something scientists call one of the most visible markers of climate change. The process has occurred naturally for thousands of years, but it has accelerated in recent decades as […]
The Associated PressLauran Neergaard WASHINGTON–Altering human heredity? In a first, researchers safely repaired a disease-causing gene in human embryos–targeting a heart defect best known for killing young athletes a big step toward one day preventing a list of inherited diseases. In a surprising discovery, a research team led by Oregon […]
The Associated Press COSHOCTON, Ohio–Authorities say human remains found by a man in Ohio are estimated to be hundreds of years old. The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office says a coroner has concluded the remains found June 21 in a field above Mohawk Dam are roughly 900 years old. A man […]
By Russell Contreras The Associated Press A poem at the Statue of Liberty that is a national symbol for the country’s embrace of immigrants became the topic of a rancorous exchange Wednesday at a White House news conference to announce President Donald Trump’s push for immigration reform. Senior White House […]
By Vivian Salama And Richard Lardner The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Dealt a striking congressional rebuke, Donald Trump grudgingly signed what he called a “seriously flawed” package of sanctions against Russia, bowing for the moment to resistance from both parties to his push for warmer ties with Moscow. Trump signed […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Cornbread has always had a bit of an identity crisis in our house: Is it savory or is it sweet? Does it replace dinner rolls or dessert? This very dilemma may be what I love most about cornbread: It can go either way. Usually, […]
By David Koenig The Associated Press Newly released data and photos show how shockingly low an Air Canada jet was when it pulled up to avoid crashing into planes waiting on a San Francisco International Airport taxiway last month. The Air Canada pilots mistook the taxiway for the runway next […]
The Associated Press Digital voting machines are in the spotlight in Venezuela, where the head of Smartmatic, a maker of election systems used in the country’s tumultuous constituent-assembly election, said Wednesday that the official turnout figure had been “tampered with .” The company’s CEO said the count was off by […]
