By Aron Heller The Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel had a secret plan to detonate an atomic bomb in Egypt in the event that it faced defeat during the 1967 Middle East war, a leading American think-tank said Monday, citing newly released documents. The operation was never carried out, as […]
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By Lori Hinnant And Paisley Dodds The Associated Press LONDON — British police have named the third London Bridge attacker as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, and said that he is believed to be an Italian national of Moroccan descent. Police said Tuesday he lived in east London and that his family […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Simple and delicious straight out of the garden, abundant corn on the cob is one of the great things about summer. You boil it up, spread on a little butter, dig in and thank your lucky stars. But even perfection gets boring after a […]
By Gregory Katz And Lori Hinnant The Associated Press LONDON — For eight agonizing minutes, the orders came from all directions, frantic and contradictory. Crowds scattered, sometimes directly into the path of the men trying to kill them. Police cars screamed past the attackers toward the van they had abandoned. […]
By Robert Burns The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia — In their first joint appearance abroad, America’s top diplomat and its Pentagon chief offered public reassurances to a longstanding ally at odds with President Donald Trump’s abandonment of the Paris climate agreement. With Defence Secretary Jim Mattis at his side, Secretary […]
By Amy Forliti The Associated Press College student Vashu Tyagi was leaving his dorm and heading to a nearby bar to celebrate the end of classes Saturday night in London when he saw people running frantically down the street. As three men with large knives moved through the area, stabbing […]
By Lori Hinnant And Raphael Satter The Associated Press LONDON — British counterterrorism investigators searched two homes Monday and detained “a number” of people in the investigation into a van and knife attack in the heart of London that left seven people dead. Dozens were injured, many of them critically, […]
The Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Maldives has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Qatar over its alleged support for Islamist groups. It joined Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar on Monday and began withdrawing its diplomatic staff. The […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press The stars aligned when our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence right in the middle of berry season. And while maybe that wasn’t part of Thomas Jefferson’s agenda, we really ought to take advantage of it. This Summer Berry Trifle from […]
The Associated PressBen Nuckols OXON HILL, Md.–Ananya Vinay showed little emotion as she plowed through word after mystifying word in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Later, as she stood beside the confetti-covered stage, the newly-crowned champion flashed a toothy grin as she inadvertently revealed how much […]
By Ben Nuckols The Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. — Ananya Vinay showed little emotion as she plowed through word after mystifying word in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Later, as she stood beside the confetti-covered stage, the newly crowned champion flashed a toothy grin as […]
By Catherine Lucey And Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump, decisions are often served with a side of drama. From the White House Rose Garden, Trump revealed his plans for the United States to leave the Paris climate change accord, a long-awaited announcement he had […]
