By Jonathan LemireNicole Winfield And Julie Pace The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — President Donald Trump and Pope Francis, two leaders with contrasting styles and differing worldviews, met at the Vatican on Wednesday, setting aside their previous clashes to broadcast a tone of peace for an audience around the globe. […]
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The Associated Press BEIRUT — Violence and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa threaten the lives of over 24 million children, most of them in Yemen, Iraq and Syria, the United Nation’s children agency said in a report Wednesday. From cholera in Yemen to attacks on hospitals in […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press There’s always a green salad with dinner in our house, usually the crunchier the better. If I told you how many hearts of romaine we go through in a week, you’d be unsettled. This salad, originally published in “Dinner Solved!”, is so heartbreakingly pretty […]
By Gregory Katz And Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police were treating as a terrorist attack. Greater Manchester Police said 19 people were confirmed dead after […]
By Kaweewit Kaewjinda The Associated Press BANGKOK — Thailand’s ruling junta said Tuesday that police will handle the investigation into a bombing at a military-run hospital that wounded more than 20 people, while security elsewhere in the country is being reviewed. Junta spokesman Col Winthai Suvaree told reporters that police […]
The Associated Press WUZHEN, China — A computer defeated China’s top player of the ancient board game go on Tuesday in the latest test of whether artificial intelligence can master one of the last games that machines have yet to dominate. Ke Jie, a 19-year-old prodigy, is due to play […]
By Binaj Gurubacharya The Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepali climbers said Tuesday that a rocky outcrop near the top of Mount Everest known as the “Hillary Step” is intact, disputing a British climber’s claim the feature had collapsed. British mountaineer Tim Mosedale returned last week from climbing the world’s […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Spacewalking astronauts made urgent repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday, three days after a critical relay box abruptly failed. The 250-mile-high (400-kilometre-high) replacement job fell to commander Peggy Whitson, the world’s most experienced female astronaut. She now ties […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Chicken salad, that summertime classic, often suffers from Chewy Chicken Syndrome, a pitfall that requires a tightrope walk to avoid. You want to build the recipe around white meat chicken ‚Äî the perfect foil for its mayonnaise-based sauce ‚Äî but you don’t want to […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK–A Times Square motorist accused of steering his car onto one of the busiest sidewalks in the U.S. and mowing down pedestrians has been charged with murder and 20 counts of attempted murder, police say. The New York Police Department said 26-year-old Richard Rojas, of the […]
By David Keyton And Gregory Katz The Associated Press STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s top prosecutor said Friday she is dropping an investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after almost seven years. The announcement means the outspoken WikiLeaks leader no longer faces sex crime allegations in Sweden, although […]
By Sandy Cohen The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Mel Brooks made it clear that he was not paid to appear at the premiere of the new HBO documentary “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast.” “They never pay, they never pay,” he joked. “How funny I was […]
