The Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio–A craving for a McDonald’s cheeseburger apparently prompted an eight-year-old Ohio boy to take his four-year-old sister for a ride in his dad’s van, which he learned to drive on the internet. East Palestine police Officer Jacob Koehler told WJW-TV in Cleveland the father went […]
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The Associated PressMarilynn Marchione Marathons can be risky for hearts, but not necessarily those of the runners. It takes longer for nearby residents to get to a hospital for emergency heart care on the day of a race and they’re less likely to survive, a U.S. study finds. Any event […]
The Associated Press EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — A craving for a McDonald’s cheeseburger apparently prompted an 8-year-old Ohio boy to take his 4-year-old sister for a ride in his dad’s van, which he learned to drive on the internet. East Palestine police Officer Jacob Koehler tells WJW-TV (http://bit.ly/2nFFHMY ) in […]
By Menelaos Hadjicostis The Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus — The United Nations has helped put together a compromise formula that could overcome the key obstacle of security which stands in the way of a deal to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus, a U.N. envoy said Thursday. Espen Barth Eide declined to […]
By Karen Matthews The Associated Press NEW YORK — The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” statue on Wednesday demanded the removal of the “Fearless Girl” statue that’s faced off against the bull since last month. Arturo Di Modica said his 11-foot-tall bull is supposed to represent “freedom in the […]
By Paisley Dodds The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat […]
By Christopher Bodeen And Gerry Shih The Associated Press Beijing is willing to work with Washington on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program but wants a peaceful solution to the escalating conflict, Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump in a phone call Wednesday. Xi’s comments came after Trump […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW — Russia’s top diplomat accused the United States on Wednesday of carrying out an unlawful attack against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces as he opened a fraught meeting with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, said Russia […]
By Sam Mednick The Associated Press ”I went only with my fear,” said Gatluok Chuol. “If the soldiers found me, they would have killed me.” For several months last year, the 65-year-old South Sudanese farmer risked his life in order to feed his family. In July, when fighting erupted between […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press As Mother Nature nudges spring along, it’s time to dream of the fresh, light meals that go hand in hand with this time of year. How about a bright, rich pink piece of salmon perched atop a bed of polenta, piled with a mound […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press My mom was a wannabe urban farmer long before it was cool. Living in the city limits didn’t stop us from growing our own veggies in a backyard garden that flanked a huge handmade chicken coop, where we raised hens for eggs. (I’ll take […]
By Verena Dobnik The Associated Press NEW YORK — The sculptor of Wall Street’s “Charging Bull” statue is accusing New York City of violating his legal rights by allowing the “Fearless Girl” statue to be installed facing the bronze beast, without his permission. Attorney Norman Siegel told The Associated Press […]
