The Associated Press HONOLULU — The U.S. Air Force will reduce exterior lighting at a Hawaii facility to help protect endangered and threatened seabirds there. The Air Force agreed to reduce lighting at a mountaintop radar facility on the island of Kauai, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser (http://bit.ly/2oOhT5R ) reported Sunday. After […]
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By Alba Tobella The Associated Press MOCOA, Colombia — Townspeople desperately searched their ruined homes and the local hospital for loved ones Sunday after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, causing more than 200 deaths, many of them children, and leaving hundreds […]
The Associated Press BRUSSELS — The status of Gibraltar can only be changed by the territory’s people and by U.K. citizens, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Monday as the enclave became an issue in Brexit negotiations. Boris Johnson said Gibraltar’s sovereignty “is not going to change and cannot conceivably […]
By The Culinary Institute Of America The Associated Press As we ease on down that road toward spring, you might start dipping your toe back into outdoor living. It starts with two minutes of staring into the sunshine before you huddle back under the blanket, but before you know it, […]
By Justin Lynch The Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya — South Sudanese government troops burned thousands of civilians’ homes late last year, monitors of the country’s troubled peace agreement said Friday, making some of the strongest allegations yet against security forces in the three-year civil war. The new report says three […]
By Lorne Cook The Associated Press BRUSSELS — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned NATO allies Friday to boost defence spending or come up with plans to reach the alliance’s budget guidelines within two months. Tillerson, in his first talks with NATO counterparts in Brussels, said that Washington is […]
The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Half a dozen cattle apparently had a beef with a St. Louis slaughterhouse and high-tailed it out of there, spawning an hours-long police chase and an online fundraising drive to spare them from the supermarket shelves. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2oiuPEV ) reports the […]
The Associated Press BEIJING — China is planning to create a preserve for the giant panda that will be three times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the western U.S. The panda preserve will link parts of three western provinces to provide an unbroken range for the endangered animals […]
By Elliot Spagat The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel is once again reflecting on his second-oldest case a nearly seven-year-old lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump defrauded students of the now-defunct Trump University before he was president. The filings fill millions of pages. There were 65 […]
By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK — Coming soon to McDonald’s: Fresh beef. The fast food giant said Thursday that it will swap frozen beef patties for fresh ones in its Quarter Pounder burgers by sometime next year at most of its U.S. locations. It’s a major change […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press Hummus generally contains five basic ingredients; chickpeas, tahini, lemon, garlic and olive oil. Once you have these ingredients combined, it is easy to add other herbs, spices and even roasted carrots like I do here to flavour and season basic hummus. In the early […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched its first recycled rocket Thursday, the biggest leap yet in its bid to drive down costs and speed up flights. The Falcon 9 blasted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, hoisting a broadcasting satellite into the clear […]
