The Associated PressDan Joling ANCHORAGE, Alaska–Alaska wildlife officials warned people Tuesday to keep their distance from grumpy moose after two close calls over the weekend. One of the animals walked up behind a woman tending chickens in the city of Homer on Sunday and started eating chicken food from a […]
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By Julie Pace The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is learning a harsh lesson: In the White House, words matter. The new president’s rhetoric, along with commentary from his advisers and associates, was at the heart of two federal judges’ orders this week blocking his controversial refugee and immigration […]
By Robert Jablon The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Andrew Leander Wilson, a broad smile on his face and no bitterness in his heart, clasped hands with his family on his first day of freedom Thursday after spending 32 years in prison for a murder he denied committing. Wilson, 62, […]
By Mark Stevenson The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — A Mexican army general said his forces are increasingly coming under fire from drug traffickers protecting opium poppy plantations in Oaxaca state, where opium growers are moving production to take advantage of mountainous terrain and impoverished villages. Gen. Alfonso Duarte Mugica […]
By Matthew Pennington And Lee Jin-Man The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday it may be necessary to take pre-emptive military action against North Korea if the threat from their weapons program reaches a level “that we believe requires action.” Tillerson outlined […]
By John Flesher The Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — It sounds like an idea that would warm a conservative Republican’s heart: Kill funding of a regional environmental cleanup that has lasted seven years and cost the federal government more than $2 billion, with no end in sight. If states […]
By Ken Thomas And Jill Colvin The Associated Press WASHINGTON — If President Donald Trump wanted a close working relationship with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he had a funny way of showing it during his presidential campaign. Trump, who will welcome Merkel to the White House on Friday, spent much […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press This nan pizza is a fun way to eat the flavours of India in America’s favourite food. The popular chicken tikka masala is widely believed to have been created in England for the British palate and is actually the national dish. But it is […]
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher And Gene Johnson The Associated Press HONOLULU — For the second time, a federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s efforts to freeze immigration by refugees and citizens of some predominantly Muslim nations, putting the president’s revised travel ban on hold just hours before it […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Canned beans are fantastic convenience food. For a little over a buck, you can stock your pantry with a shelf-stable protein source that works in main dishes or in side dishes. You can even use cooked canned beans as an inexpensive way to stretch […]
By Matthew Pennington The Associated Press TOKYO — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called on North Korea on Thursday to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, saying the isolated nation “need not fear” the United States. Tillerson made that declaration after meeting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in […]
By Jonathan Lemire The Associated Press NEW YORK — The White House and its allies are stepping up their attacks on a foe typically associated with fragile democracies, military coups and spy thrillers. The “deep state,” an alleged shadowy network of powerful entrenched federal and military interests, has increasingly become […]
