The Canadian Press Registered dietitian Emily Mardell has found more clients having difficulty coping with digestive woes or picky eaters. “In my practice I have definitely noticed people are fighting with food and they need some help to find the joy again and to get rid of some of that […]
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By Katie Workman The Associated Press I have a recipe for a potato gratin in my last cookbook, “Dinner Solved!”, that I firmly stand by. Here is another that I firmly stand by. And I plan to come up with more such recipes to firmly stand by because I am […]
By Edith M. Lederer And Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press NEW YORK — Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations who died suddenly after falling ill at his office at Russia’s U.N. mission is being remembered by his diplomatic colleagues as a powerful and passionate voice for his nation. Vitaly Churkin […]
By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Instrument-laden aircraft are surveying the Colorado high country this month as scientists search for better ways to measure how much water is locked up in the world’s mountain snows water that sustains a substantial share of the global population. A NASA-led experiment […]
By Gerry Shih The Associated Press BEIJING — A prefecture in China’s far western Xinjiang region is requiring all vehicles to install satellite tracking systems as part of stepped-up measures against violent attacks. Traffic police in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture announced the regulation on Sunday, shortly after thousands of heavily […]
By Mark Sherman The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is taking up an appeal from the parents of a Mexican teenager who was killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The case could help define when foreigners outside the U.S. have access to American courts. The justices are […]
By Jeff Schaeffer The Associated Press PARIS — Child soldiers, underage sex slaves, orphaned adolescent refugees ‚Äî France’s president and UNICEF are urging the international community to do more to protect the more than 200 million children of today’s conflict zones. “The situation is as urgent as ever,” French President […]
By Barry Hatton The Associated Press LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese court has ordered police to extradite a former CIA agent to Italy, where she is due to serve a four-year prison sentence after being convicted of involvement in a U.S. program that kidnapped suspects for interrogation, her lawyer said […]
The Associated Press MADRID — Authorities in Gibraltar say they have seized one of the largest and most advanced superyachts in the world over an unsettled bill dispute between its owner and its German builder. The Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper reports that shipbuilder Nobiskrug claims 15.3 million euro ($16.2 million) in […]
The Associated Press WASHINGTON–It’s the top complaint to a U.S. Senate hotline for seniors: fraudsters posing as IRS agents, threatening arrests and demanding money. A Treasury Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that more than 10,000 people have reported falling prey to the so-called “IRS impersonation scam,” many of them elderly […]
The Associated PressNancy Benac WASHINGTON–Thomas Jefferson railed against newspapers as “polluted vehicles” of falsehood and error. Richard Nixon tangled with reporters in the toxic atmosphere of Watergate, considering them the “enemy.” Bill Clinton publicly condemned “purveyors of hatred and division” on the public air waves. Historians can point to plenty […]
The Associated Press HONOLULU–The world’s oldest known seabird has a new chick. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said yesterday that Wisdom’s offspring hatched at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge last week. The Laysan albatross is at least 66 years old and is the world’s oldest breeding bird in the […]
