The Associated Press JERUSALEM — The National Library of Israel said Thursday it has acquired what is considered the world’s greatest private collection of Hebrew books and manuscripts. The Valmadonna Trust Library contains some 10,000 items including a 15th century copy of the Hebrew Bible and one of the only […]
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By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Nothing says indulgence like noshing on some seriously giant Alaskan King Crab legs. They’re not just tasty, they’re a low-fat source of protein one leg has about 25 grams of protein, and a whole host of vitamins and minerals (including sodium, incidentally, so a […]
By Josh Lederman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — They line up near the Oval Office, down the hallway toward the Cabinet Room, trailed by their spouses and young kids in their finest clothes. When it’s their turn, the White House staffers enter for a few private moments with President Barack […]
By Nancy Benac The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Tradition suggests it’s time for Donald Trump to set aside the say-anything speaking style and rise to the inaugural moment. But bucking tradition, or ignoring it altogether, is what got Donald Trump to his inaugural moment. When Trump stands on the west […]
By Matt O’Brien The Associated Press BOSTON — What if the brakes go out in a driverless car? Does it mow down a crowd of pedestrians or swerve into a concrete wall and sacrifice its passenger? Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are asking humans around the world how […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press It is easy enough to put out bag after bag of chips during a Sunday football-watching party, or any other gathering for that matter. And it’s not much harder to go the extra step and put those chips into an actual bowl … you […]
By Ross Marowits The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Air Transat is planning to test and deploy a new system next year that would allow an aircraft to taxi from the runway to the gate without having to use a plane’s engine, thereby cutting operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions. The […]
By Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press HAVANA — The Obama administration and Cuba’s Interior Ministry have agreed to share information on international criminal activity such as terrorism, human trafficking and money laundering despite Republican objections to U.S. law-enforcement co-operation with President Raul Castro’s government. The State Department signed the memorandum […]
By Matthew Brown And Matthew Daly The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — In control of Congress and soon the White House, Republicans are readying plans to roll back the influence of the Endangered Species Act, one of the government’s most powerful conservation tools, after decades of complaints that it hinders […]
By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to clog the nation’s capital for Donald Trump’s inauguration and a major demonstration the day after. How many will actually arrive to party or protest is an open question. Officials estimate that 800,000 to 900,000 […]
By Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia — Searchers’ frustration over Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is difficult to overstate, from the monstrous waves that battered search crews in one of the world’s most desolate stretches of ocean to the dearth of information on the plane’s flight path that stymied […]
By Mehmet Guzel The Associated Press ISTANBUL — Turkish police captured the gunman who carried out the deadly New Year’s nightclub attack in Istanbul, with officials saying Tuesday that he’s an Uzbekistan national who trained in Afghanistan and confessed to the massacre. The man was being questioned by police, Prime […]
