By Nick Perry And Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, was recovering on Friday in a New Zealand hospital and was in stable condition after a “grueling” medical evacuation from the South Pole. Aldrin, 86, was visiting […]
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The Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has put an American priest killed during Guatemala’s civil war on the path to possible sainthood by declaring him a martyr. Francis signed a martyrdom decree Thursday for the Rev. Stanley Rother of Oklahoma. He was killed in 1981, one of several […]
The Associated Press POWELL, Ohio — The oldest known gorilla living in a zoo, a female named Colo, is slated to undergo a surgical biopsy sometime soon ahead of her 60th birthday on Dec. 22. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio says veterinarians have been monitoring a mass under […]
By Christopher Sherman The Associated Press MEXICO CITY — Working at the site of a demolished supermarket, archaeologists dug 10 feet down to find a temple built more than 650 years ago, researchers said Wednesday. The circular platform, about 36 feet in diameter and four feet tall, now sits in […]
By Bernard Condon The Associated Press NEW YORK — It’s a glittering jewel in Donald Trump’s hotel empire. Securing the rights to use the government-owned building where it is housed took him more than a year of negotiating. The resulting lease itself runs hundreds of pages, complicated and dreadfully dull. […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — It took two hours of sifting through more than 200 bags of garbage at a New Jersey trash-transfer station before a New York City woman was reunited with three rings she mistakenly discarded. The New York Daily News reports (http://nydn.us/2gHQkH6 ) the 34-year-old woman […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Sweet potato slices are the latest rage in the avocado toast trend. If you are at all involved with Pinterest, you know this already. Pop slices of unpeeled sweet potato in a regular old toaster and then top it with healthy goodies like the […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s government struck a deal with a minor party on Thursday on a tax rate aimed at encouraging foreign travellers to pick fruit on the nation’s farms. The conservative government and the left-wing Greens party reached a compromise on how much […]
By Vladimir Isachenkov The Associated Press MOSCOW — In a conciliatory state-of-the-nation address, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday voiced hope for mending a rift with the U.S. and pooling efforts in fighting terrorism. The speech reflected Moscow’s hope that President-elect Donald Trump could help repair ties with Washington that […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press Whether or not you celebrate the Jewish holidays, a good brisket recipe is a nice thing to have in your winter repertoire. Brisket is a tough and fairly inexpensive cut of meat that gets amazingly tender after some quality time in the oven, and […]
By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press I have always loved peppermint and chocolate together and peppermint bark is my favourite way to eat it. Or it was until I created this peppermint bark variation of my favourite childhood Christmas cookie. My mother made Spritz cookies every Christmas for as long […]
By Andrea Rodriguez And Michael Weissenstein The Associated Press HAVANA — Fidel Castro changed the flavour of the milk Cuban children drink at breakfast. He filled Cuban kitchens with energy-saving rice cookers, and he gave a two-hour lesson in their use live on national television. He even changed the nation’s […]
