By Almudena Calatrava The Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Attorney Andres Gil Dominguez may have had bigger cases, but he’s never had bigger clients. A city prosecutor’s office has authorized Gil Dominguez to represent three elephants in captivity at a former zoo in Argentina’s capital. He’s demanding that Mara, […]
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The Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities have seized 619 kilograms (1,362 pounds) of ivory smuggled from Africa after finding 4 tons at the same port over the past two months, state media and an official said Friday. The ivory seized Thursday had been hidden in two containers arriving […]
By Jessica Gresko The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Judge Merrick Garland will soon put on his black judicial robe for the first time in months. The bad news for President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court is that Garland’s going back to hearing cases at his old job, not […]
The Associated Press Singapore’s army is sending a team to Hong Kong to secure nine of its armoured personnel carriers that were seized by customs authorities while in transit through the southern Chinese territory, the Defence Ministry said Friday. The ministry said in a statement that the team was on […]
The Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Three patients remained critically ill on Thursday, three days after a rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma killed four people and sent hundreds to hospitals in Australia’s second-largest city, an official said. Doctors were amazed there were not more fatalities given the numbers of […]
By William J. Kole The Associated Press BOSTON — The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 ‚Äî one of Boston’s most peculiar disasters ‚Äî killed 21 people, injured 150 others and flattened buildings when a giant storage tank ruptured. Now Harvard University researchers think they know why the wave of sticky […]
The Associated Press BEIJING — At least 40 people were killed in a scaffolding collapse Thursday morning at a construction site in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi, state media reported. A work platform at a power plant cooling tower being built in the city of Fengcheng came tumbling down […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Turkey and football will be the main Thanksgiving headliners up on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, the station’s commander, is serving as Thanksgiving chef for the six-person crew. He showed off the specialties he’ll be preparing in […]
By Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama got the holiday mood started at the White House on Wednesday with the traditional pardoning of the national Thanksgiving turkey, this time with his nephews standing in for daughters Malia and Sasha. The light-hearted ceremony in the Rose Garden […]
By Leanne Italie THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Grumpy Cat’s got a message just in time for the holidays and she doesn’t care how you feel about it. In vintage David Letterman style, the grumpster has posted her Top 10 pet peeves on her new blog at Pawculture.com, but […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press I think this is (possibly) the best Brussels sprouts recipe I have ever made. They are roasted and then tossed while still warm with an assertive dressing that makes your mouth jump up and down with joy. And for those who don’t like Brussels […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press Pavlovas are dreamy. For the uninitiated, a pavlova (named after the famed ballerina’s fluffy tutu) is essentially a meringue shell baked at low heat until the outside is barely golden crisp, but the inside remains soft and billowy, like a creamy marshmallow. The shell […]
