The Canadian Press Naomi Duguid brings alive the ancient food culture of Persia in her new book “Taste of Persia: A Cook’s Travels Through Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Kurdistan.” She has compiled nearly 125 recipes from home cooks and tested them back home in Toronto with ingredients available locally. […]
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By Todd Richmond The Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Federal judges struck down Wisconsin’s Republican-drawn legislative districts as unconstitutional on Monday, marking a victory for minority Democrats that could force the Legislature to redraw the maps. The three-judge panel didn’t order any immediate changes to district boundaries, instead saying they […]
By Menelaos Hadjicostis The Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus — Crucial talks being held at a Swiss resort aiming to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus have hit an impasse, officials said Monday, in a serious setback that casts doubt over whether 18 months of negotiations can successfully resolve the decades-old dispute. Cyprus’ […]
By Frank Eltman The Associated Press NEW YORK — The blue and grey stripes struck Jillian Eisman like a lightning bolt. She was rummaging through a packed closet during a Long Island tag sale when she immediately recognized the symbol of horror and hate: A jacket worn by a prisoner […]
The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Police arrested a Chattanooga school bus driver on charges including vehicular homicide after a bus crash killed five students. Calling the Monday afternoon crash “every public safety professional’s worst nightmare,” Chattanooga Police Chief Fred Fletcher told an overnight news conference that 24-year-old bus driver […]
The Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for the leader of a U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group while President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed a threat to oust Syrian Kurds from a town in northern Syria. Prosecutors in Ankara demanded the arrest of 48 Kurdish […]
By Karin Laub The Associated Press BEIRUT — For the first few weeks of her job recycling garbage, Haela Kalawi often went home crying. It wasn’t just the grungy setting a dimly lit, airless basement where the 31-year-old refugee with a cherubic face slips on plastic gloves and digs into […]
The Associated Press NEW YORK — A painting by Norman Rockwell that depicts the undecided voter sentiment during the 1944 presidential election ‚Äî much like the 2016 race ‚Äî has sold for $6.5 million at an auction of American art in New York. “Which One? (Undecided; Man in Voting Booth)” […]
By Ken Moritsugu The Associated Press TOKYO — Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s northeastern shore Tuesday and fueled concerns about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a much larger tsunami five years ago. Lines of cars […]
By Andrew Taylor The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump promises big tax cuts, a border wall and massive spending on infrastructure. That’s a recipe for bigger deficits that conservative fiscally-minded Republicans have railed against during President Barack Obama’s tenure. Trump’s agenda runs counter to years of promises by […]
By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of — Hundreds of capitalistic markets, each with thousands of stalls, form the glue that holds North Korea’s socialist planned economy together, say defectors who sold medicinal herbs, skinny jeans, TV sets, foreign drama CDs and other goods there to make […]
The Associated Press VIENNA, Va. — This year’s class of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. includes students who have used data to visualize sea level rise, some who speak several languages and the son of undocumented immigrants. The Rhodes Trust announced the 32 American men and women chosen as scholars […]
