By Pierre Richard Luxama And David McFadden The Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti — Two days after Hurricane Matthew rampaged across Haiti’s remote southwestern peninsula, authorities and aid workers still lack a clear picture of what they fear is the country’s biggest disaster in years. But as the weather began […]
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By Nancy Benac The Associated Press From: Michelle Obama To: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Don’t mess with the garden. There’s no actual memo, but first lady Michelle Obama is going all-out to make sure the White House kitchen garden that she created in 2009 and expanded twice doesn’t get […]
By Melissa D’Arabian The Associated Press I’m a fan of stocking my kitchen with healthy, nutrient-dense ingredients that can be used on the fly on those busy days when 5 p.m. sneaks up without notice. Even if I pay a little more at the store for “healthy convenience food,” I’m […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Rocket company Blue Origin pulled off a double success Wednesday, coming a step closer to launching people into space. The aerospace startup led by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos tested the escape system of its space capsule in remote west Texas. Forty-five […]
By Jesse J. Holland And Emily Swanson The Associated Press WASHINGTON — More young blacks and Latinos feel that they can’t depend on family to help them with financial needs, from big-ticket items like college tuition to smaller expenses, than do whites or Asians, according to a new GenForward poll. […]
The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Samsung Electronics is joining the race to create the smartest digital assistant by acquiring Viv, a Silicon Valley startup launched by the same entrepreneurs who sold Siri to Apple. The deal announced Wednesday provides Samsung with technology to compete against Google, Amazon.com, Microsoft and […]
By Frazier Moore The Associated Press NEW YORK — Unlike baby boomers, television has no birth certificate. TV’s arrival, depending on how you see it, can be marked at any of a number of moments in the last century. Maybe 1927, when 21-year-old Philo Farnsworth transmitted the image of a […]
By Aron Heller The Associated Press JERUSALEM — The world’s oldest man has finally celebrated his bar mitzvah ‚Äî a hundred years later than usual. Israel Kristal, 113, has lived through both World Wars and survived the Auschwitz concentration camp. Earlier this year, Guinness World Records awarded him a certificate […]
By Katie Workman The Associated Press A while back, in honour of Julia’s Child’s birthday (she would have been 104 this year), I created a dish that embodies one of her many excellent sayings: “The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” […]
By Mae Anderson The Associated Press NEW YORK — Does your home really need a “smart speaker” that can answer questions, call you an Uber, turn off the lights or play music when you ask? You may be about to find out. Two years ago, Amazon introduced the Amazon Echo, […]
By Matthew Lee The Associated Press WASHINGTON — International efforts to end the fighting in Syria have been dealt a serious blow, with the United States suspending direct contacts with Russia on halting the war, and chilly relations are turning even frostier after Russia put a hold on a plutonium […]
By Karl Ritter The Associated Press STOCKHOLM — British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz were awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studies on exotic matter that could result in improved materials for electronics or quantum computers. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited […]
