By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched a critical space station docking port for astronauts early Monday, along with a DNA decoder for high-flying genetic research. As an extra treat, the company brought its leftover first-stage booster back to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]
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By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX successfully launched a critical space station docking port for astronauts early Monday, along with a DNA decoder for high-flying genetic research. As an extra treat, the company brought its leftover first-stage booster back to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […]
By Holbrook MohrMike Kunzelman And Jim Suhr The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — The man who killed two police officers and a sheriff’s deputy in Baton Rouge was a former Marine sergeant who served in Iraq and had no known ties to any extremist groups. Gavin Eugene Long, whose […]
By Andrew Demillo The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Tony Blair and the two U.S. presidents he worked with as Britain’s prime minister said Thursday they’re worried about the growing divisiveness that is making it harder for people to work together to find solutions. Blair swapped stories with former […]
The Associated Press NICE, France — World leaders are expressing dismay, sadness and solidarity with France over the attack carried out by a man who drove truck into crowds of people celebrating France’s national day in Nice, killing at least 84 people:UNITED STATES President Barack Obama condemned what “appears to […]
By Ciaran Fahey And Elaine Ganley The Associated Press NICE, France — A Frenchman of Tunisian descent drove a truck through crowds celebrating Bastille Day along Nice’s beachfront, killing at least 84 people, many of them children. The slaughter ended only after police killed the armed attacker in a hail […]
By Larry Neumeister The Associated Press NEW YORK — In a ruling the government suggested could hamper national security investigations, a federal appeals court Thursday said prosecutors cannot force Microsoft and other U.S. companies to turn over customer emails and other data stored on servers overseas. A three-judge panel of […]
Diana Mehta THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO—Ontario is building nearly 500 charging stations across the province in hopes they will encourage more residents to use electric vehicles. The provincial government said the network of public stations will help address “range anxiety” among electric car drivers who may be concerned about the […]
Peter Goffin THE CANADIAN PRESS A county in southern Ontario is looking for help with thousands of stray and feral cats. Norfolk County, on the north shore of Lake Erie, has a population of about 65,000 people and, according to the nearest humane society, an estimated 30,000 free-range felines. In […]
Jordan Press THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA—The last remaining threads of the years-long Senate spending saga finally are being tied up, as the final few senators who have been facing legal scrutiny suddenly find themselves walking away without facing a criminal trial. Fraud and breach of trust charges against Sen. Patrick […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Canadians unwilling to wait for access to the mobile gaming sensation Pokemon Go seem to be having no trouble figuring out ways to join the fun now. Officially, the augmented-reality game only has been available in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, and Japan since last week, but […]
By Meera Sodha The Associated Press Once upon a time, my Indian grandma was left in charge of packing school lunches for my sisters and me. We were sent off to school with some potato curry and a garlic chutney so fierce my eyebrows twitched on the bus all the […]
