By Sara Moulton The Associated Press We call it cornmeal mush. The Italians call it polenta. And they’ve been making it since shortly after Columbus introduced corn to the Old World upon his return from America. At its most simple, polenta requires exactly two ingredients: cornmeal and a liquid. Sometimes […]
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By John-Thor Dahlburg The Associated Press BRUSSELS Following Donald Trump’s breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips Wednesday with the growing possibility the brash New York billionaire might become America’s next president—a thought that aroused widespread befuddlement and a good […]
By Maria Sudekum The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sri Srinivasan, a federal appeals judge who was born in India and grew up in Kansas, would be the first foreign-born justice to serve on the Supreme Court in more than 50 years. The 49-year-old Srinivasan is one of several people […]
By Tom Bowker And Kristen Gelineau The Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique An American who discovered an aircraft part in Mozambique that may be from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said Thursday that he initially thought it was from a much smaller plane. Blaine Gibson, who has been searching the region’s […]
By Joseph Pisani The Associated Press NEW YORK Before they say “I do,” soon-to-be newlyweds are increasingly going online to ask, “Will you pay for our honeymoon?” Crowdfunding websites such as Honeyfund, GoFundMe and Honeymoon Wishes make it easy to raise cash from family and friends for a post-wedding getaway. […]
By Brandon Bailey The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO Declaring that strong encryption is essential to the nation’s security, Defence Secretary Ash Carter told a tech industry audience Wednesday that he’s “not a believer in back doors,” or encryption programs that leave openings for outsiders to read coded files. Carter said […]
The Associated Press VIENNA One Austrian police station has dodged an explosive situation. The police station in Eisenstadt, east of Vienna, was evacuated Tuesday after a woman walked in with a live tank shell in her hand. A police statement Wednesday says the shell was exploded without incident after experts […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Ah, there’s nothing like a blast of fresh, frigid air to welcome you back to the planet after nearly a year cooped up in space. That’s the word from astronaut Scott Kelly, NASA’s space-endurance champ who returned to bitterly cold Kazakhstan […]
By Meera Sodha The Associated Press Spring is an exciting time for food in the little farming village where I live in the northeast of England. Wild garlic and asparagus grow as high as the lambs bounce, daffodils tickle the playing fields and fresh optimism blows through the community as […]
The Associated Press VATICAN CITY Pope Francis has a message for church benefactors: The church doesn’t want your money if it comes from exploited workers. Francis railed against employers who mistreat and underpay their workers during his general audience Wednesday. It’s a theme the Jesuit pope has frequently emphasized, denouncing […]
By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press The U.N. Security Council votes Wednesday on a resolution that would impose the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades. The U.S. and North Korea’s traditional ally China spent seven weeks negotiating the new sanctions, which include mandatory inspections of cargo leaving […]
By Steven R. Hurst The Associated Press WASHINGTON Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are turning their rhetorical fire on one another as both front-runners emerged with strong victories in their parties’ Super Tuesday contests for the presidential nomination. Trump, the trash-talking New York billionaire, and Clinton, the former […]
