The Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia A powerful, shallow earthquake hit off the southwestern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia on Wednesday and could trigger a tsunami, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Service said the earthquake struck Wednesday evening and had a preliminary […]
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The Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia Cambodia’s Kampot pepper has joined an elite group of gourmet food items whose names are protected by the European Union. The EU said Tuesday that Kampot pepper was officially registered as having Protected Geographical Indication status, or PGI, on Feb. 18, making it the […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Astronaut Scott Kelly closed the door Tuesday to an unprecedented year in space for NASA, flying back to the planet and loved ones he left behind last March. Kelly and his roommate for the past 340 days, Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko, […]
By Kathleen Hennessey The Associated Press WASHINGTON After an Oval Office sit-down on Tuesday did nothing to move Republican Senate leaders off their hard line against a Supreme Court nomination, Democrats pulled out another weapon in the heated election-year fight: Donald Trump. In a White House meeting that lasted less […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This chocolate cake is more delicious and more indulgent than any dessert has a right to be. And you will thank us for that. The goal was a chocolate cake that combined the best attributes of brownies and pudding. Which is to say, we […]
By Bree Fowler THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK This year’s $1 million A.M. Turing Award goes to a pair of cryptographers whose ideas helped make Internet commerce possible, and who now argue that giving governments a “back door” into encrypted communications puts everyone at risk. Whitfield Diffie, a former chief […]
The Canadian PressTerry Pedwell OTTAWA—Canadian TV subscribers may be rejoicing as they prepare for today’s launch of new, regulator-mandated basic cable and satellite packages. But the group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, which advocates for Canada’s broadcasters, is warning consumers ultimately will see fewer channel choices. The vast majority of TV […]
By Deb Riechmann And Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON In his handwritten will, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed he had about $29 million in personal wealth the bulk of which he wanted to be used “on jihad, for the sake of Allah.” The will was released Tuesday in […]
By Emily Wagster Pettus The Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. A federal lawsuit against Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant seeks to eliminate the nation’s last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem. In the suit filed Monday, attorney Carlos Moore of Grenada, Mississippi, said the flag is “state-sanctioned hate speech” that makes […]
By Rod McGuirk THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANBERRA, Australia One of Pope Francis’ top advisers told an Australian inquiry into child sex abuse on Tuesday that an Australian bishop had deceived him about the reason a pedophile priest was repeatedly transferred from parish to parish. Australian Cardinal George Pell was a […]
The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines Philippine police say they’re trying to determine the identity and cause of death of a sailor who was found dead while sitting slumped on a table by the radio of a wayward yacht found adrift in the Pacific Ocean. Police Chief Inspector Dominador Plaza says […]
By Jake Coyle The Associated Press LOS ANGELES In an underdog win for a movie about an underdog profession, the newspaper drama “Spotlight” took best picture Sunday at an Academy Awards riven by protest and outrage, and electrified by an unflinching Chris Rock. Tom McCarthy’s film about the Boston Globe’s […]
