By Sara Moulton The Associated Press When I was a kid, my parents sometimes brought home tins of deliriously delicious cheese crackers. I can’t remember the brand I think it was a British import but I do remember that my sister and brother and I would inhale them as soon […]
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By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press The weekend before Thanksgiving usually is my holiday gift-making weekend. Most years, my mother and I make wild persimmon fruitcakes, which we wrap in bourbon-soaked cheesecloth. They are so delicious. But this year, I’ve decided to start a spicy new tradition. I am going […]
By Philip Marcelo The Associated Press BOSTON Dinosaur claws inspired by the movie “Jurassic World” and a quick-folding trampoline are among the items on a consumer watchdog group’s annual list of hazardous toys released Wednesday. The Massachusetts-based World Against Toys Causing Harm says the toys singled out as the 10 […]
By Bassem Mroue And Zeina Karam The Associated Press BEIRUT Islamic State militants are stiffening their defences for a possible assault on their de facto capital of Raqqa, as international airstrikes intensify on the Syrian city in retaliation for the Paris attacks. IS fighters are hiding in civilian neighbourhoods and […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA—Food Banks Canada is using its annual report on the number of people using food banks in the country to push anew for the federal and provincial governments to do away with the social assistance programs. The group wants to see the existing bureaucracies that oversee […]
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.1 hit the western Greek island of Lefkada on Tuesday, leaving two people reported dead and damaging roads and buildings. The temblor was felt across western Greece, with people on Lefkada and the nearby Ionian […]
The Associated Press MOSCOW The Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a homemade bomb placed on board in a “terrorist” act, the head of Russia’s FSB security service told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. “According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to 1 […]
The Associated Press THURMONT, Md. In an episode reminiscent of “Winnie the Pooh,” Maryland state wildlife workers used an electric hand saw to remove a milk can that was stuck on the head of a bear. Department of Natural Resources spokeswoman Karis King says the wildlife response team was called […]
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher The Associated Press HONOLULU The Polynesian voyaging canoe that is guided solely by nature as it circles the globe has reached South Africa, the halfway point on its three-year journey and the most dangerous leg partly because of complicated ocean conditions. The double-hulled canoe Hokulea left […]
By Bree Fowler And Michael Liedtke The Associated Press NEW YORK The deadly attacks in Paris may soon reopen the debate over whether ‚Äî and how ‚Äî tech companies should let governments bypass the data scrambling that shields everyday commerce and daily digital life. So far, there’s no hard evidence […]
By Marcia Dunn The Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. The International Space Station has taken a power hit, and spacewalking repairs may be needed. First, though, a replacement part must be delivered via rocket. NASA said Monday the six astronauts were left with one less power channel Friday. A short […]
By Robert Burns The Associated Press WASHINGTON In a new twist to an intensifying campaign to squeeze Islamic State oil revenues, U.S. warplanes have destroyed 116 oil-hauling trucks in eastern Syria that were a key part of a smuggling operation that brings the group an estimated $1.4 million a day. […]
