By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Just because Thanksgiving mostly is about tradition doesn’t mean that we aren’t open to going off script when it comes to side dishes and exactly how to cook the big bird. But the gravy? It’s where innovation goes to die! Generally, we’re content to […]
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By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press Tens of thousands of North Koreans are being sent to work abroad in conditions that amount to forced labour to circumvent U.N. sanctions and earn foreign currency for the country, amounting to between $1.2 billion and $2.3 billion annually by one estimate, a […]
The Associated Press MUNCY, Pa. An unmanned Army surveillance blimp broke loose from its mooring in Maryland and floated over Pennsylvania for hours Wednesday with two fighter jets on its tail, triggering blackouts across the countryside as it dragged its tether across power lines. The bulbous, 240-foot helium-filled blimp eventually […]
By Meera Sodha The Associated Press The only time I have celebrated Thanksgiving where I live in London, it was with a couple of incredibly homesick American friends. Hoping to comfort them, I cooked what I felt was a spirit-lifting roasted tandoori turkey, only to receive steely glances, awkward silences […]
By Michele Kayal The Associated Press Lidia Bastianich is America’s Italian grandmother. In a dozen books and on her public television program, Bastianich has schooled American cooks in homemade pasta, the proper use of escarole, and the need to slow down and come to the table. Not that she’s slowing […]
The Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates Already home to a ski hill inside a mall, the sunbaked deserts of the United Arab Emirates soon may be home to a snow park too. Officials with Abu Dhabi’s Reem Mall, scheduled to open in 2018, say they plan to build […]
By Kathleen Hennessey And Emily Swanson The Associated Press WASHINGTON After a steady string of mass shootings and a revival of the political fight over gun control, Americans are slightly more likely than they were two years ago to say gun laws should be made stricter, a new Associated Press-GfK […]
By Christopher Bodeen And Robert Burns The Associated Press BEIJING A U.S. Navy warship sailed past one of China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea on Tuesday, in a challenge to Chinese sovereignty claims that drew an angry protest from Beijing, which said the move damaged U.S.-China relations and […]
By Melissa Rayworth The Associated Press Worn and faded hardwood floors can drag down the look of a room. But having scuffed floors sanded down and re-stained can be expensive and messy. One alternative that’s gaining popularity: painting older hardwood floors. You can add solid colour, stripes, or any imaginable […]
By Alison Ladman THE ASSOCIATED PRESS To brine or not to brine? High heat or low and slow? Jellied or whole berry? And of course, to stuff or not to stuff? They are, of course, the perennial Thanksgiving debates. So let us give you a little clarity this year. And […]
The Canadian PressTracy Hughes SALMON ARM, B.C.—A B.C. couple who’ve waited years to become parents are expecting three babies at once—identical triplets which doctors say come along only once-in-50 million births. For Mahalia Meeuwsen and her husband, Mike, just having one baby seemed like a miracle. Meeuwsen, 42, is 30 […]
The Associated Press MOSCOW Police in Russia’s far east stopped a hearse speeding on a highway ‚Äî only to find half a ton of caviar stashed inside. The Interior Ministry’s department in the Khabarovsk region said on Tuesday the hearse was caught speeding on the road connecting Khabarovsk, not far […]
