By Lindsay Whitehurst The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY The secluded polygamous towns tucked between stunning red-rock cliffs have survived for more than 100 years, despite Utah and Arizona’s efforts to dismantle them and expose abuses. After at least 12 women and children were killed by flash floods, two of […]
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By Kyle Potter The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. Just two months after Minnesota launched its medical marijuana program, some patients turned off by high costs say they are back to buying the drug illegally because it’s the only way they can afford it. State officials and the companies hired […]
By Cara Anna The Associated Press The U.S. government says it will begin using the term “sexual rights” in discussions of human rights and global development. The statement at a U.N. meeting this week comes after years of lobbying from rights groups who have argued that the U.S. should show […]
By Mark Pratt The Associated Press BOSTON A Cornell University graduate student who allowed honeybees to sting him in 25 places and a group of scientists who concluded it’s possible for one man to father 888 children are among the winners of this year’s Ig Nobels, which honour humorous scientific […]
The Associated Press Facebook finally may be getting a button that lets you quickly express something beyond a “like.” Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that people have been asking for a “dislike” button on the social media site for years. Speaking at an event at Facebook’s Menlo Park, […]
By Sara Moulton The Associated Press Jasper White, one of my favourite Boston-area chefs and an old friend, likes to tell a story about the time Julia Child insisted he make common crackers (the hard round crackers served with chowder in New England) from scratch. It all started when White […]
The Associated Press LONDON Britain is abuzz with U.S. presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s suggestion that Margaret Thatcher should grace the new $10 bill. Mock-ups of a $10 note featuring the former prime minister feature prominently on newspaper websites Thursday. Even the BBC couldn’t resist, pasting an image of a steely-eyed, […]
By Lynn Berry The Associated Press FRYAZINO, Russia The elderly former Soviet military officer who answers the door is known in the West as “The man who saved the world.” A movie with that title, which hits theatres in the United States on Friday, tells the harrowing story of Sept. […]
By David Warren And Jamie Stengle The Associated Press IRVING, Texas A 14-year-old Muslim boy became a sensation on social media Wednesday and got an invitation to the White House after word spread that he had been placed in handcuffs and suspended for coming to class with a homemade clock […]
By Paul J. Weber The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas As the U.S. and Russia reached the brink of nuclear war in 1962, President John F. Kennedy received top-secret intelligence from the CIA that a new warhead launcher was spotted in Cuba. Amid those grave concerns, the memo ends on a […]
By Mark Lewis The Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway In a break with Nobel tradition, the former secretary of the Nobel Peace Prize committee says the 2009 award to President Barack Obama failed to live up to the panel’s expectations. Geir Lundestad writes in a book to be released on Thursday […]
The Associated Press IRVING, Texas A Muslim teenager detained by police after a teacher at his North Texas high school decided that a homemade clock he proudly brought to class looked like a bomb will not face criminal charges, a police chief said Wednesday. Ahmed Mohamed will not be charged […]
