By Elizabeth Karmel The Associated Press NEW YORK — It’s that time of year again, when fresh apples are piled high at farmer’s markets. If you are lucky enough to live near an orchard, you can take the day and pick your own bushel of apples. But whether you are […]
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The Associated Press The U.N. children’s agency has laid 3,758 school backpacks in rows reminiscent of a graveyard on the lawn of U.N. headquarters in New York one for each child who died in a conflict zone last year. UNICEF said it wants the installation, which ends Thursday, to dramatize […]
By David Rising The Associated Press BERLIN — The United Nations’ atomic watchdog confirmed Monday that Iran is preparing to use more advanced centrifuges, another breach of limits set in the country’s unraveling nuclear deal with major powers. Iran had already announced the step, its latest violation of the 2015 […]
By Steve Karnowski The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — A divisive fight over the future of a crude-oil pipeline across Minnesota is pinning presidential candidates between environmentalists and trade unions in a 2020 battleground state, testing their campaign promises to ease away from fossil fuels. Progressive candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A Toronto gallery was deliberately elusive in proving the authenticity of a painting purportedly by the renowned Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, Ontario’s top court said Tuesday as it awarded tens of thousands of dollars in damages to the Canadian musician who bought the piece. The Ontario court […]
The Canadian PressLaura Kane VANCOUVER–Patients in Canada and the United States filled opioid prescriptions after minor surgery at a rate that was seven times higher than those in Sweden, reveals a new study that suggests the addictive pain drugs could be used more judiciously in North America. Researchers examined prescriptions […]
The Canadian Press VICTORIA–A study suggests the average Canadian drinker receives more than one-tenth of their daily recommended calories from alcoholic beverages, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the label. Researchers at University of Victoria looked at Statistics Canada data on alcohol sales and consumption between 2015-2016 to […]
The Canadian PressAlison Sandstrom PRINCE ALBERT, Sask.–Darlene Stonechild is preparing to bring a piece of her family’s history home to her southeastern Saskatchewan First Nation. Her brother, Dale Stonechild, a prolific artist known primarily for his paintings, is one of the carvers behind a totem pole that has stood for […]
The Associated Press NASHVILLE–A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. In an email obtained by The Tennessean , the Rev. Dan Reehil of Nashville’s St. Edward Catholic School said […]
The Associated Press NASHVILLE — A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest decided they could cause a reader to conjure evil spirits. In an email obtained by The Tennessean , the Rev. Dan Reehil of Nashville’s St. Edward Catholic […]
The Associated Press NEW DELHI — The landing module of India’s unmanned moon mission separated from the orbiter on Monday ahead of its planned touchdown on the moon’s south polar region this weekend, the space agency said. All the systems of the orbiter and the lander are “healthy,” the Indian […]
The Associated Press BERLIN — German authorities say two World War II-era bombs found in two major cities have been successfully defused and disposed of. The dpa news agency reported Tuesday that 15,200 people were evacuated overnight in the northern city of Hannover as a precaution before experts defused the […]
